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[FBI Informant Charged With Lying About Joe and Hunter Biden’s Ties to Ukrainian Energy Company]( [FBI Informant Charged With Lying About Joe and Hunter Biden’s Ties to Ukrainian Energy Company]( (AP) — An FBI informant has been charged with lying to authorities about a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden, his son Hunter and a Ukrainian energy company, a claim that is central to the Republican impeachment inquiry in Congress. Alexander Smirnov falsely reported in June 2020 that executives associated with the Ukrainian […] [Read More »]( [MIT suspends student group that protested against Israel’s military campaign in Gaza]( [MIT suspends student group that protested against Israel’s military campaign in Gaza]( (AP) — The president of MIT has suspended a student group that has held demonstrations against Israel’s military campaign in Gaza as protests over the war continue to rattle universities around the country. In a video statement Tuesday, Sally Kornbluth said the group, Coalition Against Apartheid or CAA, held a demonstration Monday night without […] [Read More »]( [Arrest Made in Brutal Antisemitic Attack With Baseball Bat on Staten Island]( [Arrest Made in Brutal Antisemitic Attack With Baseball Bat on Staten Island]( ISLAND (JNS / VINnews) — Police have arrested a man in connection with a vicious anti-Jewish hate crime on Staten Island, according NYPD officials. Obadiah Lashley, 29, was reportedly taken into custody on Wednesday, for allegedly striking a 25-year-old man in the head with a metal bat after making an anti-Jewish statement. The Jewish […] [Read More »]( [15 people arrested after anti-Israel activists block Brooklyn Bridge (VIDEO)]( [15 people arrested after anti-Israel activists block Brooklyn Bridge (VIDEO)]( YORK (JNS) — Since the start of Israel’s war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip, New York City has seen a steady stream of pro-Palestinian, pro-Hamas rallies, coupled with complete stoppages of traffic in parts of Manhattan. Bridges, tunnels and other transportation hubs seem to be the target of choice, preferably during rush hour. […] [Read More »]( [Anti-Israel vandal dumps red wax, akin to ‘blood,’ on Rep. Goldman’s office]( [Anti-Israel vandal dumps red wax, akin to ‘blood,’ on Rep. Goldman’s office]( (JNS) — Surveillance footage captured an act of vandalism on Monday at the office of Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) in the second such incident against the Jewish congressman since the Hamas terrorist attacks in southern Israel on Oct. 7. The images show someone wearing a mask and black hoodie with a skateboard at their […] [Read More »]( [Continuing to Build Yeshivos in Yerushalyim]( [Continuing to Build Yeshivos in Yerushalyim]( Eliezer Rauchberger, Chairman of the Planning and Construction Committee and assistant Mayor of Yerushalayim, today signed the construction permit for the new building of “Yeshivas Or Shmuel” and handed it to the Rosh Hayeshiva, Rabbi Nachshon Schiller Shlit’a. The yeshiva will be built on Rechov Katzenelbogen in Har Nof.   The building will be […] [Read More »]( [A Florida Man Was Imprisoned 37 Years for a Murder He Didn’t Commit. He’s Now Expected to Get $14M]( [A Florida Man Was Imprisoned 37 Years for a Murder He Didn’t Commit. He’s Now Expected to Get $14M]( Fla. (AP) — Robert DuBoise spent 37 years in a Florida prison for a 1983 rape and murder he did not commit. Now, he’s set to receive $14 million from the city of Tampa as compensation for all those lost years. DuBoise, who was 18 when the crime occurred, was initially sentenced to death […] [Read More »]( [Treasury Promoting New Rules to Stop Money Laundering Ahead of Europe Meetings]( [Treasury Promoting New Rules to Stop Money Laundering Ahead of Europe Meetings]( (AP) — The Biden administration is stepping up efforts to stop dirty money from flowing through the U.S. financial system with a slew of new rules aimed at increasing corporate transparency and regulating occupations that are exploited for money laundering. As the second anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine approaches and the war in […] [Read More »]( [Hayeled Avrohom Tzvi Lefkowitz ז”ל]( [Hayeled Avrohom Tzvi Lefkowitz ז”ל]( getting up: Wednesday (2/21/24)Morning R` Bentzion LefkowitzFather Mrs. Shiffy LefkowitzMother [Read More »]( [London’s Iconic Underground Map Is Getting an Update, With 6 New Names and Colors]( [London’s Iconic Underground Map Is Getting an Update, With 6 New Names and Colors]( (AP) — For anyone with even a passing acquaintance with London, the city’s Tube map is as iconic as the red buses or the black cabs. But for the past few years, there’s been something not quite right about the map originally designed