Chareidi Father Of 10 Killed In Car Accident Near Uman
NEW YORK (VINnews) — A 45-year-old chareidi father of 10 from Beit Shemesh was killed and a number of others injured when the van they were travelling in which was returning from U...
Fires Flare In Israeli Prisons Amid Manhunt For 6 Escapees
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Pressure built around Israel's prison system Wednesday after fires broke out at several facilities and the government searched for six Palestinian escape...
Jordanian Soldier From 1967 War Laid To Rest In Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (AP) — A Jordanian soldier killed in the 1967 Middle East war was given a military funeral and laid to rest in east Jerusalem on Monday, in an extraordinary scene that po...
Israeli Police Launch Manhunt After 6 Prisoners Break Out
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli forces on Monday launched a massive manhunt in northern Israel and the West Bank after six Palestinian prisoners escaped overnight from a high-secur...
Head of Forum Of Meron Tragedy Families: Chareidi Activists Tried To Bribe Us Not To Establish Commission Of Enquiry
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Yisrael Diskind, brother of Simcha Bunim Diskind who was killed in the Meron tragedy, has been the driving force behind the establishment of the commission o...
Bennett: Boosters To Help Israel Avoid Lockdown
JERUSALEM -- Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett says the government’s COVID-19 booster vaccination drive will help allow the country to avoid a full lockdown during the coming ...
In Rare Operation, Siamese Twins Successfully Separated At Soroka Medical Center, Beersheva
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A rare operation to separate a pair of Siamese twins took place at the Soroka Medical Center in Beersheva last week.
The baby girls were born attached toge...
Hamas Operatives Launch Incendiary Balloons Into Israel
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Gaza’s ruling Hamas group on Saturday launched over a dozen of incendiary balloons into Israel, seeking to ratchet up pressure in order to ease a cripp...
Israel President Meets Jordanian King To Cultivate Ties
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's president met with the Jordanian king this past week, in a new sign of improved relations between the two countries, the president's office said Saturday....
After 9/11, The US Helped Thwart A Major Al-Qaida Attack In Israel, Ex-FBI Agent Reveals
JERUSALEM (JTA) - Al-Qaida had planned to carry out a massive terrorist attack on Israeli dance clubs in 2002 but was thwarted with the help of U.S. intelligence operatives, a form...
Syria Says It Has Shot Down Israeli Missiles Near Capital
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria says it shot down Israeli missiles as they approached the capital Damascus on Friday, saying it had countered an “aggression” from its longtime adversa...
Chinese-Run Port Opens In Haifa, New Port Also In Works In Ashdod
JERUSALEM (JNS) - Israel opened a Chinese-operated shipping port in Haifa geared to increase competition and the country’s status as a trading nexus.
The 5.5 billion shekel ($1....
Motty Steinmetz Shmita Clip Raises Ire Of Religious Affairs Minister- ‘Propaganda Against Heter Mechira’
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A clip by Motty Steinmetz in support of farmers who are keeping Shmita (leaving their fields fallow during the upcoming Jewish year which is the seventh year ...
Randomized Trial By Yale Researchers: Masks Effective In Preventing Infection
NEW YORK (VINnews) — A randomized trial conducted by researchers from Yale, Stanford and Berkeley universities has demonstrated the effectiveness of masks in preventing infection, ...
Lapid Says Biden Plan To Reopen US Palestinian Mission In Jerusalem A ‘Bad Idea’
JERUSALEM (JNS) - Foreign Minister Yair Lapid on Wednesday said Israel believes the U.S. plan to reopen its consulate in Jerusalem to service Palestinians is a “bad idea,” while ar...
Israeli Foreign Minister Promises Closer Look At NSO
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s foreign minister on Wednesday played down criticism of the country's regulation of the cyberespionage firm NSO Group but vowed to step up efforts to ensur...
Taliban Offered US Chance To Control Kabul Until Evacuation, Biden Decided To Keep Only Airport
NEW YORK (VINnews) — The Biden administration allegedly refused an offer by the Taliban's co-founder and head of its military wing to take control of Kabul prior to evacuating US f...
Israel Promotes Military Handler Of Jonathan Pollard
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel is granting a promotion to the handler of an agent who spied on the United States, more than 30 years after the episode strained U.S.-Israel ties and less t...
Politico Employees Will Not Have To Sign Their New Parent Company’s Pro-Israel Mission Statement
VIRGINIA (JTA) — Ben Smith hid a significant nugget deep within his latest New York Times story, on the billion-dollar sale of Politico: The magazine and news site’s new owners, Ge...
Watch: Avraham Fried Comes To Entertain And Inspire Nachal Chareidi IDF Unit
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Avraham Fried paid a visit to the Nachal Chareidi army base at Latrun and entertained members of the Chareidi unit with some of his moving tunes, including th...