ZAKA Leader Who Saved Baby In 2001 Beis Yisrael Suicide Attack Attends His Engagement 19 Years Later
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In March 2002 a terrible terror attack took place in the Beis Yisrael neighborhood, as a suicide bomber dressed like a chareidi exploded himself, killing 10 p...
IDF Appoints Commander To Coordinate Battle Against ICC
JERUSALEM (JNS) - As a result the decision on Friday by the International Criminal Court at The Hague that a Palestinian state exists in Judea, Samaria, Gaza and eastern Jerusalem,...
Israel Approves $9 Billion Purchase Of Advanced Aircraft, Weapons From US
Israel’s Security Cabinet on Sunday approved the allocation of a $9 billion arms deal with the United States.
The deal, first reported by Israel’s Channel 12, includes the purch...
Top Health Ministry Official: Israel May Not Achieve Herd Immunity Against COVID-19
JERUSALEM (JNS) - Israel may be unable to achieve herd immunity against COVID-19 even if 100 percent of those eligible to be vaccinated against the disease are inoculated, a Health...
Weizmann Professor: Chareidi Mortality In 60+ Group 3.5 Times Greater Than General Population
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Professor Eran Segal, a Weizmann Institute researcher whose studies are presented to the coronavirus cabinet in the Israeli government, revealed a startling f...
Shoshana Ovitz, 105-Year-Old Holocaust Survivor, Passes Away In Bnei Brak After Fulfilling Special Dream
BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — For her 104th birthday, Shoshana (Reizel) Ovitz had a special dream. The Auschwitz survivor, who had seen Josef Mengele send her mother to her death, wished t...
Israeli PM Pleads Not Guilty as Corruption Trial Resumes
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pleaded not guilty on Monday as his trial on corruption charges resumed in a Jerusalem courtroom just weeks before nation...
Netanyahu: ICC Decision To Investigate Israel ‘Pure Anti-semitism’
JERUSALEM (JNS) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday accused the International Criminal Court at The Hague of anti-Semitism after it ruled that it has jurisdicti...
Rabbi Chaim Meir Wozner Passes Away From COVID-19 At Age 82
BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — Rabbi Chaim Meir Wozner, the son of Rabbi Shmuel Wozner and head of the Chachmei Lublin yeshiva and the Zichron Meir Beis Din, passed away Sunday from coronav...
Palestinian Leader’s Path To Elections Is Fraught With Peril
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' call for elections has thrown his political future into peril, forcing him to negotiate competing demands to engage ...
ICU Doctor From Tel Hashomer COVID-19 Dept.: Obese, Overweight People Should ‘Run To Vaccinate’
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Dr. Jonathan Gerjy, a doctor at the Tel Hashomer COVID-19 ICU, detailed his recommendations regarding the virus in general and in particular regarding the iss...
Israel Eases Restrictions 6 Weeks After Lockdown
JERUSALEM — Israel has started to ease restrictions nearly six weeks after entering its third nationwide lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
Some businesses began...
UAE Drastically Cut Funding For Palestinian Refugees In 2020
JERUSALEM (AP) — The United Arab Emirates drastically reduced its funding to the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees in 2020, the year it signed a U.S.-brokered normalization acco...
Israeli Hospital Claims It Has Developed Drug To Cure Serious Cases Of COVID-19
JERUSALEM (JNS) - Researchers at Israel’s Ichilov Hospital, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center claim that they have developed a drug that may cure serious cases of the coronavirus.
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Senate Overwhelmingly Votes To Keep Embassy In Jerusalem
WASHINGTON (JTA) - The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly voted to keep the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem on Friday.
It voted 97-3 on an amendment that sets aside funding to maintain the Je...
ICC Clears Way For War Crimes Probe Of Israeli Actions
JERUSALEM (AP) — The International Criminal Court said Friday that its jurisdiction extends to territories occupied by Israel in the 1967 Mideast war, appearing to clear the way fo...
Ruth Dayan, Israeli Fashion Designer, Wife Of Moshe Dayan, Dies At 103
JERUSALEM (AP) — Ruth Dayan, the Israeli fashion designer and peace activist who was married to one of the country's most revered generals, has died at the age of 103, Israeli medi...
Israel, A Global Leader In COVID Vaccinations, Finds Limits
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — When it comes to fighting the coronavirus, Israel is discovering the limits of vaccines.
The country famous for its high-tech prowess and spirit of innov...
Nikki Haley Slams Biden For ‘Cozying Up To Iran’ And Ignoring Israel’s Interests
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Former US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley slammed President Biden's attempts to renegotiate the Iran deal in a Fox News interview. Haley was asked how the US ...
Bnei Menashe Couples From India Remarry Near Netanya
JERUSALEM (JNS) - Eleven Bnei Menashe couples who immigrated to Israel from northeastern India were remarried in a group ceremony at Shavei Israel’s absorption center near Netanya ...