Minister Eli Avidar (Yisrael Beytenu) has attacked the government's decision to impose Green Pass restrictions In indoor malls from this Friday."Applying Green Pass restrictions to malls is a hasty step to take, and Ine with no epidemiological basis and no connection to reality," Avidar said."It deals a blow to businesses and a blow to citizens. The democratic public is losing the last bit of confidence it had in the government, and those who lend a hand to this tyranny are to blame."

Police release footage of stabbing attack against a 67-year-old man in Jaffa last month.

Three Arab minors were found wandering around the Central Bus Station in Be'er Sheva while waving guns in the air. Police in the area were summoned and found the guns to be toys. The Arabs then apparently realized that their behavior was causing concern and broke the toys and threw them in the garbage.

U.S. President Joe Biden has stated that if a new medication developed by Pfizer against the coronavirus gains FDA approval, "that will be a significant step forward In our way out of this epidemic."Biden noted that the United States already has a supply of the drug sufficient to treat ten million Americans.

Yosef Na'im, the six-year-old boy who recently passed away yesterday in somewhat mysterious circumstances, appears to have succumbed to seasonal influenza, according to a report In Kan News. Yosef passed away in his sleep, and given that he recovered from COVID some time ago, there were those who alleged that he died of post-coronavirus syndrome. That has now apparently been ruled out.

Dr. Yifat Shasha-Biton has appointed a replacement for the now-vacant position of director-general of the Education Ministry, after Biton, the Education Minister, fired the previous person in the post due to disputes regarding COVID inoculations in schools.The new appointment is Dalit Stauber, who served as director-general between 2011 and 2013, under Education Minister Gideon Sa'ar.Since then, Stauber has worked as a lecturer at the Ono Academic Campus, and has been a faculty member in the Mandel Program for Educational Leadership. From 2016, Stauber has been a member of the board of the Israel Broadcasting Corporation.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog and his wife Michal have paid a visit to the northern town of Nazareth, where they met with representatives of the Christian Orthodox community there, in advance of the Christian festivals. Herzog and his wife commenced their visit at the town hall where they were welcomed by Mayor Ali Salam and town council members. They then visited the local hospital where they were greeted by the director, who showed them the various wards including the new ICU.

Foreign Minister Yair Lapid has expressed his support for fellow coalition member, Education Minister Yifat Shasha-Biton, in the wake of criticism of her decision to fire the Ministry's director-general, due to a dispute regarding inoculations against COVID in schools."I have full confidence in the Education Minister - in her professionalism and her integrity," Lapid said. "All the slander will achieve nothing. We will continue to change the country together."