by Harry Beck in 1933 — a collection of orange train […] [Read More »]( [Russian Efforts to Create Anti-satellite Weapons Are Cause for US Concern]( [Russian Efforts to Create Anti-satellite Weapons Are Cause for US Concern]( (AP) — The U.S. has gathered highly sensitive intelligence about Russian anti-satellite weapons that has been shared in recent weeks with the upper echelons of government, according to four people who have been briefed on the intelligence. The people, who were not authorized to comment publicly, said the capability was not yet operational. The […] [Read More »]( [On the USS Eisenhower, 4 Months of Combat at Sea Facing Houthi Missiles and a New Sea Threat]( [On the USS Eisenhower, 4 Months of Combat at Sea Facing Houthi Missiles and a New Sea Threat]( THE USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (AP) — Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and its accompanying warships have spent four months straight at sea defending against ballistic missiles and flying attack drones fired by Iranian-backed Houthis, and are now more regularly also defending against a new threat — fast unmanned vessels […] [Read More »]( [GM Is Nearly Doubling the Road Miles Where Drivers Can Use Its Partially Automated Driving System]( [GM Is Nearly Doubling the Road Miles Where Drivers Can Use Its Partially Automated Driving System]( (AP) — General Motors is adding about 350,000 miles (563,000 kilometers) of roadways in the U.S and Canada to the area where drivers can use the company’s “Super Cruise” partially automated driving system. The expansion nearly doubles the road miles where the system can run. It includes both limited-access divided highways as well as […] [Read More »]( [The Biden Administration Announces $970 Million in Grants for Airport Improvements Across the US]( [The Biden Administration Announces $970 Million in Grants for Airport Improvements Across the US]( (AP) — The Biden administration said Thursday it is providing $970 million for improvements at 114 airports around the country, with work ranging from wider concourses and new baggage-handling systems to new terminals at some small airfields. Administration officials said the money comes from a $5 billion grant program to modernize airport terminals. The […] [Read More »]( [Putin Says Russia Prefers Biden to Trump Because He Is ‘More Experienced and Predictable’]( [Putin Says Russia Prefers Biden to Trump Because He Is ‘More Experienced and Predictable’]( (AP) — President Vladimir Putin said that Russia would prefer to see U.S. President Joe Biden win a second term, describing him as more experienced and predictable than Donald Trump — even though Moscow strongly disagrees with the current administration’s policies. Putin’s comments during an interview with Russian state television Wednesday were his first […] [Read More »]( [Israeli Tourism Remains in State of Collapse Amid War]( [Israeli Tourism Remains in State of Collapse Amid War]( (JNS) – The Gaza war continues to take its toll on Israel’s tourism industry, with the country seeing only 58,600 tourist visits in January, compared to the 257,400 tourists who visited during the same month last year, marking a 77% decrease. According to monthly figures released by Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), only […] [Read More »]( [Israeli Couple Sue United Airlines After Daughter ‘Scarred And Disfigured’ By Scalding Meal]( [Israeli Couple Sue United Airlines After Daughter ‘Scarred And Disfigured’ By Scalding Meal]( (VINnews) — An Israeli couple sued United Airlines after their six-year-old daughter was burned by a hot meal on a flight to Newark, according to a report by the New York Post. The couple said that the incident occurred when the scalding hot airline meal slid off a defective tray table, leaving the girl […] [Read More »]( [IDF Exposes Another Al Jazeera Reporter as a Hamas Terrorist]( [IDF Exposes Another Al Jazeera Reporter as a Hamas Terrorist]( (JNS) – For the second time in a week, the Israel Defense Forces on Wednesday exposed a Palestinian reporter working for Al Jazeera in the Gaza Strip as a Hamas terrorist operative. Ismail Abu Omar, an Al Jazeera journalist wounded in an Israeli strike near the southern Gaza city of Rafah on Tuesday, serves as a […] [Read More »]( [Mrs Tilla Leah Mendlowitz ז”ל]( [Mrs Tilla Leah Mendlowitz ז”ל]( getting up: Tuesday (2/20/24)Morning R` Yitzchok BomrindBrother R` Mitchel BomrindBrother Sitting in Israel at 4 Beit Eshel, 908-500-4204 [Read More »]( [Citing ‘Significant’ Decline in Gaza, Biden Admin Won’t Deport Palestinians for 18 Months]( [Citing ‘Significant’ Decline in Gaza, Biden Admin Won’t Deport Palestinians for 18 Months]( (JNS) – The Biden administration announced that it will grant a “temporary safe haven” for 18 