Oman, Once Thought To Be Next Abraham Accords Signer, Criminalizes Relations With Israel
MUSCAT (JTA) - Just a few years ago, Oman was expected to be next in line after Morocco, Sudan, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates to sign onto the Abraham Accords normalization ...
2.67 Million Tourists Visited Israel In 2022
JERUSAELM (JNS) - Last year, 2,675,000 foreign tourists visited Israel, compared to 397,000 in 2021 and 831,000 in 2020, when international travel was curbed due to the coronavirus...
Terror Convict Who Murdered IDF Soldier Released After 40 Years
JERUSAELM (JNS) - The Israel Prisons Service on Thursday released the country’s longest-serving security prisoner, Karim Younis, an Arab Israeli jailed for murdering Israel Defense...
Ted Cruz Slams Biden for Throwing Israel Under Bus
WASHINGTON (Yaakov M / VINnews) — In a scathing statement, Senator Ted Cruz blasted the Biden administration’s "pathological obsession with undermining Israel".
The statement ca...
After 34 Years Of Marriage, Bobov Chasid R’ Efrayim Fishel Weinberger Has Firstborn Son
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — There was tremendous joy among Bobov chasidim in Jerusalem after Rabbi Efrayim Fishel Yisrael Weinberger, a member of Bobov who also serves as a Magid Shiur a...
Senior Israeli Rabbinate Official Arrested For Molesting Chareidi Minor, Who Spoke Openly To Media
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A senior member of the Jerusalem Religious Council has been arrested on charges of molestation and sexual offenses against a young woman during the period whe...
Drama In Israel’s Supreme Court As Petitioners Seek To Disqualify Aryeh Deri From Being Minister
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a dramatic hearing taking place at Israel's Supreme Court Thursday morning, the court is debating the legality of Aryeh Deri's appointment as a minister in...
KOSHER POLITICS: The Republican party is dysfunctional. Trump paid zero in taxes.
NEW YORK (Yaakov M / VINnews) — After years of threats, the Democrats have released Trump's tax returns, and they are furious his taxes are squeaky clean. (The proof is that af...
Israel’s New Government Unveils Plan To Weaken Supreme Court
JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s justice minister on Wednesday unveiled the new government’s long-promised overhaul of the judicial system that aims to weaken I...
Top Israeli Legal Official Opposes Ex-Con As Minister
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's attorney general said Wednesday she opposes the appointment of a legislator convicted of tax offenses for Cabinet minister, a move that was essential to e...
Four Months After Fatal Accident, A Ninth Child Born To Rabbi Avraham Chaim Anshin Z’l
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Four months after the tragic death of Rabbi Avraham Chaim Anshin after he argued with an Arab truck driver who drove off and ran him over in the process, Rabb...
Israel’s Central Bureau Of Statistics: Chareidim Will Be 16% Of Israelis By 2030
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — An annual report by Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) shows that Israel's chareidi population has risen to 1.28 million, or 13.5 percent of the repo...
Yated Neeman, Leading Rabbis Slam Ben-Gvir’s Temple Mount ‘Unnecessary Provocation’
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Yated Neeman newspaper issued a scathing criticism of National Security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir after he ascended Temple Mount Tuesday morning. The newsp...
Bank Of Israel Hikes Interest Rate To Highest Level Since 2008
JERUSALEM (JNS) - The Bank of Israel Monetary Committee has increased the country’s interest rate to 3.75%—representing a 0.5% rise, the central bank’s largest since 2008.
“Infl...
US News Ranks Israel As 10th-Most Powerful Country
JERUSALEM (JNS) - U.S. News & World Report listed Israel as the world’s 10th-most powerful nation in the publication’s country rankings for 2022, citing the Jewish state’s mili...
IDF Police Unit Soldier Killed In Accidental Shooting At Anatot Military Base
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — An IDF soldier was tragically killed early Tuesday morning after a bullet was accidentally discharged at the Anatot military base northeast of Jerusalem. Init...
With Rabbinic Approval, Meir Porush Will Be Minister Of Jerusalem, Heritage – And Meron
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a surprising reversal of previous political agreements between Agudath Yisrael and the Likud, Meir Porush will be appointed as a minister, despite not appe...
National Security Minister Ben-Gvir Ascends Temple Mount Despite Hamas Threats Of Escalation
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visited Temple Mount early Tuesday morning, marking the tenth of Tevet at the site of the Temple destructio...
Ishay Ribo Fills United Palace Theater For Uplifting and Energizing Chanukah Concert
By Chaim Kronenberg
This was the first time Ishay held a separate seating concert in America. The show sold out, indicating once again the broad spectrum of fans Ishay’s mus...
A Conversation With Ron Dermer Provides A Blueprint For Israel’s Strategy
JERUSAELM (JNS) - Former Israeli Ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer was sworn in Thursday as strategic affairs minister. Dermer, a confidante of Prime Minister Netanyahu an...