Israel Strikes Gaza After Palestinian Militants Fire Rockets
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli military says it struck militant targets in Gaza, including a weapons manufacturing site, after six rockets were fired from the territory e...
Israel Lists First Commercial Passenger Flight To UAE
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel has listed an El Al flight taking off Monday for Abu Dhabi, which would be Israel's first commercial passenger flight to the United Arab E...
Pompeo’s Jerusalem Speech Violated Hatch Act, Complaint Says
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo committed an “egregious violation” of the Hatch Act by delivering a video-taped speech from Israel to the Republican National Conve...
Breslav Chasidim Detained In Ukraine Airports As Ukraine Shuts Borders To Pilgrims
ODESSA (VINnews) — Ukraine has decided peremptorily to prevent the pilgrimage of Breslav chasidim to Uman by closing its borders until the end of September. A number of Breslav cha...
Germany, Israel Agree Continued Iran Arms Embargo Important
BERLIN (AP) — Foreign Minister Heiko Maas agreed with his Israeli counterpart Thursday that an effort must be made to extend a weapon embargo on Iran, while stressing Germany still...
Settlers Establish Outpost In Memory Of Slain Rabbi Shai Ochayon Hy’D, Police Remove It
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Settlers established a new outpost Wednesday night named Maaleh Shai in memory of Rabbi Shai Ochayon Hy'D, who was murdered by an Arab terrorist in Petach Tik...
Israel’s COVID-19 Task Force Director Apologizes For Asking Ukraine To Ban Uman Pilgrimage
JERUSALEM (JNS) - Israel’s national coronavirus project coordinator apologized on Thursday for bypassing the country’s political echelon and directly contacting Ukraine’s President...
Pompeo Ends Mideast Trip With Visit To Oman’s New Sultan
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday visited Oman's new sultan, the last stop on a Mideast trip that sought to build on an American-br...
Rabbi Shalom Arush: ‘We Are Law-Abiding Citizens, We Will Keep Regulations In Uman’
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Rabbi Shalom Arush, the head of the Chut Shel Chesed yeshiva and one of the leading Breslav rabbis, told Kikar Hashabat that there was a framework in place wh...
Rabbi Killed In Terror Attack Laid To Rest, Hundreds Attend Funeral
JERUSALEM (JNS) - Rabbi Shay Ohayon of Petach Tikvah was laid to rest in the city on Wednesday, just hours after being murdered by a Palestinian in an apparent terrorist attack.
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A Bumpy Approach To Start Of School Year In Israel On Sept. 1
JERUSALEM (JNS) - Israel’s Minister of Education Yoav Galant, along with Health Minister Yuli Edelstein and Coronavirus Project coordinator Ronni Gamzu announced on Sunday that the...
Petition: Allow Shofar Blowing On Temple Mount On First Day Of Rosh Hashana
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — This year Rosh Hashana falls on Shabbos and Sunday. On the first day we don't blow shofar at all, and the second day blowing will only be "drabanan"- rabbinic...
In RNC Speech From Jerusalem, Pompeo Touts Administration’s Pro-israel Accomplishments
JERUSALEM (JNS) - In a speech from Jerusalem shown at the Republican National Convention, taped on Monday and aired on Tuesday night, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo touted the...
Attempt To Amend Law Of Return To Exclude Gentile Grandchildren Fails To Impress Coalition
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Betzalel Smotrich is one of the most effervescent members of the Yemina party. When the party was in power and Smotrich served for a short time as Minister of...
Israeli Health Minister Urges Public To Refrain From High Holiday Gatherings
JERUSALEM (JNS) - Israeli Health Minister Yuli Edelstein on Wednesday urged the public to refrain from large family gatherings during the upcoming High Holidays, which begin on Sep...
Chareidi Father Of 4 Dies In Petach Tikva Terror Attack
PETACH TIKVA (VINnews) — A 39-year-old Chareidi man, Rabbi Shai Ochayon, a father of 4, was critically injured in a terror attack Wednesday morning at the Segula junction in Petach...
Jared Kushner Will Be On First Flight From Israel To Abu Dhabi Next Monday
TEL AVIV (VINnews) — The US announced Tuesday that the first official commercial flight from Israel to Abu Dhabi will take place Monday and will include a delegation of senior Isra...
British-Israeli Woman Sues Easyjet Over Requests To Give Up Her Seat For Haredi Men On 2 Separate Flights
LONDON (JTA) - A British-Israeli woman is suing the budget airline EasyJet for asking her to change seats on two separate flights because a haredi Orthodox man would not sit next t...
Ukrainian President Tells Local Rabbis: Keep Uman Worshipers To Under 10,000
KIEV (VINnews) — In a Zoom meeting marking the eve of the Jewish new year, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky , who himself is Jewish, met with leading local rabbis. Some of th...
Pompeo In Sudan Visit Pushes Normalizing Ties With Israel
CAIRO (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Sudan on Tuesday to push for normalizing ties with Israel, building on momentum from the recent historic agreement to estab...