JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The IDF spokesman announced Thursday morning that after strenuous mediation efforts by security forces in coordination with the PA security establishment, the body of Tiran Pero, the Druze who was abducted from a Jenin hospital and allegedly murdered, has been returned to his family. The body, which was being held by armed […]

LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say measles immunization has dropped significantly since the coronavirus pandemic began, resulting in a record high of nearly 40 million children missing a vaccine dose last year. In a report issued Wednesday, the WHO and the CDC said millions […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In the wake of the destruction of Nedarim Plus donation apps and the continued demonstrations and attacks on cellphone stores, the members of the Badatz of the Eda Chareidis issued a ruling in which they permit their kashrus supervisors to maintain a “hidden” filtered smartphone. Extremist elements had waged a campaign against […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The body of an Israeli man who had been in a car crash near Jenin was allegedly snatched by terrorists after he apparently died of his injuries or was murdered at the local hospital. The Israeli, 18-year-old Tiran Fero of the Druze village of Daliyat El-Carmel near Haifa, had travelled to Jenin […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — 15-year-old Aryeh Shachupak of Har Nof was murdered in the explosion which occurred Wednesday morning at the entrance to Jerusalem. Aryeh, a Canadian citizen whose parents immigrated to Israel, was on the way to his yeshiva ketana in Moshav Bet Meir when the explosion occurred at 7:05 AM, killing him and seriously […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — One Israeli was murdered and 19 people injured in 2 separate explosions Wednesday morning. The first one occurred at a bus stop near the exit to Jerusalem. The explosive device was hidden in a bag which had been left at the bus stop, injuring eight people, two of them critically. One of […]

JERUSALEM (JNS) – Israel is in the midst of a national obesity epidemic, Israeli healthcare workers are warning. “We’re in the midst of a global epidemic that has reached Israel—the obesity epidemic,” said Dr. Oyero, a specialist in family medicine and an obesity doctor at Maccabi Health Services, according to Ynet. “Obesity is a chronic, […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Twitter owner Elon Musk has complimented Israel’s official Twitter account after it tweeted mockingly: “We would very much like to be excluded from this narrative,” in response to Kanye West’s tweet saying “Shalom : )”. The frosty Israeli response to West’s return to social media reminded him that using Hebrew could not […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israel’s laboring coalition negotiations appear to have made some progress Monday, as Religious Zionism leader Betzalel Smotrich agreed to relinquish his demand for the Defense Ministry and become finance minister in the emerging government. Smotrich had demanded the Defense Ministry, which would have given him significant control over Judea and Samaria and […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Former Israeli premier Naftali Bennett published a Facebook post in which he thanked Chabad, stating that he and his family are religious in their merit. Bennett wrote: Thank you Chabad! The annual conference of Chabad emissaries is taking place now and this is an opportunity for me and my family to say […]