Morocco’s Mixed Messages
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Moroccan Prime Minister Saadeddine Othmani congratulated Hamas on its "victory" over Israel. Othmani wrote to Hamas’ political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, on Satu...
Danielle Wolf Is First Israeli Woman To Reach Summit Of Everest
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Danielle Wolfson was an anonymous Israeli lawyer until last week, when she became the first Israeli woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest. The 43-year-ol...
Yair Lapid: ‘I’m A Descendant Of The Holy Shlah, But He’s Probably Not Satisfied With Me’
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — At a special event organized at the Knesset by UTJ leader Moshe Gafni to express appreciation for the heroic work of Chareidi volunteers during the period of ...
Whatsapp Permanently Blocks MK Ben-Gvir’s Wife And Lehava Leader Bentzi Gopstein
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In an unprecedented encroachment on free speech in Israel, Whatsapp last week permanently blocked the numbers of the wife of MK Itamar Ben Gvir as well as som...
Israel Appoints Former Operative As New Mossad Spymaster
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Monday the appointment of David Barnea as the new head of the country's spy agency, the Mossad.
Barnea, a fo...
BBC Palestinian Journalist Shown To Have Tweeted #Hitlerwasright In 2014
LONDON (JTA) - A journalist for the BBC based in Ramallah in 2014 tweeted “#HitlerWasRight” about Israel’s war with Hamas in Gaza.
Honest Reporting, an Israeli organization whos...
1,500 Rally For Israel In London
LONDON (JTA) - About 1,500 people rallied in support of Israel in London.
In addition to hundreds of Israeli flags at Sunday’s rally on Kensington High Street, participants also...
Israel To Lift Most Coronavirus Restrictions In June
JERUSALEM (JNS) - Israeli Health Minister Yuli Edelstein announced on Sunday that in light of the country’s low and stable coronavirus morbidity figures, he will not seek an extens...
Opinion: Stop The Anti-semitic Lies Of Rep. Bowman And Other Inciters To Violence
NEW YORK (JNS/STEVEN BURG) - We are seeing an increase in the natural outcome of anti-Semitic Israel-bashing in the latest wave of open, violent hate crimes against Jews around the...
Toldos Avraham Yitzhak Rebbe Officiates At Merkaz Harav Student’s Wedding In Mea Shearim
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A highly unconventional wedding took place in Jerusalem Monday in the Toldos Avraham Yitzchak compound in the Mea Shearim quarter of Jerusalem. The groom is a...
Biden Sends Top U.S. Diplomat To Mideast To Meet With Israeli, Palestinian Leaders To Lay Groundwork For Peace Talks
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken is heading to the Middle East to press the Israelis, Palestinians and regional players to build on last week’s Gaza cease-fire b...
2 Moderately Injured In Jerusalem Stabbing Attack, Terrorist Neutralized
JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli soldier and a civilian were stabbed near a light rail station in east Jerusalem on Monday before the terrorist was shot and killed by police.
The att...
Names Of 5 Israeli Family Members Killed In Italian Cable Car Accident Released
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Israeli foreign ministry released Monday the names of the five Israelis killed in a cable car accident in the Italian Alps on Sunday. The accident which c...
US General: As US Scales Back In Mideast, China May Step In
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — As the United States scales back its military presence across the Middle East to focus on great power competition with China and Russia, it risks giving...
5 Israelis Among 14 Dead In Italian Cable Car Accident
ROME (AP/VINnews) — Five Israelis died today when a cable car taking visitors to a mountaintop view of some of northern Italy's most picturesque lakes plummeted to the ground Sunda...
The Sheikh Jarrah Property Dispute And The False Claim Of Israeli Land Discrimination
JERUSALEM (JNS/Avi Bell ) - The real estate dispute in Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood has played a crucial role in international accounts of the recent fighting between the...
‘Israel Destroyed 62 Miles Of Hamas Tunnels And Killed 25 Top Operatives’
JERUSALEM (JNS) - In the 11 days of the Israeli Defense Forces’ “Operation Guardian of the Walls,” Israeli forces destroyed some 62 miles of Hamas’s tunnel network in the Gaza Stri...
In The Wake Of Karlin Tragedy, Two Other Chasidic Weddings Change Their Venues
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A week after the tragic collapse of bleachers at the Karlin shul in Givat Zeev led to the deaths of two chasidim with hundreds more injured, the Chareidi worl...
Temple Mount Opens To Jews Despite Chareidi Requests To Close It Off
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In the wake of the recent tensions surrounding Temple Mount, UTJ leader Moshe Gafni sent a special request to prime minister Netanyahu asking him to maintain ...
Hamas Defiant With Military Parade, Appearance Of Top Leader
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hundreds of masked Hamas fighters brandishing assault rifles paraded in Gaza City and the group’s top leader made his first public appearance on Saturd...