Over a dozen ultra-Orthodox picketers outside Menza serve up chants against consuming hametz over Passover, scaring tourists but sparking flood of support for popular restaurant

Monday incident ended harmlessly as communications restored on 777 from Amsterdam to Tel Aviv; pilots went incommunicado for 12 minutes

Dominion Voting Systems can”t bring up the January 6 Capitol riots during its upcoming defamation trial against Fox News, a Delaware judge ruled on Tuesday, according to CNN. Dominion filed the lawsuit in March of 2021, suing the network for $1.6 billion and claiming Fox defamed it by repeatedly airing false claims about the company”s

South Carolina”s only Jewish state lawmaker wants the state to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism, with antisemitism rising at an alarming rate in the United States and in South Carolina. According to ADL data for 2022, antisemitism rose 193 percent compared to the year before in the state. “It”s glaring

Yisrael Beytenu party chairman MK Avigdor Liberman attacked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, claiming that his press conference on Monday was not related to the security situation, but rather was called in wake of recent polls, which showed the current coalition losing seats. “Every person who knows Netanyahu understands that he is not qualified

Cybersecurity watchdog says QuaDream’s software grants users full surveillance capabilities over another person’s phone by exploiting a security flaw in Apple iPhones

In bio ‘The Baron,’ Prof. Matthias B. Lehmann takes a new approach to history-telling by following the man who helped resettle Jews in locales ranging from Istanbul to Argentina

US President says detention is ‘totally illegal’; White House spokesman says Moscow has yet to grant US consular access to Evan Gershkovich: ‘It’s not for lack of trying’

A mass shooting outside a Washington DC funeral home on Tuesday left at least one victim dead and four other people with gunshot injuries, police said. Officers at the scene found multiple people shot, Fox News reported. DC Police Chief Robert Contee told reporters that they believe the individuals, who were attending a funeral, were

A secretive Israeli spyware company has customers in at least 10 countries, and its hacking tools have been used against minority party politicians and journalists, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday, citing research by Microsoft and the nonprofit Citizen Lab. Microsoft discovered traces of the spyware created by the surveillance vendor QuaDream to use against

Volos Football Club cuts ties with 33-year-old Boris Kleiman who was picked up by Athens police while in possession of 1.5 grams of heroin after a brawl with Belgian tourists

The Biden administration tried to reassure Israeli officials in recent days that Washington is committed to its security relationship with Israel after details contained in a trove of purported secret Pentagon documents leaked on social media appeared to suggest that the US had spied on some of its closest allies, including Israel, two Israeli officials

Officials at a Massachusetts middle school have launched a probe into the harassment of Jewish students by numerous classmates, including the use of a Nazi salute. The investigation into the targeting of Jewish students at Jabish Brook Middle School was announced in an email earlier in April by superintendent of Belchertown Public Schools Brian Cameron

MK Ohad Tal of the Religious Zionist Party on Tuesday said he opposes Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s statement that the previous government is to blame for the wave of murderous terrorism that has hit Israel over the past two months. “We must not blame previous governments for the security situation, the responsibility is on us,”

Dallas Wings take Maccabiah Games gold medalist and former University of Maryland basketball star as the 11th pick

Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Tuesday blasted the government and its leader, claiming that the ministers are “busy making excuses and accusations”. Bennett attacked Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and said, “The Minister of Finance publicly calls for Huwara to be wiped out and then accuses the pilots of not knowing him well enough and

American Jewish Committee (AJC) called on the chancellor of the City University of New York (CUNY) to take action after two Jewish professors allegedly faced retaliatory measures after speaking out against an exhibit featuring anti-Jewish content. AJC demanded that Chancellor Felix Matos Rodriguez send a “strong, unequivocal message” that antisemitism will not be tolerated at

PM’s office says there was unanimous support among security chiefs for decision; Police minister Ben Gvir blasts move as ‘serious mistake’ that risks further inflaming tensions

Senior Democrats and Republicans in Congress have been granted access to the classified documents that were retrieved from the residences of former President Donald Trump, President Joe Biden, and former Vice President Mike Pence, according to Punchbowl News. The senior lawmakers, known as the “Gang of Eight,” had been part of a campaign to be

Three terror attacks, three sets of siblings, three shattered families.

Egypt had planned to send as many as 40,000 rockets to Russia, which has depleted its weapons supply after over a year of fighting in Ukraine, leaked US intelligence documents revealed. The documents, obtained by the Washington Post, detailed a plan by Egyptian President Abdel Fatah el-Sisi and his senior aides to provide the weapons

Israel National News’ Israel desk is stopping its round-the-clock news updates at this time in honor of the Seventh Day of Passover holiday. Jerusalem candle lighting time is 18:25 on Tuesday. Israel National News’ North American desk will continue to keep you informed until just before candle lighting time in New York at 19:13 EDT.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir on Tuesday completed a comprehensive assessment with heads of the security services on the security situation in Israel, including Judea and Samaria, Jerusalem and the Temple Mount. At the conclusion of the discussion, the Prime Minister decided to ban Jewish

Residents of the Polish town of Pruchnik burned an antisemitic effigy of a Jew displaying the sign “Judas 2023,” reviving a hateful tradition from previous years, according to Ynet. While municipal officials had called for the end of the longstanding antisemitic ceremony, last week the effigy was back. It was set ablaze near the town

After two weeks, the PM finally realized that the public wouldn’t forgive him for sacking his defense minister. What about a far more essential retreat, on his judicial revolution?

