5 Israelis Among 14 Dead In Italian Cable Car Accident
ROME (AP/VINnews) — Five Israelis died today when a cable car taking visitors to a mountaintop view of some of northern Italy's most picturesque lakes plummeted to the ground Sunda...
The Sheikh Jarrah Property Dispute And The False Claim Of Israeli Land Discrimination
JERUSALEM (JNS/Avi Bell ) - The real estate dispute in Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood has played a crucial role in international accounts of the recent fighting between the...
‘Israel Destroyed 62 Miles Of Hamas Tunnels And Killed 25 Top Operatives’
JERUSALEM (JNS) - In the 11 days of the Israeli Defense Forces’ “Operation Guardian of the Walls,” Israeli forces destroyed some 62 miles of Hamas’s tunnel network in the Gaza Stri...
In The Wake Of Karlin Tragedy, Two Other Chasidic Weddings Change Their Venues
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A week after the tragic collapse of bleachers at the Karlin shul in Givat Zeev led to the deaths of two chasidim with hundreds more injured, the Chareidi worl...
Temple Mount Opens To Jews Despite Chareidi Requests To Close It Off
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In the wake of the recent tensions surrounding Temple Mount, UTJ leader Moshe Gafni sent a special request to prime minister Netanyahu asking him to maintain ...
Hamas Defiant With Military Parade, Appearance Of Top Leader
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hundreds of masked Hamas fighters brandishing assault rifles paraded in Gaza City and the group’s top leader made his first public appearance on Saturd...
Biden: Until Region Unequivocally Acknowledge Right Of Israel To Exist, There Will Be No Peace
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden said Friday there has been no shift in his commitment to Israel’s security, but insisted a two-state solution that includes a state for Palestinia...
Netanyahu Warns Hamas Against Any Rocket Fire, Says Israel Will Respond With “New Level Of Force” To Aggression
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers against any further rocket attacks following a cease-fire.
In a speech hours after ...
Rabbanut Requires Kosher Restaurants To Rename Their Lamb And Asado Bacon To ‘Facon’
JERUSALEM (JNS) - Crave Gourmet Street Food, a kosher restaurant in Jerusalem’s Machane Yehuda market, told its customers last month that it would be changing the name of its f...
WATCH: Biden Delivers Remarks On Israel-Hamas Conflict
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday hailed the impending cease-fire in the fighting between Israel and Hamas, saying he sees a “genuine opportunity” toward the larger goal of building a lasting peace in the Middle East....
Israel Electric Company Union: We Won’t Repair Electric Lines To Gaza Until Hamas Returns Fallen Soldiers
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The workers union of the Israeli national electric company (IEC) announced Thursday that it refused to repair power lines to Gaza hit by Hamas rockets until t...
Hamas Fires Anti-Tank Missile At Bus Moments After Soldiers Leave It, IDF Eliminates Launchers
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — During the morning hours of Thursday, a Hamas anti-tank crew shot missiles at an IDF bus which was parked near the Gaza border. Meir Waknin, the driver of the...
Hamas Official Says ‘No Shortage Of Missiles’
BEIRUT (AP) — A senior Hamas official said in an interview Thursday that he expects a cease-fire between the group’s Gaza branch and Israel within a day, but warned that Hamas has ...
VIDEO: Israeli Soccer Star Tomer Hemed Celebrates Goals With Israeli Flag And Kippah ‘For Peace’
NEW ZEALAND (JTA) — Israeli soccer player Tomer Hemed scored two goals for his New Zealand club Wellington Phoenix in a crucial match on Sunday and celebrated in Jewish style: with...
Explainer: How Did Hamas Grow Its Arsenal To Strike Israel?
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — In this fourth war between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers, the Islamic militant group has fired more than 4,000 rockets at Israel, some hitting d...
Safety Inspector: I Authorized The Bleachers, The Chasidim Added To Them
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The safety inspector who authorized the Shavuos event for the Karlin chasidim in Givat Ze'ev stressed Thursday that he had given a permit for the bleachers in...
WATCH: Former British Military Commander Calls The IDF The Most Moral Army In The World
UNITED KINGDOM (VINnews) — Here we are once again, Day 11, as Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad are using Gaza’s civilian neighborhoods as launching pads to fire rockets indiscri...
Minister: Israel Prepared To Expand Gaza Campaign
JERUSALEM — Israel’s defense minister says the military is prepared to expand its campaign against Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip, despite ongoing international efforts to...
The Temple Mount Speech That The World Needs To Hear
JERUSALEM (JNS/Gary Schiff) The Jewish people desperately need a leader who is willing to clearly explain the history, layout and current state of the Temple Mount to the world. Ha...
Bernie Sanders Leads Effort To Stop Arms Sale To Israel
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders is leading a long-shot effort to halt a $735 million arms sale to Israel as Democrats in the U.S. Congress raise mounting concerns about the v...