Israel’s Health Minister Says 90 Percent Of Those Over 50 ‘Vaccinated Or Recovered’
JERUSALEM (JNS) - Ninety percent of Israelis over the age of 50 have been vaccinated or have recovered from COVID-19, said Israeli health minister Yuli Edelstein on Wednesday.
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Israel Suspects Iran Connection To Mediterranean Oil Spill
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli authorities said Wednesday that a Libyan-owned tanker suspected of smuggling oil from Iran to Syria was responsible for spilling tons of crude into the eas...
Israel’s Netanyahu Blasts ICC War Crimes Investigation
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday condemned the International Criminal Court's war crimes investigation into Israeli policies in ...
Netanyahu, Senior Officials Meet With UAE’s First Ambassador To Israel
JERUSALEM (JNS) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met on Tuesday with the first United Arab Emirates Ambassador to Israel, Mohamed Mahmoud Fateh Ali Al Khaja, according t...
Israeli-Owned Cargo Ship Back At Sea After Suspected Attack
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Israeli-owned cargo ship that suffered a mysterious explosion last week has left Dubai’s port and was transiting the Gulf of Oman on Wednesday...
ICC Announces Investigation Into Israeli, Palestinian War Crimes
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said Wednesday she has launched an investigation into alleged crimes in the Palestinian territories...
United Torah Judaism Mocks ‘Bark Mitzvah’, Compares To Reform Conversions
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A clip by the UTJ party has aroused fierce opposition in secular political circles, after it portrayed reform conversions by using dogs wearing Jewish symbols...
Israel Sentences Palestinian Lawmaker To Two Years In Prison
JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli military court has sentenced a prominent Palestinian lawmaker to two years in prison in a plea bargain that convicted her of belonging to an outlawed gr...
Anglo-Israeli Grandma Goes Viral After Hilarious Interview With Israeli Anchor Rafi Reshef
JERUSALEM (VINnews)— Effi Hercky, an effervescent 81-year-old Anglo-Israeli never expected to rise to stardom at her stage in life, but a short interview with Israeli anchor Rafi R...
Yehuda Meshi-Zahav Receives Israel Prize For Lifetime Achievement
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — ZAKA founder and director Yehuda Meshi-Zahav has received the Israel Prize for Lifetime Achievement for the year 2021. Meshi-Zahav received the news from Educ...
MK Pindrus: ‘IDF Converts Are Shiksas, Whoever Marries Them- His Father Should Sit Shiva’
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The political environment in Israel, never calm before elections, reached a stormy crescendo after MK Yitzchak Pindrus (UTJ) said at a conference Tuesday that...
Analysis: Court Forces Knesset To Determine Character Of Jewish State
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Monday's bombshell decision by the Israeli supreme court to recognize Reform and Conservative conversions performed in Israel with regard to the right to citi...
Senators Urge Blinken To More Strongly Condemn ICC War-Crimes Probe Of Israel
ISRAEL (JNS) — Sens. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) are urging U.S. Secretary of State Tony Blinken to take a stronger position against the International Criminal Cour...
Israeli Supreme Court Recognizes Reform, Conservative Converts As Jews Regarding Law Of Return
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a landmark ruling, the Israeli Supreme Court ruled Monday that conversion performed by the Reform and Conservative movements in Israel will be recognized b...
First Emirati Ambassador To Israel Arrives To Start Post
JERUSALEM (AP) — The United Arab Emirates’ first ambassador to Israel arrived Monday to start his posting in Tel Aviv, barely half a year after the countries formally established d...
Report: Obama Offered Syria Israeli Withdrawal From Golan Heights
WASHINGTON (JNS) - Just a few months before the Syrian civil war erupted in March 2011, the Obama administration offered the Assad regime an Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heigh...
Netanyahu Accuses Iran Of Attacking Israeli-Owned Cargo Ship
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday accused Iran of attacking an Israeli-owned ship in the Gulf of Oman last week, a mysterious explosion that furt...
Israel Rules Out Greek Tanker As Suspect In Mediterranean Oil Spill
JERUSALEM (JNS) - The Greek tanker Minerva Helen was not the source of the tons of toxic tar that washed up on Israel’s shores last weekend, Israel’s Environmental Protection Minis...
Thousands Of Chareidi Families Trudge To Jerusalem By Foot After Govt. Closes Entrance Roads
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a crude attempt to prevent the large gatherings of chasidim on Purim in Jerusalem which this year took place on Sunday, the Israeli government closed the r...
Watch: Purim Tishes In Jerusalem, Megilla Reading At Rachel’s Tomb
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — For the first time in a year, many chasidic groups conducted a Tish (table gathering) honoring Purim. The tishes took place in Jerusalem Sunday, which was th...