Toronto Restaurant Uses ‘Zionistsnotwelcome’ Hashtag
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
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
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
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’
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’
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
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
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’
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
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...
Survey Finds Israelis Split On Annexing West Bank Territory
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli public opinion is split on whether the government should annex parts of the West Bank and which territory should be included, a survey found.
The Israe...
Israeli Man Who Rescued Bedouin Woman And Her 3 Children To Be Posthumously Honored
JERUSALEM (JTA) - An Israeli man who drowned while rescuing a Bedouin woman and her three children from drowning in a lake will be honored with a posthumous award.
President Reu...
Watch: Israeli Police Detain 11-Year-Old Chareidi Girl Over Mask Infringement
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Police in Israel have been vigorously enforcing health regulations over the past three months in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. In recent weeks, with t...
Israeli Airline El Al Reaches Bailout Deal With Government
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli airline El Al said Monday it had reached a bailout deal with the Israeli government that could lead to its nationalization after being crippled by t...
Israel Shuts Bars, Restricts Synagogue Capacity As Covid-19 Surges
JERUSALEM (JNS) - The Israeli government on Monday approved a series of measures aimed at containing the spread of COVID-19, following a heated emergency session of the “coronaviru...
Israel Announces Successful Launch Of New Spy Satellite
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Defense Ministry announced the successful launch of a new spy satellite early on Monday that would help the country monitor Iran’s nuclear activity as its...