Flying Under The Radar: The Women Warriors Of Israel’s Elite Combat Intelligence Unit
JERUSALEM (JNS) - Some four years ago, in typical secrecy, the Israel Defense Forces’ infamous Unit 8200 established its first company of female warriors. The company operates with...
Hackers Unlock Files From 2020 Breach, Exposing Personal Info Of Nearly All Israeli Voters
JERUSALEM (JNS) - The personal information of nearly all Israeli voters was exposed online on Monday, a day before the country’s general election, financial daily Calcalist reporte...
Analysis: Netanyahu’s Incredible Timing May Prove Gamechanger
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — As Israelis drag themselves for the fourth time in two years to the polling booth, there is no assurance that this election will end the political impasse whi...
Jerusalem’s Biblical Zoo Is Attempting Damage Control After Kids Saw A Lion Eat A Bunny
JERUSALEM (JTA) - The Biblical Zoo in Jerusalem is clarifying its feeding protocols after families watched a lion devouring a bunny.
Video of the incident, which was shared on T...
Pollard Defends Spying On US For Israel In Rare Interview
JERUSALEM (AP) — Jonathan Pollard, an American who served a 30-year sentence for spying for Israel, defends his actions in his first interview since arriving in Israel late last ye...
Israeli Election Seen As Referendum On Netanyahu
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israelis vote Tuesday in their fourth parliamentary election in just two years. Once again, the race boils down to a referendum on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyah...
Explainer: Players In Israel’s Fourth Election In 2 Years
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel is holding its fourth parliamentary election in two years, the product of protracted political deadlock and disagreement over longtime leader Benjamin Netan...
Israel Revokes Permit Of Palestinian Foreign Minister
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Sunday revoked the VIP permit of the Palestinian foreign minister after he returned to the West Bank from a trip to the International Criminal Court in t...
More Than 20,000 Protest Outside Netanyahu’s Residence Days Before Israeli Election
JERUSALEM (JTA) - As Israel nears its fourth election in two years, tens of thousands of people protested outside Benjamin Netanyahu’s home Saturday night.
On Sunday, the prime ...
‘I’m Going To Turn Israel Into A World Superpower’
JERUSALEM (JNS) - It used to be the norm for a right-wing prime minister on the campaign trail to visit settlements. Times have changed; A trip to Bedouin town of Tuba-Zangaria in ...
Watch: Israel And UAE Hold First Friendly Rugby Game, With Friday Night Kiddush Afterwards
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Israeli national rugby team held a historic first friendly game with the UAE's national team in Dubai Friday as part of what has been termed the Abraham A...
As Incitement Increases, Israeli Chareidi Punched In Face, Told That ‘Coronavirus Came Because Of You’
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israeli chareidi journalists have warned over the past year that the daily media incitement against chareidim, fueled both by anti-Chareidi election agendas a...
Israeli Finance Ministry Announces $120 Million Bailout For El Al
JERUSALEM (JNS) - Israel’s Finance Ministry announced on Wednesday a $210 million bailout for the country’s national carrier, El Al, to help the airline overcome the losses it suff...
Israeli High Court: Restrictions On Israelis Returning Home Are ‘Unconstitutional’
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israel's High Court ruled Wednesday that the country cannot restrict the entry of citizens into Israel as this is unconstitutional. The ruling states that the...
Despite Ties, UAE Stays Clear Of Netanyahu Election Maneuver
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — As Israel heads to the polls next week for the fourth time in two years, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has sought to capitalize on his new pa...
Memo: Biden Administration Aims To ‘Reset’ Relations With Palestinians
WASHINGTON (JNS) - The Biden administration is looking to hit the reset button with the Palestinians, including the return to a more traditional position on a two-state solution an...
Clearing Out The Notes In The Kotel Ahead Of Passover, Under COVID-19 Conditions
JERUSALEM (JNS) - Workers at the Kotel (Western Wall) in Jerusalem on Tuesday conducted the site’s customary biannual clear-out of all the notes stuck between the stones over the c...
El Al’s Flight Simulator Made Wheelchair-accessible For ‘Good Deeds Day’
JERUSALEM (JNS) - In honor of “Good Deeds Day,” the pilot’s seat of EL AL’s Boeing 737 flight simulator was replaced on Tuesday with a wheelchair to give Israelis with disabilities...
Nir Barkat Becomes Israel’s First Billionaire MK
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Likud MK Nir Barkat, already the wealthiest member of Knesset after his successful exit from Checkpoint, has now become the first billionaire member of Knesse...
After Being Thrown From Minibus, Mendy Woke Up And Asked For Tefillin
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A 19-year-old yeshiva student who was thrown out of a minibus in which he was travelling when the minibus fell off the road into a deep ditch, has woken up a ...