Month February 2022
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett had a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday. The call took place during the cabinet meeting which Bennett left for 40 minutes, to… Read more » The post Bennett, Putin Discuss Ukraine Crisis;… Continue Reading →
Additional major progress has been made on the construction of the new tunnels between Gush Etzion and Yerushalayim with the goal of alleviating traffic between the two regions. After crews… Read more » The post Major Progress Made on Gush… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (VINnews) — On the fourth day of Russian’s invasion of the Ukraine, a number of cities in the country are encircled by Russian forces but they have not yet succeeded in conquering any major city and are meeting… Continue Reading →
As reported last week, Israel will reopen its borders to all tourists from this Tuesday, March 1, regardless of vaccination or recovery. Currently only fully vaccinated foreigners are allowed into… Read more » The post Israel Releases Final Entry Rules,… Continue Reading →
A Ukrainian company in charge of building and maintaining roads said it was removing all road signs that could be used by invading Russian forces to find their way around… Read more » The post Ukraine Roads Company Removing Road… Continue Reading →
The Russian invasion of Ukraine could increase Israeli weapons sale to eastern European countries, industry sources said on Sunday. The sources expressed the hope that the Defense Ministry would not… Read more » The post Israeli Defense Industries Anticipate Rise… Continue Reading →
The Israeli tech company NSO Group on Sunday filed a libel lawsuit against Calcalist after it published a series of explosive articles claiming Israeli police unlawfully used its spyware on… Read more » The post NSO Sues Calcalist After Explosive… Continue Reading →
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said that Israel is sending 100 tons of humanitarian aid to assist civilians caught up in the fighting in Ukraine. Bennett told a meeting of his… Read more » The post Israel Sends Humanitarian Aid to… Continue Reading →
The United States and European nations agreed Saturday to impose the most potentially crippling financial penalties yet on Russia over its unrelenting invasion of Ukraine, going after the central bank… Read more » The post West Unleashes SWIFT Bans, More… Continue Reading →
Daily coronavirus cases in Israel dropped below 6,000 on Sunday for the first time since the Omicron infection wave began to decline, according to Health Ministry data. In the past… Read more » The post Omicron Decline Continues as Under… Continue Reading →
Ukraine wants only “real” negotiations with Russia over its military offensive, without ultimatums, an adviser to President Volodymyr Zelensky told Reuters on Sunday, calling Moscow’s decision to send a delegation… Read more » The post Ukraine Official: Russia’s Belarus Talks… Continue Reading →
British foreign minister Liz Truss said on Sunday there could be no talks with Russia over Ukraine while Moscow has troops in its neighbor. Truss also said she had drawn… Read more » The post U.K. Says Russia Needs to… Continue Reading →
Iran will continue to enrich uranium to 20% purity even after sanctions on it are lifted and a 2015 nuclear deal with world powers is revived, Iranian news agencies quoted… Read more » The post Iran Says Will Enrich Uranium… Continue Reading →
North Korea launched a ballistic missile into the sea on Sunday, its neighbors said, in a resumption of weapons tests that came as the United States and its allies are… Read more » The post North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile… Continue Reading →
Street fighting broke out in Ukraine’s second-largest city Sunday and Russian troops put increasing pressure on strategic ports in the country’s south following a wave of attacks on airfields and… Read more » The post Russian Troops Enter Ukraine’s 2nd-Largest… Continue Reading →
KHARKIV, UKRAINE (VINnews) — On Sunday morning, Russian troops invaded Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, located in the northeast. However, according to social media videos, they appear to be meeting resistance from Ukrainian fighters. Videos circulating on social media appear to… Continue Reading →
Hamodia is saddened to report the petirah on Shabbos, 25 Adar I, of Harav Zevulun Liebb, zt”l, Rosh Yeshiva of Ishei Yisrael in Flatbush for many years. He was 94 years… Read more » The post BDE – Harav Zevulun Liebb,… Continue Reading →
We regret to inform you of the petirah of Rav Zevulun Dovid Liebb, זצ״ל, Rosh Yeshivas Ishei Yisrael of Brooklyn, NY. Rabbi Liebb was among the earliest and closest talmidim of Rav Yitzchok Hunter. In the course of his over… Continue Reading →
Russia unleashed a wave of attacks on Ukraine targeting airfields and fuel facilities in what appeared to be the next phase of an invasion that has been slowed by fierce… Read more » The post Russia Hits Ukraine Fuel Supplies,… Continue Reading →
Russian President Vladimir Putin justifies his war on Ukraine as a peacekeeping mission, a “denazification” of the country. In his address to the Russian people on Feb. 24, 2022, Putin said the purpose was to “protect people” who had been… Continue Reading →
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Billionaire Warren Buffett says his company has benefited from some “extraordinary luck” in finding acquisitions like BNSF railroad over the decades, but he hasn’t had much of that in recent years as Berkshire Hathaway’s cash pile… Continue Reading →