JERUSALEM (JNS) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu led a tree-planting ceremony on Monday to mark Tu Bishvat in the Neve Ya’akov neighborhood of Jerusalem, where a Palestinian terrorist killed seven people last month. Netanyahu was joined by Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion and family members of the murder victims, as well as police officers, medics and […]

JERUSALEM (JNS) – Israeli security forces on Sunday night arrested the terrorist cell responsible for an attempted mass shooting at a restaurant near Jericho last month, according to the Israel Defense Forces. Israeli forces came under fire during the arrest raid in Aqbat Jaber, a refugee camp just south of Jericho, and returned fire, killing […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a continuation of the counterterrorism operation begun on Saturday night near the city of Jericho, the IDF and Shin Bet operatives conducted a further arrest operation in the Aqabat Jabr refugee camp in the city. During the operation the IDF forces came under fire and eliminated five terrorists, most of whom […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a move to try and solve the shidduch crisis in Chasidic yeshivos in Israel, a benefactor of the Orayso yeshiva in Jerusalem opened a special office adjacent to the yeshiva and is offering $5000 dollars to every shadchan who succeeds in making a shidduch for chasidic boys over the age of […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In the wake of the devastating earthquake which rocked southern Turkey early Monday morning, killing at least 568 people on both sides of the Turkish-Syrian border, Israel’s leaders have offered their condolences as well as humanitarian aid. Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant (Likud) has instructed the IDF and Ministry of Defense […]

AZMARIN, Syria (AP) — A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked wide swaths of Turkey and Syria early Monday, toppling hundreds of buildings and killing more than 1,300 people. Hundreds were still believed to be trapped under rubble, and the toll was expected to rise as rescue workers searched mounds of wreckage in cities and towns […]

PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY (VINnews) — Following the unspeakable massacre of 7 Jews by a terrorist in Neve Yaakov, elementary schools throughout the Palestinian Authority have held ceremonies to honor the terrorist who carried out the attack. Sadly, this type of indoctrination of students to glorify the murder of innocent Jews R”L and brainwash them to aspire […]

JERUSALEM (JNS) – The Magen David Adom (MDA) medical emergency response group has signed a partnership agreement with U.S.-based Hatzolah Air to jointly provide medevac hospital services in Israel. Hatzolah Air, headquartered in New York, operates a fleet of medivac aircraft and receives dozens of requests each month for aviation rescues in the U.S., Israel […]

JERUSALEM (JNS) – Israel’s Cabinet voted on Sunday to establish a new community along the border with the Gaza Strip. The future town, to be named Hanun, will be located in the Sdot Negev Region and eventually be inhabited by some 500 families. “The establishment of the community is further evidence of the resilience of […]

NEW YORK (VINnews Podcast) — A recent History Regents exam was biased against Israel, asking questions which implied the Jews have no historic or Biblical right to control Israel, and showing a map that distorts Jewish history. The NY Post is standing by its fake story accusing an orthodox Jew of attempting to abduct a […]