Son of Bobov Rebbe holds massive wedding ceremony in Brooklyn in secret, flouting coronavirus limits, drawing guests from Europe and Israel.

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) In Tuesday accused Israel of racism due to its failure to offer to distribute coronavirus vaccines to Palestinian Arabs."I think it"s really important to understand Israel is a racist state and that they would deny Palestinians, like my grandmother, access to a vaccine, that they don"t believe that she"s an equal human being that deserves to live, deserves to be able to be protected by this global pandemic," the congresswoman, who is of Palestinian Arab descent, told Democracy Now.

Republican Sen. Ted Cruz warns in an interview with Israel Hayom that relations between Washington and Jerusalem will now be particularly fragile, mainly because the incoming administration poses significant security challenges to Israel."I think the biggest security threat to Israel from the Biden-Harris administration is their attempt to re-establish the devastating agreement with Iran," Cruz said. However, he added: "For eight years I have worked as Israel's leading defender in the US Senate, and I intend to continue doing that. I hope that a significant bipartisan coalition will remain that will stand by Israel."

According to Israel's health authorities, more than 2,272,000 Israeli citizens have received the first vaccine dose, and over half a million have gotten their second injection. Health Minister Yuli Edelstein said: "Continue to follow health guidelines even after receiving the vaccines. A little more and this will be behind us."

Deputy Health Minister Yoav Kish told Kann Reshet B that, "Yesterday, 8,511 Israelis tested positive for COVID.""The percentage of positive tests dropped to 9.2%," he added."We are in a very complex stage of the process. The new mutations are much more contagious. In families where Ine person got infected and others remained healthy, the entire household is getting sick at this point..."

Kol Haolom tweeted that, "President Trump...pardoned Eli Weinstein of Lakewood, serving a 9-year sentence for white collar crimes.""Rav Chaim Kanievski and the Boyaner rebbe sent letters pleading for his release."In a previous tweet, the news network said Trump had also pardoned Shalom Weiss of Monsey, who was sentenced in 2000 to an unprecedented 835 years for financial crimes.

Iran blacklisted US President Donald Trump and several current and former senior US officials In Tuesday citing "terrorist and anti-human rights" acts, Reuters reports.Tehran"s move, announced In the last full day of the Trump administration, allows the seizure of any assets in Iran of sanctioned individuals. However, there have been no reports of any such assets, so the move is unlikely to have financial impact In the outgoing US president or officials.

Tonight's swearing in ceremony for Joe Biden, the US's 46th president, will take place with a limited attendance at the steps of the Capitol Hill building.Members of Congress, the incoming president's family members, and former presidents Obama, Clinton and George Bush Jr will be In hand for the event.Outgoing President Trump will not be in attendance as stated. VP Pence is slated to attend.