United Nations – The U.N. Security Council warned Thursday that violations of the cessation of hostilities between Israel and Lebanon in the latter country’s south “could lead to a new conflict that none of the parties or the region can afford.” The council warning came in a French-sponsored resolution adopted unanimously that extends the mandate […]

Jerusalem – Moshe Feiglin is taking his far-right Zehut party out of next month’s national elections in Israel following an agreement with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Feiglin made the announcement during a joint appearance Thursday with Netanyahu, who heads the Likud party. Feiglin is a former member of Likud. Under the agreement, Zehut and Likud […]

Jerusalem – Four days ago, following a petition of the Women’s Lobby, the Haifa District Court ruled that the planned Mordechai Ben David and Motti Steinmetz concert scheduled for men only in Haifa would be cancelled. Judge Avraham Elyakim explained that “it was a performance for men only.” Thus, since the concert arrangers wanted to […]

Tel Aviv – The Russian Embassy in Tel Aviv has denied that Russians are behind the hacking of the cellphone of Benny Gantz, the head of the Blue and White Party, and Gantz called the finding a political attack. CGI Group, which Gantz hired to investigate a series of leaks from the party, said it […]

As VIN previously reported, an Israeli woman has been imprisoned for four months in Russia without being allowed to air her defense after 9 grams of marijuana were found in her luggage. Naama Issachar denies the marijuana was hers. The Jerusalem Post reported that Issachar’s sister said the 25-year-old Israeli army veteran, who was traveling […]

The Israeli military Spokesperson’s Unit announced Tuesday that it had opened accounts in Farsi on Twitter and Instagram in order to directly address the Iranian people. An official statement released by the Spokesperson’s Unit said that the pages were launched on the leading platforms in Iran: Twitter, Instagram, and Telegram, under the name “Israel Defense […]

President Juan Orlando Hernandez will travel to Israel on Friday to inaugurate a “diplomatic office” in Jerusalem, the French news agency AFP reported Wednesday. The Honduran Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the office in Jerusalem will be an extension of its embassy in Tel Aviv. “For me it’s the recognition that Jerusalem is […]

Sagi Muki of Israel won the gold medal at the 2019 World Judo Championships, becoming the first male in his country to accomplish the feat. Muki defeated Belgium’s Matthias Casse in the finals of the under-81 kilogram (179 pounds) category on Wednesday. The tournament was held at the Nippon Budokan, which will be a venue […]

Russian hackers struck the cellphone of Benny Gantz, the chief rival to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in what an Israeli intelligence firm called an “unprecedented attack.” CGI Group, which Gantz hired to investigate a series of leaks from the center-left Blue and White party, said no sensitive information was gleaned from the phone of the […]

It’s the ultimate tear-jerker, the story of a nation distraught with worry, terrified with uncertainty and united in prayer for the lives of three boys abducted by evil terrorists. It’s the story of summer 2014, when Eyal Yifrach(16) Gilad Shaar, 16, and Naftali Fraenkel, 19, decided to hitchhike home from Alon Shvut in Gush Etzion. […]