CHOMESH (VINnews) — As government forces demolish residential structures in the settlement of Chomesh, community leaders have accused them of lying about their actions. In a scathing rebuke, the Rosh Yeshiva insisted that the homes that Border Police have demolished have been in use for many months, and were not erected this week as the […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump turned to the Supreme Court on Thursday in a last-ditch effort to keep documents away from the Jan. 6 House committee. Trump’s attorneys asked the Supreme Court to reverse lower court rulings against the former president, who has fought to block the records even after President Joe Biden […]

LONDON (VINnews) — A Jewish man was violently attacked and beaten by a man carrying what appeared to be a knife who said he wanted to “find a Jew to kill”. The terrifying incident took place on December 2, however the details about the vicious assault have just surfaced for the first time. The Jewish […]

MIAMI (JTA) – Sheryl Sandberg, the chief operating officer of Meta, Facebook’s parent company, wants more women to lean into saving lives. Sandberg gave United Hatzalah, the Jerusalem-based volunteer first responder organization, $5 million in honor of her parents at a Miami fundraiser on Tuesday. The money will go toward United Hatzalah’s women’s unit in […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israel’s ‘Carmel’ storm, the first official named storm of the Israeli winter, battered the country with force over the past three days, causing trees to be uprooted, cars and roads to be submerged and significant damage. In Tel Aviv’s Ramat Aviv neighborhood Tuesday 31 mm of rain fell in just 40 minutes […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israel is implementing a new quarantine policy which will have a huge impact on incoming travelers, regardless of vaccination status. Rabbi Nechemia Malinowitz, Director of Igud Yeshivos and Seminaries for Bnei Chutz Laaretz , and Director of Eretz Hakodesh, said Wednesday that he was informed by officials about the policy change. Under […]

MIDDLE EAST (VINnews) — A broad range of Palestinian groups have blasted Ra’am leader Mansour Abbas after he did what many Arabs consider unthinkable–he recognized Israel as a Jewish state. On Wednesday, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (in his seventeenth year of a four-year term), issued a scathing rebuke of the Arab Joint List MK who […]

MERON (VINnews) — Moni Matuk, Director General of the Religious Ministry, is planning to make dramatic changes to the site of the Kever HaRashbi, which will likely have a huge impact on future Lag B’Omer celebrations. Among the safety measures being considered: limiting the number of people to 20,000, and demolishing the bridge used by Kohanim. […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israeli news sources claimed Tuesday that Prime Minister Naftali Bennett had requested three weeks ago to hold a telephone call with US president Joe Biden but had yet to receive an answer. After Channel 13 aired the claim, the prime minister’s office denied that there are any tensions between Israel and the […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — Eric Adams is already talking tough and pledging to crack down on violent inmates, even before taking over the city. The Mayor-elect on Tuesday blasted 29 leftist members of the New York City Council who are trying to ban solitary confinement in prisons. Speaking with reporters, Adams said, “I’m asking them: […]