Biden continues to widen gap with President Trump • Corona continues to rage in Europe and the US • and the exotic destination that tourists from Israel can enter
The drama of the US election continues
Three days after the US presidential election, while President Trump is waging a legal battle to prevent the counting of fake and invalid votes, many on the left side of the map and the media believe the political picture has begun to clear, although the White House is recording partial gains in the second term.
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After Biden was still lagging behind in most of the undecided states on Thursday, he already had the upper hand, no matter how small, ahead of a possible TV network announcement of his victory at Electoral College, based on estimates that the growth rate gap between him and Trump in Georgia and Pennsylvania , Without which Trump has no chance of winning, is consistent with the statistical models that are supposed to allow for a declaration of victory.
Last night (Friday to Saturday) around 11pm Eastern time, Biden delivered a speech in which he refrained from declaring victory, but expressed an optimistic outlook that he would become the 46th President: “We will win this race with a clear majority, and with the nation behind us He said in a speech in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware, with his deputy Camela Harris by his side.
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Biden asked his supporters and opponents alike not to get upset and wait patiently for all the votes to be counted, given the close count created this year due to the U.S. corona situation, which led to tremendous growth in voting volumes in general, and postal voting specifically.
"Every vote will be counted," he promised, in effect trying to answer President Donald Trump who argued through his legal moves that the count should be stopped in some places for fear of forgery or uncertainty about when to fill out forms, which may teach about trying to skew election results after Election Day.
Iran: "Hopefully the US will recognize that the embargo was a mistake"
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani today addressed for the first time the possibility of the victory of Democratic candidate Joe Biden in the US presidential election.
According to him, his country hopes that "those who forced the embargo will recognize that their path was a mistake and that they will never achieve their goals in this way."
At the same time, Iranian Assistant Foreign Minister Abbas Iraqi stressed that the election results would not affect the policies of the Islamic Republic.
Rouhani said he hopes the last three years of the Trump administration's teaching have taken the next step and the United States will return to its commitments from the nuclear deal and abide by international law.
Report: Abu Mazen will return to security coordination
Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas will announce the resumption of security coordination with Israel and the United States, in the event that Democratic candidate Joe Biden wins the presidential election, the Saudi newspaper Elaf reported this morning.
The London-based Arab newspaper quoted a senior Palestinian source as saying that Palestinian Authority Chairman Abu Mazen was preparing for a significant speech when announcing the official results of the US presidential election.
The corona is raging in Europe and the United States
The corona virus continues to spread throughout Europe.
The Hungarian government reported today that 107 people have died from the virus in the last day - a daily record from the outbreak of the plague.
This brought the number of victims in the country to 2,357.
It was also reported that the number of patients increased to 5,612, of which 405 were respirated.
The Ukrainian Ministry of Health said 10,746 new infections in Corona had been diagnosed in the past day - a daily record in the country.
Also, 187 people have died in the last day as a result of complications of the virus.
450,934 people were infected with corona from the outbreak of the plague, of which 8,312 died.
In neighboring Russia, authorities reported 20,396 people diagnosed with the virus in the past day and 364 dead.
Authorities in Poland reported that 27,875 were diagnosed in Corona in the last day - a daily record from the outbreak of the plague.
This increased the number of those infected in the country to 521,640.
349 people have died from Corona in the last day, bringing the death toll to 7,636.
Today new restrictions came into force throughout Poland, as part of which shops in malls, theaters and museums will be closed.
Meanwhile, more than 127,000 people have been diagnosed with corona virus in the United States in the past day, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
This is a record number recorded for the third day in a row.
Also, 1,149 people have died as a result of the virus complications in the country in the last day.
This is the fourth day in a row that the death toll stands at more than a thousand people a day.
More than 240,000 people in the country have died as a result of the outbreak of the virus and more than 10 million verified infections have been diagnosed.
Gamzo in Barta'a: "The disease may spread"
The corona commander, Prof. Gamzo, his successor, Prof. Nachman Ash, and the head of the corona's headquarters in the Arab company, Ayman Sif, arrived today to visit the village of Barta'a.
The team listened to an explanation from the director general of the local council, Caesar Kabha and the Home Front Command about the nature of life in the village, part of which belongs to Israel, and the other part to the Palestinian Authority.
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"If we want to reduce morbidity, we need to prevent the forbidden gatherings as we prevent them in Israel, both in Israeli and Palestinian Barta'a, otherwise we will continue here with a large amount of morbidity," said Corona Commissioner Gamzo.
He said, "Weddings are not allowed, this requires the work of the police and the IDF, we must not think that we are on normal days.
We need to find a solution to this and do a lot more testing, especially working with the mayor and the head of the PA on the Palestinian side.
If we do not do that, the disease will spread. "
Killed and detained in pursuit in Haifa
A police chase after a vehicle whose occupants were driving wildly ended the night with the death of one of them and the arrest of five others who tried to flee the scene.
The self-inflicted car accident occurred on Abba Hushi Boulevard in the city around 2 a.m. after police officers stationed at Damon Junction identified a vehicle traveling wildly and against the direction of traffic and reported to their friends that they had set up a checkpoint down the road to stop the vehicle and passengers.
An attempt to stop the vehicle failed and the vehicle escaped from the checkpoint but later the driver lost control, collided with a light pole and started to catch fire.
Some of the passengers managed to escape from the vehicle and fled the scene, but one of them was trapped in the burned vehicle and died.
Fire and rescue forces were called to the scene and soon extinguished the fire but MDA paramedics had no choice but to determine the death of the trapped person.
Police began searching for the other occupants of the vehicle who escaped and detained for questioning five young residents of Basmat Tivon, four in their twenties and a minor about 17. According to the development of the investigation, the police will decide tonight whether to extend their detention.
Officially: Israelis will be able to enter the Seychelles
The Ministry of Health of the Seychelles announced that Israel has entered the list of green countries, so that Israeli tourists can visit the island state.
As you may recall, in Israel, the Seychelles has already been defined as a green destination so that Israeli tourists will be exempt from isolation.
Israel will be defined as level 1. The greenest level, which will allow Israelis to enter without the need for isolation after landing in the Seychelles but only after performing corona tests 72 hours before landing in the country.
The Foreign Ministry also confirmed the news.
Following this, Air Seychelles announced the return of flights connecting Israel to the Seychelles, starting on November 18.
Before leaving Ben Gurion Airport, Israeli tourists will have to present a negative corona test result. In addition, tourists are asked to present a booking voucher of a licensed hotel and proper health insurance. The rules of social distance and hygiene must also be observed. From Seychelles to Israel on November 17 and will take off back to Seychelles a day later with Israeli tourists.
A number of additional flights are already in the pipeline, especially ahead of Hanukkah. "