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Foreign Affairs Minister Yair Lapid walks through a protest supporting the establishment of a committee of inquiry into the submarine affair, outside the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, January 23, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Cabinet votes to establish state inquiry into submarine affair

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Committee will evaluate decision-making by political echelon surrounding sensitive procurement, in case that has already snared several close associates of Netanyahu

Israelis protest against then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside a court hearing on the submarine affair, outside the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, on January 25, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Gantz proposes larger team to probe submarine affair, with ‘public representative’

By Judah Ari Gross

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett during a press conference in Tel Aviv, January 11, 2022; Israelis protest against then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside a court hearing on the so-called submarine affair, outside the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, January 25, 2021. (Noam Revkin Fenton; Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Bennett to abstain on vote for state inquiry into murky submarine deal — reports

Defense Ministry Director-General Amir Eshel, right, and ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems Rolf Wirtz sign an agreement for Israel's purchase of three submarines at the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv, January 20, 2022. (Defense Ministry)

Israel signs scandal-ridden €3 billion deal with Germany to buy new submarines

Foreign Affairs Minister Yair Lapid walks through a protest supporting the establishment of a committee of inquiry into the submarine affair, outside the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, January 23, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Cabinet votes to establish state inquiry into submarine affair

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Committee will evaluate decision-making by political echelon surrounding sensitive procurement, in case that has already snared several close associates of Netanyahu

Israelis protest against then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside a court hearing on the submarine affair, outside the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, on January 25, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Gantz proposes larger team to probe submarine affair, with ‘public representative’

By Judah Ari Gross

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett during a press conference in Tel Aviv, January 11, 2022; Israelis protest against then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside a court hearing on the so-called submarine affair, outside the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, January 25, 2021. (Noam Revkin Fenton; Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Bennett to abstain on vote for state inquiry into murky submarine deal — reports

Defense Ministry Director-General Amir Eshel, right, and ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems Rolf Wirtz sign an agreement for Israel's purchase of three submarines at the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv, January 20, 2022. (Defense Ministry)

Israel signs scandal-ridden €3 billion deal with Germany to buy new submarines

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Initial data indicates possible decline in PIMS among kids in Omicron wave

By Michael Bachner

Israeli experts cite preliminary figures from hospitals in Israel, Britain and US, showing coronavirus variant is likely causing milder syndrome, but more info is needed

Cracks that appeared in a building in Tiberias following an earthquake on January 23, 2022, prompting an evacuation of residents. (Screenshot: Twitter)

2nd minor earthquake within hours rattles northern Israel; some buildings evacuated

3.5-magnitude quake centered south of Tiberias, just hours after earlier temblor; no immediate reports of injuries

Illustrative: A researcher shows seismograph sensor readings from an earthquake in Mexico, July 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

‘The whole house shook’: Minor earthquake wobbles northern Israel

People at the Mount Hermon ski resort in northern Israel, January 17, 2022. (David Cohen/Flash90)

Anticipating heavy snowfall, Mt. Hermon ski resort to close after busy weekend

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