JERUSALEM (VINnews) — With all of the good intentions of the new government in Israel, and even if it does succeed in curtailing the immoderate power of the courts, the litmus test of its success will be if it provides Israelis with a sense of security. In this task it has so far failed, due […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — In an interview with Thomas Friedman, the New York Times foreign affairs Op-Ed columnist, US President Joe Biden responded to the judicial reform planned by the Netanyahu government in Israel. “The genius of American democracy and Israeli democracy is that they are both built on strong institutions, on checks and balances, […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The leaders of the Netanyahu-led coalition sharply criticized the High Court of Justice  for hearing a petition seeking Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu be declared unfit for office, claiming that even deliberating such a possibility was akin to a military coup. Finance Minister Betzalel Smotrich termed this a “mega attack on democracy and […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — During the course of the Shabbos, a third victim of the brutal ramming attack which occurred in Jerusalem Friday was declared dead. 8-year-old Asher Paley was critically injured in the attack and died of his injuries on Shabbos. His 6-year-old brother Yaakov Yisrael died on Friday and was buried minutes before Shabbos. […]

TURKEY (VINnews) — Israel’s Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi David Lau has published an open letter to the Israeli delegation to Turkey. His instructions included a halachic message to Jewish rescue workers to continue operations on Friday night and Shabbos day, in accordance with pikuach nefesh. Rabbi Lau emphasized: “Wherever there is any chance of saving lives […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — No shock. In 2022, the New York Times’ reporting indisputably showed an anti-Israel bias, as well as “consistent omission of information regarding threats Israel faced.” Not only is the newspaper biased against Israel when compared to neutral countries, but even when contrasted with its coverage on Iran. That conclusion comes from […]

JERUSALEM (JNS) – The ultra-Orthodox Shas Party, a member of the governing coalition, will introduce a bill to make “inappropriate behavior” at the Western Wall a criminal offense. The legislation defines inappropriate behavior as conducting mixed prayer (men and women together), playing a musical instrument, inappropriate clothing, and smoking. Anyone who violates one of the […]

NEW YORK (JTA) — Benny Chukrun, speaking in Hebrew on a wind-whipped day outside the Israeli embassy in the U.S. capital, had a message for his fellow protesters. “We have a special role in Washington. We have access to the Jewish opinion leaders in the United States,” he said at a rally on Sunday opposing […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The mayor of Barcelona has severed her city’s official ties with Israel, accusing the country of “the crime of apartheid against the Palestinian people.” Wednesday’s decision by Mayor Ada Colau has little practical impact – with the most concrete effect being a halt to its 25-year-old twinning agreement with Tel Aviv. […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) —  A Syrian boy filmed himself as he was stuck under the rubble after the earthquake which struck Turkey and Syria on Monday. “I don’t know if I’ll die or stay alive,” the boy says in the video which circulated online on Wednesday. “I don’t know how to describe the feeling of […]