Pale And Coughing, Hezbollah Leader Says Israeli Jerusalem Holy Sites Will Spark Regional War
NEW YORK (VINnews/JNS) — Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said on Tuesday that any violations of Jerusalem and sites holy to Muslims would spark a regional war.
Speaking public...
US Cuts Mexico’s Aviation Safety Rating, Curbing New Flights
U.S. regulators have downgraded Mexico's aviation safety rating, a move that prevents Mexican airlines from expanding flights to the United States just as travel is recovering from...
Palestinians Fume As Senior UNRWA Official Calls Israel’s Attacks On Gaza ‘Sophisticated And Precise’
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Palestinian civil organisations fumed over comments made by a senior figure at the United Nations Relief Work Agency (UNRWA) regarding the 11-day Israeli bomb...
In UK, Hamas-Israel Ceasefire Hasn’t Slowed The Spike In Antisemitic Incidents
LONDON (JTA) — Acts of antisemitism in the United Kingdom continued to rise this week, despite the ceasefire in hostilities between Israel and Hamas that had triggered the outbreak...
US Secretary Of State Blinken Announces Plans To Reopen Consulate In Jerusalem, Upgrading Ties With Palestinians
JERUSALEM (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken has announced the reopening of the U.S. Consulate General in Jerusalem — a move that restores ties with the Palestinians that had...
White House: Biden To Meet Putin For Geneva Summit In June
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will hold a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin next month in Geneva, a face-to-face meeting between the two leaders that comes amid ...
Knesset Approves Government Probe Into Meron Disaster
JERUSALEM (JNS) - Israeli lawmakers on Monday approved a bill to establish a governmental commission of inquiry into the deadly Lag B’Omer stampede on Mount Meron last month.
Th...
Pakistani Parliament Members: ‘We Must Attack Israel With Chemical Weapons, Hitler Was Right’
NEW YORK (VINnews) — "Why do we have chemical weapons, we must attack Israel with them, Hitler was right in his actions," -these and other vitriolic statements were made by members...
Morocco’s Mixed Messages
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Moroccan Prime Minister Saadeddine Othmani congratulated Hamas on its "victory" over Israel. Othmani wrote to Hamas’ political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, on Satu...
Danielle Wolf Is First Israeli Woman To Reach Summit Of Everest
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Danielle Wolfson was an anonymous Israeli lawyer until last week, when she became the first Israeli woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest. The 43-year-ol...
Yair Lapid: ‘I’m A Descendant Of The Holy Shlah, But He’s Probably Not Satisfied With Me’
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — At a special event organized at the Knesset by UTJ leader Moshe Gafni to express appreciation for the heroic work of Chareidi volunteers during the period of ...
Whatsapp Permanently Blocks MK Ben-Gvir’s Wife And Lehava Leader Bentzi Gopstein
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In an unprecedented encroachment on free speech in Israel, Whatsapp last week permanently blocked the numbers of the wife of MK Itamar Ben Gvir as well as som...
BBC Palestinian Journalist Shown To Have Tweeted #Hitlerwasright In 2014
LONDON (JTA) - A journalist for the BBC based in Ramallah in 2014 tweeted “#HitlerWasRight” about Israel’s war with Hamas in Gaza.
Honest Reporting, an Israeli organization whos...
1,500 Rally For Israel In London
LONDON (JTA) - About 1,500 people rallied in support of Israel in London.
In addition to hundreds of Israeli flags at Sunday’s rally on Kensington High Street, participants also...
Toldos Avraham Yitzhak Rebbe Officiates At Merkaz Harav Student’s Wedding In Mea Shearim
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A highly unconventional wedding took place in Jerusalem Monday in the Toldos Avraham Yitzchak compound in the Mea Shearim quarter of Jerusalem. The groom is a...
2 Moderately Injured In Jerusalem Stabbing Attack, Terrorist Neutralized
JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli soldier and a civilian were stabbed near a light rail station in east Jerusalem on Monday before the terrorist was shot and killed by police.
The att...
Mikve Which Self-Cleans After Immersions Inaugurated In Tehran, Iran
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In the last few days a new Mikve was inaugurated in Tehran, the capital of Iran, for the 8000-strong local Jewish community. The Mikve, which was built under ...
Names Of 5 Israeli Family Members Killed In Italian Cable Car Accident Released
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Israeli foreign ministry released Monday the names of the five Israelis killed in a cable car accident in the Italian Alps on Sunday. The accident which c...
US General: As US Scales Back In Mideast, China May Step In
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — As the United States scales back its military presence across the Middle East to focus on great power competition with China and Russia, it risks giving...
Belarus Opposition Figure Detained When Flight Diverted
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — A prominent opponent of Belarus' authoritarian president was arrested Sunday after the airliner in which he was traveling was diverted to the country afte...