Palestinian Authority foreign minister claims Israel is obligated to inoculate population; Israeli envoy retorts that Oslo Accords charge PA with providing immunizations

Health body previously gave similar recommendation on Pfizer-BioNTech shot, a position rejected by Israel amid a spike in serious cases

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Eli Lilly says phase 3 trial shows combination of two synthetic antibodies has ‘potential to be an important treatment in high-risk patients’

Defense minister says law must be applied equally in secular and ultra-Orthodox localities; Liberman calls for end to state funding of institutions that flout regulations

179,600 people defined as Holocaust survivors live in Israel, around 850 of them aged 100 or more, according to Central Bureau of Statistics

Giuseppe Conte hands resignation to President Sergio Mattarella, setting off scramble for new political allies as he tries to form third government

Countries choose between American Pfizer and Chinese Sinopharm shots, as Beijing pursues its 'Belt and Road' globe-spanning infrastructure and trade network push

Education minister reportedly says new strains 'change the rules of the game'; over 50% of infected students are Haredi

Officials push for weeklong extension of all restrictions, as education minister tells local authorities to prepare for schools to reopen next week