JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Citing his fear of civil war which could erupt over the proposed judicial reforms in Israel, President Herzog unveiled what he termed the “people’s framework”, which he claimed was based on extensive conversations with politicians, jurists and experts from both sides of the political spectrum regarding the reforms. Starting his primetime address […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — During another day of raucous protests and ‘escalating resistance’ against judicial reforms in Israel, demonstrators converged on Bnei Brak Thursday morning, heading to a number of locations. A number of protesters set up a mock IDF recruitment office, as one of the main aspects of the judicial reforms, the override clause, is […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In the wake of a new road being paved by the PA over the  ancient site of Shomron (Sebastia),  Israeli National Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu and Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman arrived on a tour of  the region Wednesday. The new road being paved by the Palestinians brough about the destruction of […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israel is currently preventing European Union Foreign policy leader Josep Borrell from entering Israel, after he initiated a controversial debate over Israeli democracy at the EU and spoke out against Israeli policies to Palestinians. Officials in Israel’s foreign affairs ministry said that due to Borrell’s actions and statements against Israel, he should […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — The Islamic Fatwa Council (IFC), one of the senior religious bodies guiding the Muslim world,  announced last week that they are charging the terror organization Hamas with “violating the laws of the Holy Koran.” The Iraq-based religious group, which claims to be a global governing judicial body on matters of Islam, […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Devorah Paley, the bereaved mother who lost her two young sons in a terrorist ramming attack in the capital last month, gave birth to a son Wednesday morning. Devora Paley is the mother of Yaakov Yisrael Paley, 5, and Asher Menahem Paley, 7 – who were murdered in a ramming attack in […]

MIAMI (JTA) — The final result wasn’t pretty for Israel, but it almost didn’t matter. This night belongs to Jacob Steinmetz. The 19-year-old Woodmere, New York, native and the first Orthodox Jew to be drafted into Major League Baseball, Steinmetz took the ball for Israel against the Dominican Republic Tuesday in a 10-0 loss in […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The US embassy in Jerusalem has provided deteriorating services for US citizens in Israel ever since the onset of coronavirus, but recently the situation has become outrageous, as American citizens seeking to leave Israel and return to the US cannot even register their newborn babies for passports. The embassy’s website enables people […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a special interview with Israeli journalist Yonit Levy, CNN’s senior business correspondent Richard Quest claimed that the proposed judicial reforms in Israel will definitely have an effect on the local economy. “You cannot tinker around, undermine the foundations of a country’s unwritten constitution, based on practice and history, and not expect […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a significant step towards implementing the judicial reforms announced by Justice Minister Yariv Levin in January, the Knesset passed on Monday the initial reading of three new laws. The most prominent law is the Override Clause, which stipulates that the Supreme Court can only repeal laws, alter them, or limit their […]