JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In an historic first visit by the head of the Israeli defense establishment to the Persian Gulf, Defense Minister Benny Gantz visited Bahrain Thursday, situated less than 200km from Iran. Gantz visited the US Navy’s 5th Fleet and participated in a trilateral meeting with Bahraini Defence Minister Abdullah Bin Hassan Al Nuaimi […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Tens of rabbis from the Religious Zionist sector have signed letters against relying on the Peninei Halacha series. The rabbis are concerned about contacts Rabbi Melamed has maintained with the Reform movement as well as by the rulings he issued regarding matters of family purity, rulings which apparently contradict the psak of […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Reports in the Israeli media Wednesday reveal that on his last day in office, outgoing attorney general Avichai Mandelblit okayed a deal between the government and settlers that would retroactively authorize the Evyatar outpost, which was abandoned by the settlers in July after the government promised to authorize it if it became […]

DALLAS (AP) — Airline and tourism groups are pushing to eliminate the government requirement that international travelers provide a negative test for COVID-19 before boarding a U.S.-bound plane. They believe the testing rule is discouraging people from booking international trips. They point to the United Kingdom, which eliminated a similar rule last month. Airlines for […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — This week, eight months after the Meron tragedy, the youngest survivor celebrated his bar mitzvah–albeit from afar. Like all 12 year-olds, Elazar Berger was greatly anticipating this momentous event. Yet sadly he could not attend the celebration in person, because he remains confined to a rehab facility. Elazar watched the event on […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army said Wednesday it will immediately begin discharging soldiers who have refused to get the mandatory COVID-19 vaccine, putting more than 3,300 service members at risk of being thrown out soon. The Army’s announcement makes it the final military service to lay out its discharge policy for vaccine refusers. The Marine […]

In 2010, doctors treated Doug Olson’s leukemia with an experimental gene therapy that transformed some of his blood cells into cancer killers. More than a decade later, there’s no sign of cancer in his body. The treatment cured Olson and a second patient, according to the University of Pennsylvania doctors, who said it was the […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Chaim Mizrachi, who was beaten by four plainclothes policemen last month after he told them that they had hit another car, testified about the traumatic event and its repercussions in the Knesset’s Public Security Commitee. Mizrachi, who broke down in tears when describing his harrowing experience, called for the policemen to be […]

JERUSALEM (VINNews) — Israel has again loosened Covid restrictions for yeshiva and seminary students. In a newly released video, Rabbi Nechemya Malinowitz of Eretz Hakodesh announced on Wednesday that any traveler holding a student visa can enter Israel even if they’re not vaccinated or recovered. According to the new guidelines, students with a visa will […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A fire which broke out in an apartment in the Musrara neighborhood in Jerusalem caused the death of an 11-year-old chareidi child. The fire broke out on the fourth floor of an apartment building in Daniel Street. Some family members managed to escape from the burning apartment but the child was trapped […]