Thousands Of Israelis Protest Outside Netanyahu’s Residence
JERUSALEM (AP) — Thousands of Israelis demonstrated outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s official residence in central Jerusalem late Saturday, demanding he resign over his ...
Jared Kushner Presented Bahrain’s King With Sefer Torah Prior To Peace Agreement
WASHINGTON (VINnews) — Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law, who has been directing the peace initiatives in the Middle East with Arab countries, bought a Sefer Torah and pr...
Iran Condemns Bahrain’s Plan To Normalize Ties With Israel
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran on Saturday strongly condemned Bahrain's plan to normalize relations with Israel, calling it a shameful and ignominious move by the Gulf Arab country.
B...
Israel Allocates $51 Million To Bring Over 2,000 Immigrants From Ethiopia By 2021
JERUSALEM (JTA) - Israel’s government has allocated $51 million to bring over 2,000 Ethiopian citizens this year, the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.
The alloc...
Bahrain To Recognize Israel As UAE Deal Set To Be Signed
WASHINGTON (AP) — Bahrain has become the latest Arab nation to agree to normalize ties with Israel as part of a broader diplomatic push by President Donald Trump and his administra...
Israeli PM Backs Down After Uproar Over Private Plane
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday scrapped plans to fly to Washington with his family on a private plane and said he would instead travel with th...
An Insider’s Look at ‘Corona Hotels’ Operated by IDF Home Front Command
JERUSALEM (JNS) - As the Israeli cabinet weighs increasingly stringent steps to deal with the growing numbers of confirmed coronavirus cases, the Israel Defense Forces’ Home Front ...
Setting New One-Day COVID Records, Israel Gears up for Extended Lockdown Starting on Rosh Hashanah
JERUSALEM (JTS) — Israel appears poised to return all of its citizens to lockdown just before Rosh Hashanah next week, in a decisive action that comes as the country’s coronavirus ...
Israeli Pediatrician Bride Dies Ten Days After Collapsing At Her Wedding
BEERSHEVA (VINnews) — In a tragic end to what should have been the most special day of her life, Dr. Shirley Almasi Arieli, a doctor working in the Pediatrics department at Beershe...
Israel’s Netanyahu Pressed to Sign Conflict-of-Interest Deal
JERUSALEM (AP) — With Israel's prime minister lashing out at him nearly every day, the country's attorney general is pressing Benjamin Netanyahu to sign a conflict-of-interest agre...
Ukrainian Rabbi: Its ‘Madly Dangerous’ To Go To Uman, Hospitals Are Collapsing
ODESSA (VINnews) — A month after a man wielding an ax attacked his Ukrainian shul and after falling gravely ill with coronavirus, Rabbi Mendi Cohen, 39, the Rabbi of Mariopol, warn...
Jared Kushner: ‘We’ll Do What We Can’ to Preserve Israel’s Military Superiority While Selling Combat Jets to UAE
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Senior White House adviser Jared Kushner pledged to “do what we can” to preserve Israel’s qualitative military edge if the administration works out a deal to sel...
Watch: Israel Railway Inspector Prevents Charedim From Entering Train, But Who Is He?
BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — A curious video which went viral Thursday morning shows an Israel Railway inspector allegedly preventing Chareidim from ascending a train at the Bat Yam railw...
Fearing Coronavirus Spread, Israel’s Chief Rabbi Bans Tashlich Ritual
JERUSALEM (JNS) - A key ritual ahead of Rosh Hashanah has been effectively banned by Israel’s Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi David Lau this year due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
The...
Palestinians Call Wheelchair-Access Elevator To Machpela Cave A “War Crime”
CHEVRON (VINnews) — Palestinian foreign minister Riad Al-Maliki recently described Israel's planned building of an elevator to enable the disabled to access the Machpela cave (Cave...
Politics Plague Israeli Virus Response Ahead Of Holidays
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has long cultivated a symbiotic relationship with the country’s ultra-Orthodox parties, doling out generous subsid...
Congress Questions Sale Of US Residence In Israel To Adelson
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department has informally confirmed to Congress that Republican super-donor Sheldon Adelson is the buyer of the U.S. ambassador’s official residence in ...
Palestinian FM Urges Arab States To Dismiss Israel-UAE Deal
CAIRO (AP) — The Palestinian foreign minister Wednesday called on Arab states to dismiss a deal between the United Arab Emirates and Israel to normalize relations, describing the a...
Aliyah To Israel On The Rise, Despite COVID-19 And Bureaucracy Bottlenecks
JERUSALEM (JNS) - Israel is seeing a spike in aliyah (immigration to Israel) this year, with a higher number of people interested in moving to the Jewish state compared to previous...
Head Of Israel’s Biggest Bank Expects Deals Soon With UAE
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel’s biggest bank expects to strike deals soon with major lenders in the United Arab Emirates for the first time, its CEO said after meeting ...