Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Israel

A poster reading "Anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, Racism, Not in Our Name" during a gathering decrying anti-Semitism at Place de la Republique in Paris, Monday, Feb. 18, 2019 amid an upsurge in anti-Semitism in France. It reached a climax last weekend with a torrent of hate speech directed at a distinguished philosopher during a march of yellow vest protesters, adding to questions about the radicalized fringes of the movement hidden within French society and troubling the nation. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

After Failing To Equate Islamophobia With Anti-Semitism, Black Equity Officer Is Fired

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NEW YORK (VINnews) — In an astonishing display of insensitivity regarding the unique phenomenon of anti-Semitism, the director of the worldwide professional organization for childr...

WATCH: Miriam Adelson Donates 150 Lifesaving ‘Ambucycles’ To United Hatzalah

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JERUSALEM (JNS) - Passersby were treated to a striking sight outside Jerusalem’s City Hall on Tuesday. One-hundred and fifty bright orange “ambucycles” – motorcycles and scoote...

Israel Scrambles To Curb Jump In COVID Infections

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel, a world leader in coronavirus vaccinations, reported its highest daily infection rate in three months as it scrambles to contain the spread of the n...

Israel Welcomes German Leader As Ally Against Antisemitism

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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's president warmly welcomed his German counterpart on Thursday, praising him as an ally in combatting antisemitism. German President Frank-Walter Steinme...

Female Soldier Lightly Injured In Jordan Valley Stabbing Attack, Terrorist Apprehended

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A female soldier was lightly to moderately injured at a Jordan Valley outpost Wednesday morning and her weapon was stolen from her by a Palestinian terrorist,...

Knesset Passes Law Allowing IDF To Cancel Exemptions For Women Who Falsely Claim To Be Religious

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Knesset passed the first reading of the Security Forces Law, which allows the army to cancel the exemption granted to religious girls from army service if...

Four Yeshiva Students Arrested In Holland For Smuggling Khat, Placed In Separate Jails

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Many Israelis have been caught lately smuggling the khat plant around Europe and among them were quite a few chareidim. Kikar Hashabat reports that 4 yeshiva ...

Rafael Reveals ‘Sea Breaker’- New Precision-Guided Missile System

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israeli weapons company Rafael revealed Wednesday a new precision-guided missile system which has been developed by the company named "Sea Breaker". Sea Br...

Head Of Israeli Delegation To Miami: ‘We’re Here To Save Lives, We Have Advanced Technology’

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NEW YORK (VINnews) — Oz Jino, commander of the Israeli Home Front rescue workers who are working at the site of the Surfside tower collapse, spoke in an interview with the Walla si...

In Historic 1924 Pamphlet, Jerusalem Mufti Says Temple Mount Is ‘Without Doubt Site Of Solomon’s Temple’

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Since 1967 the Palestinian narrative has sought to deny any Jewish connection to Temple Mount or Al-Haram A-Sharif as it is known in Arabic. However a new ite...

Former Iranian Intelligence Minister: ‘Authorities Of Islamic Republic Should Worry For Their Lives’

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A former Iranian intelligence minister who served under President Mohammed Khatami from 2000 to 2005 said that all senior officials in Tehran should fear for ...

New Israeli Diaspora Minister Travels To Comfort Jews In Surfside — And Looks To Mend US Ties

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SURFSIDE, Fla. (JTA) — Nachman Shai’s first visit to the United States as Israel’s new minister for Diaspora affairs was not under normal circumstances. “In hard times, in times...

Democrats In Congress Urge Biden To Reverse Trump Policies On Israeli Settlements

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WASHINGTON (JNS)  - A group of 73 Democratic lawmakers urged U.S. President Joe Biden to reverse Trump administration policies towards settlements in Judea and Samaria, designa...

Israelis Fight Despair While Aiding Survivors, Rescuers In Florida Calamity

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SURFSIDE (JNS) - “I saw in the news that you were coming from Israel for us, and I was waiting for you,” says a tearful young woman in Surfside, Florida, to members of the Psychotr...

Lapid Inaugurates UAE Embassy On 1st Official Visit, Thanks Netanyahu And Trump

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel’s new foreign minister was in the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, kicking off the highest-level visit by an Israeli official to the Gulf ...

Rabbi Kanievski’s Personal Physician Calls On Children Above 12 To Vaccinate

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Dr. Meshulam Hart, the personal physician of Rabbi Chaim Kanievski, issued a letter Tuesday in which he called on children aged 12 and above to vaccinate agai...

Miserly Egyptian Dies ‘In Penury’ And Family Discover He Is A Millionaire

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A miserly man who led a life of penury and claimed all the time to be in heavy debt passed away recently and his family were shocked to discover that their fa...

Poland, Israel In Diplomatic Spat Over Poland’s Property Law

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland and Israel have summoned each other's diplomats in a growing dispute over Poland’s planned changes to property restitution rules that Israel and Jewish...

Evyatar: Residents Will Evacuate But Yeshiva, Army Outpost Established Until Settlement Is Regulated

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Residents of the new Samarian settlement of Evyatar voted to accept a compromise arrangement suggested by the new government, whereby the families living ther...

Raam Leader Mansour Abbas: We Are Working To Establish Palestinian State

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Raam leader Mansour Abbas may be the first Arab leader who is part of an Israeli government but this apparently does not prevent him from dreaming of a Palest...