Month May 2021
Following the hoisting of the Israeli flag on the roof of the Austrian Chancellery on Friday in solidarity with Israel, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif canceled his planned visit to Vienna. Zarif was scheduled to meet with his Austrian… Continue Reading →
BEIJING (AP) — Authorities in the southern Chinese tech center of Shenzhen have evacuated a 70-story skyscraper after it began swaying and are investigating the cause. Thousands of people in the SEG Plaza and surrounding areas fled after it wobbled… Continue Reading →
Israel Police and the Shin Bet on Sunday night arrested an Arab suspected of throwing a firebomb that seriously wounded a 12-year-old Arab in Yaffo last Friday. The crime was originally thought to have been committed by Jews. The police… Continue Reading →
MADRID (AP) — Was Christopher Columbus really from Genoa, in Italy? Or was he Spanish? Or, as some other theories have it, was he Portuguese or Croatian or even Polish? A definitive answer to the question of where the famous… Continue Reading →
Gov. Murphy during a press conference today announced another vaccine incentive – a free glass of wine. “Any New Jerseyan (age 21+) who gets their first COVID-19 vaccine dose in the month of May and takes their vaccination card to… Continue Reading →
Facebook shut down a pro-Israel page that reportedly had 77 million followers, after a “cyber terrorism” campaign by “radical Islamic” groups — who coordinated to target it with hate speech, its founder said. “Jerusalem Prayer Group” founder Mike Evans claimed… Continue Reading →
The video is allegedly from the apartment of Nehorai and Sivan Danin from Lod, who said their Arab neighbors breached the wall and ransacked their apartment. We are working… Read more » The post Shocking Video of Destruction in… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP ) – JetBlue Airways said Wednesday it will start transatlantic service late this summer, competing against bigger rivals on the lucrative route between New York and London. The airline said it will start daily flights between JFK… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The two leading candidates for the 11th Israeli president, who will be chosen by the Knesset on June 2nd, are Yitzchak Herzog, son of Israel’s 6th president Chaim Herzog and grandson of Chief Rabbi Yitzchak Herzog, and… Continue Reading →
World powers met Wednesday for new round of high-level talks on bringing the United States back into the nuclear deal with Iran amid growing hopes that an agreement might soon… Read more » The post Iran Nuclear Talks Show Increasing… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) – American homeowners were given more opportunity to hit pause on their mortgage payments because of the financial ravages of the pandemic, but that relief is slowly coming to an end. About 3 million people are behind on… Continue Reading →
The IDF has blocked repeated attempts by Hamas commandos to infiltrate across the Gaza border to carry out an attack inside Israel, the IDF revealed on Wednesday. In three such… Read more » The post IDF Blocks Hamas Cross-Border Commando… Continue Reading →
Chinese leader Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin joined Wednesday in a videoconference to initiate a series of nuclear energy projects, an event intended to display warming ties… Read more » The post Putin, Xi Initiate Projects in… Continue Reading →
The Lakewood Board of Education, in partnership with CHEMED, is offering a COVID-19 vaccine for all children ages 12 and older, becoming the first school district in New Jersey to offer the vaccine to this age group. As of Thursday,… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (JNS/DANIEL GREENFIELD) – You can absolutely trust the Associated Press’s coverage of Israel. After an Israeli airstrike took out a building in the Gaza Strip with tenants that included Hamas and Al Jazeera, controlled by Qatar, a backer of Hamas,… Continue Reading →
Stocks were broadly lower in early trading Wednesday as the market’s downturn entered into a third day. Meanwhile the price of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies dropped sharply. The S&P 500… Read more » The post More Drops in Big Tech… Continue Reading →
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that he is “determined to continue this operation until its aim is met,” despite U.S. President Joe Biden’s call for a de-escalation of hostilities in Gaza. In a… Continue Reading →
Former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley has criticized President Joe Biden for pressuring Israel to de-escalate in Gaza even while rockets from Gaza and Lebanon continue to… Read more » The post Haley Takes Shot at Biden… Continue Reading →
CAIRO — An Egyptian diplomat says some of the country’s top officials are waiting for Israel’s response to a cease-fire offer, and that they expect amendments to their proposal. He says they hope France’s increasing efforts could spur the United… Continue Reading →
Pennsylvania voters became the first in the nation to impose restrictions on a governor’s authority under an emergency disaster declaration, approving constitutional amendments sped to a statewide referendum by Republican… Read more » The post Pennsylvania Voters Impose New Limits… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JNS) – Israel Police Commissioner Yaakov Shabtai sparked an uproar on Tuesday night during a visit to the embattled city of Lod in central Israel when he called both Arab and Jewish rioters “terrorists.” “We will bring anyone who… Continue Reading →