Friday, March 29, 2024

World

IDF Soldier Dies In ‘Rare’ Tank Training Accident During Golan Military Exercise

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — IDF soldier Eitan Fichman (19) from Be'er Sheva died under unclear circumstances during a tank exercise in northern Israel on Tuesday night. According to t...

Israeli Supreme Court Rejects Amiram Ben Uliel’s Appeal, Will Serve Life Imprisonment

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Supreme Court justices Yitzchak Amit, Yosef Elron and Shaul Shochat rejected an appeal submitted by Amiram Ben-Uliel, who was found guilty of murdering the Da...

After Fierce Backlash, Jonathan Pollard Rescinds Endorsement of Shaked

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ISRAEL (VINnews) — Jonathan Pollard has retracted his short-lived endorsement of Ayelet Shaked, largely due to her alignment with Yoaz Hendel and other leftist politicians. On T...

When Gorbachev Made a Pizza Commercial

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https://youtu.be/jh8Ru7z2JKE

Syria: Israel Strikes Aleppo Airport

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SYRIA (AP) - Israel launched a missile attack on Wednesday targeting the airport in the Syrian city of Aleppo, Syrian state media said, citing a military source. The Syrian gove...

Olympics Attack Victims’ Families Agree On Deal With Germany

BERLIN (AP) — The families of 11 Israeli athletes killed by Palestinian attackers at the 1972 Munich Olympics have reached a deal with Germany over a long-disputed compensation cla...

Herzog: Gorbachev Was One Of The 20th Century’s Most Extraordinary Figures

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JERUSALEM (JNS) - Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Yair Lapid joined international leaders on Wednesday in eulogizing former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who d...

Israel Imposes Sanctions On Alleged Hamas Financial Network

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Wednesday imposed sanctions on 20 companies and individuals operating across the Middle East that it says are involved in financing the Palestinian milit...

Saudi Woman Gets 45 Years In Prison For Social Media Use

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Saudi court has sentenced a woman to 45 years in prison for allegedly damaging the country through her social media activity, according to a co...

Gorbachev Mourned As Rare World Leader But Some Still Bitter

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BERLIN (AP) — The passing of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union and for many the man who restored democracy to then-communist-ruled European nations, was mourne...

Researchers Conclude: Remains Of Norwich Jews Were Victims Of Medieval Pogrom

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The remains of children and adults which were found in a disused well in Norwich, England have been identified as victims of a gruesome medieval pogrom, accor...
FILE - A man sits outside the Rabbinical Court in Tel Aviv on November 27, 2013. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

Father Wants Chareidi Education, Divorcee Mother Wants Secular- What Did Dayanim Rule?

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Tel Aviv District Rabbinical Court was asked to adjudicate in an acute dispute which broke out between divorced parents regarding the education of their d...

‘They’re Shooting At Us, I Got Hit In The Leg’: 2 Injured, 1 Seriously, In Illegal Entry To Yosef’s Tomb

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Shechem has recently been the scene of numerous violent altercations between the IDF and local terrorists. In the last month the IDF has arrested and eliminat...

Food Was A Comfort For Auschwitz Survivors. A New Cookbook Showcases Their Recipes — And Resilience.

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NEW YORK (JTA) - Eugene Ginter was 12 days shy of his sixth birthday when he was liberated from Auschwitz in January 1945. Emaciated and alone, Ginter landed first in a hospital an...

Russian News Reports Say Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev Has Died

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MOSCOW (AP) — Mikhail Gorbachev, who as the last leader of the Soviet Union waged a losing battle to salvage a crumbling empire but produced extraordinary reforms that led to the e...

US Navy Says Iran Seized, Later Let Go Of American Sea Drone

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. Navy's Mideast-based 5th Fleet says Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard seized and later let go of a U.S. sea drone in the Persian G...

10 Ukrainian Refugees Train With United Hatzalah To Become EMT’s

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JERUSALEM (JNS) - Ten members of an EMT training course, specially designed for members of the Breslev community in Uman who fled Ukraine during the onset of Russia’s invasion, cel...

Commission: Israel’s Netanyahu Warned In Probe Of Deadly 2021 Stampede in Meron

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JERUSALEM (AP) — The independent commission investigating a deadly stampede at a religious festival in northern Israel last year said Tuesday that then-Prime Minister Benjamin Neta...

Volunteer Sniper Embodies Ukraine’s Versatile Military

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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Before taking a shot, Ukrainian sniper Andriy buries his face in a foldout mat, breathing slowly and deliberately. “I need to be completely relaxed, to find...

Truck Collides With Minibus In Iran, Killing At Least 16

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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A truck collided with a minibus packed with laborers on Tuesday in southwestern Iran, local media reported, killing at least 16 people. The crash in the impo...