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“This means that any army doctor will have far less training than his civilian counterparts in dealing with respiratory difficulties caused by COVID-19,” he said.

Knesset Ratifies Israel-UAE Deal

The Israeli government voted unanimously to approve the peace deal Prime Minister Netanyahu signed last month with the United Arab Emirates. The accord will now be brought to the Knesset for its final approval.

Netanyahu hailed the “historic agreement” after its approval on Monday.

“The agreements reflect the dramatic change we have made in Israel’s position in the region,” the prime minister said at the beginning of the cabinet meeting. “I have no doubt that we will soon see agreements with other Arab and Muslim countries.”

Earlier in the day, Netanyahu revealed that he spoke with United Arab Emirates Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Zayed for the first time since the diplomatic breakthrough in August. The two discussed different ways to implement the peace agreement and promised to meet in the near future.

“This weekend I spoke with Ben Zayed. I invited him to visit Israel and he invited me to visit Abu Dhabi,” Netanyahu related at the government meeting. “But even before that, we will see a delegation from the United Arab Emirates here and another delegation of ours will go out there.”

He continued, “I promise you that we will receive the delegation from the United Arab Emirates with the same warmth and great excitement as received by the Israeli delegation in Abu Dhabi.” Netanyahu added that “we have talked about the collaborations we are promoting – in investment, tourism, energy, technology and other areas.”

The Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement that the senior delegation would include the Ministers of Finance and Economy and is slated to arrive in Israel next Tuesday. The delegation will negotiate a slew of agreements between the two countries, including visa and banking arrangements.

The UAE and Israel first announced in August that they would normalize relations after years of covert ties. The breakthrough marked the first time an Arab country signed a peace deal with Israel since 1995 and came despite a lack of progress on the Palestinian front. A month later, the small island nation of Bahrain said that it would follow the UAE in establishing diplomatic ties with the Jewish State.

The agreement was officially signed by Netanyahu and the UAE and Bahraini foreign ministers at a White House ceremony on September 15. However, it still needed to be approved by the government and the Knesset in order to take effect.

Nobel for Medicine

Harvey J. Alter is one of the recipients of the prestigious Nobel Prize for medicine. He is an American Jew. Harvey shares the prize, which was awarded on Monday, with fellow American Charles M. Rice and British-born scientist Michael Houghton. The trio jointly won the award for their discovery of the hepatitis C virus, a major source of liver disease that affects millions worldwide.

Announcing the prize in Stockholm, the Nobel Committee noted that the their work identified a major source of blood-borne hepatitis that

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couldn’t be explained by the previously discovered hepatitis A and B viruses. Their work, dating back to the 1970s and 1980s, has helped saved millions of lives.

“Thanks to their discovery, highly sensitive blood tests for the virus are now available and these have essentially eliminated post-transfusion hepatitis in many parts of the world, greatly improving global health,” the committee said.

“Their discovery also allowed the rapid development of antiviral drugs directed at hepatitis C,” it added. “For the first time in history, the disease can now be cured, raising hopes of eradicating hepatitis C virus from the world population.”

Alter described the 4:45 a.m. phone call he got from Stockholm as “the best alarm clock I’ve ever had.” He said he ignored the first two times the phone rang before “angrily” answering it the third time, adding that his irritation dissipated “in about a second.”

“It’s so kind of other-worldly,” he said of the call. “It’s something you don’t think will ever happen and sometimes you don’t think you deserve it to happen and it happens.

“In this crazy COVID year where everything is turned upside down, this is another nice upside down for me,” he added.

In a self-deprecating 2013 article, Alter credited his medical career to his Jewish upbringing, saying his father wanted to be a doctor but was held back by financial constraints.

“Being the only son of Jewish parents in New York City, it was preordained that I would become a doctor. One of my friends, of similar background, chose not to be a doctor and has never been heard from again,” he wrote in “The road not taken or how I learned to love the liver: A personal perspective on hepatitis history.”

“In any event, my father had a strong influence on my road to medicine, though I think I would have chosen this path even without his inspiration; the biologic sciences always seemed more interesting to me than any other discipline…except, of course, baseball. I would have dropped medicine in a millisecond to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers. There were, however, certain impediments to my becoming a professional baseball player – I couldn’t hit and I couldn’t field. Thus, I sublimated my

‘field of dreams’ to become a doctor,” he wrote.

The WHO estimates there are over 70 million cases of hepatitis C worldwide and 400,000 deaths from it each year. The disease is chronic and a major cause of liver cancer and cirrhosis requiring liver transplants.

The prestigious Nobel award comes with a gold medal and prize money of 10 million Swedish kronor (over $1,118,000), courtesy of a bequest left 124 years ago by the prize’s creator, Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel.

Pelosi Eyes the 25th Amendment

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is promoting a bill that would allow Congress to remove a president under the 25th Amendment of the Constitution.

