JERUSALEM (VINnews) — During a meeting last week between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, Netanyahu conveyed a message of reassurance to the US administration regarding the plans for judicial reform, according to a Channel 12 report. Netanyahu reportedly said at the meeting that “as far as I’m concerned, […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A 14-year-old Arab boy from the Issawiya neighborhood of Jerusalem was arrested Saturday night in the Old City after allegedly intending to carry out a stabbing attack. He was apprehended with a knife in his possession. The arrest was made after police officers from the David precinct together with a security guard […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — A Dominican man who was lost at sea for 24 days has survived, in part by consuming ketchup, garlic powder and bouillon cubes, according to officials. Elvis Francois, 47, was rescued Jan. 15 after he was stranded for 24 days, according to the Colombian navy on Thursday. Francois had been fixing […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — Radio calls from the stricken Beechcraft A36 carrying Boruch Taub z’l and Benjamin Chafetz z’l show just how close the two were to landing their plane safely. Pilot Taub, who was flying the single-engine airplane, had reported engine trouble soon after taking off in bad weather from JFK airport on Thursday […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is expected to implement the directive of the Supreme Court and fire Shas leader Aryeh Deri from his government during Sunday’s cabinet meeting. The firing will go into effect on Tuesday. Currently Netanyahu does not intend to appoint replacement ministers since he intends to restore Deri’s position […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — After New York Times journalist Thomas Friedman called Tuesday for President Biden to intervene in Israel’s judicial reforms, claiming that they will negatively impact US regional security concerns, the Wall Street Journal published an editorial supporting exactly those reforms. The article explained that  “Israel’s Supreme Court has more power than America’s but […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Right-wing leaders criticized Israeli prime minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Galant for hurrying to dismantle an outpost erected early Friday morning in memory of Rabbi Chaim Druckman near the community of Migdalim. Finance Minister Betzalel Smotrich charged that Galant had gone beyond his jurisdiction in demolishing the outpost, since the Civil […]

JERUSALEM (JNS) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met on Thursday in Jerusalem with U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, the highest-level Biden administration official to visit Israel since the Nov. 1 Knesset election. The two men discussed Iran’s nuclear program and ways to broaden the Trump administration-brokered Abraham Accords, which normalized relations between the Jewish […]

JERUSALEM (JNS) – Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on Thursday expressed satisfaction with police efforts to prevent any major celebrations for Maher Younis, who was released earlier in the day after serving a 40-year prison term. “Police did not allow terrorism supporters to erect tents, wave PLO and Fatah flags in the streets, or […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) —  In a groundbreaking ruling, Israel’s Chief Rabbi David Lau stated that the cell-cultured meat produced by Israeli food tech company Aleph Farms is pareve. However, in order for it to be defined as such, the company, which produces its products from stem cells, will have to declare the meat to be vegetarian. […]