The adage may be true in physics and closures, but infection stats are proving stubbornly resilient to the rule, while the vaccination rate is showing its own signs of drooping

IDF chief Aviv Kohavi appears to blunder into Netanyahu territory as a squabble shapes up over the US listening to Israel on Iran; and virus infections stay stubbornly high

Fighting between police and the ultra-Orthodox over COVID restrictions appears to step up a notch, with fingers pointed over excessive violence and excessive silence

Joe Biden's inauguration has many Israelis excited for America's future, but some predict a return to 2015 with a fight looming over the Iran nuclear deal

Israel seems set to extend its lockdown by a week or more, but even with that, predictions of coming COVID-doom run as wild as infections in unpoliced ultra-Orthodox towns

With virus numbers remaining at record levels, there's plenty of doom and gloom alongside vaccine hopes; plus the US transition has Israel and Iran going balls to the Syrian walls

The vaccine drive is ramping back up, though some question what is being traded away for virus immunity; and election jockeying has some asking if there's room for all the parties

An anguished and curious Israel looks on in dread for its own democracy after the attack on the US Capitol Building, and some are not yet ready to give up on Trump

Israel is running low on vaccines, as some wonder why whippersnappers snapped up doses; meanwhile, the cabinet mulls a closure that actually closes things while hospitals cry uncle

Israel's speedy vaccination drive will not continue apace, and the 'lockdown' is seen to be having little effect, but for now, shots are still on the house