ICC to officially open an investigation into alleged war crimes committed in the Gaza Strip and in Judea and Samaria. The International Criminal Court in The Hague announced that it will officially open an investigation into alleged war crimes committed in the Gaza Strip and in Judea and Samaria. Join BJL on WhatsApp Status: Click here to Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more Join BJL on WhatsApp Groups: Click here to Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens A prosecutor's statement said that the investigation would deal with alleged crimes committed in these areas and in eastern Jerusalem before Operation Protective Edge. The court's announcement said that the investigation would be carried out "independent...
FBI Director Christopher Wray said Tuesday that officials have classified the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol as domestic terrorism. “That attack, that siege, was criminal behavior, plain and simple, and it’s behavior that we, the FBI, view as domestic terrorism,” Wray told lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary Committee. Join BJL on WhatsApp Status: Click here to Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more Join BJL on WhatsApp Groups: Click here to Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens Wray said the FBI has received more than 270,000 tips from Americans that have helped the bureau identify the numerous people who allegedly participated in the attack. “Citizens from around the country have...
The PA also said that it has transferred 200 vaccine doses to Jordan following a request from Amman The Palestinian Authority admitted on Tuesday that 10 percent of the 12,000 doses it has recently obtained were used to immunize athletes, government officials, and senior members of the executive committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). Join BJL on WhatsApp Status: Click here to Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more Join BJL on WhatsApp Groups: Click here to Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens According to the Thomson Reuters news agency, the PA also said that it has transferred 200 vaccine doses to Jordan following a request from Amman. At least "200 doses were sent to the Jordanian royal co...
Between 5 and 10% of the hospital's staff currently lack immunity from the virus Jerusalem's Hadassah Medical Center announced on Wednesday that unvaccinated staff members will no longer be allowed to treat patients at the facility, according to The Times of Israel. As of Sunday, doctors, and nurses who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 or who have acquired some level of immunity while recovering from the virus will find themselves tending to administrative duties at the hospital until further notice. Join BJL on WhatsApp Status: Click here to Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more Join BJL on WhatsApp Groups: Click here to Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens “We can turn nur...
Iraqi security forces said 10 'Grad-type rockets' hit the sprawling Ain al-Assad base on Wednesday morning At least 10 rockets hit a military base in western Iraq hosting US-led coalition troops on Wednesday, security sources said, two days before Pope Francis's historic visit to the country. The Ain al-Assad base hosts Iraqi forces as well as troops from the US-led coalition helping Iraq fight remnants of the Islamic State group. Join BJL on WhatsApp Status: Click here to Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more Join BJL on WhatsApp Groups: Click here to Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens Coalition spokesman Colonel Wayne Marotto confirmed that 10 rockets hit the base at 7:20 am (0420 GMT), but did ...
Dr. Robert Redfield, former director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has joined Gov. Larry Hogan's office as a senior adviser for public health, Hogan announced Tuesday. Redfield "will advise us on a wide range of immediate priorities," Hogan said. The position is unpaid, the governor's office said. Former President Donald Trump appointed Redfield to lead the CDC in 2018. Tuesday's news is a bit of a homecoming for Redfield. After years as a U.S. Army physician, Redfield retired from the service in 1996 to co-found the Institute of Human Virology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Redfield congratulated Hogan on a successful response to COVID-19 and hailed the "very impressive" mass-vaccination site at M&T Bank Stadium, which he...
U.S. private employers added fewer jobs than expected in February, even as the number of COVID-19 cases nationwide eased and state governments lifted some lockdown measures implemented to curb the spread of the virus, according to the ADP National Employment Report released Wednesday. The report showed that companies added 117,000 jobs last month, missing the 177,000-job increase that economists surveyed by Refinitiv had predicted. Join BJL on WhatsApp Status: Click here to Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more Join BJL on WhatsApp Groups: Click here to Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens “The labor market continues to post a sluggish recovery across the board,” Nela Richard...
Following the announcement of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine being approved, Gov. Hogan has announced a ramp-up for vaccine rollouts at mass vaccination sites. Hogan revealed Maryland will receive 49,600 doses of the J&J COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday, all of which will be deployed within the week. Hogan did say that the next J&J shipment would not arrive until March 18. - Maryland online vaccination site locator - Vaccine Data Dashboard - Maryland vaccination plan FAQs Join BJL on WhatsApp Status: Click here to Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more Join BJL on WhatsApp Groups: Click here to Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens Over the weeks, as more people have begun to get vaccinated,...
All three are members of one family, Health Ministry says, adding 2 cases of UK variant found as well The COVID-19 coronavirus strain found in New York since last November has made its way into Israel, the Health Ministry warned on Tuesday. Join BJL on WhatsApp Status: Click here to Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more Join BJL on WhatsApp Groups: Click here to Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens In a statement, the ministry confirmed the earlier reports in the Israeli media, saying that three cases of the B.1.526 strain had been found in the Jewish state. All three infections were registered in members of one and the same family, it clarified. Previously, Channel 12 reported that the strain...
Likud party still polling at top with 27-28 mandates three weeks prior to March's election With Israeli elections looming, the two latest polls released Tuesday night showed that Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was still short of the required 61 parliament seats to form a government. Join BJL on WhatsApp Status: Click here to Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more Join BJL on WhatsApp Groups: Click here to Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens A potential pro-Netanyahu coalition consisting of Likud, ultra-Orthodox parties and Religious Zionism party, together with Yamina (undecided in regards to joining Netanyahu), would secure 57 to 59 seats if elections were held today, broadcasters&...
