Son of Bobov Rebbe holds massive wedding ceremony in Brooklyn in secret, flouting coronavirus limits, drawing guests from Europe and Israel.

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) In Tuesday accused Israel of racism due to its failure to offer to distribute coronavirus vaccines to Palestinian Arabs."I think it"s really important to understand Israel is a racist state and that they would deny Palestinians, like my grandmother, access to a vaccine, that they don"t believe that she"s an equal human being that deserves to live, deserves to be able to be protected by this global pandemic," the congresswoman, who is of Palestinian Arab descent, told Democracy Now.

Tonight's swearing in ceremony for Joe Biden, the US's 46th president, will take place with a limited attendance at the steps of the Capitol Hill building.Members of Congress, the incoming president's family members, and former presidents Obama, Clinton and George Bush Jr will be In hand for the event.Outgoing President Trump will not be in attendance as stated. VP Pence is slated to attend.

According to Israel's health authorities, more than 2,272,000 Israeli citizens have received the first vaccine dose, and over half a million have gotten their second injection. Health Minister Yuli Edelstein said: "Continue to follow health guidelines even after receiving the vaccines. A little more and this will be behind us."

Deputy Health Minister Yoav Kish told Kann Reshet B that, "Yesterday, 8,511 Israelis tested positive for COVID.""The percentage of positive tests dropped to 9.2%," he added."We are in a very complex stage of the process. The new mutations are much more contagious. In families where Ine person got infected and others remained healthy, the entire household is getting sick at this point..."

Israel's public hospitals will begin functioning In a limited basis starting today after negotiations between hospital representatives and the Ministry of Finance In additional financing came to a standstill yesterday (Tues).

Kol Haolom tweeted that, "President Trump...pardoned Eli Weinstein of Lakewood, serving a 9-year sentence for white collar crimes.""Rav Chaim Kanievski and the Boyaner rebbe sent letters pleading for his release."In a previous tweet, the news network said Trump had also pardoned Shalom Weiss of Monsey, who was sentenced in 2000 to an unprecedented 835 years for financial crimes.

According to the Forum of Experts, which advises Corona Commissioner, Professor Nachman Ash, says that if a gradual exit from the current lockdown doesn't take place, a fourth nationwide quarantine might become a necessity by March.According to a Kann News report, the gov't has approved extending the third lockdown till the end of Jan.