Soldiers spot suspects opening fire from passing car at military post near Elon Moreh settlement, ambush them; several firearms seized at the scene

The renowned author of fiction, non-fiction and children’s books, whose works melded together Biblical narratives with modern Israeli life, succumbs to cancer

Agudath Israel on Monday sent an open letter to the Pulitzer Prize Board requesting that they not give an award to the New York Times for a series that unfairly attacked Hasidic education in New York City. The 100-year old umbrella organization representing American Orthodox Jews, along with its newly formed advocacy division KnowUs, penned

Noted Israeli author Meir Shalev has passed away at the age of 74. He was a long-time journalist for Yediot Aharonot, and had published a wide array of works that were translated into twenty-six languages. In addition, he fought in the Six Day War in the Golani Brigade, and was injured by friendly fire some

*Translation by Yehoshua Siskin The Seventh day of the Pesach holiday will commence shortly after the funeral of Lucy Dee. Two days after daughters Rina and Maia were laid to rest, their mother Lucy will join them. It’s impossible to accept a reality in which a mother and her daughters take a trip up north

Husband and three surviving children return to cemetery less than 48 hours after burying Dee’s two daughters Maia and Rina; all were killed in a West Bank shooting attack

IDF forces eliminated two terrorists who opened fire at the Samaria community of Elon Moreh this afternoon (Tuesday). An M-16 assault rifle and a pistol were found on the bodies of the terrorists. In a predawn operation this morning, forces from the IDF”s elite Duvdevan unit, the Paratroopers Brigade, and the Israel Police”s Yamas SWAT

Social media platforms are failing in their responsibility to remove frequent instances of Holocaust denial, a new Anti-Defamation League study found. The ADL Holocaust Denial Report Card ranked 10 social media and gaming platforms on their “efforts to enforce rules and effectively respond to and remove content, memes and messages that deny the Holocaust or

PM’s office denies claim by retired Lt. Col. Shlomi Reisman, says he wasn’t even Netanyahu’s commander during Lebanon War

Vehicle overturns and crashes into a fence near driver’s home in central city of Beit Shemesh

Economy Minister Nir Barkat was interviewed today (Tuesday) on CNN on the murder of Lucy Dee and her daughters Maia and Rina Dee in a terrorist shooting attack in the Jordan Valley. Barkat stated that the murders showed the difference between the State of Israel and its enemies. “Unfortunately, when the mother died just a

Morawiecki slated to meet VP Kamala Harris and leaders of major US defense companies in 3-day visit following multiple Biden visits to Warsaw

Consortium of startups, led by Halman-Aldubi Technologies, will develop sustainable food solutions without the need for water, land or energy

Hollywood actress Diane Neal has begun a new chapter in what is already an eventful life by making Aliyah to Israel. Neal, who is best known for her role as Casey Novak in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, made Aliyah to Israel with Nefesh B”Nefesh, in cooperation with Israel”s Ministry of Aliyah and Integration,

Open to all of Kharkiv’s residents, the Asho Center features one of the bombed-out city’s few running kindergartens

Three other employees suspended amid accusations against Tony Danker; Rain Newton-Smith, former chief economist at CBI, agrees to take on role

‘Lucy and I had discussed this before,’ widower Rabbi Leo Dee says after his wife’s heart, lungs, liver, and kidneys were transplanted and shortly before her funeral

Rep. Ritchie Torres, the Bronx Democrat known for being an outspoken supporter of Israel, has issued his first statement on the country”s proposed judicial overhaul, writing that he is “pleased to see that the “judicial reforms” have been put on pause.” The statement, published last week as a letter in the Riverdale Press, a newspaper

Hundreds of mourners gathered in Gush Etzion, south of Jerusalem, Tuesday, to pay their last respects to Leah (Lucy) Dee, one of three victims killed in the Jordan Valley terrorist shooting attack last Friday. Dee was laid to rest at the Kfar Etzion Cemetery, near the town of Efrat where she lived. Two days ago,

Israel has finally appointed a “dedicated Minister” to deal with the “narrative” which has so dangerously demonized Israel. However, Minister Galit Distel-Atbaryan says that she has no budget and that her mandate is not an international one. I believe her. Before Minister Distel-Atbaryan, my friend and colleague, Natan Sharansky, was Israel”s first Minister for Global

Testimonies collected by the New York Times within the International Labor Organization (the UN labor agency) speak of a payment of 25 million dollars by the Doha government into the agency’s coffers, which would have led to a softer attitude on workers’ rights in the emirate, in view of the football World Cup. The agency

21-year-old spotted by IAF helicopter, in good condition despite mild hypothermia; main highway connecting Eilat to rest of country reopens

Dedicated by Leslie Hirsch in memory of Yosef Moshe ben Shia, and a prayer for the refuah of Paz ben Yehudit Ravashke taunts the Jewish people. (Gary Dorning/PCG) Is This the End? In 1992, the global community was still enjoying the rosy after-glow of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the

Organs removed from one of the three victims of Friday”s deadly terrorist shooting attack in the Jordan Valley have already been donated to five patients, the victim”s husband said Tuesday morning. Speaking with Israel National News, Rabbi Leo Dee, the bereaved husband of Leah (Lucy) Dee, 48, and father of Maia, 20, and Rina, 15,

No reports of soldiers hurt during operation in northern West Bank city of Jenin; footage shows bomb detonated near army vehicle