Ex-Prime Minister Albin Kurti won recent snap elections that could also affect Serbia ties Recently re-elected Kosovan ex-Prime Minister Albin Kurti, met with Turkey's ambassador in the capital Pristina on Monday, discussing numerous topics including the decision to open an embassy in Jerusalem. Join BJL on WhatsApp Status: Click here to Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more Join BJL on WhatsApp Groups: Click here to Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens On February 1, Kosovo established diplomatic ties with Israel and decided to open an embassy in Jerusalem - becoming the first European country and Muslim-majority one to make such plans. It followed the US and Guatemala in doing so.  The intent...
Vienna, Copenhagen are angry at the slow rollout of COVID-19 shots within the 27-nation supranational bloc Austria and Denmark announced Tuesday that they will form an alliance with Israel to produce second-generation vaccines against mutations of the coronavirus, reported Reuters. Join BJL on WhatsApp Status: Click here to Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more Join BJL on WhatsApp Groups: Click here to Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens Vienna and Copenhagen have become increasingly irritated at the slow rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in the 27-nation supranational European Union bloc, causing them to break ranks with Brussels.  Delays in ordering, approving and distributing vaccines largely due to...
The Senate voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to confirm Cecilia Rouse as President Biden’s top White House economist. Senators voted 95-4 in favor of Rouse’s nomination to chair the White House Council of Economic Advisors (CEA). GOP Sens. Tom Cotton (Ark.), Rand Paul (Ky.), Tommy Tuberville (Ala.) and Rick Scott (Fla.) voted against her. Rouse most recently served as dean of the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and was a member of former President Obama’s CEA. She received wide bipartisan praise throughout her nomination process and was unanimously recommended for confirmation by the Senate Banking Committee on Feb. 4. Join BJL on WhatsApp Status: Click here to Join BJL status for engagements, births,...
Neera Tanden has withdrawn her nomination to head President Biden's White House budget office after her prospects of Senate confirmation flamed out. The White House made the announcement on Tuesday evening, capping a tumultuous few weeks surrounding the fight over her nomination. Tanden, who would have been the first woman of color to lead the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), faced scrutiny over mean tweets she had written about Republicans and progressive Democrats alike in her previous role heading the Center for American Progress think tank. Join BJL on WhatsApp Status: Click here to Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more Join BJL on WhatsApp Groups: Click here to Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it ha...
Following Monday’s news that the Israeli Supreme Court has issued a landmark ruling allowing converts through the Reform and Conservative streams to apply for Israeli citizenship, Chief Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt, president of the Conference of European Rabbis, issued the following statement:“Israel today is a country of the first world to which millions of citizens of third world nations aspire to emigrate. The liberalization of the conversion process to non-official rabbinical courts, whether Orthodox or others, might bring millions of people from different countries to Israel as tourists, go through a pro-forma conversion and dilute the character of the only Jewish state in the world." More than a month ago, the Conference of European Rabbis (CER) released a statement&n...
Susan Lerner, the executive director of Common Cause New York, apologized in an exclusive statement to the Forward for offensive remarks she made against the Orthodox Jewish community in Brooklyn. In a February interview with the Gothamist, a local New York website, Lerner characterized the Orthodox community as an ‘extremist bloc.’ Her comments were widely condemned by city politicians, including Mayor Bill de Blasio. “In public debate, voters are best served when an argument is about how to solve problems, not labeling the people involved on either side,” Lerner said in a statement on Tuesday. “I apologize for causing anyone offense.” Join BJL on WhatsApp Status: Click here to Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events &...
More than 11 million families are at risk of losing housing when federal coronavirus eviction and foreclosure protections expire later this year, according to a report released Monday by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Analyzing private sector and federal data, the CFPB found that 2.1 million homeowners are at least 90 days behind on mortgage payments and 8.8 million households are behind on rent. Some homeowners and renters who’ve been unable to cover housing payments due to coronavirus-related expenses have been able to avoid homelessness thanks to a patchwork of federal and state bans on evictions and foreclosures. Millions of homeowners have also opted into forbearance to delay mortgage payments for several months. Join BJL on WhatsApp Status: Click ...
Two Taiwanese-American members of Congress have joined the leadership of its anti-Semitism task force. Join BJL on WhatsApp Status: Click here to Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more Join BJL on WhatsApp Groups: Click here to Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens Reps. Grace Meng of New York and Ted Lieu of California, both Democrats, were listed among eight-co-chairs of the Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Antisemitism in a release Monday, the first for the new Congress. The task force has over 100 members from the U.S. House of Representatives. The newcomers replace two Jewish members, also Democrats, in leadership positions: Nita Lowey of New York, who retired, and Eliot Engel of New York, who lost in a primary...
Gov. Tate Reeves is lifting mask mandates and allowing businesses to operate at full capacity without any state-imposed rules. The governor’s latest executive order replaces the one that expires at 5 p.m. Wednesday. "Today, I signed what I expect will be one of my last executive orders regarding COVID-19. Our hospitalizations have plummeted, and our case numbers have fallen dramatically as well. In fact, our case numbers have fallen to the point where no county meets the original criteria for a mask mandate," Reeves said during a briefing Tuesday. Join BJL on WhatsApp Status: Click here to Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more Join BJL on WhatsApp Groups: Click here to Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens...
The North Dakota House of Representatives passed a bill on Monday that would make future mask mandates illegal. The Grand Forks Herald reported that the bill passed 50-44. It next heads to the state Senate. Join BJL on WhatsApp Status: Click here to Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more Join BJL on WhatsApp Groups: Click here to Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens The bill comes three months after North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R) imposed a statewide mask mandate, though the governor himself had previously expressed skepticism over such a move. The bill’s sponsor, state Rep. Jeff Hoverson (R), called mask mandates “diabolical silliness,” characterizing them as a consp...
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