Monday, May 20, 2024

Politics

NYT: Israel Took Responsibility for Assassination of Iranian Terror Leader

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TEHRAN (VINnews) — Israel has privately claimed responsibility for the assassination of a colonel in Iran’s Revolutionary Guards terror group, according to the NY Times. Col. Sa...

Biden Says Second Amendment ‘Not Absolute’

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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said Wednesday that “the Second Amendment is not absolute” as he called for new limitations on guns in the wake of this week’s massacre at a Texas ...

Son and Grandchild Of Religious Zionist MK Suffer Moderate Injuries In Samaria Terror Stonethrowing

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A father and two of his children were moderately injured Tuesday night after Palestinians threw stones at their car which was travelling in the village of Haw...

Beto O’Rourke Disrupts GOP News Conference On Shooting

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UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Beto O’Rourke interrupted a press conference Wednesday about the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, calling the tragedy “totally predictable when you choose not...

Israeli President Seeks Economic Partnership

DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Israeli President Isaac Herzog is calling on other nations to consider a “renewable Middle East” as a resource for sustainable food, water and energy solu...

Trump To Speak At NRA Convention In Texas

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UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Former President Donald Trump says he'll “deliver an important address to America” at the National Rifle Association's annual convention in Texas on Friday. ...

5 Ways New York’s Jews Are Affected By The New Congressional District Maps

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NEW YORK (JTA) - The drawn-out redistricting battle in New York finally came to an end on early Saturday morning. As a result, some heavily Jewish electoral districts across the ci...

Shame on CNN: IDF Says CNN Claim Israeli Forces Killed Journalist In Targeted Shooting Is ‘Baseless’

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JERUSALEM (JNS) - The Israeli military has dismissed as “baseless” a report by CNN on Tuesday claiming that Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was intentionally killed by Isra...

Turkey Says Ties With Israel Help Ease Palestinian Conflict

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JERUSALEM (AP) — Turkey’s foreign minister said Wednesday that normalizing ties with Israel will help efforts to find a peaceful solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict. Mev...

Anti-Religious Lieberman Seeks To Close Religious Councils, Transfer Power To Local Councils

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Despite the tottering Israeli government lacking a majority in the Knesset, Finance Minister Lieberman is still looking for ways to harm the religious establi...

WATCH: R’ Marty Katz of Just One Life – Over 19,000 Babies Born

QUEENS (VINnews) — In this powerful and heartwarming interview, Rabbi Marty Katz, Founding Executive VP of Just One Life, describes his unique experience helping thousands of expec...

Trump Press Secretary Sanders Wins GOP Arkansas Governor Nod

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Former White House press secretary Sarah Sanders won the Republican nomination for Arkansas governor on Tuesday after a campaign where she focused primaril...

Biden On Gun Restrictions: ‘We Have To Act’

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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden struck a somber and serious tone, calling for new gun restrictions, in an address to the nation after 18 children were killed in a shooting at a Te...

Russia Bans Entry To Numerous US Jews, Including Chabad Rabbis Seeking Return Of Schneerson Library

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MOSCOW (JTA) - Among the many Jews on Russia’s latest list of Americans banned entry are three Chabad rabbis, in possible retaliation for Chabad’s decades-long effort to recover te...

Feds: Ohio Man Plotted Trip To Texas To Kill George W. Bush

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Iraqi man who came to the United States two years ago and applied for asylum hatched a plot to assassinate former President George W. Bush in retaliation f...

Bennett, EU Parliament President Discuss Increased Cooperation On Food, Energy

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Jerusalem (JNS) - Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met with European Parliament president Roberta Metsola at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem on Tuesday. “The Prim...

Search For Supreme Court Leaker Falls To Former Army Colonel

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WASHINGTON (AP) — When Gail Curley began her job as Marshal of the U.S. Supreme Court less than a year ago, she would have expected to work mostly behind the scenes: overseeing the...

Meron Bereaved Parents Claim Police Prevented Them From Praying At Graves Of Children

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A number of family members of the 45 people who died in the Meron tragedy last year claimed that police acted callously and inconsiderately towards them durin...

Israel Hopes For Normalization With Riyadh As US Oversees Transfer Of Red Sea Islands To Saudia Arabia

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The US has been brokering talks between Egypt and Saudia Arabia over the transfer of two Red Sea islands to the Saudis. However since the islands sit on the m...

Shin Bet Arrests Jerusalem Terror Cell Plotting Attacks on Government Targets, Light-Rail

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Shin Bet and Jerusalem Police revealed Tuesday that they had uncovered a terror cell led by Hamas operatives, residents of East Jerusalem with Israeli ID,...