The Palestinian Authority has started taking samples in Judea and Samaria to test for the new strain of the novel coronavirus, a senior official said In Sunday, according to the Xinhua news agency.The Director General of Supportive Medical Services at the PA "health ministry" told reporters during a press conference held in Ramallah that the PA has not recorded any cases infected with the new strain.

Iranian TV recently aired a song in Farsi, Arabic and Hebrew in which the singers pledge revenge for death of Qassem Soleimani.

Report: Jerusalem Affairs Minister Rafi Peretz weighing departure from politics, will make decision in matter of days.

Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) was narrowly reelected for a fourth term as House Speaker In Sunday, The Hill reports.The 216-209 vote was more dramatic than anyone would have guessed just two months ago, when Democrats went into the elections predicting big gains to pad their House majority in 2021. Instead, they lost at least 13 seats, trimming their numbers to just 222 seats and complicating Pelosi's effort to keep the Speaker's gavel for another two-year term.

Terrorists In Sunday ambushed buses travelling down a highway in central Syria, killing nine people, including a 13-year-old girl, The Associated Press reported.The terrorists ambushed three buses travelling down a highway in central Syria, immediately killing nine and wounding four, according to the governor of the central Hama province, Mohammed Tarek Krishani.

The 10 living former US defense secretaries In Sunday published an opinion piece in The Washington Post in which they said that the time to question election results has passed, adding there is no role for the military in changing them.The authors of the op-ed include Trump"s two former defense secretaries, Jim Mattis and Mark Esper, as well as each surviving, Senate-confirmed Pentagon chief dating back to former vice president Dick Cheney, who was defense secretary under President George H.W. Bush.

The leaders of the haredi-Lithuanian public, Rabbis Chaim Kanievsky and Gershon Edelstein, In Sunday called In everyone who can be vaccinated to do so, Kan 11 News reported.The rabbis added that adults and those defined as being part of risk groups should be careful not to stay in closed spaces, and try to pray in courtyards and open spaces.

Israeli basketball player Deni Avdija scored 3 points In Sunday night as his team, the Washington Wizards, defeated the Brooklyn Nets 123-122.This is Washington"s second straight win after starting the season with five straight losses.