JERUSALEM (JTA) — White House senior adviser Jared Kushner and other U.S. officials met separately in Jerusalem with Blue and White leader Benny Gantz and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Gantz, who is trying to form a coalition government, and his party’s No. 2, Yair Lapid, attended the meeting at the U.S. Embassy on Monday. U.S. […]

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Ariel University in the West Bank opened Israel’s sixth medical school. The Dr. Miriam and Sheldon G. Adelson School of Medicine opened at a ceremony attended by the Adelsons. U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman was among the speakers. “A new medical school has opened in Samaria. It’s worth saying that again: […]

JERUSALEM (JNS) Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), who is running for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, said on Monday that, if elected, the U.S. embassy in Israel would remain in Jerusalem. “I would keep the embassy in Jerusalem, although I think the terms of that should have been part of the negotiated two-state solution even though […]

WASHINGTON (JNS) — U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), who is running for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, said on Sunday that she “disagreed” with U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision in March to recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights. “It’s not a good idea to negotiate these things right now, but let me be very […]

JERUSALEM, Israel (VosIzNeias) — A terrorist attempted to stab a Jewish youth near Herod’s Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem on Monday afternoon. When the terrorist realized that he had not succeeded in wounding the youth, he attempted to escape. Border Police present at the scene shot and wounded the terrorist, who escaped into […]

JERUSALEM (VosIzNeias) — In recent hours, social media has been running a video that allegedly was filmed in Israel showing a light rail driver texting on the phone while driving the train, causing an accident.  Citypass, the licensee of the light rail system in Jerusalem, has stressed that this is not a video of the […]

KFAR SABA, Israel (VosIzNeias) — Missing IDF soldier Eliezer Ashkenazi has been found dead near his home in Kfar Saba. The IDF spokesman confirmed that Ashkenazi had been found dead but did not add details regarding the circumstances of his death. The soldier was found by volunteers including the Israeli dog trackers unit as well […]

JERUSALEM (JTA) — IKEA Israel will stop selling disposable plastic items and stop using them in its cafeterias. The stores also will replace plastic straws with paper straws and provide substitutes for plastic bags, the Israeli business news website Globes reported. The changes will occur before the beginning of 2020, according to the report. At […]

BEIRUT (MEMRI) — Lebanese protesters in Beirut’s Riad al-Solh Square have been trampling Israeli flags to demonstrate that “there is only one enemy, the Israeli enemy,” and that they serve no foreign interests and are not funded by foreign governments, Lebanese reporter Rima Hamdan said on Friday. In an Oct. 25 broadcast on Lebanon’s OTV, […]

Jerusalem (VosIzNeias) – An Israeli Journalist working for the newspaper ‘Israel Hayom’ was attacked by haredi youth on Saturday in Kiryat Ata, near Haifa. Daniel Siryoti told the newspaper, “Yesterday [Saturday] evening I was on my way to speak with the relatives of a victim of a car crash. When I arrived on their street, […]