Thursday, March 28, 2024

Israel

Israeli Prosecutors Spell Out Allegations Against Netanyahu

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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli prosecutors on Sunday released an amended indictment spelling out detailed charges against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a corruption case in which ...

In First, Female Officer To Head Israeli Intelligence Efforts Against Iran

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JERUSALEM (JNS) - In another first for women’s military service in Israel, deputy commander of the Israel Defense Force’s Unit 9900, Lt. Col. R. has been appointed head of the Mili...

Netanyahu: Arab Vote Has ‘Tremendous Potential’ For Likud

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JERUASLEM (JNS) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday that he hoped to make significant inroads among Arab-Israeli voters—a demographic traditionally not seen ...

Netanyahu Pictured With Millionth Person Vaccinated -Who Turns Out To Be Convicted Felon

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Prime Minister Netanyahu made a special trip Friday to the Arab town of Umm Al-Fahm in northwestern Israel in order to take a picture with the millionth perso...

Watch: Violent Protests Continue Over Death Of Settler After Police Ramming

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The last two weeks have seen almost daily protests taking place around Israel over the death of Ahuvia Sandak, the 17-year-old settler who was killed when pol...

What’s Behind Erdoğan’s Sudden Warming Towards Israel?

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JERUSALEM (JNS) - Israel’s long-term adversary, Islamist Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan, came out calling for better ties with Israel in what experts say is part of a larger atte...

Israel’s Virus Surveillance Tool Tests Its Democratic Norms

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — In the early days of the pandemic, a panicked Israel began using a mass surveillance tool on its civilians, tracking people’s cellphones in hopes of stoppin...

Israel Reaches 1 Million Mark In Vaccinations

JERUSALEM — Israel says it has vaccinated 1 million people against COVID-19, more than a tenth of its population, as it rolls out one of the world’s earliest and most rapid inocula...

Acquitted AMIA Bombing Suspect Says Israel Kills ‘Kids In Palestine’

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (JTA) — A week after being acquitted of being involved in the 1994 AMIA Jewish center bombing in Buenos Aires, an Argentine car dealer tweeted about how Isr...

US Assistant Secretary Of Defence At Pollard’s Arrest Says ‘His Punishment Was Too Harsh’

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NEW YORK (VINnews) — Lawrence Korb, who served as Assistant Secretary of Defense during the 1980's when Jonathan Pollard was arrested, spoke in an interview Thursday and said that ...

Israel Has Vaccinated Over 10 Times More Of Its Population Than The US

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JERUSALEM (JNS) - Israel has vaccinated about 8% of its population against COVID-19, while the United States has vaccinated less than 1%, according to data reported by the two nati...

Emirati Hotel Managers Accuse Israelis Of Stealing ‘All They Can Carry’ From Dubai Hotels

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Thousands of Israeli tourists have descended on Dubai in the month since commercial flights started between Israel and the UAE. Many were trying to escape the...

Vizhnitz Admor Stopped By Police, Gabbaim Fined For Violating COVID-19 Regulations

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BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — The Admor of Vizhnitz-Bnei Brak was detained on his way to a vacation in the northern Israeli town of Chatzor Haglilit. The aides of the Admor were fined by p...

Ethiopian Gardener At Caesarea Golf Course Wins Israel’s Golf Championship

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — For 27 years, Asher Isso, an Ethiopian immigrant who arrived in Israel in 1991, has tended faithfully to the golf course greens in Caesarea in order to ensure...

Israeli Policeman Indicted On Two Charges Of Assault For Hitting 12-Year-Old Chareidi Boy

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) —The Israeli State Attorney's department for internal investigations submitted an indictment against the commander of the Lev Habirah police station, Dep. Com. ...

Jared Kushner’s Company Plans To Raise $100 Million In Israel Bonds As His Time As Mideast Adviser Nears End

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WASHINGTON (JTA) — Jared Kushner’s family real estate business wants to raise at least $100 million in capital through Israel’s bond market, according to papers filed near the end ...

US Policy Of Labeling West Bank Products As ‘Made In Israel’ Takes Effect

WASHINGTON (JNS) - The U.S. policy of requiring products made in Israeli settlements in the West Bank as “Made in Israel” took effect last week, according to U.S. Customs and Borde...

Fiancee Of Settler Youth Killed In Police Ramming Humiliated During Police Interrogation

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A week after the tragic death of Ahuvia Sandak, who was killed when a police car rammed into the car he was travelling in during a high-speed chase, the affai...

Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai Enters National Politics, Forming New Center-Left Party

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TEL AVIV (VINnews) — Veteran Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai, who has long expressed his wish to enter national politics, has decided to launch a new center-left party to run in Israel's...

Update: Pollard Arrives In Israel, Welcomed By PM

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JERUSALEM (AP) — Jonathan Pollard, who spent 30 years in U.S. prison for spying for Israel, arrived in Israel early Wednesday with his wife, triumphantly kissing the ground as he d...