HEVRON (VINnews) — The Israeli Defense Ministry and the Civil Administration in Judea and Samaria are moving forward with plans to renovate part of the Machpela Cave in Hevron, including making the  site wheelchairs-accessible. The plans are being promoted despite objections by the Waqf, or Islamic trust, which co-manages the site along with the Israeli […]

CHICAGO (JNS) — Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) over the weekend compared the situation at the U.S.-Mexico border to that of Gaza and Israel. “Do you know what I saw at the border? I saw Gaza,” said Tlaib, the first Palestinian American woman in Congress, during her keynote address on Saturday at the American Muslims for […]

CHICAGO (JTA) — Palestinian-American activist Linda Sarsour took to Twitter to clarify recent controversial comments she had made about Israel. Speaking Friday at the annual conference of American Muslims for Palestine in Chicago, Sarsour had criticized progressive Zionists. “Ask them this, how can you be against white supremacy in America and the idea of being […]

$105 million in funds for the Lebanese Armed Forces were held up without explanation; Israel had asked that it be conditioned on dismantling Hezbollah missile program

JERUSALEM (JTA) — President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke by phone, their second conversation in two weeks. “The leaders discussed the threat from Iran, as well as other critical bilateral and regional issues” during the Sunday evening phone call, the White House said in a statement. It did not release a […]

JERUSALEM (JTA) — It looks like Walmart is coming to Israel. The company has been posting job listings on LinkedIn in recent weeks looking for cashiers, food handlers, pharmacists, and merchandise stockers in Jerusalem, the business website Calcalist reported. Calcalist reported last year that representatives of Walmart visited Israel to look into the possibility of […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) – The number of Haredim enlisting in the IDF dropped by 20 percent in 2018, compared to 2017, according to a report by the Ha’aretz newspaper. The report cites IDF data stating that 2,440 Charedim were drafted in 2018, compared to 3,070 the year before. This is the first time the number of […]

JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Israeli Supreme Court justice apologized for a ruling which included words of condolence to the family of a Palestinian terrorist who died while serving a prison sentence. Sami Abu Diak, who was serving three life sentences for the murder of an Israeli man at the beginning of the second Intifada, the […]

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli fighter planes struck what the Israel Defense Forces identified as Hamas “terror targets” in retaliation for a rocket fired on southern Israel. The rocket was fired on Israeli territory on Friday night. It landed in an open area and no damage or casualties were reported. About two hours later military projectiles […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The State Prosecutor submitted an indictment against two East Jerusalem residents, Ahmed Javis (21) and Basel Avidat (19) from the village of Jebel Mukaber, on suspicion of membership in a terror organization and planning of a terror attack. The indictment states that the two joined ISIS and planned to carry out an […]