JERUSALEM (JNS) — Israeli President Reuven Rivlin praised Britain’s Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis on Wednesday and expressed support for his recent article strongly criticizing British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn. During a meeting between the two in London, Rivlin thanked Mirvis for his “clear voice and leadership,” the President’s Office said according to AP. In […]

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Bolivia will renew diplomatic ties with Israel, a decade after it broke off relations with Israel over its 2008 Operation Cast Lead against Gaza. Bolivian Foreign Minister Karen Longaric made the announcement on Thursday. She told reporters that the decision to renew relations was made “out of respect for the sovereignty of […]

JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Palestinian terror organization Hamas cancelled its weekly March of Return demonstration on the border with Gaza. It is the third week in a row that the demonstrations, which have taken place every week for more than a year, were canceled. The organizing committee of the march said in a statement that […]

ASHKELON(VINnews) — Reut Shpilman-Drayer, a resident of the coastal city of Ashkelon released footage taken of her children after warning sirens were sounded in the city overnight in what was later found to be a false alarm. The footage was published on Facebook and quickly went viral. In the video, Shpilman-Drayer’s children can be seen […]

JERUSALEM(VINnews) — Road no.1, the main artery connecting Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, was predictably blocked on Monday afternoon. However the reason for the traffic jam was unusual on this occasion. A cavalcade of motorcars bearing flags and signs “Netanyahu, resign” wended its way slowly down the right lane in a demonstration of its frustration and […]

HEVRON(VINnews) — The Machpela Cave has known ups and downs in recent history. During the period of Turkish rule Jews were not permitted to enter the ancient Herodean edifice built above the cave and could only pray at the seventh step adjacent to the wall of the cave. Even during the British mandate Jews were […]

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s attorney general says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not required to leave office following his indictment on corruption charges. Avichai Mandelblit said in a statement Monday that Netanyahu can remain interim prime minister, just days after serving him with charges of fraud, breach of trust and bribery. The attorney general did […]

JERUSALEM (JNS) — Following Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit’s announcement that he will formally indict Benjamin Netanyahu in three separate corruption cases, and the prime minister’s inability to form a parliamentary majority following two snap elections, calls are rising from within the ruling Likud Party for leadership primaries. Former minister Gideon Sa’ar has called for the […]

JERUSALEM (JNS) — “The Jordanian-Israeli relationship is at an all-time low,” Jordan’s King Abdullah said on Thursday at an event in New York City hosted by The Washington Institute for Near East Policy. The two countries recently marked the 25-year anniversary of their historic peace agreement, although their relations have recently become strained. “Part of […]

JERUSALEM (JTA) — The mother of an Israeli-American woman being held in a Russian prison has asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to pardon her daughter. Yaffa Issachar, the mother of Naama, sent the letter through the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III, the Hebrew daily Maariv reported. The Patriarch met last week with Putin […]