The 25th Amendment determines that the vice president becomes president in the case that the commander in chief passes away, resigns, or is removed from office. The vice president and a member of the presidential cabinet are needed to put the line of succession into effect.

Pelosi’s bill would establish a “Commission on President Capacity” to determine whether the president is mentally and physically fit to continue in office. Staffed by a team of doctors and psychologists, it would have the power to remove the president if it decided that the highest elected official is unable to carry out his presidential duties.

The legislation was introduced by Pelosi and Maryland Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin on Friday. With Congress not currently in session, it has virtually no chance of becoming law and is unlikely to ever come up for a floor vote.

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ident Trump survived a bout with the coronavirus, Pelosi denied that the move was designed to remove him from office. Rather, Pelosi said that the president’s fight against the deadly virus that has killed more than a million people worldwide underscored the need for such a measure. She admitted, however, that Trump’s alleged mental health battles factored into her decision to introduce the bill at this particular time.

“This is not about President Trump. He will face the judgment of the voters, but he shows the need for us to create a process for future presidents,” Pelosi said. “This legislation applies to future presidents, but we are reminded of the necessity of action by the health of the current president.”

While the bill would only apply to future presidents, Republicans blasted the move as an undemocratic way to seize presidential power after being defeated at the ballot box. “Today’s announcement by Speaker Pelosi is just her latest scheme to attack President Donald J. Trump. From the day President Trump was sworn in, Nancy Pelosi has tried to overturn the results of the 2016 election,” said Sen. Kelly Loeffler of Georgia.

“From the Russia collusion hoax to the sham impeachment and now the 25th Amendment farce, Nancy Pelosi has disgraced the office of Speaker in a desperate attempt to rig the system and seize power,” added Loeffler. “If she is still serious about holding office, she should put a mask on, hit the salon, and respect the election results when Donald Trump is re-elected for four more years.”

RTO Denied

A federal judge rejected Agudath Israel’s request for a restraining order against New York’s ban on prayer quorums.

The judge’s decision took place shortly before the onset of the Shemini Atzeret holiday. Governor Andrew Cuomo had limited houses of worship to only 25% capacity with a maximum of 10 people in certain areas after coronavirus infections spiked in a series of largely-Jewish neighborhoods.

The Agudath Israel, an umbrella group representing the Orthodox community, filed a lawsuit arguing that the community was being singled out by Cuomo. In court filings, the group pointed out that other large gatherings such as protests were being ignored by authorities while prayers and other Jewish events were being banned.

Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio maintain, however, that the restrictions are needed to prevent coronavirus clusters from spreading to other regions in New York.

“This ruling is disappointing, to say the least,” said Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zwiebel of Agudath Israel. “Of course, we understand the importance of taking precautionary measures against Covid-19, but there are ways to do so without totally disrupting our ability to use our shuls.”

The lawsuit came amid rising anger among the Orthodox community regarding the harsh restrictions imposed on them by New York State officials. Borough Park residents have protested for multiple nights in a row, culminating in a riot that targeted Orthodox journalist Jacob Kornbluh.

Heshy Tischler, a popular radio host, was arrested in Sunday evening by NYPD officers for his role in the disturbances. He faces charges of inciting a riot. In a video Tischler released, he maintained that he would plead not guilty.

Fatal Altercation at Patriot Rally

A Trump supporter was shot and killed during an altercation between member of conservative and Antifa rallies.

The victim had been participating in a “Patriot Rally” held by right-wing Trump supporters last Saturday at the Denver Art Museum. Rallygoers had clashed with counter-protests who were holding what they called a “Black Lives Matter-Antifa Soup Drive.”

In videos of the incident, the victim can be seen confronting protesters before kneeling to the floor in a pile of blood. The shooter was identified as Mathew Dollof, a Denver resident hired to work security for a local TV station.

“The private security guard was contracted through Pinkerton by 9NEWS. It has been the practice of 9NEWS for a number of months to hire private security to accompany staff at protests,” reported local news outlet KUSA.

Dollof remains in custody and is under investigation for first-degree murder. Police said that despite reports to the contrary, Dollof is not a member of Antifa but was known for his far-left views.

The shooting is the latest bout of street violence between right- and leftwing demonstrators across the United States. In September, Aaron “Jay” Danielson was killed by an armed Antifa rioter in Portland during clashes between the two sides. A week earlier, 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse shot and killed a far-left demonstrator during riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

McCain’s Mom Dies

Roberta McCain, mother of the late U.S. Senator John McCain, died on Monday at the age of 108.

Roberta McCain’s vibrance, charm and penchant for speaking her mind garnered her attention during her son’s unsuccessful 2008 campaign for the presidency.

“I want to correct you when you start telling all those big lies,” she told him during a joint interview.

McCain had taken his mother on the trail as a living response to those who thought that at age 71 he was too old to be president. She was 95 at the time, proving that longevity was a family trait, he said.

