Pro-Netanyahu camp with Naftali Bennett ends at 59 while Religious Zionist Party rules out support from Arab Islamists.

Israel has donated 5,000 doses to the PA and vaccinated over 100,000 Palestinians who work within sovereign Israel and in its settlements.

Including Israel in the program has been a matter of ongoing discussions between Israel and the US for years.

Kahl’s rocky nomination process still depends on a Senate floor confirmation vote.

The new journal comes as the Jewish world debates challenges gripping wider American culture, including racism, antisemitism and political polarization.

"We passed the 50% mark of all Israeli citizens that are fully vaccinated with the second dose of the vaccine," Health Minister Yuli Edelstein tweeted.

"This injustice cannot be undone," said President of the German Central Council of Jews Josef Schuster about the Nazi persecution of Jews, "but it is a gesture of decency."

It is now blocking transit in both directions through one of the world's busiest shipping channels for goods, oil, grain and other products linking Asia and Europe.