Israel Supreme Court Approves Demolition Of Terrorist Home After Attack
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the decision to destroy the family home of a detained Palestinian accused of a deadly shooting. It rejected a petition b...
Israel Suffers Spike In COVID-19 Cases Of Delta Variant Particularly Among Schoolchildren
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israel is suffering a steep rise in cases of Covid-19 , particularly among schoolchildren, with the main affected areas being the towns of Binyamina and Modii...
Former Iranian President Ahmedinjad Claims Supreme Leader Khamenei’s Brother-In-Law Contacted Israel
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Ousted former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad claimed Sunday that a high-ranking Iranian official and brother-in-law of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah A...
Eda Chareidis Leader Travels To Gush Etzion Protest Against Archaeologists Digging Burial Caves
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The head of the Eda Chareidis, Rabbi Yitzchak Tuvia Weiss(95) travelled to the Gush Etzion region Wednesday to demonstrate against an archaeological dig which...
Religious Affairs Minister Kahane Aims To Control Committee For Appointing Rabbinical Judges
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Religious Affairs minister Matan Kahane intends on bringing a new bill to the Knesset which will lead to a change in the composition of the committee for appo...
Israeli Police Minister Attempts To Outlaw Anti-Assimilation Group Lehava As ‘Terror Organization’
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israel's Public Security Minister, Omer Bar-Lev, has asked attorney-general Avichai Mandelblit to declare the Lehava organization headed by Bentzi Gopstein a ...
Knesset Members Host Event Entitled ‘From Occupation To Apartheid’, MK Ben-Gvir: Terrorists
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In an absurd example of how freedom of speech can be used to besmirch Israel even inside its own parliament, two Knesset members from the coalition and opposi...
Watch: Festive 40th Siyum Of The Rambam At Sultan’s Pool, Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Thousands of Lubavitch chasidim celebrated Monday night in Jerusalem the end of the 40th cycle of study of the Rambam, a study which was initiated by the Luba...
Watch: Delegation Of Emiratis And Egyptians Visits Israeli Yeshiva
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — One of the corollaries of the peace treaty between Israel and the Emirates will hopefully be more tourism and investment in Israel by Arabs. So far Israelis h...
WATCH: Israel Cites Progress In Laser That Shoots Down Drones
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military said Monday it has successfully tested an airborne high-power laser that can shoot down drones, technology it hopes to deploy on a larger scal...
Wary Of New Outbreak, Israel To Increase Covid Screening At Ben-Gurion Airport
JERUSALEM (JNS) - Israel will significantly increase COVID-19 screening at Ben-Gurion International Airport amid fears of the highly contagious Delta variant of the COVID-19 virus,...
Israeli Foreign Minister To Make First Visit To UAE
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s new foreign minister will head to the United Arab Emirates next week for the first known visit by a top Israeli diplomat to the Gulf Arab country, the min...
First Chaplain Of German Army Since The Holocaust Did Not Know He Was Jewish Until He Was 9
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Until he was 9 years old, Rabbi Mordechai Eliezer Balla, who was recently appointed as the federal chaplain of the German army, did not even know that he was J...
Three Other Countries Request Vaccines From Israel After Palestinians Refuse To Accept Them
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — After Palestinian leaders refused to accept the vaccines sent by Israel over the weekend, claiming that they were close to expiration date, three other countr...
Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu: Don’t Buy Arab Produce, Meretz MK: Investigate Rabbi For ‘Racial Incitement’
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Tzfat Chief Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu called Sunday not to purchase agricultural produce from Israeli Arabs in the aftermath of the violent riots in which a number...
A Philadelphia Festival Cut An Israeli Food Truck, Citing ‘The Concerns Of Community.’ The Response Was Fierce.
Philadelphia (JTA) - Organizers of an event celebrating immigrant chefs in Philadelphia have removed an Israeli food truck from the lineup, citing “the concerns of community that w...
Netanyahu To Leave Prime Minister’s Residence By July 10
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu and his family will leave the country's official prime minister's residence no later than July 10, Netanyahu and Israe...
Israeli PM: World Powers Must ‘Wake Up’ On Iran Nuke Deal
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Sunday opened his first Cabinet meeting since swearing in his new coalition government last week with a condemnation of t...
Eight Arrested In Connection With Murder Of Yigal Yehoshua In Lod Riots
JERUSALEM (JNS) - Eight suspects have been arrested in connection with the murder of a Jewish Israeli man in Lod last month during the Arab riots that rocked cities throughout the ...
The Eyes That Wrote Torah : A Eulogy For Rabbi Yaakov Rabinowitz-Teumim
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — His eyes, the only part of his body which would still obey his brain's commands, flitted onto the special computer screen which recognized their message. Slow...