Israeli Navy Prepares For Arrival Of New Upgraded Warships
ABOARD THE INS LAHAV (AP) — After a coronavirus-related delay, Israel’s navy is preparing for the long-awaited arrival of its next generation of missile boats — giving it a powerfu...
Israelis Persist In Rallies Against Pm Despite Lockdown
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Tens of thousands of Israelis demonstrated in hundreds of locations across Israel against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, pressing ahead with their campa...
Analysis: Police Brutality Result Of Incessant Incitement Against Chareidim
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — After a period in which police appeared to have internalized that their uncouth and violent approach to the Chareidi community's violations of COVID-19 regula...
Israeli Police Brutally Attack Chareidim Over New Coronavirus Regulations
BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — Violent clashes broke out between police and Chareidi worshipers as police closed numerous shuls in accordance with the new lockdown regulations in Israel. Po...
Israeli Tourism Minister Resigns To Protest Netanyahu
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's tourism minister resigned from the fractious government Friday, saying he doesn't have an “ounce of trust” in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and accusi...
Rabbi Chaim Kanievski Tests Positive For Coronavirus
BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — Rabbi Chaim Kanievski has tested positive for coronavirus, according to reports from his household members. Rabbi Kanievski was tested after his temperature r...
Gov. Newsom Vetoes California Ethnic-Studies Bill Requiring Anti-Israel Curriculum
CALIFORNIA (JNS) - California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would make ethnic-studies courses a high school graduation requirement.
Newsom, a Democrat, cited the ongoing ...
Rabbi Kanievski And Rabbi Edelstein: Organize Minyanim Outdoors, Wear Masks, No Sukkos Visits
BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — Rabbi Chaim Kanievski and Rabbi Gershon Edelstein signed a manifest calling on the Chareidi public to maintain health guidelines in the wake of the increase i...
Coronavirus Outbreak In House Of Rabbi Kanievski
BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — After Rabbi Chaim Kanievski's driver tested positive on Erev Yom Kippur for coronavirus, it was reported by Haaretz's Aharon Rabinowitz that a number of the r...
Israel Reports Record Nearly 9,000 Covid Cases In One Day
JERUSALEM (JTA) - Israel reported a record number of nearly 9,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in a 24-hour period.
The 8,919 confirmed infections reported Thursday mornin...
Lebanon Confirms Talks With Israel Over Disputed Sea Border
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s parliament speaker confirmed Thursday that an agreement has been reached on a framework of indirect talks between Lebanon and Israel over a longstanding dis...
Hadassah Hospital’s Plasma Treatment Cures Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Hadassah hospital reported this week that its experimental treatment based on plasma taken from the blood of recovered coronavirus patients has proved success...
Shut Down Synagogues And Move All Prayers Outside, Israeli Orthodox Party’s Rabbinical Council Orders
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The rabbinic leadership of the Sephardic Orthodox Shas party called for prayer services to be held outdoors only to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
It m...
Israel Delivers First Iron Dome Defense System To The US Army
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel delivered the first of two Iron Dome missile defense system batteries to the U.S. Army.
The U.S. and Israel signed an agreement for the purchase of two ...
2,000-year-old Ritual Bath Airlifted From Galilee Highway To Nearby Kibbutz
JERUSALEM (JNS) - An ancient mikveh (ritual bath) uncovered at the construction site of a highway interchange in the Lower Galilee was transferred today to nearby Kibbutz Hannaton....
Chareidi Approach To COVID-19 Changes: ‘After The Gerer Capsules Failed, People Gave Up’
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Chareidi analyst and PR rep Berele Kromby offered an interesting explanation for the behavior of the Chareidi community in the wake of the second wave of COVI...
Israel Approves Law To Curb Protests During Virus Lockdown
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's parliament on Wednesday passed a law that would allow the government to curtail public protests during the country's nationwide coronavirus lockdown, a me...
Lines And Crowds At Chareidi Neighborhood Testing Centers Could Spread More COVID-19
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In many cities in Israel there are drive-thru coronavirus checking centers where people can stay in their cars until they reach the checkpoint where they are ...
Watch: Israel Says Hezbollah Has ‘Arms Depot’ In Beirut
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah of maintaining a “secret arms depot” in a residential neighborhood of Beiru...
65 Israeli Wines Win Medals In Decanter World Wine Awards
JERUSALEM (JNS) - Six Israeli wineries won gold medals in the 2020 Decanter World Wine Awards.
Considered the “Oscars” of wine awards, Decanter’s competition has become the worl...