Israel

03 Nov 2021; MEMO: Israeli and American special forces began on Monday a two-week joint exercise, the first of its kind between the Israeli army and the US military's Central Command (CENTCOM) since the American outfit included Israel in its area of responsibility earlier this year, Israel's Channel 12 reported yesterday.

03 Nov 2021; MEMO: A hacker group calling itself Black Shadow has leaked the profile data of hundreds of Israeli members of the LGBTQ community after an Israeli firm refused to pay a $1 million ransom, the Jerusalem Post reported yesterday.

The hackers broke into web hosting company Cyberserve's servers, seized data from gay chat and dating app Atraf, Dan bus company and tour booking company Pegasus.

JERUSALEM, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) -- Leaders of Israel and Bahrain on Tuesday met for the first time since the two countries normalized their ties on the sidelines of the climate summit in Glasgow, the Israeli Prime Minister's office said in a statement.

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met with Bahraini Crown Prince and Prime Minister Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa at the the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, United Kingdom, said the statement.

02 Nov 2021; MEMO: Israel's demolition of Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem increased 21 per cent this year, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) said yesterday.

In a report, the UNOCHA said: "In September, the Israeli authorities demolished, forced people to demolish, or seized eight Palestinian-owned structures across the West Bank, including East Jerusalem."

02 Nov 2021; MEMO: Israeli occupation authorities are considering providing the Palestinian Authority with help to deal with the unemployment and poverty crises in an effort to stabilise it in return for silence in the face of the illegal settlement expansion project, a political analyst has said.

JERUSALEM, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett agreed with French President Emmanuel Macron that the alleged misuse of spyware developed by an Israeli company, including against Macron, would be handled "discreetly", an Israeli official said on Monday.

JERUSALEM, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) -- Israel began on Monday allowing vaccinated tourists to enter the country for the first time since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in Israel in March 2020.

So far, the entry of non-Israeli citizens into Israel has been permitted only in exceptional cases, including a limited number of tourist groups.

According to the Israeli Ministry of Health, from now on, entry will be allowed to those who have not stayed in a country defined as "red" with high morbidity during the two weeks prior to arrival in Israel.

31 Oct 2021; MEMO: Israel on Sunday launched a week-long military exercise to test the preparedness of the home front in countering unprecedented attacks, including precise rockets firing, use of chemical weapons and cyberattacks, Anadolu Agency reported.

The military exercise is expected to continue until Wednesday with involvement of the Israeli army and all government and emergency offices, according to a statement by the Israeli army.

01 Nov 2021; MEMO: Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has said that his government "strongly rejects" the creation of a Palestinian state, Quds Press reported yesterday.

According to the news site, prior to heading to Glasgow to take part in the UN conference on climate change, Bennett told the Times: "Creating state-like entities doesn't work."

30 Oct 2021; MEMO: Israeli Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked was heard in leaked recordings stating that Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett will not grant the prime minister's position to Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, as stipulated by the coalition agreement.

Shaked spoke about the coalition partners, Lapid and Defence Minister Benny Gantz, describing the former as "shallow" and the latter as "worse than Lapid".