Israel’s Netanyahu Calls For Tough Lockdown As Virus Rages
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was pushing on Wednesday for an immediate and strict nationwide lockdown as the country's raging coronavirus outbreak sho...
Jewish Agency Collects Prayers To Place In Western Wall Ahead Of Yom Kippur
JERUSALEM (JNS) - The Jewish Agency for Israel has announced a global campaign to gather the prayers of Jews from Israel and around the world and place them among the stones of the...
US Is Committed To Preserving Israel’s Qualitative Military Edge, Defense Chief Mark Esper Says
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The United States is committed to preserving Israel’s qualitative military edge in the Middle East, Defense Secretary Mark Esper told his Israeli counterpart.
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Rabbi David Yosef, Son of Rabbi Ovadia:’Close All Shuls Immediately, Even On Yom Kippur’
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Rabbi David Yosef, the son of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef and a member of the Higher Rabbinical Council, declared Wednesday that all shuls should be closed immediately...
Bnei Brak: 19-Year-Old Newly Married Woman Loses Leg After Tree Falls On Her
BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — A 19-year-old young lady, married just three months, was seriously injured Tuesday after a tree fell on her in a Bnei Brak courtyard. Hatzalah medics were cal...
Zoom Cancels San Francisco State Ethnicities Department Event With Leila Khaled
SAN FRANCISCO (JNS) - The video-conferencing platform Zoom has canceled a conversation on its platform hosted by San Francisco State University’s Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Di...
Coronavirus Cases Soar As Israel Prepares Tighter Measures
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Wednesday reported a new record level of daily cases of coronavirus, shortly before government officials were to meet to discuss tightening a new nationw...
First Direct Commercial Flight From Israel Lands In Bahrain
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The first known direct commercial flight between Israel and Bahrain landed Wednesday in the island kingdom, just a week after it signed a deal al...
‘If You Close Synagogues, How Can You Allow Demonstrations?’
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Faced with a burgeoning infection rate and a steep increase in hospitalizations from coronavirus, Israel has initially tried to make a weak lockdown. At prese...
Rapid COVID-19 Screening Test Developed In Israel To Be Used In Major European Airports
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A rapid COVID-19 screening test developed in Israel will be used to screen passengers in several European airports.
The test involves gargling with a small amo...
Israeli Kibbutz Tweaks Its Name To Honor Ginsburg
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — An Israeli kibbutz has changed its name to honor the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, in a weeklong tribute to the Jewish American judge.
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Jewish-Indian Kickboxing Champ Moving To Israel With Plans To Represent His New Land
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A mixed martial arts and kickboxing champion from India is moving to Israel, and he plans to represent the Jewish state in international competition.
Obed Hran...
US Moves Closer To Sale Of Fighter Jets To UAE As Israel’s Defense Minister Comes To Washington
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The United States is negotiating the sale of F-35 stealth fighter jets to the United Arab Emirates and plans to have a letter of agreement prepared by early Dece...
Florida Will Offer Specialty License Plate That Supports Israel
TALLAHASSEE (AP) — Florida drivers can now show their support for Israel on their license plates.
Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed legislation that authorizes the creation of a “Flo...
FLASHBACK: John Kerry – ‘There will be no Peace Between Israel and the Arab World Without Palestinian Peace’
NEW YORK (VINnews) — "If you keep hitting a brick wall in your endeavors, there's a sign there....find another way round." This quote is true both to daily life and to any endeavor...
Israelis Gird For More Virus Restrictions Amid 2nd Lockdown
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israelis were bracing for more coronavirus restrictions on Tuesday, days after the start of a second countrywide lockdown, as health officials sounded the a...
Three-Week Old Baby Travels 12 Hours To Celebrate Rosh Hashana In Rwanda
KIGALI, RWANDA (VINnews) — Three-week-old Mendy Bar-Sela could not have imagined that within a month of his birth in Israel he would be flying for over 12 hours with two stops on t...
Opinion: History Proves John Kerry Wrong … Again
WASHINGTON (JNS/A.J. Caschetta) - Conventional wisdom took one on the chin last week when the Trump administration did what the establishment said couldn’t be done. No chin took a ...
What Is Sweden’s Secret For Combating Second Stage Of COVID-19?
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — During the first stage of coronavirus in March and April, Sweden took a different approach to most of the world and did not initiate a total lockdown. Instead...
Road To Saudi Ties With Israel Being Paved, Cautiously
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia, the most powerful Arab nation and home to Islam's holiest sites, has made its official position on the region's longest-running con...