Israel’s Defense Minister And Senior Health Officials Criticize Israel’s Sweeping Lockdown, Call For More Tests
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Senior officials in Israel continue to criticize the Health Ministry's policy of imposing sweeping isolation on the entire country while minimizing the import...
Passover In Isolation Dampens Holiday Mood In Israel
JERUSALEM (AP) — Each year, Patricia Sheetrit and her family gather with in-laws for the first night of Passover, bringing together some 20 people for the holiday’s main event, the...
Watch: Street Bris In Ashdod
ASHDOD (VINnews) — This street Bris took place in Ashdod today, presumably to enable neighbours to look on and participate. Note the alcohol gel on hand and the masks on faces of p...
Israeli Officials Make Wearing Masks In Public Mandatory
JERUSALEM (JNS) — The Israeli government announced on Tuesday a new regulation requiring people to wear masks in public in order to help stop the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-1...
Israeli Security Agency Says It Arrested Alleged Iran Spy
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's domestic security agency said Tuesday it arrested an Israeli citizen alleged to have spied for Iran.
The Shin Bet alleged in a statement the man was in...
Israeli Defense Minister: I Forbid You To Make A Seder With Grandma And Grandpa
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett urged Jews worldwide not to make a Pesach Seder with their grandparents, since the most lethal infections of coronavi...
Watch: Israel’s Acute Shortage Of Eggs Causes Dangerous Crowding When They Arrive
BEIT SHEMESH (VINnews) — Israel has been suffering from a nationwide shortage of eggs due to people overbuying in previous weeks. The shortage coupled with the need to maintain soc...
Emergency Flight To Bring Israelis Home Stranded In Argentina
BUENOS AIRES (JTA) — The Israeli embassy in Argentina is trying to find enough passengers for a flight that with 60 passengers would bring Israelis currently stranded in the countr...
BDS Founder: Israel-Invented Coronavirus Vaccine Would Be OK For Boycotters To Use
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The founder of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel said that if Israel invents a vaccine for the coronavirus, those who reject normaliza...
Netanyahu Announces Total Lockdown, Curfew On Night Of Pesach To Deter Family Visits
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu announced Monday night that despite optimistic indicators showing a slowdown in the spread of coronavirus in Israel,...
Israel Declares Complete Coronavirus Lockdown On Eve Of Passover
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israelis will be under a complete lockdown beginning on Tuesday through at least Friday to stem the spread of the coronavirus during the Passover holiday.
Isra...
Watch: 16-Year-Old Girl Takes Care Of Six Young Children After Their Parents And Siblings Contract Coronavirus
TEL TZIYON (VINnews) — A large family in the town of Tel Tziyon north of Jerusalem had it's life rudely interrupted by the coronavirus. The father contracted the virus and is in se...
Watch: Bnei Brak Residents Under Siege, Cannot Leave Town To Buy Matzos
BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — The city of Bnei Brak, which has the highest proportion of coronavirus patients in Israel, has been cordoned off from the rest of the Greater Tel Aviv area an...
Watch: Staff At Tel Aviv’s Ichilov Hospital Dance To Keep Their Spirits Up
TEL AVIV (VINnews) — Staff at the emergency room of Ichilov hospital in Tel Aviv found a way to let off steam and keep up their spirits by performing a jolly dance.
4.3 Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Southern Israel
JERUSALEM (JNS) — A 4.3-magnitude earthquake hit Israel’s south on Sunday morning, according to the Geophysical Institute of Israel.
According to the institute, the earthquake e...
Report: Gantz Ready To Accept Limited Annexation In Judea And Samaria
JERUSALEM (JNS) — Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz is ready to accept a limited annexation of territory in Judea and Samaria, possibly bringing a unity agreement between Gan...
‘Blood Libel’: Chareidi Workers Separated At Plant For Preparing COVID-19 Test Swabs
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Novamed, a Jerusalem-based company which prepares the swabs required for COVID-19 test kits announced Sunday that it was releasing its Chareidi workers to unp...
Boro Park: Tzanzer Rebbe Eulogizes His Mother While Wearing Protective Suit
NEW YORK (VINnews) — The wife of Rabbi Yekusiel Yehuda Halberstam of Tzanz-Klausenberg and mother of the present Tzanzer Rebbe, Rebbetzin Chaya Nechama Unger, passed away from cor...
Police Stoned In Meah Shearim On Shabbat; 10 Arrested, 30 Fined
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Police forces entered Meah Shearim Friday night in order to enforce the health ministry's regulations and found tens of residents violating the regulations an...
Watch: Bnei Brak Residents Welcome Soldiers, Invite Them To Shabbos Meals
BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — After the Israeli government decided to impose a total lockdown on Bnei Brak and declared it a "restricted zone" in order both to prevent the spreading of cor...
