Friday, March 29, 2024

Israel

Judge Rules That Two Gur Sisters Who Left Parents Home Will Stay With ‘Neutral’ Chasidic Family

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A Tel Aviv court has ruled in a closed hearing regarding the two young women from a Gur hasidic family who disappeared from their home after their parents lef...

Arab Party Leader In Israel Rejects ‘Apartheid’ Label

JERUSALEM (AP) — The head of an Arab party in Israel who made history last year by joining the governing coalition said Thursday he would not use the word “apartheid” to describe r...

British Jewish Group Says Israeli Politician ‘Not Wanted’

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JERUSALEM (AP) — An umbrella group representing British Jews told an Israeli ultranationalist politician on Thursday that he is unwelcome, drawing outcry from Israeli opposition po...

Israeli Study: Antibodies Perform Best After COVID Infection, Not Vaccine

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Over time, the number of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies falls in both previously infected and vaccinated people, but the performance of antibodies improves only after previous infection and...
FILE - Jewish Home parliament member Bezalel Smotrich speaks during a conference of the National Union Political party in Jerusalem on March 6, 2018. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

MK Smotrich Gets Cold Reception From British Communal Groups: ‘Get Back On The Plane’

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LONDON (VINnews) — The British Board of Deputies, a leading UK Jewish communal group gave a rude welcome to Religious Zionism leader Betzalel Smotrich who arrived in London Wednesd...

United Hatzalah Volunteer Races To Save Lives – On The Way To His Own Wedding

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Netanel Assa is a dedicated United Hatzalah volunteer who is willing to leave everything and race to save lives. Everything? Even his own wedding apparently, ...

Israeli Government Announces Tax Benefit Package To Counter Rising Living Costs

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a Wednesday press conference, the Israeli government announced a 4.4 billion NIS package to counter the recent steep rise in the cost of living. The govern...

Ex-Israeli Police Chief Dismisses Claims Of Spyware Hacking

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's former police chief said Wednesday that recent allegations about police using sophisticated spyware to hack the phones of prominent officials and proteste...

Hummus In Space? Joint Israeli-NASA Project Aims To Help Astronauts Grow Chickpeas In Zero Gravity

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Like most Israelis, Yonatan Winetraub loves hummus, and its protein-packed base legume: the chickpea. But unlike most, Winetraub also has the ability to send chickpeas into spac...

Israel Hits Syria, Killing Soldier After Anti-Aircraft Fire

JERUSALEM (AP) — A Syrian soldier was killed and five others were wounded in an Israeli attack near the capital Damascus, Syrian state media said. The Israeli military said it atta...

Israeli Fire And Rescue Services Require Volunteers To List ‘Parent 1’ And ‘Parent 2’

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In the wake of the public controversy over MDA's donor forms requiring donors to register 'Parent 1' and 'Parent 2' in place of their father and mother and th...

Israeli Cab Driver Nearly Lynched After Entering Shechem In Wake Of Elimination Of 3 Terrorists

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — An Israeli taxi driver was injured and his car wrecked by numerous rocks and projectiles after he entered the town of Shechem just hours after the IDF elimina...

HORROR: Two Young Sisters Go Missing After Family Rejects Gerrer Chassidus

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BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — Two sisters, ages 17 and 14, have been missing from their homes for the past week. According to the girls’ family, the disappearance occurred after the par...

Israel Business Jet ‘Identified With Mossad’ Lands In Qatar

JERUSALEM (JNS) - An Israeli business jet “identified with the Mossad and which carried out missions for it in recent months” landed on Monday in Doha, Qatar, reported Israel’s Kan...

3 Palestinian Terrorists Killed In Clash With IDF In Nablus

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JERUSALEM (JNS) — Israeli security forces on Tuesday killed three members of a terror cell operating out of Nablus,  according to the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet). The cell...

Israel’s Police Chief Cuts Short UAE Trip Over Spyware Probe

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TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel's police commissioner cut short an official foreign trip Tuesday and rushed home to deal with a growing scandal over reports of illegal spying, inclu...

Judge Rejects Claim By Jewish Son Of Muslim That He Has Nothing Against Jews: ‘Your Actions Prove Otherwise’

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A Jewish youth growing up as a Muslim participated in a lynch against a Jewish person in Jerusalem, according to a Jerusalem District Juvenile Court ruling. ...

Liberman Blames Chareidim For Cost Of Living Hike: ‘50% Not Participating In Workforce’

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — During a Yisrael Beitenu faction meeting, Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman claimed that the real culprit for the wave of price hikes in Israel is the chareid...

ONCE AGAIN: Israeli Police Brutally Arrest Chareidi Not Wearing Facemask In Supermarket

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Time and again during the course of the current pandemic, Israeli police have taken coronavirus regulations to extreme levels and violently arrested citizens ...

Israeli Scientists Reverse Paralysis In Mice Using Human Implants, Hope To Begin Human Trials ‘Within 3 Years’

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a trailblazing experiment conducted in an Israeli lab, scientists succeeded in making paralyzed mice walk by giving them spinal cord implants. The scientis...