Israel Warns Of ‘Emergency’ After Detecting New Virus Strain
JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Israel is "on the threshold of an emergency situation” on Friday after authorities detected the country’s first case of a new c...
Rights Group: Israel Puts Jerusalem Settlement Plan On Hold
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli authorities appear to have put plans to build a large Jewish settlement at an abandoned airport in east Jerusalem on hold, at least for now, a rights group...
As More Israelis Choose Pure Olive Oil To Light The Hanukkah Menorah, Counterfeiters See An Opportunity
JERUSALEM (JTA) — In a supermarket here, Ohad David makes a beeline for the most expensive olive oil in the store.
He takes three bottles of the award-winning Midnight Coratina ...
Fierce Backlash After Ombudsman Calls for Removal of Chief Rabbi
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Former Supreme Court justice Uri Shoham, who serves as Israel's Ombudsman for Judges, has called to oust Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef after a complaint...
Israeli Envoy To Return To Poland
JERUSALEM (JNS) - Israel’s Foreign Ministry announced on Wednesday it would return the country’s chargé d’affaires to Poland following “signals” from Warsaw that it was seeking rec...
Rav Chaim: ‘We Must Vaccinate Children’
BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — On Thursday, HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky instructed parents to vaccinate children, aged five and above, against COVID-19.
Rav Chaim came to that conclusio...
Poland To Have No Ambassador In Israel, Amid Tepid Ties
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s Foreign Ministry said Thursday that the European Union nation will have no ambassador in Israel for the time being, bringing the mission level down t...
Israel Pushes For Better Iran Deal Amid Military Buildup
RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Israel’s defense minister said Thursday he hopes a better nuclear deal will come out of upcoming talks between world powers and Iran, but that Israel is hedgi...
New 9000-Unit Chareidi Neighborhood Approved At Atarot On Jerusalem’s Northern Perimeter
JERUSALEM — The Jerusalem City Council’s Planning and Building Committee authorized Wednesday a plan for a new neighborhood which is slated to house tens of thousands of chareidi J...
Western Wall Arrangement Includes Three-Tiered Mix-Gender Plaza For Non-Orthodox Prayer
JERUSALEM (VINnews)— Religious Affairs Minister Matan Kahana (Yemina) appeared to be reneging on his support for the 2016 Western Wall compromise deal which would allow the constru...
Report: Israel And US Are Splitting Up Attacks In Syria Against Iranian-Linked Groups
JERUSALEM (JNS) - Israel and the United States are likely dividing up responsibility for attacking targets related to the Iranian-led Shi’ite radical axis in Syria, a new report fr...
Israeli Official: Latest Hamas Terror Infrastructure ‘The Most Dangerous In Recent Years’
JERUSALEM (JNS) - The large-scale Hamas terror plot uncovered by the Shin Bet intelligence agency and broken up in recent weeks is “the most dangerous tactical-operational infrastr...
Israel Plans Large Settlement At Shuttered Jerusalem Airport
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel is moving ahead with plans to build a massive Jewish settlement on the site of a long-abandoned airport that the Palestinians had hoped would one day servic...
Israeli Court Rejects Gaza Man’s Appeal In Deadly Strike
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected an appeal from a Palestinian man who was seeking an apology from Israel over a 2009 tank strike that killed three of h...
Belgium To Label Israeli Products From Judea And Samaria
BELGIUM (Israel Hayom/JNS) — Belgium announced on Wednesday plans to label Israeli products made in Judea and Samaria, citing Brussel’s desire “to ensure human rights in the West B...
Israeli Airstrike On Central Syria Leaves 2 Dead, 7 Wounded
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s military said Israeli warplanes attacked army positions in the country’s central region early Wednesday, leaving two civilians dead and seven people ...
Israel, Morocco Ink Defense Deal After Normalizing Ties
RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Israel and Morocco signed a landmark agreement Wednesday that lays the foundation for security cooperation, intelligence sharing, and future arms sales.
Th...
Uriel Goldman, A Lev Tahor Leader, Responds To Accusations: ‘Murderers Of Souls Persecute Us’
NEW YORK (VINnews) — After horrific testimonies recently emerged from survivors of the Lev Tahor cult, a leading member of the cult, Uriel Goldman, responded to the claims in a det...
11-Year-Old Girl Finds Ancient Silver Coin, Researchers Say It Was Minted From Second Temple Silver
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A pure silver Shekel, used by merchants in Jerusalem during the Second Temple period 2000 years ago, was recently discovered by Liel Krotokopf, an 11-year-old...
Remains Of 7 Jewish COVID-19 Victims Transferred From Morocco To Israel For Reburial
MOROCCA (JTA) - +The bodies of seven Moroccan-Jewish victims of the COVID-19 pandemic were flown to Israel last week after being interred in a Casablanca Jewish cemetery more than ...