Friday, March 29, 2024

Israel

New Knesset Member Said Women’s Immodesty Causes Breast Cancer And Miscarriages

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JERUSALEM (JTA) — An incoming member of the Knesset, a member of the Sephardic Orthodox Shas party, said in public lectures on the Torah that women’s immodesty causes breast cancer...

Israeli PM Sets August Target Date To Open Skies To Flight

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his Greek counterpart Tuesday he hoped to open Israel's skies as soon as August after a prolonged closure due to the...

US Considers Withholding Aid To Jordan To Force Extradition Of Woman Convicted In Israeli Bombing

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is considering withholding aid to one of its closest Arab partners, Jordan, in a bid to secure the extradition of a woman convicted in Is...

Cancellation Of Heritage Trips Due To Coronavirus Cost Israeli Economy $200 Million

JERUSALEM (JTA) — The cancellation of trips for Jewish youths and young adults due to the coronavirus crisis will cost the Israeli economy about $200 million. Trips for about 60...

37 Peruvian Jews Move To Israel To Flee Covid-19 And Street Riots

JERUSALEM (JTA) - A group of 37 members of the Peruvian Jewish community flew to Israel on a special charter flight amid high rates of COVID-19 in their native country and street r...

Netanyahu Turns To Rich Friend To Fund Corruption Trial Fees

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is on trial for accepting gifts from wealthy friends. But that has not stopped him from seeking another gift from a wealt...

Israeli Supreme Court Judge Says She Got Threatening Letter

JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli Supreme Court judge complained to police that she had received a threatening letter, the court said Monday. Israeli media reported she was given a secur...

Israeli Neurologist Warns :40% Of Light Strokes ‘Unnoticed’ Due To Corona Could Lead To Life-Threatening Strokes

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — "There is a grave concern of a spike in repeat strokes," says Prof. David Tene, the director of the Stroke And Cognition Institute at Haifa's Rambam hospital ...

Police Raze 8 Homes, 2 Synagogues In Maoz Esther, Baladim Outposts

KOCHAV HASHACHAR (VINnews) — Border Police and Civil Administration officials demolished Monday morning six illegal buildings in the Baladim outpost as well as six other buildings ...

Kfar Saba Man Becomes Israel’s Youngest Covid-19 Victim At 26

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JERUSALEM (JNS) - A 26-year-old Israeli man died on Sunday from complications relating to COVID-19, making him Israel’s youngest victim of the pandemic to date. Oshri Asulin, f...

Israeli Rabbis Are Divided Over Temperature Checks On Shabbat, A Tool To Stop The Spread Of Disease

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JERUSALEM (JTA) — Top haredi Orthodox rabbis in Israel and the Sephardic chief rabbi of Israel are split over the use of thermometers on Shabbat as part of health checks to prevent...

Israel Ok’s Plan For New Golan Settlement Named After Trump

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JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli cabinet minister on Sunday said the government approved plans to build a new settlement in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights named after President Dona...

Israel Deports US Billionaire’s Son For Breaking Virus Rules

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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel said Sunday it was deporting the son of American media magnate Shari Redstone for violating the country's coronavirus quarantine rules while paying a secret...

Netanyahu: Coronavirus Rate In Israel Still A ‘Red Flag’

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JERUSALEM (JNS) - At the start of Sunday’s weekly Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned the public against flouting guidelines set out by t...

Video: IDF Soldier Rescues Palestinian From Altercation In Hebron

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JERUSALEM (JNS) - An Israeli soldier was caught on camera on Friday evening rescuing a Palestinian man under assault from a group of Jewish youths in Hebron. In a video clip of ...

Analysis: Trump Peace Plan Splits Israel’s Pragmatic Right From Ideological Right

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The much touted Trump peace plan, (officially titled: Peace to Prosperity: A Vision to Improve the Lives of the Palestinian and Israeli People) has left both ...

UAE Ambassador: Israel’s Annexation Plans Will Impede Normalization With Arab Countries

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ABU DHABI (VINnews) — A senior member of the United Arab Emirates government published an article in the Israeli press in Hebrew stating that an annexation by Israel of territories...

International Criminal Court Condemns US Sanctions Order

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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court has condemned the Trump administration’s decision to authorize sanctions against court staff, saying it amounted to “...

Israeli COVID-19 Deaths Reach 300 As Resurgence Of Virus Follows Reopening

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JERUSALEM (JTA) — The number of deaths from the coronavirus in Israel reached 300 as a resurgence of COVID-19 followed the reopening of schools and many businesses. In recent da...

Tzipi Hotovely To Become Israel’s New Ambassador To UK

LONDON (JNS) - Israel’s Settlement Affairs Minister Tzipi Hotovely on Thursday announced her acceptance of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s offer that she serve as Israeli ambas...