JERUSALEM(Vosisnaies)- The three-pronged political impasse in Israel has continued unabated after Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu received the mandate from President Rivlin last week to try and form a government. The Likud insists that any government include its Chareidi and national religious partners, a condition which is unacceptable to Blue-And-White. Blue-And-White insists from its point of […]

JERUSALEM (JNS) – Singer Demi Lovato recently returned from a trip to Israel and talked all about the transformative experience on Tuesday on social media. Among her many stops in the country, the 27-year-old visited the Western Wall and Shalva National Children’s Center, which offers free care and support to people with disabilities and their […]

JERUSALEM (JNS) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s pre-indictment hearing began on Wednesday after three years of investigation. Netanyahu, who did not attend the hearing, is seeking to convince Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit and state prosecutors not to indict him on charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust in three separate cases, labeled in […]

JERUSALEM (JNS) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met on Wednesday with leaders of parties from the right-wing bloc to discuss the future of negotiations to form a unity government after talks with Blue and White went south, with the center-left list pulling out of the most recent scheduled meeting to, in its officials’ own […]

JERUSALEM (JNS) – The Joint Arab List on Monday called on Israel’s attorney general to open an official investigation into the hospitalization of a terror suspect who was admitted to hospital in critical condition after being interrogated by Israeli security officials. Samer Arbid, 44, is the alleged ringleader of the terrorist cell accused of killing […]

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s pre-indictment hearing will be spread out over two weeks and will include more hours of testimony, according to reports. Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit on Sunday told Netanyahu’s legal team that it will have more time to present defense arguments in three corruption cases against the prime minister. […]

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Talks between the Likud Party and Blue and White toward forming a unity government ended hours before the start of Rosh Hashanah with no progress. Following the talks on Sunday morning both sides blamed the other for intransigence. Netanyahu had said the previous evening that if the Sunday talks were not productive, […]

JERUSALEM (VIN) – The terrorists who murdered 17-year-old Rina Shnerb and wounded her father, Rabbi Eitan Shnerb and brother Dvir near Ein Bubin spring in August have been captured in a joint operation between the IDF and Israeli Border Security. Three terrorists were arrested in connection with the attack. According to reports, the terrorists are […]

Thousands of youths came to Israel by themselves from the former Soviet Union in the 1990s hoping their families would follow. Pragmatic reality had other plans

JERUSALEM -(JNS) With negotiations between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Blue and White leader Benny Gantz, failing to form a national unity government, Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin ultimately choose Netanyahu as having the best chance to form a government within the next 28 days. However, with Netanyahu only garnering support of only 55 Knesset members—six […]