Brigadier General (Res.) Yossi Kuperwasser, head of the research division at the Israel Defense Forces and former director general of the Ministry of Strategic Affairs, commented In the attack In an Israeli-owned ship in the Gulf of Oman.Speaking to Israel Hayom, Kuperwasser said: "The likelihood that this is not an Iranian operation is low. The Iranians have the naval power of the Revolutionary Guards, which have commando units that allow them to carry out an operation. If it is an Iranian operation, they may very well be the Ines."

Deputy Health Minister Yoav Kish responded to Defense Minister Benny Gantz, who threatened not to approve the extension of Ben Gurion Airport regulations."Gantz, you are a joke. I have no other explanation. At the cabinet meeting, every ministry that asked was given a place In the Exceptions Committee. This is how it is with the Ministry of Immigration and Absorption and the Ministry of Diaspora, and it is clear that if you wanted, your ministries (Justice, Security, Communications) would accept. In the discussions, the ministry's spokesmen are also invited and are in direct contact with the Ministry of Justice. Shameless populist," Kish wrote In his Twitter account.

The Tel Aviv District Court today sentenced Yechiel Tapiro to five years in prison and a fine of NIS 100,000.Adv. Amir Birman, who was Tapiro's partner, was sentenced by the court to three years in prison and a fine of NIS 75,000.The two, who headed TB Advanced in Finance Ltd. (in liquidation), later Keren Or, were convicted last July of theft by an authorized person in the amount of NIS 45 million, receiving fraudulently in aggravated circumstances from investors in the amount of NIS 80 million, executive offenses in the corporation, and offenses of recruiting investors without a prospectus.

The Food and Drug Administration authorized Johnson & Johnson's vaccine for emergency use Saturday, a day after a panel of advisers to the agency voted unanimously in its favor."The authorization of this vaccine expands the availability of vaccines, the best medical prevention method for COVID-19, to help us in the fight against this pandemic, which has claimed over half a million lives in the United States," said a statement by Acting FDA Commissioner Janet Woodcock.

Satellite footage released by Maxar Technologies show the extent of the damage caused by US air strikes In targets belonging to Iranian-backed militias In Thursday night.CNN reported that seven 500-pound bombs were used in the attacks which targeted a compound used by two Iranian-affiliated Iraqi militias, Kata'ib Hezbollah and Kata'ib Sayyid Al-Shuhada.

MK Ahmed Tibi (Joint List) In Saturday urged Arab voters to thoroughly study the candidates who are running for the Knesset before casting their ballots, and called In them to vote in accordance with the parliamentary work the candidates have done and the influence those candidates have.Speaking in an interview with Hala TV, Tibi said that the Joint List has ruled out the possibility of cooperating with the Likud party led by Binyamin Netanyahu, emphasizing that it "will not be in the pocket of the executioner."

Yamina chairman Naftali Bennett clarified in an interview with Channel 12"s Ofira & Bercovic show that he does not rule out forming a coalition with Yair Lapid."I will replace Netanyahu in a government headed by the national camp. I have no problem with Lapid being in the government," he said.

A 28-year-old man was sentenced In Friday to nearly 20 years in prison for plotting to bomb a Colorado synagogue last year, The Associated Press reported.Judge Raymond P. Moore set the 235-month sentence for Richard Holzer and imposed a 15-year term of supervised release.