JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Rabbi Mendel Schneur Zalman Atik, one of the prominent disciples of the Brisker Rav and the Chazon Ish, passed away in Jerusalem on Shabbos on his 94th birthday. Rav Mendel was born in the Old City of Jerusalem to R’ Shlomo Zvi, a Karliner chassid. In his youth he studied at the […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A 20-year-old Arab youth from the Israeli Arab village of Kafr Qassem called police and asked for their help in a violent incident. However when police arrived the youth, Nassem Badir, took out a gun and tried to shoot at the policeman, who took cover. Badir then drove his car out backwards […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — During the course of a media interview with Canadian psychologist and media personality Jordan Peterson, Israel’s prime-minister-elect Binyamin Netanyahu was asked why his extreme economic steps as finance minister in 2003 had been so unpopular and had led him to political obscurity for a number of years. Netanyahu answered with his oft-quoted […]

JENIN (VINnews) — On Wednesday, the Israeli Foreign Ministry tweeted a disturbing video of small Palestinian children being trained to become terrorists. The kids in Jenin were filmed carrying rifles during an “operational” exercise. The tweet read in part, “While Palestinian children are playing with guns and rifles, Palestinian terror groups in Jenin are playing […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a bombshell tweet issued by one of Israel’s most prominent biologists and the former head of the Israel Institute For Biological Research, Prof. Shmuel Shapira, the professor says that “I made three mistakes – with the first vaccine, the second vaccine and the third vaccine,” in reference to the COVID-19 vaccines […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Nasser Abu Hmeid, a founding member of Fatah’s Al Aqsa Martyr’s Brigade who was convicted of killing seven Israelis and was serving seven consecutive life terms and another 50-year sentence in Israeli jail, died of cancer Tuesday, according to a report by Palestinian sources. The 51-year-old Hmeid was diagnosed with lung cancer […]

(Yaakov M / VINnews) — Kudos to Torah U’Mesorah for allowing President Trump to address its recent conference. Even if he were not the most pro-Jewish president in history and a staunch Israel supporter, it is basic decency and respect to have him speak. A true no-brainer. The multiple sustained standing ovations he received by […]

HONOLULU (AP) — A flight from Phoenix to Honolulu carrying many people traveling for the holidays encountered severe turbulence shortly before landing, sending some unrestrained people and objects flying about the cabin and seriously injuring 11 people, officials and passengers said. In all, 36 people received medical treatment following Sunday’s turbulent Hawaiian Airlines flight for […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In the wake of a New York Times editorial which scurrilously attacked Israel’s new government, warning that it is a “danger to democracy”, Prime Minister-Elect Binyamin Netanyahu hit back. Netanyahu said he would ignore the “ill-founded advice” of the paper, which claimed that he is giving to much power to the far […]

ISRAEL (VINnews) — Journalist Yanki Farber, from the “B’Chadrei Charedim” news site, appeared on the VINnews podcast to discuss the violent protests by Charedi extremists. Yanki discussed the position of the Gedolim and Charedi party leaders about the hafganot. He explained that the real cause of the violence is a small secret group which uses […]