Despite Virus, Pompeo In Israel To Talk West Bank Annexation
JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met Wednesday with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss Israel's plans to annex parts of the West Bank, as Israeli troo...
Following US Pressure, Israel To Review Chinese Bid For Major Desalination Plant
JERUSALEM (JNS) - Following pressure by the United States, Israel will review the bid of a Hong Kong-based company for the construction of what is expected to be the world’s larges...
Defending Israel’s Skies In An Era Of Pandemics
JERUSALEM (JNS) - Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, the Israeli Air Force’s Air Defense Array has continued to stand guard, monitoring and protecting Israel’s skies against a ra...
PHOTOS: Girlfriend Of Fallen IDF Soldier Calls For Revenge, As Father Laments Only Son, Hundreds Attend Funeral
JERUSALEM (JNS) - In an interview with reporters on Tuesday, the girlfriend of an Israel Defense Forces’ soldier killed during an arrest operation near Jenin when a resident threw ...
Watch: 200 Arrested As Worshipers Break Into Rashbi’s Tomb, Attack Police
MERON (VINnews) — Some 200 people were arrested after they broke into the tomb of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai Tuesday evening and refused to leave despite police calling on them to dis...
Israel Prepares To Reopen Eateries, Institutes New Sanitation Measures
JERUSALEM (JNS) - Israel’s Ministry of Health, Ministry of Economy and Industry, and companies in the restaurant industry are slated to sit around the table on Wednesday to discuss...
Report: France wants tough response if Israel goes ahead with annexation
PARIS (JNS) - France is pushing members of the European Union to consider threatening Israel with tough consequences if it goes ahead with its plan to annex parts of Judea and Sama...
Stabbing Attempt Outside Jerusalem, Terrorist Neutralized
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — An Arab terrorist arrived in a truck at the Kalandia checkpoint north of Jerusalem. The Arab jumped off the truck wielding a screwdriver and tried to stab a s...
Childrens’ Star Has Contractions During Live TV Interview
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Even seasoned interviewers like Paula and Leon Rosenberg, veteran anchors on Israeli television, were slightly nonplussed when interviewee Einat Madani, a chi...
IDF Soldier Hit By Stone And Killed During Operation In Samarian Arab Village
HAIFA (VINnews) — IDF soldier staff-sergeant Amit Ben-Yigal (21) was killed Tuesday morning when a stone was thrown on his head in the Samarian village of Yaabed near Mevo Dotan. B...
Gilad Erdan Appointed As Next Israeli Ambassador To Both US, UN
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Gilad Erdan, currently Israel’s public security minister, will serve simultaneously as the nation’s ambassador to Washington and the United Nations, Prime Minist...
Jewish Group, Rabbis Decry Biden’s Call To Restore US Funding To Palestinians
WASHINGTON (JNS) — A prominent pro-Israel organization and a rabbinical group have criticized former vice president and presumptive 2020 Democratic presidential nominee and former ...
Watch: Batei Ungarin Celebrates Lag Ba’Omer In Style Despite Health Ministry Directives
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In the Batei Ungarin neighborhood near Meah Shearim, residents decided to ignore health ministry directives and organized a huge lighting in honor of Lag Ba'O...
At Ichilov Hospital, Grandson Tearfully Parts From His Grandmother
TEL AVIV (VINnews) — 37-year-old Samir Agayev could hardly hide his feelings as he entered the special isolation unit for coronavirus patients at Tel Aviv's Ichilov hospital. Agaye...
Rare Bar Kochba-era Coin Discovered At Foot Of Temple Mount
JERUSALEM (JNS)- In honor of Lag B’Omer, a Jewish holiday commemorating the life of anti-Roman Torah sage Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) on Monday ...
Israel Demolishes Home Of Alleged Palestinian Attacker
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military on Monday said its forces demolished the home of a Palestinian accused of being behind a deadly blast in the West Bank last year.
Israel sa...
Watch: Festive Atmosphere At Meron Even Without People
MERON (VINnews) — Despite the fact that nobody except for a few journalists and the privileged quota of people will be allowed to enter the area of Rashbi's tomb for Lag Ba'Omer's ...
‘Get Out!’: Police Raid Zichron Moshe Shul, But Worshipers Return Later
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Despite the easing of the lockdown in Israel, with malls, parks and beaches opening over the last few days, shuls are still officially closed. Police raided t...
Rav Povarsky, Ponovezh Rosh Yeshiva: When A Child Hears ‘Don’t do This, Don’t Do That, He Rebels’
BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — In an edifying interview with Kikar Hashabat, Ponovezh Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Baruch Dov (Berel) Povarsky set out his views on how to educate children to grow in ...
Brett Kavanaugh’s ‘Hypothetical’ Question: Can The US Require Groups To Recognize Israel?
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Those tuning in this week for just the second day of live Supreme Court broadcasts were treated to a surprise: In a case about NGOs, HIV-AIDS funding and prostit...
