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 […]

JERUSALEM (JNS) – While U.S. tech giant Intel is canceling the construction of a new development center in Haifa, another U.S. titan, Apple, plans to open a new facility in the same industrial zone in the near future. The Matam East #1 development, which will house Apple’s new development center, obtained an occupancy certificate last […]

JERUSALEM (JNS) – Tel Aviv University researchers have developed a biological sensor that sends electrical signals in response to odors, allowing robots to “smell.” The researchers first devised the mechanism, and then used a machine learning algorithm to identify odors at a level of sensitivity 10,000 times higher than that of commonly used electronic devices. […]

WASHINGTON (JNS) – A Democratic lawmaker leading a bipartisan delegation of senators on a trip to the Jewish state is boycotting two Israeli ministers, Axios reported Tuesday. According to the report, Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) told Israeli officials that she would not meet with Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (Religious Zionism Party) or National Security Minister […]

JERUSALEM (AP) — Jordan summoned the Israeli ambassador to Amman on Tuesday to protest a move by Israeli police to block the Jordanian envoy from entering a volatile holy site in Jerusalem. The incident quickly escalated tensions between the neighbors and reflected the heightened sensitivity around the sacred compound under Israel’s new ultranationalist government. Jordan’s […]

NEW YORK(AP) — More than 90 countries have expressed “deep concern” at Israel’s punitive measures against the Palestinian people, leadership and civil society following a U.N. request for an advisory opinion by the International Court of Justice on the legality of Israeli policies in the occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem. In a statement released […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Police arrested another member of Neturei Karta on his return from abroad on suspicion of supporting terror groups. The man was part of a three-man delegation which visited Islamic Jihad (IJ) leaders in Jenin last week. Police released another member of the delegation on bail. The three, from Jerusalem and Beit Shemesh, […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In yet another demonstration against the sale of phones with internet access in the Geula neighborhood, clashes broke about between protesters, many of whom were children, and police. A police statement blamed “extremists” for the violence and said officers tried to allow for a peaceful protest “but at a certain stage the […]

JERUSALEM (JNS) – Israeli President Isaac Herzog was presented on Monday with the results of the annual survey on volunteerism in Israel, which showed that almost half of the population (42.5%) engage in such activities to various degrees. The study, which included 503 participants, found that Israel is one of the leading countries in volunteering, […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Incoming IDF Chief of General Staff, Lt-Gen Herzi Halevi, and outgoing Chief of Staff, Lt-Gen Aviv Kohavi came to pray at the Western Wall. The rabbi of the Western Wall and holy sites, Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz; IDF chief rabbi, Brig-Gen Rabbi Eyal Krim; and the director of the Western Wall Heritage Foundation, […]