JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The new Israeli government is promoting plans which would lead to a massive population increase in the Jewish population of Judea and Samaria, according to a report by Yisrael Hayom. In the wake of last week’s evacuation of an outpost and the dispute between Smotrich and Defense Minister Galant over the transfer […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israel’s coastal strip has many separate beaches catering to the chareidi public, but the numerous springs at national parks have no such arrangements and many religious people cannot therefore bathe in these springs during the summer months. Finance Committee chairman Moshe Gafni seeks to legislate separate hours at some of the  springs […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Jerusalem District Court acceded to a petition by Deputy Mayor Yossi Havilio and some thousand residents of the Har Homa neighborhood in southern Jerusalem and ruled that the local swimming pool should be open on Shabbat, subject to a number of conditions. On Shabbat there will be no ticket sales with […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In his popular Daily Wire podcast, Conservative pundit Ben Shapiro defended the Netanyahu government’s plans to reform the Israeli judicial system, and slammed the negative media coverage of the proposed reforms. Shapiro termed the Israeli judiciary  a “dictatorship,” and argued in favor of the reforms proposed by Justice Minister Yariv Levin (Likud). […]

forget what has happened. We cannot forget because of the victims, their persecutions and horrible deaths. We cannot forget because of the survivors, who witnessed and lost so much, and we cannot forget because Jews, and other victims were targeted for annihilation. And if we don’t remember, if we choose to forget – it can […]

AMMAN (JNS) – A Jordanian court ordered Israel’s embassy in Amman to pay $500,000 in compensation to a Jordanian citizen injured by an embassy security guard on July 23, 2017. The court accepted the claim of the plaintiff, Maher Fares Ibrahim, that he was 80% disabled and couldn’t support himself, according to Jordanian media. Ibrahim, […]

NEW YORK (JNS) – American Jewish Committee CEO Ted Deutch said he is working with his Israeli friends to prevent the government in Jerusalem from changing the Law of Return. Under the current law, an individual with a single Jewish grandparent is eligible for automatic Israeli citizenship. “We want the Israeli government and our friends […]

JERUSALEM (JNS) – Knesset member Danny Danon (Likud) on Monday morning led a fact-finding visit to a hilltop overlooking the illegal Bedouin encampment of Khan al-Ahmar, located on Highway 1 between Jerusalem and the Dead Sea. The gathering, which included a press conference, was also attended by Likud MK Yuli Edelstein, the chairman of the Foreign […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israel is experiencing one of the dryest winters in recent years, with precipitation at the end of January at less than 60% of annual levels. Worried farmers from religious Kibbutzim and Moshavim initiated a special prayer assembly at the Kotel Sunday to pray for rain for their parched fields. The assembly took […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — Conservative commentator Tucker Carlson is known for his sometimes controversial statements regarding liberals and left-wingers. In his latest show, Carlson chose to mock left-wing, BDS supporter Ahinoam Nini for her eccentric performance in Davos at the recent World Economic Forum. Carlson called the forum a “Lizard Overlords” meeting, alluding to a […]