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This October 2021 photo provided by Pfizer shows kid-size doses of its COVID-19 vaccine in Puurs, Belgium. The vaccine appear safe and nearly 91% effective at preventing symptomatic infections in 5- to 11-year-olds, according to study details released Friday, Oct. 22, as the U.S. considers opening vaccinations to that age group. (Pfizer via AP)

October 26, 2021, 10:47 am

FDA Expected to Authorize Pfizer COVID Vaccine for Kids 5-11

Israel planning to follow suit after its own approval process, as soon as mid-November.

By AFP and TOI STAFF

Israeli youth receive dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on September 20, 2021 in Jerusalem. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90 ***

September 28, 2021, 7:52 pm

Pfizer Submits Initial COVID Vaccine Trial Data to FDA for Children Aged 5-11

Pharmaceutical company files information from study involving over 2,000 children; says not yet requesting emergency use authorization, but expected to do so in weeks.

By TOI STAFF

Ice cream moves along the production line at Ben & Jerry's Homemade Ice Cream, in Waterbury, Vermont. on March 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot/File)

July 19, 2021, 1:39 pm

Ben & Jerry’s says it Will End Sales in ‘Occupied Palestinian Territory’

Ice cream giant whips up controversy with the announcement of a change in policy, says flavors will remain available inside Israel; FM Lapid slams ‘shameful capitulation to antisemitism’.

By TOI STAFF

Incoming Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

June 14, 2021, 7:49 am

Netanyahu Unseated by a New Generation of Leaders He Tried, and Failed, to Crush

Incoming coalition marks changing of the guard, pushing younger media-savvy politicians, many of whom were the premier’s apprentices, into power.

By TAL SCHNEIDER

Palestinians inspect the destroyed building housing the offices of The Associated Press and other media after it was hit last week by an Israeli airstrike, in Gaza City, Friday, May 21, 2021. Israel says the building housed Hamas offices. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

May 21, 2021, 3:42 pm

Netanyahu: Any Gaza Rocket Fire Will be Met with ‘Whole New Level of Force’

PM says rules have changed, Israel to take much tougher stance against Hamas; Gantz sees urgent need for diplomacy, peace built on ‘rubble’ of Hamas leaders’ homes.

By TOI STAFF

Israeli security forces and Palestinian Muslim worshippers clash at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, atop Temple Mount, on May 21, 2021. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)

May 21, 2021, 3:41 pm

Hours After Gaza Ceasefire, Palestinians, Police Clash on Temple Mount

According to Israeli police, Palestinians hurled stones and Molotov cocktails at officers; Palestinians say at least 20 injured; pro-Hamas protests in West Bank

By AARON BOXERMAN

Israeli soldiers from Home Front Command visit families inside a bomb shelter in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon, on May 18, 2021. (Menahem KAHANA / AFP)

May 20, 2021, 3:29 pm

Residents of Gaza Border Town Told to Remain in Shelters as Rocket Fire Persists

Home Front Command extends school closures throughout southern, central Israel through Friday; Gantz says Israel prepared to expand operation if necessary amid reports of ceasefire

By JUDAH ARI GROSS and TOI STAFF

Hamas police officer secure the rubble of destroyed residential building which was hit by Israeli airstrikes, in Beit Lahiya, Gaza Strip, Thursday, May 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

May 20, 2021, 3:28 pm

Netanyahu Convenes Security Cabinet Amid Reports of Looming Ceasefire

Top ministerial body to discuss operations in Gaza along with offers brokered by foreign mediators to halt violence, which sides hint will end soon

By TOI STAFF and AGENCIES

Smoke from Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip, controlled by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, on May 11, 2021. - (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)

May 11, 2021, 10:10 am

Gaza Terrorists Fire Hundreds of Rockets at Israel; IDF Pummels Hamas Targets

At least 28 Israelis hurt, 3 seriously; 23 Palestinians said killed, among them children; military says most were Hamas members or were killed by errant Gazan rockets.

By JUDAH ARI GROSS

In this Jan. 4, 2017 file photo, Vice President Joe Biden, left, watches President Barack Obama, center, at Conmy Hall, Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Va. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

November 11, 2020, 7:42 am

Obama Blew His Mideast Hopes on His First Trip. Will Biden Chart a Wiser Course?

The new president will seek to repudiate his predecessor. But Obama showed that an administration cannot achieve its goals armed only with the knowledge of what it is not.

By HAVIV RETTIG GUR

US President Donald Trump, right, looks over to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, during an event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, January 28, 2020, at which Trump unveiled his "Peace to Prosperity" vision for an Israeli-Palestinian accord. (AP/Susan Walsh)

November 9, 2020, 7:19 am

Annexation, Iran Sanctions, Weapons? What Israel May Ask of Trump as He Leaves

Obama allowed UN Security Council resolution slamming settlements to pass when he was a lame duck; by contrast, Jerusalem is hoping for farewell gifts from the outgoing president.

By RAPHAEL AHREN

October 26, 2020, 6:40 am

At Brooklyn Trump Rally, Orthodox Anger at Mayor and Governor Take Center Stage

Organizer of previous protest, which turned violent, mostly shunned at New York City park gathering; attendees stick to health guidelines but fume at restrictions.

By JACOB MAGID

White House senior adviser Jared Kushner speaks at a press briefing at the White House in Washington, following the announcement of Israel's normalization agreement with the UAE, August 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

September 10, 2020, 6:03 pm

Kushner: Our Plan is Bid to Save 2-State Solution; Israel was Eating up the Land

Trump adviser warns Palestinians that if they continue to reject Trump peace proposal ‘the situation is just going to get worse and worse for them’; says US won’t ‘chase’ Ramallah.

By JACOB MAGID

Laboratory technicians work at the mAbxience biopharmaceutical company on an experimental coronavirus vaccine developed by Oxford University and the laboratory AstraZeneca in Garin, Argentina, August 14, 2020. (Natacha Pisarenko/AP)

September 9, 2020, 6:28 am

AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine Trial Paused After One Illness

Company investigating if a recipient’s ‘potentially unexplained’ illness is a side effect of shot, calls move ‘standard review process,’ in late-stage study.

By LAURAN NEERGAARD

National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat elbow bumps with an Emirati official ahead of boarding the plane before leaving Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, September 1, 2020. (Nir Elias/Pool/AFP)

September 9, 2020, 6:13 am

Israel, UAE to Sign Deal at White House Ceremony Next Tuesday

Israeli delegation to be led by Netanyahu, who says he is ‘proud’ to participate; Emirati FM bin Zayad, brother of crown prince, to represent UAE.

By JACOB MAGID and AP