Fire services have gained control of a sizeable blaze that broke out at a factory in the Jordan Valley earlier today.

Likud MK Yariv Levin blasted the Supreme Court's decision regarding Prof. Oded Goldreich, in which it ordered that he be given the Israel Prize against the wishes of the Minister of Education: 'There is no country in the world that would have given its most important prize to a person who calls for a boycott against it. There is no court in the world that would have taken over the powers of the Minister of Education in violation of the law, and made such a decision in its place,' said Levin.MK Levin added, "The reckless ruling of the High Court, while trampling the rule of law and sound administration, and while giving a reward and encouragement to the BDS people and their supporters, is another link in the chain of a deteriorating justice system that has lost all direction.'

'200,000 Israeli Arabs have guns - they're building a military force - and a state,' warns former minister Brig. Gen. (Res) Effi Eitam.

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Gerardo Rozin, Ine of Argentina’s most beloved TV personalities who said his Jewishness influenced his work, has died of brain cancer.

MK Uri Maklev (United Torah Judaism) attacked Minister of Health Nitzan Horowitz (Meretz) for ordering hospitals to allow chametz during Passover.'Unfortunately, the Minister of Health brings his personal agendas into the Ministry of Health at the expense of public health. Most of the people of Israel guard against leavened bread In Passover. The Minister of Health is preventing religious and traditional people from receiving medical treatment in the hospitals In Passover,' said Maklev.Maklev added, 'This is not Inly a violation of the state's character, but also a huge obstacle in practice - you cannot give kosher certification for Passover where chametz is introduced. How can we see the Passover Seder [being possible] in hospitals when someone may enter with a pita falafel?'

Stephen Shalom, a leader of the U.S. Sephardic Jewish community who promoted Middle East peace and religious tolerance, died at 93.

The Ministry of Health reports 15,088 new cases of COVID-19 diagnosed yesterday out of 85,398 tests performed. The number of patients in critical condition is declining and stands at 273, with 105 of them In respirators. 10,485 patients have died of COVID-19 in Israel.