JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A group of Israeli passengers who spent the last 2 weeks quarantined on a cruise ship off Japan due to the Coronavirus outbreak, finally landed in Ben Gurion airport early Friday morning. But their time under quarantine is not yet done. The plane, which contained 11 passengers, landed just before 4 AM, […]

NEW YORK (JTA) – Many Americans accused of sexually abusing children flee to Israel to escape justice — and bringing them back can be tough. Those are the findings of a CBS News investigation, which cited research by Jewish Community Watch, a U.S.-based organization that tracks accused pedophiles. Many of the accused abuse children in […]

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Thursday called on Belgium to scrap this weekend’s annual Carnival parade after last year’s featured a float with anti-Semitic caricatures. The carnival in the industrial city of Aalst has its roots in the Middle Ages and often features satirical floats that take shots at local politicians and the wealthy. “Belgium […]

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military said Thursday it found “serious, systemic failures” in its own reporting that inflated figures on the enlistment of ultra-Orthodox Jews, a hot-button issue in a country where most Jewish men are subject to mandatory conscription. The military launched an investigation after an expose by Israel’s public broadcaster Kan in […]

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli prosecutors on Thursday announced the opening of a criminal investigation into the failed start-up of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s challenger, shaking up the final days of what has been a bitter and tumultuous election campaign. The announcement did not say whether Benny Gantz is a suspect. But it came less than […]

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Thursday he was pushing ahead with the construction of 5,000 new Jewish homes in key areas of east Jerusalem, where critics say additional building could cut Palestinian residents off from the rest of the West Bank. On a visit to the Har Homa neighborhood, Netanyahu pledged […]

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli opposition leader Benny Gantz denied wrongdoing on Thursday after media reports said an investigation would be launched into an allegedly shady deal between a company he once headed and Israeli police. The reports say Gantz is not a suspect in the affair. But the development comes less than two weeks before […]

JERUSALEM (JNS) — Israeli tech leader Amnon Shashua will be awarded the 2020 Dan David Prize for his contributions to the field of artificial intelligence (AI) as CEO of Mobileye and co-founder of OrCam, a tech company that harnesses AI-driven computer vision. The international Dan David prize, headquartered at Tel Aviv University, is awarded annually […]

JERUSALEM (JNS) — With Israel’s March 2 general elections just around the corner, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday challenged his main rival, Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz, to a live debate. During an interview with Israel’s Channel 20, Netanyahu said he wanted an unscripted debate with Gantz. “We will debate on […]

JERUSALEM (JNS) — The Israel Defense Forces announced on Wednesday that it had attacked a Palestinian Islamic Jihad sniper unit that fired on Israeli troops near the Gaza border earlier in the day. “A short while ago, IDF forces identified a sniper unit of Islamic Jihad who fired from the Khan Yunis area at Israeli […]