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ISRAELBRIEFS Israel Steps Up Vaccine Enforcement
MORE THAN 1 MILLION ISRAELIS lost their
“Green Passes” on Oct. 3 when a new defi nition of
“fully vaccinated” went into eff ect, Th e Jerusalem
Post reported.

Most of those who lost their Green Passes were
vaccinated more than six months ago, but haven’t
received a booster shot.

Police stepped up enforcement on Oct. 3, but spent
the fi rst few days informing the public about the rules
and regulations — and the privileges lost.

Since Sukkot ended, Israelis fl ocked to the vacci-
nation complexes to get the booster. However, they
are only defi ned as fully vaccinated a week aft er
receiving the shot.

Class Action Accuses Facebook in Israel
of Job Ads Discrimination
Facebook allegedly encouraged discrimination
against older people in its ad campaign management
system by allowing age-range restrictions in poten-
tial exposures for job advertisements, according to a
class action fi led in the Tel Aviv District Labor Court,
Globes reported.

Th e court was asked to approve the suit.

Th e suit alleges that Facebook’s ad tool “allows
and encourages companies to place job ads on social
media which discriminate and exclude people based
on age, gender and place of residence. Consequently,
many people, especially those over 40, are not exposed
to major job opportunities,” Globes wrote.

Th e suit names several companies that placed
discriminatory ads, although the suit is not targeted
against them as well.

Th e lawsuit doesn’t state how much compensation
is being sought.

Police Arrest 694 Illegal Palestinians Near
Jerusalem’s Old City
Border Police on Oct.1 arrested 694 Palestinians who
were illegally in Israel as they tried to enter the Old
City of Jerusalem, the Jerusalem Post reported.

Police were trying to catch the illegal aliens
following recent incidents in Jerusalem, the Post
reported. Th at included an incident the previous day
when a resident of the West Bank town of Kabatiya
tried to stab police offi cers aft er exiting the Temple
Mount complex.

Th e Palestinian media reported that Israeli police
set up checkpoints between the Damascus Gate and
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the Temple Mount, the Post reported. Th ere they
checked the IDs of everyone entering the Old City,
First Commercial Flight Between Israel,
Bahrain Lands at Ben Gurion Airport
Th e fi rst commercial fl ight between Bahrain and
Israel landed Sept. 30 at Ben Gurion Airport — a year
aft er the United States brokered the normalization
of ties between the countries as part of the Abraham
Accords, Th e Times of Israel reported.

Th e fl ight touched down shortly aft er Foreign
Minister Yair Lapid began a visit to Manama to open
the Israeli embassy and to sign agreements on water, the
environment and sports. He was received on the tarmac
by Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Abdullatif al-Zayani.

Th e plane’s crew waved the fl ags of Israel and
Bahrain from the cockpit windows when the jet
landed. Th e passengers included the heads of Gulf Air and
a Jewish chef named Alex. Th e latter owns a restau-
rant in Bahrain; he fl ew to Israel to visit his family.

Th e fl ight was the fi rst of a new regular Tel
Aviv-Manama route. It includes two weekly fl ights in
each direction, on Mondays and Th ursdays. ●
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