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ISRAELBRIEFS US Visitors Now Allowed to Visit Israel
Israel lift ed its COVID-related travel ban on visitors from the
United States, United Kingdom and several other countries on
Jan. 6 for the fi rst time since November, JTA reported.

Visitors may enter if they can provide a negative COVID test
taken within 72 hours of their fl ight. Th ey will still be required
to quarantine upon arrival until receiving a negative COVID
test result.

Th e foreign traveler ban has been controversial, especially among
U.S. immigrants to Israel who haven’t had family members present
for life cycle events such as weddings or the birth of a grandchild.

Director-general Nachman Ash said that as coronavirus rates
in the country spiked to record levels, it made the impact of the
travel bans minimal, Th e Times of Israel reported.

Israel Reviews Ties With China After US Pushback
Israel pledged to keep the Biden administration in the loop on
major deals with China and will reconsider those deals if the
United States is opposed, JTA reported, citing Haaretz.

Both the Biden and Trump administrations have raised
concerns about growing ties between Israel and China — as
the latter’s relationships with the United States and European
countries have become strained.

China and Israel have grown closer in recent years, especially
related to tech and innovation. Haaretz cited unnamed sources as
saying Israel was taking a “business as usual” approach with China.

And Israel has aligned itself diplomatically with China — in 2021,
Israeli President Isaac Herzog called Chinese President Xi Jinping
to discuss Iran’s nuclear program, and Israel didn’t sign a United
Nations statement protesting China’s treatment of Uyghur Muslims.

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Kfar Saba Scores First, Jerusalem Last in Quality of Life Survey
Jerusalem placed last in a Central Bureau of Statistics survey
about the quality of life of Israel’s largest 16 cities, while Kfar
Saba scored highest overall in the 51 measures that were evalu-
ated, Globes reported.

Jerusalem lagged in the level of unemployment, satisfaction
about the neighborhood, satisfaction about the economic situa-
tion, and access to computers.

Kfar Saba, which is in the Central District of Israel, scored well
in life expectancy, housing density, satisfaction with housing,
satisfaction with the cleanliness of the neighborhood, satisfac-
tion with parks and green areas, and general confi dence about
their residential neighborhood.

Th e other top fi ve cities were Rehovot, Ramat Gan, Rishon
Lezion and Beersheva. Tel Aviv ranked sixth.

Ben-Gurion University Researchers Teach Goldfi sh to Drive
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev researchers said they taught
a goldfi sh to use a “fi sh-operated vehicle” — which proves that
fi sh can develop spatial awareness and navigate foreign environ-
ments, Th e Jerusalem Post reported.

In the study, the fi sh were placed in a tank attached to a wheeled
apparatus navigated by a camera tracking the fi sh’s movement and
a linked computer system that followed its movement toward the
tank walls, subsequently moving the vehicle in that direction.

Th e fi sh “were able to operate the vehicle, explore the new
environment and reach the target, regardless of the starting point,
all while avoiding dead-ends and correcting location inaccura-
cies,” said study co-authors Shachar Givon and Matan Samina. ●
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