Thursday, April 18, 2024

Israel

REPORT: 15,000 Millionaires to Flee Russia This Year, 2,500 Heading to Israel

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — More than 15,000 millionaires are expected to flee Russia this year, turning their backs on an imploding economy after Russia's abortive invasion of Ukraine. ...

SHOCK REPORT: ‘Israeli Tourists Whisked To Airport In Istanbul In Bullet-Proof Vehicle’

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A group of Israeli tourists was whisked to safety in Istanbul, Turkey, by Israeli security, narrowly avoiding the clutches of an Iranian hit or kidnap squad, Channel 13 reported on...

Israel Raises Istanbul Travel Warning To Highest Level Over Iran Terror Threat

Israel’s Counter-Terrorism Bureau, a part of the National Security Council, has raised the travel warning for Istanbul to Level 4—the highest level—on Monday. The rise in alert ...

Israeli Ruling Coalition Teeters As It Marks Year In Office

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JERUSALEM (AP) — A member of Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's party said Monday he would cease voting with the governing coalition, dealing yet another blow to the teeterin...

WATCH: Israel Unveils Armed Robotic Vehicle For ‘Forward Reconnaissance Missions’

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) - The Israel Ministry of Defense will begin testing a robotic unmanned vehicle (M-RCV Medium Robotic Combat Vehicle), developed by the Ministry's Directorate of...

Tel Aviv E-Bike Rider Trapped Under Truck Extricated With Forklift Truck, Resuscitated By United Hatzalah EMTs

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In an incredible lifesaving story which occurred Monday morning, United Hatzalah volunteers succeeded in saving the life of a man who was trapped under a truc...

Making De-Aliyah – 4 Reasons for the Prohibition

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by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com They may be our friends, or relatives, Or us.  They had moved to Eretz Yisroel. They settled there. They had even kept one day Yom Tov. Yet...

Syria: ‘Significant’ Damage To Airport From Israeli Strike

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DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — An Israeli airstrike that struck Damascus International Airport caused “significant” damage to infrastructure and rendered the main runway unserviceable unti...

Norwegian Govt. Demands Israel Mark Origin Of Exports To Avoid ‘Misleading’ Customers

JERUSALEM (VINnews) —The  Norwegian government is demanding that Israeli products be marked with where in Israel they were produced, to avoid 'misleading' customers. The demand ref...

Israeli Coalition Continues To Flounder As Rebel MKs Stall Legislation, Make Fresh Demands

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israel's faltering coalition continued to flounder at the end of the week, as a number of rebel MKs continued their defiant stances despite attempts by their ...

Syria Suspends Damascus Airport Flights After Israel Strike

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DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria has suspended all flights to and from Damascus International Airport after an Israeli airstrike on Friday hit an area close to the facility, a pro-gove...

Hezbollah Leader Threatens To Hit Israel’s Offshore Gas Rig

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BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group threatened Thursday to strike a gas rig Israel is setting up in the Mediterranean Sea and that Lebanon claims is in a...

Israeli PM Bennett In Snap UAE Visit Amid Standoff With Iran

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TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett made a surprise visit to the United Arab Emirates on Thursday, with the snap trip coming as efforts to salvage a deal...

Mystery Drone Hovers Above Gerrer Rebbe at Wedding (VIDEO)

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Participants at two weddings were astonished after a drone was seen hovering above the Gerrer Rebbe during the ceremonies. According to Kikar Shabbos, the ...

LISTEN: Rav Uren Reich On The Fighting In Gur: A Jew Who Hits A Jew Is A Rasha And Does Not Count Toward A Minyan

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LAKEWOOD, NJ (VINnews) — Rav Uren Reich shlita,  as part of a weekly shiur, felt obligated to speak up against the recent violence in the Gerrer kehilla. He expressed his dismay...

An Open Letter About The Conflict In Gur By Zvi Gluck

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NEW YORK (VINnews/Zvi Gluck) - As a member of a family whose Gur roots run deep, I have tried hard, over the last few years, to distance myself from the conflict that has been maki...

‘It’s Never Too Late To Begin’: Social Media Influencer Movingly Describes His Search For Judaism

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a moving post presented on his Facebook page, Semyon Grafman, a social media celebrity in Israel, shared with his followers his feelings on trying to find ...

IDF Opens Advanced Combat Units To Female Soldiers, Angering Religious Zionist Rabbis

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The IDF announced Tuesday that certain advanced combat units will be opened to women for the first time, although not all elite units will be available to the...

Concern In Eda Chareidis As Both Rabbi Weiss And Rabbi Sternbuch Hospitalized For Medical Procedures

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Both the Ga'abad, the head of the Eda Chareidis and the Ra'avad, who serves as the official head of its Beis Din, were hospitalized this week, causing deep co...

Group Of Democrats And Republicans Call On Palestinian Authority To Release Bullet That Killed Palestinian Journalist

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WASHINGTON (JTA) — A bipartisan slate of 25 Congress members, including a number who are close to the pro-Israel community, called on the Biden administration to pressure the Pales...