4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (328+ words) JERUSALEM (VINnews) – U.S. officials in the Biden administration were not aware of a specific warning from the United Arab Emirates that Hamas was preparing a major attack against Israel before the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre, according to two sources familiar with the…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (410+ words) UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed spoke with Netanyahu 10 days before the attack and said Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas in Gaza at the time, was planning an operation, the Haaretz daily said. A week and a half before October…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (381+ words) JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Slovenian Deputy Prime Minister Jernej Vrtovec told Samaria Regional Council Chairman Yossi Dagan that Samaria should be under Israeli sovereignty, after the two met in Ljubljana on the same day Britain announced new sanctions targeting Jewish communities in…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago   (406+ words) JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Dr. Nechumi Yaffe, a Charedi researcher and academic, is joining the HaTzibur HaCharedi party and will run for the 26th Knesset, marking the first time a Charedi party running for the Knesset has included a woman on its slate,…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago   (356+ words) JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A major prediction market on Monday put former IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the most likely person to lead Israel after the next election. Polymarket said Eisenkot had a 51 percent…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (831+ words) JERUSALEM (VINnews) — With hours remaining before Israel’s political parties are due to finalize their Knesset lists, pressure is mounting on Brig. Gen. (res.) Ofer Winter to unite his new right-wing party with other parties in the national camp or withdraw…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (436+ words) LAS VEGAS (VINnews) — Vice President JD Vance told Republican Jewish leaders in a closed-door appearance Monday that the root of antisemitism is “blood libel” and that “the gospel is actually the solution,” remarks that quickly drew criticism for echoing arguments…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (570+ words) JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Rabbi Shlomo Aviner, president of Ateret Kohanim Yeshiva and one of the prominent rabbis of the Religious Zionist movement, has spoken out against Ofer Winter’s new Amcha Yisrael party over its decision to place public diplomacy activist Yoseph…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (377+ words) JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A senior source in the new Tzibur HaCharedi party headed by Motty Leitner says that the party is currently holding talks with Ofer Winter’s political camp regarding the possibility of joining forces ahead of the elections. According to…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (195+ words) LAS VEGAS (VINnews) — New York radio host Sid Rosenberg told attendees at the Republican Jewish Coalition’s Annual Leadership Summit that Republicans retaining control of Congress this November is essential. The RJC posted video of Rosenberg’s remarks Monday from the gathering…...