UAE Ambassador: Israel’s Annexation Plans Will Impede Normalization With Arab Countries
ABU DHABI (VINnews) — A senior member of the United Arab Emirates government published an article in the Israeli press in Hebrew stating that an annexation by Israel of territories...
International Criminal Court Condemns US Sanctions Order
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court has condemned the Trump administration’s decision to authorize sanctions against court staff, saying it amounted to “...
Israeli COVID-19 Deaths Reach 300 As Resurgence Of Virus Follows Reopening
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The number of deaths from the coronavirus in Israel reached 300 as a resurgence of COVID-19 followed the reopening of schools and many businesses.
In recent da...
Tzipi Hotovely To Become Israel’s New Ambassador To UK
LONDON (JNS) - Israel’s Settlement Affairs Minister Tzipi Hotovely on Thursday announced her acceptance of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s offer that she serve as Israeli ambas...
Opinion: Can Pro-Israel Democrats Hold Off An AOC Clone?
WASHINGTON (JNS/JONATHAN S. TOBIN) - Up until now, the Democratic Majority for Israel has had a pretty good year. The ability of former Vice President Joe Biden to defeat Vermont S...
Stones Thrown At Police Patrolling In Meah Shearim, Palestinian Flags Waved
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Police patrolling in the Meah Shearim neighborhood were attacked Thursday with stones and bottles. Residents attacked police and some even waved Palestinian f...
Israel Steps Up Enforcement Measures As Coronavirus Infections Rise
JERUSALEM (JNS) - The number of coronavirus cases in Israel is on the rise again and police have stepped up enforcement of regulations, including fines for violations. On Wednesday...
European Court Backs Pro-Palestinian BDS Protest Movement
PARIS (AP) — The European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday that France violated the freedom of expression of pro-Palestinian activists who were convicted for campaigning agains...
In a Dramatic Shift, AIPAC Gives Lawmakers a Green Light to Criticize Israel Over Annexation
WASHINGTON (JTA) - The leading pro-Israel lobby in the United States is telling lawmakers that they are free to criticize Israel’s looming annexation plans — just as long as the cr...
Chareidi Woman Among 25 Top Women Leaders Of Cybersecurity
TEL AVIV (VINnews) — Ola Sergatchov, Vice President of Corporate Strategy at Guardicore Ltd., a Tel-Aviv based cyber company and a Chareidi cybersecurity professional, has been vot...
Outdoor Rest Area Honors Memory Of Dvir Sorek, Killed In 2019 Terror Attack
JERUSALEM (JNS )- Nine months after a terrorist murdered Dvir Sorek, high school students from Ohr Torah Stone institutions dedicated an outdoor rest area in his memory at the site...
Nearly 50 New Immigrants To Israel Potentially Exposed To Coronavirus On Flight
JERUSALEM (JTA) - A new immigrant who arrived in Israel on an immigration flight from North America has tested positive for the coronavirus.
Nefesh B’Nefesh, the Israel immigrat...
Likud, Blue And White To Work Towards Decriminalizing Cannabis
JERUSALEM (JNS) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party and Vice Premier Benny Gantz’s Blue and White Party issued a joint statement on Tuesday saying they would ...
German FM Warns Israel Against West Bank Annexation Plans
JERUSALEM (AP) — Germany's foreign minister on Wednesday warned Israel that its plan to begin annexing parts of the West Bank would violate international law, but he declined to sa...
A New Talmud Torah Opens In….Dubai
DUBAI, UAE (VINnews) — A new Talmud Torah has opened in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. The Talmud Torah, which has 40 pupils, is the latest stage in the development of a flouri...
Rabbi Zecharia Wallerstein : ‘We Don’t Belong Here, It’s Time To Go To Eretz Yisrael’
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Rabbi Zecharia Wallerstein, the founder of Ohr Yitzchak, Ateres Naava Seminary for Girls, and Ohr Naava Women's Institute in Brooklyn, made an impassioned call...
Biggest Chassidish Yeshiva in the World Opens With a Bang – Virtually
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Does anyone know the biggest Chassidish Yeshiva in the world? That's right. It is the Mir Yeshiva in Yerushalayim. There are more Chassidish bochurim learn...
UAE Flight Lands In Israel With Medical Aid For Palestinians
JERUSALEM (AP) — An Etihad Airways cargo plane carrying aid from the United Arab Emirates to help the Palestinians combat the coronavirus pandemic landed in Israel on Tuesday, Isra...
Israel’s Supreme Court Strikes Down Regulation Law In Judea And Samaria, 3,500 Buildings At Risk Of Demolition
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A nine-member panel of judges in Israel's Supreme Court declared Thursday that the Regulation Law legislated by the Knesset in 2017 is unconstitutional and in...
Palestinians Say They Made Counterproposal To Trump Plan
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Palestinians said Tuesday they proposed a demilitarized Palestinian state in the West Bank, Gaza and east Jerusalem with one-to-one land exchanges wi...