Report: Netanyahu Secretly Visited UAE, Met With UAE Crown Prince Bin Zayed In 2018
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israeli prime minister Netanyahu secretly visited the UAE in 2018 to jumpstart the peace process with the Gulf state, according to a report by Yediot Aharonot...
Syria Says Israeli Strike Kills 2 Soldiers, Wounds 7
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A Syrian Defense Ministry official said Israel’s military fired missiles Monday night on areas south of the capital Damascus killing two soldiers, wounding s...
Clip Of Palestinian Throwing Stones On Soldiers Who Retreat From Him Provokes Controversy
HEVRON (VINnews) — A video of a Palestinian youth throwing stones at Israeli soldiers who retreat and do not respond to the provocation has aroused unusual responses in the Arab me...
Israeli Government Approves Coronavirus Plan With Restrictions Based On Cities’ Infection Rates
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s new plan to control the coronavirus pandemic places restrictions on cities based on their infection rates and includes special rules for synagogues durin...
Hamas To End Escalation With Israel
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Gaza’s Hamas rulers said Monday they have reached an agreement through international mediators to end the latest round of cross-border violence with Is...
Video: El Al Flight LY971 To Abu Dhabi Was No Typical Air Journey
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — From the Israeli captain’s emotional greeting in Arabic upon takeoff in Tel Aviv, to the warm Emirati reception on the ground in scorching Ab...
Sheldon Adelson Close To Buying US Ambassador’s Residence In Israel
JERUSALEM (JTA) - Billionaire businessman Sheldon Adelson, a leading Israel advocate, is in “advanced talks” to purchase the official residence of the U.S. ambassador to the Jewish...
‘Only Mizrahi Jews Have The Right To Live In Palestine,’ Says Palestinian Islamic Scholar
GAZA (JNS) - The Jewish state aspires to establish a “Greater Israel” stretching from the Nile to the Euphrates, and will eventually demand lands in Medina and other regions of the...
Israeli Fire And Rescue Experts Fly To Aid California
At 1 o’clock in the morning on Sunday, August 30, an Israeli delegation departed for California to assist in managing a massive wave of wildfires.
The delegation includes 10 off...
In Israel, Kushner Says ‘Stage Is Set’ For Mideast progress
JERUSALEM (AP) — White House adviser Jared Kushner on Sunday trumpeted the recent agreement by Israel and the United Arab Emirates to establish diplomatic relations as a historic b...
Rabbi Of Uman: Israeli Government Must Publish Guidelines In Order To Stop The Chaos Here
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In an interview with the Yisrael Hayom newspaper, Rabbi Yaakov Jan, the rabbi of Uman in the Ukraine warned of utter chaos being caused by the prohibition aga...
520 Million Shekel Lawsuit Against Hamas For 2014 Kidnapping And Murder Of 3 Teenagers
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The families of the three teenagers kidnapped and murdered in the summer of 2014 have submitted a 520 million NIS ($155 million) lawsuit against the Hamas ter...
Watch: Breslov Chasidim Join Anti-Netanyahu Demonstrators Outside PM’s House
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — When the Breslov chasidim announced that they intended to demonstrate Saturday night and walk through Jerusalem towards the prime minister's residence, protes...
UAE Formally Ends Israel Boycott Amid US-Brokered Deal
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The ruler of the United Arab Emirates issued a decree Saturday formally ending the country's boycott of Israel amid a U.S.-brokered deal to norma...
Israel Strikes Gaza After Palestinian Militants Fire Rockets
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli military says it struck militant targets in Gaza, including a weapons manufacturing site, after six rockets were fired from the territory e...
Israel Lists First Commercial Passenger Flight To UAE
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel has listed an El Al flight taking off Monday for Abu Dhabi, which would be Israel's first commercial passenger flight to the United Arab E...
Pompeo’s Jerusalem Speech Violated Hatch Act, Complaint Says
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo committed an “egregious violation” of the Hatch Act by delivering a video-taped speech from Israel to the Republican National Conve...
Breslav Chasidim Detained In Ukraine Airports As Ukraine Shuts Borders To Pilgrims
ODESSA (VINnews) — Ukraine has decided peremptorily to prevent the pilgrimage of Breslav chasidim to Uman by closing its borders until the end of September. A number of Breslav cha...
Germany, Israel Agree Continued Iran Arms Embargo Important
BERLIN (AP) — Foreign Minister Heiko Maas agreed with his Israeli counterpart Thursday that an effort must be made to extend a weapon embargo on Iran, while stressing Germany still...
Settlers Establish Outpost In Memory Of Slain Rabbi Shai Ochayon Hy’D, Police Remove It
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Settlers established a new outpost Wednesday night named Maaleh Shai in memory of Rabbi Shai Ochayon Hy'D, who was murdered by an Arab terrorist in Petach Tik...
