Police minister Ben Gvir accuses Baharav-Miara of 'automatically' opposing soldier-focused legislation, prompting Likud to halt its advancement

Far-right Otzma Yehudit lawmaker's bill would protect security forces from prosecution for any actions during operational activities

Team says such tests could be used as a screening tool for the allocation of the first batches of updated vaccines, once these arrive

Natural immunity alone much weaker than recovery-plus-shot, mass peer-reviewed research finds; before Omicron, those with ‘hybrid’ protection were 82% less likely to be reinfected

The variant was 27 times more likely to break through Pfizer protection from January-February and cause symptoms than it was to penetrate natural immunity from the same period

Unvaccinated survivors more than twice as likely to get reinfected, research indicates, dispelling belief that recovered are largely immune, particularly with new variants

Unclear how long such immunity could last in humans; some reports of people possibly becoming reinfected, though there is speculation these are test-related issues

In final debate on granting former welfare minister parliamentary immunity, lawyer argues indictment based on 'confusion' over which conflict of interest rules apply to MKs

Shlomo Karai insists amended charges must be resubmitted, despite 45-day stay on submissions requested by prosecutor -- which could pave way for Netanyahu to start new immunity bid

In first of 2 committee debates before vote, Mandelblit says former minister exercised authority 'while in a serious conflict of interest'; Katz: 'He is turning me into a crook'