Commenting In the meeting of the coronavirus cabinet that is to take place this evening at six o'clock, MK Eli Avidar (Yisrael Beytenu) criticized what he predicts are the government's intentions to impose harsher regulations In the general public."I would like to remind people that in the current state of uncertainty regarding the new variant, we should be proceeding with caution in order to cause as little damage as possible," Avidar said."The democratic public is opposed to this 'brutal pragmatism' that leads to actions taken at the expense of the country's future in economic, social, and mental health terms."

Now that they are a month into their engagement, things have gotten…complicated.

A small avalanche of rocks and stones in the Upper Galilee has blocked Route 864 between Kfar Rama and the Beit Jan junction. No injuries have been reported, nor has any damage to vehicles.

Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman, Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked, and MK Walid Taha are to meet this evening at nine o'clock to discuss the coalition crisis surrounding the Electricity Law.The United Arab List, whose four votes the coalition needs to ensure its majority, is insisting that the Law be passed in a fashion that allows illegally built Bedouin homes in the Negev to connect to the power grid, something that Shaked has said she will not consent to.

Pieces of wood and paper fragments inscribed with Hebrew letters were unearthed during road work in Zuelpich, Germany.

According to Prof. Salman Zarka, Israel's COVID Czar, 155,000 children (between the ages of 5 and 11) have received a COVID shot so far."We are in the process of acquiring more vaccine doses from Pfizer," Zarka said, "and we have requested the assistance of the Defense Ministry in obtaining help from the military medical corps."We're now in the run-up to the New Year's festivities," he noted, "times when large numbers of people tend to gather, and we're likely to pay a high price for them. During the next two to three weeks, we have to tighten our belts we have to enhance our healthcare systems, add to the numbers of staff working ECMO machines..."We would like to see Green Pass restrictions applied to the public sector, and to have at leats 50 percent of people working from home," he added.

Israel's first Omicron death is elderly man who turned down booster dose, report says.

The Hermon site, which closed following the Carmel storm, will be open to visitors Inly In Thursday.The height of the snow In the lower level is about 25 cm, In the upper level about 50 cm.