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Yair Lapid: ‘I’m A Descendant Of The Holy Shlah, But He’s Probably Not Satisfied With Me’

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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...

5 Israelis Among 14 Dead In Italian Cable Car Accident

ROME (AP/VINnews) — Five Israelis died today when a cable car taking visitors to a mountaintop view of some of northern Italy's most picturesque lakes plummeted to the ground Sunda...

In The Wake Of Karlin Tragedy, Two Other Chasidic Weddings Change Their Venues

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A week after the tragic collapse of bleachers at the Karlin shul in Givat Zeev led to the deaths of two chasidim with hundreds more injured, the Chareidi worl...

Temple Mount Opens To Jews Despite Chareidi Requests To Close It Off

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In the wake of the recent tensions surrounding Temple Mount, UTJ leader Moshe Gafni sent a special request to prime minister Netanyahu asking him to maintain ...

Painting While Listening to Hip-Hop Music Has Cognitive Benefits – Be A New Age “2Picasso”

Over the last year people and businesses have had to come up with new ways to entertain and take part in social activities. Sometimes this means getting into something entirely new...

United Airlines Allegedly Neglected to Help Injured Father of Missing Children

Traveling can be a stressful experience for everybody. Flight delays, running through terminals, and catching reservations on time will make anybody weary. For some, it gets even w...

Premature Nonuplets Born In Morocco Are Stable But Fragile

CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP) — Nine premature newborns that a 25-year-old Malian woman gave birth to are being closely monitored in a Moroccan clinic, with medical staff working around...

Israel Electric Company Union: We Won’t Repair Electric Lines To Gaza Until Hamas Returns Fallen Soldiers

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The workers union of the Israeli national electric company (IEC) announced Thursday that it refused to repair power lines to Gaza hit by Hamas rockets until t...

Hamas Fires Anti-Tank Missile At Bus Moments After Soldiers Leave It, IDF Eliminates Launchers

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — During the morning hours of Thursday, a Hamas anti-tank crew shot missiles at an IDF bus which was parked near the Gaza border. Meir Waknin, the driver of the...

Safety Inspector: I Authorized The Bleachers, The Chasidim Added To Them

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The safety inspector who authorized the Shavuos event for the Karlin chasidim in Givat Ze'ev stressed Thursday that he had given a permit for the bleachers in...

WATCH: Former British Military Commander Calls The IDF The Most Moral Army In The World

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UNITED KINGDOM (VINnews) — Here we are once again, Day 11, as Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad are using Gaza’s civilian neighborhoods as launching pads to fire rockets indiscri...