US Ambassador: Two-State Solution Needed To Ensure Israel Remains A Jewish And Democratic Country
WASHINGTON (JNS) - U.S. Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides on Wednesday said it is his guiding principle to advance a two-state solution with the Palestinians, because failure to do...
Israel To Establish A Trade Mission In Morocco
JERUSAELM (JNS) - Israel will launch a commercial mission in Morocco in 2023, according to Israeli Economy and Industry Minister Orna Barbivai.
Barbivai said on Tuesday that the...
Rare First Temple-Period Document Repatriated To Israel
JERUSALEM (JNS) - The Israel Antiquities Authority has successfully repatriated a rare First Temple-period document from the United States, the IAA announced on Wednesday.
The p...
REPORT: UN refugee agency accepted $50 million from US-designated terrorist group
GENEVA (JNS) — The U.N. agency responsible for assisting refugees globally has accepted $50 million in donations from a U.S.-designated terror organization, according to a report f...
Israel Holds First Inter-Ministerial Committee Meeting On Earthquake Recovery Plans
JERUSALEM (JNS) - The Israeli government on Tuesday held its first inter-ministerial committee meeting to discuss long-term planning for recovery following a major earthquake.
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Police Arrest Suspect In Tel Aviv Assault On Yeshiva Student, Suspect Claims Post-Trauma
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Police have submitted an indictment for assault against a 26-year-old Pardes Chana resident who attacked Levi Bloi, a Chabad yeshiva student who was on his wa...
After Probe Says Abu Akleh ‘Very Likely’ Killed By IDF, US Demands Tighter Open-Fire Policies
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — After an IDF investigation concluded that it was "likely" that bullets fired by IDF soldiers had inadvertently caused the death of Palestinian-American report...
BDE: Rosh Yeshivas Chidushei Harim-Tel Aviv, A Mir-Shanghai Student, Passes Away At 103
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Torah world and in particular the Gur Chasidus mourn the passing of Rabbi Yosef Halevi Hurwitz, the Rosh Yeshiva of the Chidushei Harim yeshiva in Tel Avi...
Controversial Jewish Billionaire Blasts Yeshivas in NY Post Hit-Piece Filled with Lies, Hate, and Distortions
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Jewish philanthropist Michael Steinhardt, co-founder of Birthright, who has been embroiled in multiple scandals, wrote a vicious hit-piece in the NY Post, seet...
Israeli President Gives Broad Speech To Germany’s Parliament
BERLIN (AP) — Israel's president addressed Germany's parliament on Tuesday about atrocities committed during the Third Reich, while at the same time praising the close and friendly...
Rabbi Mutzafi: Riders Of Electric Bikes And Scooters ‘Are Suicidal, May Lose Their World To Come’
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Rabbi Bentzion Mutzafi, one of the most prominent Sephardi poskim, spoke out sharply against riding on electric scooters and electric bicycles and termed such...
Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu Visits Ramat Migron, Decries Selective Enforcement Against Jewish Outposts
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Security forces in the Binyamin region recently razed the Ramat Migron outpost for the third time in weeks - at the same time as Arabs from the nearby village...
WATCH: 60,000 Gur Chasidim Celebrate Wedding Of Rebbe’s Grandson
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Gur chasidic court celebrated Monday the wedding of the granddaughter of the Rebbe, daughter of his son Rabbi Yisrael Menachem Alter, to the son of Rabbi ...
Israeli Army: ‘High Possibility’ Soldier Killed Reporter
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli army said Monday there was a “high possibility” that a soldier killed a well-known Al Jazeera journalist in May, as it announced the results of its inv...
BDE: Two Chareidi Victims In Road Accidents In Bet Shemesh And Jerusalem-TA Road
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In two tragic road accidents which occurred Sunday, two chareidi victims were killed, leaving their families bereaved and disconsolate at their untimely death...
German President Admits It Was ‘Shameful’ It Took 50 Years To Agree On Munich Compensation
NEW YORK (VINnews) — German head of state Frank-Walter Steinmeier acknowledged Sunday that it was “shameful” that Germany took 50 years to strike a deal to compensate bereaved rela...
In Unprovoked Hate Attack, Tel Aviv Secularist Deliberately Pushes Chareidi To The Ground
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a sickening example of hateful behavior towards chareidim which occurred in Tel Aviv, a man walking down a street deliberately pushes a yeshiva student to ...
Lebanon Flotilla Rallies At Israel Sea Border Ahead Of Talks
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese protesters on Sunday sailed down the country’s coast in dozens of fishing boats and yachts toward Israel, days before a U.S. envoy is expected in Beirut to c...
Defense Minister Gantz Appoints Major General Herzi Halevi As IDF Chief Of Staff
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Defense Minister Benny Gantz has chosen Maj. Gen. Herzi Halevi, a former paratrooper who has long been considered a frontrunner to lead the Israeli military, ...
Hamas Executes 5 Gazans Charged With Murder, Aiding Israel
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Gaza’s Hamas authorities Sunday executed five Palestinian men convicted in separate cases of murder and alleged collaboration with Israel.
The Inter...