On His Last Day, Attorney-General Approves Deal To Authorize New Samarian Settlement In Evyatar
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Reports in the Israeli media Wednesday reveal that on his last day in office, outgoing attorney general Avichai Mandelblit okayed a deal between the governmen...
An Interview With Rav Chaim Kanievsky’s Eldest Son
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
This interview with HaRav HaGaon Rav Avrohom Yishayahu Kanievsky's eldest son was conducted in Hebrew while Rabbi Hoffman was visiting Eretz Y...
FBI Confirms It Bought Spyware From Israel’s NSO Group
WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI has confirmed purchasing NSO Group's powerful spyware tool Pegasus, whose chronic abuse to surveil journalists, dissidents and human rights activists has ...
HEARTBREAKING: Recovering Meron Boy Watches Own Bar Mitzvah From Rehab on Zoom
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — This week, eight months after the Meron tragedy, the youngest survivor celebrated his bar mitzvah–albeit from afar. Like all 12 year-olds, Elazar Berger was g...
Senior Government Official to David Friedman: ‘Don’t Be So Jewish’
NEW YORK (VINnews) — A shocking new exchange has surfaced, in which a senior staffer at the State Department told David Friedman in 2017, “Don’t be so Jewish.”
Mr. Friedman, for...
The Israeli Supermarket Where You Can Shop For Free
JERUSALEM (JNS) - A few years ago, Shani Shukrun began matching people up on Facebook. Not for romantic purposes, but to bring together people in need with donors who could help th...
BREAKING: Students May Enter Israel Even If Not Vaccinated or Recovered
JERUSALEM (VINNews) — Israel has again loosened Covid restrictions for yeshiva and seminary students.
In a newly released video, Rabbi Nechemya Malinowitz of Eretz Hakodesh anno...
Chaim Mizrachi, Beaten And Traumatized By Plainclothes Police, Testifies At Knesset Public Security Committee
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Chaim Mizrachi, who was beaten by four plainclothes policemen last month after he told them that they had hit another car, testified about the traumatic event...
BDE: 11-Year-Old Chareidi Child Dies In Jerusalem Home Fire
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A fire which broke out in an apartment in the Musrara neighborhood in Jerusalem caused the death of an 11-year-old chareidi child. The fire broke out on the f...
Communications Ministry Announces Changes In Kosher Phone Segment Despite Chareidi Opposition
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Communications Minister Yoaz Hendel has decided to effectively cancel the kosher phone segment and allow free movement of consumers from kosher numbers to us...
Yad Vashem Chairman Invites Whoopi Goldberg To Visit Holocaust Museum
The chairman of Yad Vashem on Tuesday invited talk-show host Whoopi Goldberg to visit the Holocaust memorial museum in Jerusalem to learn more about the causes of the Shoah. The in...
Lev Tahor Cult Being Deported From Bosnia
BOSNIA (VINnews) — Lev Tahor cult members are being deported from Bosnia, according to local media reports in the region.
Bosnian authorities are cracking down on the dozens of...
Israeli PM: Iron Dome Too Pricey, Lasers Next For Defense
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s prime minister on Tuesday acknowledged that its Iron Dome defense system is too expensive and the country is speeding the rollout of laser technolo...
Opinion: The Amnesty Report On Israel Affirms The PLO’s 60-Year ‘Apartheid’ Strategy
JERUSALEM (JNS/DAN DIKER) - A new Amnesty International report, called “Israel’s apartheid against Palestinians: a cruel system of domination and crime against humanity,” is the la...
Israel Police Find Indication Of Unlawful Surveillance
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli police said Tuesday that it had found evidence pointing to unauthorized use of sophisticated spyware by its own investigators to snoop on Israeli citiz...
Israel Punishes Officers In Death Of Palestinian-American
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military said Tuesday it would reprimand a senior officer and remove two others from leadership roles over the death of a 78-year-old Palestinian who w...
Why Did Rav Gershon Edelstein Not Sign Letter Against Kahana?
ISRAEL (VINnews) — A letter signed by Charedi Rabbonim was released against Matan Kahana, yet Hagaon HaRav Gershon Edelstein did not sign on.
The Charedi leadership put out the ...
Outrageous: Amnesty International Accuses Israel Of Apartheid
LONDON (AP) - Amnesty International said Tuesday that Israel has maintained “a system of oppression and domination” over the Palestinians going all the way back to its establishmen...
Israel Demolishes East Jerusalem Home Of Palestinian Gunman
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police on Tuesday demolished the east Jerusalem home of a Palestinian militant who killed an Israeli man and wounded four others in a November shooting in ...
For The Ninth Time, Arabs Torch Car Of Tal Yeshovayev, Resident Of Shimon Hatzadik Neighborhood
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Shimon Hatzadik neighborhood in northern Jerusalem is situated just 200 meters from Ohr Samayach (whose new campus will be inside the neighborhood and not...