UK Gets Ready For Travel Disruptions As Temps May Hit 104 F
LONDON (AP) — The British government held an emergency response meeting Saturday to plan for record high temperatures next week after weather authorities issued their first-ever “r...
Saudi Arabia Downplays Normalization With Israel
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia’s top diplomat on Saturday downplayed talk of normalization with Israel after the kingdom opened its airspace to Israeli commercial flights and ...
Israel Strikes Gaza Target In Response To Rocket Fire
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military attacked what it said was a Hamas military site in the Gaza Strip early Saturday in response to a pair of rocket attacks overnight. The exchan...
Rabbi Weiss, Leader Of Eda Chareidis, In Serious Condition
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The head of the Eda Chareidis, Rabbi Yitzchak Tuvia Weiss, was in hospital for a while due to a lingering infection in his foot which has spread to the rest ...
Putin Reshuffles Top Officials
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday reshuffled his top officials, naming a new head of the state space corporation and giving new broad powers to one of his to...
In West Bank, Biden Embraces ‘Two States For Two Peoples’
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — President Joe Biden, visiting the West Bank on Friday, restated his continued support for “two states for two peoples” but acknowledged that the “ground...
Man Acquitted In Air India Bombings Shot To Death In Canada
SURREY, British Columbia (AP) — A man acquitted in a terrorist bombing that killed 329 people aboard an Air India flight in 1985 was slain Thursday in a possible targeted shooting,...
In Jerusalem, A Torah Lesson From Biden Shows His Grasp Of Judaism’s Quirky Calendar
JERUSALEM (JTA) - Throughout President Joe Biden’s visit to Jerusalem this week, he has underscored the ways that he believes the United States and Israel are aligned. But in his r...
Saudi Arabia Lifts Ban On Israeli Flights
JERUSALEM — Saudi Arabia on Friday opened its airspace to “all air carriers,” signaling the end of its longstanding ban on Israeli flights overflying its territory — a key step tow...
Ashes Of 8,000 WWII Victims Found In Two Poland Mass Graves
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Special investigators in Poland say they have found two mass graves containing the ashes of at least 8,000 Poles slain by the Nazi during World War II in fore...
Jewish Group Asks Iceland To Act On Pro-Palestine Website
BOSTON (AP) — A Jewish advocacy group is calling on Iceland's government to take action against a pro-Palestine website seeking to “dismantle” various Boston-area Jewish institutio...
Japan PM Blames Police Negligence For Death Of Shinzo Abe
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Thursday blamed inadequate police protection for the death of former leader Shinzo Abe, who was shot last week while giving an...
Iran’s Hard-Line President Threatens US, Israel
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s hard-line president issued a broad threat Thursday against the United States and Israel, warning them of a “harsh and regrettable response” to any action agai...
Officials: Russian Missiles Kill At Least 20 In Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian missiles that struck a city in central Ukraine killed at least 20 people and wounded about 90 more Thursday, Ukrainian authorities said. The country's ...
Biden Gets Warm Welcome From Israeli President
JERUSALEM — President Joe Biden received a warm welcome as he arrived at the official residence of Israel’s ceremonial president on Thursday.
Biden was greeted by President Isaa...
Biden Says US Won’t Wait ‘Forever’ For Iran On Nuclear Deal
JERUSALEM (AP) — President Joe Biden said Thursday that the United States is “not going to wait forever” for Iran to rejoin a dormant nuclear deal, a day after saying he’d be willi...
BDE: Son Of Ramle Rosh Yeshiva Passes Away Suddenly At Age 22
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Elkana Hendler, the son of the Rosh Yeshiva of Ramle Rabbi Aryeh Hendler and a grandson of Yeshivat Hakotel's Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Yeshayahu Hadari Zts'l, passe...
Report: Saudi Arabia May Permit Pilgrim Flights From Israel, Commercial Flights Over Airspace
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A CNN report Wednesday claimed that Saudi Arabia may allow all commercial flights to and from Israel to overfly its airspace and also permit direct charter fl...
Class Action Suit Against Chinuch Atzmai For ‘Voluntary’ 2% Deductions From Teachers Salaries
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A request for a 28 million NIS class action suit against the Chinuch Atzmai organization was submitted to the Tel Aviv Labor Court a year ago.
The petition...
Rabbi Lerner Speaks Out at Jewish Agency Meeting, Stops Anti-Torah Kosel Resolution
Thanks to the efforts of Rabbi Pesach Lerner, chairman of Eretz Hakodesh, the status quo at the Kosel Hamaarovi did not become the subject of a resolution by the board of governo...