JERUSALEM (VINnews) — After Palestinian leaders refused to accept the vaccines sent by Israel over the weekend, claiming that they were close to expiration date, three other countries have reportedly asked Israel to send them the vaccines, according to the Haaretz newspaper. If an agreement is reached it will mirror the terms of the agreement […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Tzfat Chief Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu called Sunday not to purchase agricultural produce from Israeli Arabs in the aftermath of the violent riots in which a number of Jews were killed by Israeli Arabs during the Guardian Of The Walls campaign. In response, MK Musi Raz (Meretz) called on the Attorney-General to investigate […]

BOSTON — Some New England hospitals are delaying or rescheduling surgeries because of a shortage of blood donations during the pandemic. “We haven’t seen anything like this in about 30 or 40 years at least,” Dr. Vishesh Chhibber, director of transfusion medicine at UMass Memorial Health, told the Boston Globe. Periodic, localized blood shortages are […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — A baby who weighed in at just 340 grams at birth has made history as the most premature baby to survive. The baby, who is celebrating his first birthday, has been recognized by the Guiness Book of Records. Richard Scott William Hutchinson was born at Children’s Minnesota hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — His eyes, the only part of his body which would still obey his brain’s commands, flitted onto the special computer screen which recognized their message. Slowly, laboriously, words appeared on the screen, innovative words of Torah from a brain sparkling with knowledge. The words joined to form sentences, paragraphs, pages and even […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In it’s first cabinet meeting Sunday, the new Israeli government is expected to authorize the establishment of a national committee of inquiry into the Meron tragedy which occurred nearly two months ago. The families of the victims welcomed the procedure but called on the committee to focus on how to change the […]

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Palestinian Authority called off an agreement whereby Israel would transfer 1 million doses of coronavirus vaccines to it in exchange for a similar number later this year, hours after the deal was announced on Friday. The Palestinians said the doses, which Israel began shipping to the occupied West Bank, are too […]

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel said Friday it will transfer around 1 million doses of soon-to-expire coronavirus vaccines to the Palestinian Authority in exchange for a similar number of doses the Palestinians expect to receive later this year. Israel, which has fully reopened after vaccinating some 85% of its adult population, has faced criticism for not […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Terrorism in Israel is unfortunately not news but part and parcel of life. Not a day goes by without some nationalistically-motivated attack, whether stones thrown at Jewish vehicles, petrol bombs thrown towards army outposts, incendiary balloons burning farmlands or even plain arson to burn forests for the sake of it. In extreme […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) —  Portuguese winger Christiano Ronaldo is a world famous soccer superstar, with many considering him to be the best player in the world. Thus, even small gestures done by him can have immense implications even when he is off the field. At a press conference prior to his team’s game with Hungary […]