Police Car Rams Settlers Car During Chase Over Stonethrowing, Killing Jewish Youth
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Samarian police rammed into a car full of settlers Monday morning during a chase following alleged stonethrowing by the settlers. The car flipped over and one...
Kushner To Lead Maiden Flight From Israel To Morocco
JERUSALEM (AP) — Senior White House adviser Jared Kushner announced Monday that he will join an Israeli delegation on the first direct flight to Morocco to celebrate the U.S.-broke...
Israeli Soldier Dismissed From Unit After Running Away From Terrorist With Molotov Cocktail
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — An Israeli soldier was dismissed from his combat unit after footage showed him running away from an Arab terrorist and not attempting to prevent him from thro...
US Dollar In Freefall Against Shekel
JERUSALEM (JNS)- Although the U.S. dollar rallied somewhat against the shekel on Monday morning—hitting NIS 3.426 after plummeting to NIS 3.23 on Friday—the current exchange rate m...
Major Lockdown: Concerned Over New COVID-19 Strain, Israel Shuts Skies To Non-Nationals
JERUSALEM - (JNS) Israel on Monday decided to ban entry to all non-citizens and require returning nationals to quarantine in special facilities, over concerns regarding a new COVI...
52-Year-Old Mother Of Six Brutally Murdered While Jogging In Samaria Forest
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Esther Horgan, a 52-year-old mother of six children from the Samarian community of Tal Menashe, was brutally murdered in cold blood in a forest near her home ...
Israelis Rally To Renovate Dilapidated House Of Mentally Challenged Person Arrested By Police
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The public outcry over the mistaken arrest and subsequent abandonment of Yosef Fleischman, a mentally challenged elderly man who was found in a field many hou...
Palestinians Urge Biden And Israel To Return To The Negotiating Table
JERUSALEM (JTA) — In a stark contrast from the last few years of the Trump administration, the Palestinian foreign minister said Saturday that the Palestinian Authority is ready to...
Right Livid After Gantz Says Jerusalem Has ‘Room’ For Palestinian Capital
JERUSALEM (JNS) - Prominent figures on Israel’s right are furious with Defense Minister Benny Gantz for telling London-based Saudi news outlet Asharq Al-Awsat in a recent interview...
Israel Tightens Travel Restrictions Amid Rising COVID-19 Morbidity, New UK Strain
JERUSALEM (JNS) - Israel’s so-called coronavirus Cabinet on Sunday unanimously approved new travel restrictions, barring non-Israelis entry into the country from Britain, Denmark a...
Israel Begins Virus Inoculation Drive As Infections Surge
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel on Sunday began its coronavirus inoculation drive, aiming to vaccinate some 60,000 people a day in a bid to stamp out the illness that is once again ...
Photos: Israel’s Chief Rabbi Makes History With Visit To UAE
UAE (JNS) - The Jewish community in the United Arab Emirates hosted a historic visit this weekend by Israel’s Chief Sephardi Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef.
After arriving in the UAE on Th...
Vizhnitz Rebbe Asks Chasidim To Make Kiddush This Shabbos Between 6 And 7
BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — The Vizhnitz Rebbe, Rabbi Yisrael Hager, presented an unusual request to his chasidim during a sermon he gave during the final Shabbos meal. It is the custom ...
Israeli PM Joins World Leaders Getting COVID-19 Vaccine
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was vaccinated against the coronavirus on live television Saturday, becoming the first Israeli and one of the worl...
Palestinian Foreign Minister Urges Israel To Return To Talks
CAIRO (AP) — The Palestinian foreign minister on Saturday urged Israel to return to talks based on a two-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, ahead of the transitio...
Mentally Challenged Chareidi Found Lying In Field After Mistaken Arrest, Release Far From Home
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A 66-year-old mentally challenged Chareidi resident of Meah Shearim was found lying half-frozen in a Jerusalem field after police had arrested him and freed h...
Report: Pence Plans To Visit Israel, Europe In January
WASHINGTON (JNS) — U.S. Vice President Mike Pence is reportedly planning to visit Israel as part of a trip next month to Europe and the Middle East.
Politico, citing three U.S. ...
Netanyahu, In Isolation, Watches Wife Light 8 Candles
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is isolated in his Jerusalem residence after coming into contact with a person infected with COVID-19. Netanyahu tested nega...
Over 50,000 Israelis Have Already Visited The UAE Since Peace Deal Signing
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (JTA) - Over 50,000 Israelis have visited the United Arab Emirates since the recent normalization pact between Israel and the UAE, according to a report this w...
Ice Menorah In Tyumen, Siberia Melts The Ice In Heart Of Local Priest
NEW YORK (VINnews) — As in many other places with temperatures below freezing, there are a number of towns in Siberia where a special ice menorah was built in honor of Chanukah and...