JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Mahir Younes, one of the terrorists involved in the murder of IDF soldier Avraham Bromberg in 1980, was released from prison Thursday morning after 40 years behind bars. In the village of Ara in northern Israel, his family is preparing to welcome thousands of visitors. Meanwhile, police announced that they would work to […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In the wake of Wednesday’s bombshell decision by Israel’s High Court to disqualify Aryeh Deri from serving as a minister in the government, Deri’s tenure as interior and health minister is expected to end within days. Despite Deri stating that he would not resign, Channel 12 reported that both Deri and prime […]

CLEVELAND (VINnews) — A truly amazing story took place this past Shabbos in Cleveland, during a special community weekend of Chizuk spent with the Mir Yeshiva of Eretz Yisrael. A local community member related the following story on a video which was posted to Twitter: On Shabbos, a certain Russian Baalas Teshuva whose son is […]

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel deported an Italian activist to Italy after security forces detained her during a raid in the West Bank, Israeli authorities said Tuesday, accusing her of having links to a Palestinian militant group. The Israeli military arrested Stefania Costantini during a pre-dawn incursion Monday into the the Dheisha refugee camp in the […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The dayanim from the Jerusalem Regional Beis Din made a special visit to the Eitanim psychiatric hospital to release an aguna. The dayanim, together with a Sofer, witnesses and an emissary, succeeded in obtaining a get. The couple had married four years ago and two years after the marriage, the husband developed […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Shas leaders and other members of the Likud-led coalition in Israel reacted angrily to the High Court decision to disqualify Aryeh Deri from serving as a minister in Netanyahu’s government. Yoav Ben-Tzur, minister for Welfare and Social Security, said that “the principle of reasonability cannot be an amorphous judicial code which has […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Israeli high court has acceded to the petitions against the appointment of Shas leader Aryeh Deri, disqualifying him from serving as a minister in Netanyahu’s sixth government. Deri is currently serving as health and interior minister in the government. Shas leaders are now demanding swift legislation to prevent the court from […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a moving and heartfelt prayer assembly which took place at the tomb of Yosef in Shechem Tuesday night, hundreds of people accompanied Benaya Peretz, who was very badly injured in a May 2021 terrorist attack, to the site. Benaya was very severely injured and doctors were pessimistic that he would survive […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — The Microsoft corporation is apparently seeking to lay off 11,000 employees this week, according to media reports Tuesday. The company is looking to cut 5% of its 220,000 workforce, following a trend in the technology arena after Twitter, Amazon and Facebook parent Meta significantly trimmed their workforces. Microsoft is expected to cut […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Israeli High Court is expected to announce its decision Thursday regarding petitions against the appointment of Shas leader Aryeh Deri to a ministerial position. Deri’s appointment as interior and health minister is being challenged at the High Court, due to his conviction last year for tax offenses. Deri, who previously served […]