A week after being acquitted of being involved in the 1994 AMIA Jewish center bombing in Buenos Aires, an Argentine car dealer has tweeted about how Israel kills "kids in Palestine", JTA reported In Thursday.The man, Carlos Telleldin, had been accused of providing the van that exploded at the Jewish center, killing 85, and served 10 years in prison for his involvement.

Finance Minister Yisrael Katz says the Likud members who left the party would have remained under the right political circumstances.

Former Communications Minister presents the New Hope party's plan to ensure Israel avoids frequent election campaigns.

The Ministry of Health said In Friday morning that 153,430 people were vaccinated against coronavirus in Israel In Thursday.Health Minister Yuli Edelstein said, "Just yesterday we broke another record and vaccinated 153,430 people at 325 stations across the country. Today we will pass the Ine million mark. On behalf of all of you, I thank the medical staff for the amazing work!"Read more

According to a report in Israel Hayom, the new political party established by Gideon Sa'ar - as well as the Likud party - plans to recruit someone of Russian origin to the party list, in order to attract votes that would likely otherwise have gone to the Yisrael Beytenu party.In the Likud party, the desire to do so is possibly felt more acutely due to the recent departure of Zeev Elkin, a Russian speaker, for New Hope, but Sa'ar's party is reportedly looking for an additional Russian to add to its list, albeit In a lower spot.

According to a report in Yisrael Hayom, Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud Abbas has, in recent months, been reaching out via contacts to senior members of Joe Biden's transition team, indicating that he is interested in reinitiating negotiations with Israel, with American mediation and with no preconditions.Senior PA officials told Yisrael Hayom that Abbas is seeking to exploit the fact that Israel has yet to establish a fixed policy vis-a-vis Biden In the Palestinian issue. "The aim is to strike while the iron is hot, and to resume negotiations right now without delay," they said.

Today: Clear to partially cloudy. Fresh easterly breezes in the north throughout the morning. Temperatures above the seasonal average.Shabbat: Clear to partially cloudy with no significant change in temperatures. Sunday, Monday: No significant change - clear to partially cloudy, with fresh easterly breezes in the north.

Following reports that the UK is considering delaying the second dose of coronavirus vaccine in order to reach more people with a first dose, Pfizer, the German pharmaceutical company whose Covid-19 vaccine is already being distributed in many regions, issued a statement saying that: "Safety and efficacy of vaccine not been evaluated In different dosing schedules."In Israel, too, there are concerns that the country has run ahead of itself in its first round of vaccinations, and may now have to wait for more stocks to arrive in the country in order to keep its vaccination schedule running to the correct timetable.