months to Palestinians who would otherwise be deported. It cited “humanitarian conditions in the Palestinian territories, and primarily Gaza” that “have significantly deteriorated” as the reason for the deferment in a memorandum released on Wednesday. “This grant of […] [Read More »]( [IDF Kills 15 Hamas Terrorists, Including Oct. 7 Perpetrators]( [IDF Kills 15 Hamas Terrorists, Including Oct. 7 Perpetrators]( (JNS) – In recent days, Israeli forces in Gaza have carried out targeted killings of around 15 Hamas terrorists, including some who participated in the Oct. 7 massacres, the Israel Defense Forces said on Thursday. A Hamas General Security Service operative was among the terrorists killed in Gaza City and the northern Gaza Strip. […] [Read More »]( [Indiana Man Arrested for Antisemitic Threats]( [Indiana Man Arrested for Antisemitic Threats]( (JNS) – Jeffrey Stevens, 41, allegedly sent messages to the CIA and to the Fort Wayne Police Department, in Indiana, threatening to murder Jews and pro-Israel government officials. According to a complaint, filed on Feb. 12 with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana to apply for an arrest warrent, Stevens […] [Read More »]( [US Working With Arab Countries To Form Palestinian State During Hamas-Israel Truce]( [US Working With Arab Countries To Form Palestinian State During Hamas-Israel Truce]( YORK (VINnews) — The Biden administration and a small group of Middle East partners are attempting to bypass Israel and rush to complete a comprehensive plan for long-term peace between Israel and Palestinians, including a firm timeline for the establishment of a Palestinian state that could be announced as early as the next several […] [Read More »]( [Israeli Satire Program Incites Against Charedim Over IDF Enlistment, Raising Sharp Reactions]( [Israeli Satire Program Incites Against Charedim Over IDF Enlistment, Raising Sharp Reactions]( (VINnews) — In what can be seen as a malicious attempt to defame the charedi public, the Eretz Nehederet satire program included a clip about two death notification officers in the Israeli army who mistakenly knock on the home of a charedi person. The charedi, confused as to why two IDF officers are at […] [Read More »]( [IDF Names Female Soldier Killed In Hezbollah Rocket Attack On Tzfat]( [IDF Names Female Soldier Killed In Hezbollah Rocket Attack On Tzfat]( (VINnews) — BDE: The IDF announced Wednesday evening the death of 20-year-old Staff Sgt. Omer Sarah Benjo, 20, of the 91st Division’s 869th Combat Intelligence Collection unit, as a result of a rocket launch carried out from the territory of Lebanon during the course of the morning. A reservist of the Computer Service Directorate […] [Read More »]( [WATCH: Mike Pompeo Visits Israel, Offers Powerful Words of Support]( [WATCH: Mike Pompeo Visits Israel, Offers Powerful Words of Support]( Re’im (JNS / VIN) — In a video posted on Tuesday, former US Secretary of State and CIA director Mike Pompeo and his wife visited an Israeli “rejuvenation centre”, where soldiers return from Gaza to relax and regain their energy. As he addressed the soldiers, Pompeo affirmed that “America stands with you”. The Pompeos […] [Read More »]( [Jewish Man Brutally Stabbed Six Times by Antisemite in France]( [Jewish Man Brutally Stabbed Six Times by Antisemite in France]( (VINnews) — Police have arrested a suspect in the brutal antisemitic stabbing of a Jewish man on Monday night. The suspect is reportedly a former friend of the victim who has become “obsessed” with hatred against Jews. The victim was stabbed six times. According to reports, the 35-year-old victim was walking outdoors when he […] [Read More »]( [‘Daily Beast’ scrubs mention that Hamas ‘allegedly’ took hostages]( [‘Daily Beast’ scrubs mention that Hamas ‘allegedly’ took hostages]( — “Avoid allegedly. It’s police jargon and is often used incorrectly,” recommends the Associated Press stylebook. “It can make it hard to tell who’s doing the alleging.” A search of the AP website returns some 45,000 hits for “allegedly,” suggesting that it is sometimes not that hard to tell who is doing the alleging. […] [Read More »]( [‘NY Post’ editorial board: ‘What’s up with Hochul’s CUNY antisemitism probe?’]( [‘NY Post’ editorial board: ‘What’s up with Hochul’s CUNY antisemitism probe?’]( — Four months after New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, announced that Jonathan Lippman, a former chief judge in the state, will investigate Jew-hatred at the City University of New York, there has yet to be a report. But “at least some CUNY schools are taking some steps to crack down on the […] [Read More »]( Get More VINnews Join our [WhatsApp group]( for breaking updates. Not on our email list yet? [Join here](. 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