JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Shas leaders and other members of the Likud-led coalition in Israel reacted angrily to the High Court decision to disqualify Aryeh Deri from serving as a minister in Netanyahu’s government. Yoav Ben-Tzur, minister for Welfare and Social Security, said that “the principle of reasonability cannot be an amorphous judicial code which has […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Israeli high court has acceded to the petitions against the appointment of Shas leader Aryeh Deri, disqualifying him from serving as a minister in Netanyahu’s sixth government. Deri is currently serving as health and interior minister in the government. Shas leaders are now demanding swift legislation to prevent the court from […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a moving and heartfelt prayer assembly which took place at the tomb of Yosef in Shechem Tuesday night, hundreds of people accompanied Benaya Peretz, who was very badly injured in a May 2021 terrorist attack, to the site. Benaya was very severely injured and doctors were pessimistic that he would survive […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Israeli High Court is expected to announce its decision Thursday regarding petitions against the appointment of Shas leader Aryeh Deri to a ministerial position. Deri’s appointment as interior and health minister is being challenged at the High Court, due to his conviction last year for tax offenses. Deri, who previously served […]

MANHATTAN (VINnews) — A post on social media describes a heartbreaking situation, in which the family of an Orthodox Jewish patient at Mt. Sinai hospital is being denied visitation access. In addition, the police were called to drag away the patient’s daughters, as they begged hospital employees for help. According to Meyer Tauber, a friend […]

(AP) – Walgreens has ended limits it had imposed recently for online purchases of children’s over-the-counter fever reducing products. The drugstore chain said improved supplies allowed it to lift its restriction of six products. The company had placed no limit on in-store purchases. Last month both Walgreens and CVS Health restricted purchases of some over-the-counter […]

NEW YORK(AP) — More than 90 countries have expressed “deep concern” at Israel’s punitive measures against the Palestinian people, leadership and civil society following a U.N. request for an advisory opinion by the International Court of Justice on the legality of Israeli policies in the occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem. In a statement released […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Police arrested another member of Neturei Karta on his return from abroad on suspicion of supporting terror groups. The man was part of a three-man delegation which visited Islamic Jihad (IJ) leaders in Jenin last week. Police released another member of the delegation on bail. The three, from Jerusalem and Beit Shemesh, […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In yet another demonstration against the sale of phones with internet access in the Geula neighborhood, clashes broke about between protesters, many of whom were children, and police. A police statement blamed “extremists” for the violence and said officers tried to allow for a peaceful protest “but at a certain stage the […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — A number of videos documenting the tragic crash in Nepal have been released on social media, including one video taken by a passenger on the ill-fated plane flight to Kathmandu. Another passenger, identified as one Elena Banduro, a 33-year-old Russian blogger, according to news reports, also shared a selfie with the […]