Saturday, April 20, 2024

Israel

Israel’s Artillery Battalion Commander: ‘There Is No Scenario The IDF Prepares For That Doesn’t Include Us’

JERUSALEM (JNS) - The Artillery Corps of the Israel Defense Forces is responsible for delivering a large portion of the military’s firepower to an increasingly complex battlefield....

Opinion: Understanding The Collapse Of Liberal Zionism

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NEW YORK (JNS/Jonathan S. Tobin ) - There’s a reason why most Israelis find it difficult to listen patiently to lectures from liberal American Jews. For Israelis, their country is ...

US Palestinians Urge Biden, If Elected, To Overturn Trump’s Pro-Israel Policies

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WASHINGTON (JNS) - Palestinian Americans have been pressuring Democratic Party presidential nominee Joe Biden to shift U.S. policy in favor of the Palestinians if he wins the elect...

Report: IDF Chief Helicopter Plummets Through Engine Malfunction

JERUSALEM (JNS) - Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Aviv Kochavi was involved last week in a helicopter accident that could have ended in “disaster,” Channel 12 report...

Israel’s ‘Coronavirus Cabinet’ To Weigh Lockdowns Of Heavily Infected Areas

JERUSALEM (JNS)- Israel’s coronavirus Cabinet is meeting on Thursday to discuss imposing closures on areas with high rates of infection. According to Channel 12, the areas under...

Canadian Lawmaker Running For Prime Minister Would Move Embassy To Jerusalem

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ONTARIO, CANADA (JNS) - Canadian lawmaker Erin O’Toole said on Wednesday that he would move his country’s embassy in Israel to Jerusalem if he were elected the next prime minister....

Toronto Restaurant Uses ‘Zionistsnotwelcome’ Hashtag

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TORONTO (JTA) — A Toronto health food restaurant with a history of social media posts considered anti-Semitic has come under fire for using the hashtag “zionistsnotwelcome” on Twit...

Israelis Sue Government Over Mistaken Directive To Enter COVID-19 Quarantine

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JERUSALEM (JNS) - Some Israelis are suing the state after receiving what they claim were erroneous messages from the Health Ministry telling them to enter quarantine for having com...

Nefesh B’Nefesh: We Received 25,000 Calls in the US During June

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NEW YORK (VINnews) — Nefesh B'Nefesh, the veteran Jewish organization which has been encouraging aliya from western countries and the USA, reported unprecedented interest in option...

Why Cairo Has Stayed (Mostly) Silent As Israel Considers Sovereignty

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JERUSALEM (JNS) - When Mossad chief Yossi Cohen flew to Egypt last week to meet with the head of Egypt’s General Intelligence Service Abbas Kamal and Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry...

Report: Mossad Thwarts Multiple Iranian Attacks On Israeli Embassies

JERUSALEM (JNS) - The Mossad has prevented multiple Iranian attacks against Israeli embassies in Europe and elsewhere, Channel 12 reported on Monday night. According to the repo...

Girl Detained By Israeli Police: ‘I’m Still Trembling’

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Batya Getter, the 11-year-old girl detained by police because she did not have a mask, has still not fully recovered from the traumatic episode. Getter's fath...

United Airlines To Launch Tel Aviv-chicago Route, Add More Flights To Israel

NEWARK, NJ (JNS) - United Airlines announced on Tuesday that it is further expanding its international schedule in September with nonstop service three days a week between Chicago ...

Chareidi Woman Told: ‘You Spread Disease, All Of You Should Be Put In A Ghetto. I Hate You’

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TEL AVIV (VINnews) — An unfortunate corollary of the first wave of the coronavirus epidemic is that many Israelis believe the source of the outbreaks to be from the Chareidi commun...

Israel Sees Six More Covid-19 Deaths; Beitar Illit Declared A Restricted Zone

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JERUSALEM (JNS) - Israel recorded six more coronavirus-related deaths over the past 24 hours, bringing the country’s death toll from the disease to 343, according to the Israeli He...

Conservative News Outlets Were Duped Into Publishing Middle East ‘Hot Takes’ From Fake Columnists, Report Finds

NEW YORK (JTA) — Conservative news outlets, including some reporting on the Jewish community, were duped into publishing Middle East “hot takes” from fake columnists, the Daily Bea...

Secular Jews Are Starting To Understand The Haredi Orthodox — Thanks To Israeli Television

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NEW YORK (JTA) — At 4 a.m., Israeli rocker Aviv Gefen was still crying, head in hands, in the empty Haifa-area amphitheater where he had performed the previous late May evening. St...

Israel sues Volkswagen for $152 million over ‘fraudulent software’

JERUSALEM (JNS) - Israel filed a $152 million lawsuit in a Tel Aviv court against the German automaker Volkswagon, its subsidiary Audi and its local distributor, Champion Motors, f...

Head Of Israel’s Public Health Service Resigns, Says Country Has ‘Lost Its Way’

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JERUSALEM (JTA) - Professor Siegal Sadetzki, head of Public Health Services in the Israeli Health Ministry, resigned on Tuesday, voicing harsh criticism of the ministry’s handling ...

Police Discrimination: Secular People Are Handed Masks, Chareidim Are Handed Fines

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A Chareidi woman posted on Facebook pointing out the difference between the way Israeli police are treating Chareidim not wearing masks and secular people flo...