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Opposition leader Yair Lapid wants charedim drafted into the army, and he wants it now. Addressing Netanyahu’s coalition, he urged members to oppose the recently unveiled military service bill unless there is “equality of the burden,” meaning that charedim are drafted, too. “We need a lot more soldiers. [The army] is too small,” Lapid declared, lobbing an accusation at Netanyahu that he is raising economic incentives for charedim so that they won’t feel compelled to join the IDF. “We will oppose this law with all of our strength,” Lapid said, urging his “ultra-Orthodox brothers” to enlist and pushing back against…

Israelis and families of Israelis held kidnapped by Hamas terrorists in Gaza attend a rally calling for the release of Israelis held kidnapped by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, at “Hostage Square” in Tel Aviv, February 10, 2024. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/ Flash90 *** Local Caption *** מלחמה חטופים משפחות תל אביב חרבות עצרת ברזל מלחמה JERUSALEM (JNS) – Israel kicked off an advertising campaign in the United States on Super Bowl weekend to bring attention to the plight of the 136 hostages still in the hands of the Hamas terrorist group in Gaza. <!– Click to get Text Message Updates right…

Minister of Housing and Construction Yitzhak Goldknopf attends a conference in Tel Aviv on March 22ב, 2023. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** תל אביב כנס פוליטיקה יצחק גולדקנופף ISRAEL (VINnews) Charedi Knesset leaders slammed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, after he released a statement on Shabbos, responding to Moody’s downgrading Israel’s credit. <!– Click to get Text Message Updates right to your phone –> Join our WhatsApp group Subscribe to our Daily Roundup Email “The Prime Minister’s statement on Shabbat regarding the credit rating was out of place,” said Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf, leader of UTJ and…

‘We are going to have the greatest Iron Dome anywhere in the world,’ the former president stated. By JNS Donald Trump pledged to build an “Iron Dome” missile defense system for the United States if he is reelected in November’s presidential election. The former president and Republican frontrunner to challenge the current office holder, Democrat Joe Biden, for the White House made the remarks at a rally in New Hampshire on Tuesday. He spoke ahead of the state’s primary, which he later won against his final GOP opponent Nikki Haley. “I will build an Iron Dome over our country. A…

War cabinet minister Minister Gadi Eisenkot, Family and friends attend the funeral of Master Sgt. (res.) Gal Meir Eisenkot in Herzliya on December 8, 2023. He was killed during a ground operation in the Gaza Strip. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90 JERUSALEM (AP) — A member of Israel’s War Cabinet confirmed that early in the war against Hamas in Gaza, an Israeli preemptive strike against Lebanon’s Hezbollah militia was called off at the last minute. <!– Click to get Text Message Updates right to your phone –> Join our WhatsApp group Subscribe to our Daily Roundup Email Gadi Eisenkot, a…

Jews pray for the army success in the war against Hamas, for the return of the Israeli hostages held by Hamas terrorists in Gaza and in memory of the people murdered in the October 7 massacre, at the Western Wall, Judaism’s holiest prayer site in the Old City of Jerusalem, January 10, 2024. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** תפילה למען החטופים חרדים למען הצלחת הצבא ולזכר החטופים והמתים הצלחת צבא תפילה100 יום כותל 100 OLD CITY (VINnews) Thousands of Jews attended a massive, powerful Yom Kippur Katan gathering at the Kosel on Wednesday. <!– Click to get…

Minister Galit Distel Atbaryan reacts during a plenum session for Israeli Knesset’s 74th birthday, in the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on February 6, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** îìéàä ëðñú è”å áùáè éåí äåìãú ëðñú îìéàä âìéú ãéñèì ùøú ääñáøä JERUSALEM (AP) — A former member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Cabinet offered a rare public apology Sunday for contributing to the internal strife in Israel that preceded the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas militants from the Gaza Strip. <!– Click to get Text Message Updates right to your phone…

ISRAEL (VINnews) Chief Rabbi Dovid Lau wrote a letter Sunday to Pope Francis, urging him to retract his recent comments that seemed to compare Israel to Hamas, and insinuate that Israel has engaged in acts of terror. <!– Click to get Text Message Updates right to your phone –> Join our WhatsApp group Subscribe to our Daily Roundup Email The rabbi was referring to the pope’s comments during a conversation with President Isaac Herzog last month, in which he appeared to accuse both Israel and Hamas of “terrorism”. Pope Francis said that it is “forbidden to respond to terror…

Families of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza and Israelis who were released from Hamas captivity seen after a meeting with members of the war cabinet, in Herzliya, December 5, 2023. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** עזה חמאס ישראל מלחמה חרבות ברזל חטופים משפחות פגישה קבינט מלחמה רז בן עמי ISRAEL (VINnews) — An Israeli hostage is suing the Red Cross (ICRC) for abandoning their responsibility and ignoring the health and safety of Israeli hostages held captive by Hamas. Jewish activists say that the group is “reliving its mistakes of the Holocaust”. <!– Click to…

Tzipi Shavit take part in a protest calling for the release of Bibas family, 10 month old Kfir, 4 year old Ariel, and their parents Shiri and Yarden Bibas, at “Hostage Square” in Tel Aviv, December 8, 2023. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** מלחמה חטופים משפחות ציפי שביט תל אביב חרבות ביבס ברזל מלחמה NIR OZ, Israel — An American family has donated a Torah that survived the Holocaust to relatives of a family whose members’ fate remains uncertain after they were taken hostage by Hamas in the Oct. 7 attack on their kibbutz in southern Israel.…