Pompeo says role, which will expire when Biden takes office, will encourage more countries to join Abraham Accords.

"This year has been challenging, and I hope for all of us and our children that 2021 will be a better year."

The news of the additional cases comes one day after Health Ministry Director-General Chezy Levy told reporters that, “as far as the mutation, it still obviously exists."

BEHIND THE LINES: The inability of the Iraqi central government to rein in the Shia militias might be dismissed as a colorful and lurid tale from somewhere distant. Unfortunately, it is not.

"What do I need to do in order to enter? Do you want me to strip?" asked Maj.-Gen. Herzi Halevi.

SETTLEMENT AFFAIRS: Israel pulled back from West Bank annexation in 2020, but the story is not over.

Even a year like 2020 had its positive moments, of course. Both on a national level and on a very personal level, there were good and bad things.

The calendar year is finally ending, and a New Year is kicking off. The vaccine is here. There is a light at the end of this exceptionally long and windy and dark tunnel.