McCain also liked telling the story about his mother being turned down for a car by a rental agency on a trip to France because she was 93. Her solution was to buy a car and tour France as she had intended. Afterward, she had the car shipped to the U.S. East Coast and drove it across the country.

She also was known for getting speeding tickets, including one for driving 112 miles per hour on a straightaway in Arizona.

Roberta Wright and her identical twin, Rowena, were born Feb. 7, 1912, in Muskogee, Oklahoma, the daughters of a wealthy oilman, who taught them to love travel by taking them and their three siblings to sites of interest throughout the United States.

She had been a student at the University of Southern California when she met John McCain Jr., then an ensign stationed nearby. Her family did not approve of their relationship, so they eloped to Tijuana, Mexico, in 1933.

The couple had been about to attend a dinner party when they heard that their son John III’s fighter jet had been shot down in North Vietnam. They assumed he had been killed, but attended the party anyway.

A few days later, they learned their son had survived but had been captured.

“Can you believe that’s the best news I ever heard in my life?” Roberta said in a 2008 interview with C-SPAN.

McCain was held captive by the North Vietnamese for more than five years.

Plot to Kidnap Michigan Gov Thwarted

The Justice Department announced that it arrested six individuals for plotting to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer prior to the November election and violently overthrow the state’s government.

The extremist group had decided to target Whitmer due to the heavy-handed lockdowns she has imposed on her state. Michigan’s lockdown is seen as the most onerous in the U.S., with the governor banning protests, almost all leisure activities, and even defining what products could be sold at supermarkets.

Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, the Michigan State Capitol has been the scene of numerous protests, some of them armed, calling for Whitmer’s resignation. The FBI said it first heard of the plot to kidnap the governor in early 2020, and it began working to monitor the individuals’ activities. It named the suspects as Adam Fox, Barry Croft, Ty Garbin, Kaleb Franks, Daniel Harris and Brandon Caserta, and said that they planned to take Whitmer and others hostage at the state Capitol.

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On September 12-13, the group met again for a training exercise at one of their properties, constructed an IED, and then drove towards Whitmer’s vacation home. Croft suggested moving forward with the plot that night, court documents noted. After that weekend, the group began to finalize its plans, hoping to carry out the attack before election day.

All six were arrested last Wednesday, Andrew Birge, the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, said at a Thursday news conference.

“All of us standing here today want the public to know that federal and state law enforcement are committed to work them together to make sure violent extremists never succeed with their plans, particularly when they target our duly elected leaders,” Birge said.

He added, “Fox and Croft in particular, according to the complaint, discussed detonating explosive devices to divert police from the area of the home and Fox even inspected the underside of a Michigan highway bridge for places to seed an explosive. The complaint further alleges that Fox purchased a taser for use in the kidnapping, and that the group successfully detonated an improvised explosive device wrapped with shrapnel to test its anti-personnel capabilities.”

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said that seven other individuals “linked” to the militia group the Wolverine Watchmen have been charged under Michigan’s anti-terrorism law, adding that “our efforts uncovered elaborate plans to endanger the lives of law enforcement officers, government officials and the broader public.”

This week, officials noted that the suspects also talked about “taking” Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam out of anger about the leader’s lockdown order during the recent months.

At a news conference, Whitmer called the suspects “sick and depraved,” blaming U.S. President Donald Trump for “stoking” hate.

“This should be a moment for national unity where we all pull together as Americans to meet this challenge head on with the same might and muscle that put a man on the moon,” Whitmer accused. “Instead our head of state has spent the past seven months denying science, ignoring his own health experts, stoking distrust and fomenting anger and giving comfort to those who spread hatred and division.”

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany dismissed the accusations, noting that Trump has repeatedly spoken out against right wing extremism. “President Trump has continually condemned white supremacists and all forms of hate. Governor Whitmer is sowing division by making these outlandish allegations,” she pointed out. “America stands united against hate and in support of our federal law enforcement who stopped this plot.”

FB Bans Holocaust Denial

On Monday, Facebook said that it will be banning posts that deny or distort the Holocaust and will start directing people to authoritative sources if they search for information about the Nazi genocide.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the new policy in a post. He said that he believes the new policy strikes the “right balance” in drawing the lines between what is and isn’t acceptable speech.

“I’ve struggled with the tension between standing for free expression and the harm caused by minimizing or denying the horror of the Holocaust,” he wrote. “My own thinking has evolved as I’ve seen data showing an increase in anti-Semitic violence, as have our wider policies on hate speech.”

In a separate blog post, Monika Bickert, vice president of Facebook’s content policy, said that the company was “updating our hate speech policy to prohibit any content that denies or distorts the Holocaust.”

The move, Bickert said, “marks another step in our effort to fight hate on our services. Our decision is supported by the well-documented rise in anti-Semitism globally and the alarming level of ignorance about the Holocaust, especially among young people.”

Surveys have shown some younger Americans believe the Holocaust was a myth or has been exaggerated.