US Secretary of State tells JPost the Trump administration is keeping all options In the table vis-a-vis Iran.

Iran has instructed its allies across the Middle East to be In high alert and avoid provoking tensions with the US that could give the outgoing Trump administration cause to launch attacks in Trump"s final weeks in office, Iraqi officials said In Friday, according to The Associated Press.The request was delivered by a senior Iranian general to allies in Baghdad this week, according to the report.(Arutz Sheva"s North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically In all Arutz Sheva articles, however, is Israeli time.)

Following arrival of first-ever Bahraini delegation to Israel, Arutz Sheva speaks with the head of the Middle East Bureau, Eliav Benjamin.

Jana Falic, co-owner of the Psagot Winery, says Secretary of State Pompeo's 'historic' visit was important step for Judea and Samaria.

The Likud party has reacted to a poll showing a sharp decline in support among voters with the following message:"It's impossible to believe fake polls whose attitude is 'anyone but Bibi' during a week in which Israel receives a high world economic ranking, the prime minister brings millions of vaccines to Israel, hosts the foreign minister of Bahrain, and welcomes the US Secretary of State in an historic visit during which the secretary labels BDS an anti-Semitic movement."

A lockdown starts tomorrow in the Arab city of Nazareth in the Galilee and the Druze city of Isfiya In Mount Carmel near Haifa. It will remain in place until Thursday.Existing restrictions In residents of the Druze city of Bukata in the Golan Heights and In the Arab residents of Qalansawe in central Israel remain in place.

In reaction to the memo of understanding signed between the Ministry of Health and the British biotech firm AsraZeneca to provide millions of vaccines to Israel in the first half of next year, Prime Minister Netanyahu stated:"My policy is that anyone who wants a vaccine will get Ine," the implication being that vaccination against the coronavirus will not be compulsory.

The Palestinian Authority (PA) "foreign minister" Riyad al-Malki In Friday blasted US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo"s announcement that products manufactured in towns in Judea and Samaria will be labelled as "made in Israel".In a statement quoted by the PA"s Wafa news agency, Malki said the announcement represents a de facto US recognition of Israel"s "annexation of the illegal settlements to its sovereignty."(Arutz Sheva"s North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically In all Arutz Sheva articles, however, is Israeli time.)