Yoni Kempinski

Yoni Kempinski

Editor of Israel National News

News by Yoni Kempinski

Agaddahs – Facts or Allegories?

The Lander Academic Institute and Bar Ilan University held a two day conference focusing on traditional Agaddah Rabbinic literature of legend.

Agaddahs – Facts or Allegories?

Concessions Won't Stop Hostility

Dr. Dan Shiftan spoke at a Gush Etzion conference, called for dividing the land between Jews and Arabs but added that Arabs will remain hostile.

Concessions Won't Stop Hostility

'Arabs Mock Israel's Gestures'

Palestinian Media Watch explains the importance of monitoring the Hamas and Fatah media in order to understand the Arab's intentions and goals

'Arabs Mock Israel's Gestures'

Ettinger: US Respects Defiance

Yoram Ettinger, former consul general in the US, said the American government does not want a wimp as an ally in the region

Ettinger: US Respects Defiance

'Stop Radicals Damage to Right'

Udi Segal of Channel 2 television blames nationalists for allowing radicals to be in the center of media attention on "settlers."

'Stop Radicals Damage to Right'

Video: IDF Rescues Man in Haiti

Documentation of the rescue of 52-year-old Haiti man by the IDF emergency delegation in Haiti

Video: IDF Rescues Man in Haiti

Yesha Heads Seek Likud Support

Heads of Judea and Samaria local government and Likud municipal leaders met with Minister Cachlon in wake of the construction freeze.

Yesha Heads Seek Likud Support

Interview: IDF Homefront Officer

Video: IDF Homefront Officer discusses preparing for terror, evacuations, supplying information and preparedness regardless of forecasts

Interview: IDF Homefront Officer

ZAKA Volunteers' Resilience

Dr. Ronny Berger, from the NATAL Israel Trauma Center, praises Israeli ZAKA volunteers, who collect body parts for burial from emergency sites.

ZAKA Volunteers' Resilience

Video: Senator McCain in Israel

Watch the full video of the press conference held in Jerusalem by U.S. Senators McCain, Lieberman, Barrasso and Thune.

Video: Senator McCain in Israel

Expert: Obama Failed in Mideast

Prof. Eitan Gilboa doesn't believe there is any way to change the attitude of the US administration with regard to Israel.

Expert: Obama Failed in Mideast

Useless Talks Increase Violence

Professor Hillel Frisch: As long as there is no actual partner, the peace talks cause only harm and an increase in violence

Useless Talks Increase Violence

Bar-Ilan Foreign Student Protest

The Bar-Ilan University Student Union protested against a hike in fees for the translation of exams from Hebrew to English.

Bar-Ilan Foreign Student Protest

The Holocaust Survivor Cookbook

The Holocaust Survivor Cookbook brings the stories and home recipes of the survivors. The income of the sales is directed to charity.

The Holocaust Survivor Cookbook

Video: Speech of Zionist Sheikh

Watch the "Zionist Sheikh" Palazzi's full speech - "The First, Second and Third Israelite Temples of Jerusalem in the Qur'an and Islamic Tradition"

Video: Speech of Zionist Sheikh

Theology Students Visit Judea

Mayor of the Judea community of Efrat hosted a group of German speaking theology students on Thursday and answered their political inquiries.

Theology Students Visit Judea

PUAH: 1,200 Babies per Year

Arutz Sheva TV attended the 10th annual conference of the PUAH Institute which has helped thousands of couples suffering from infertility.

PUAH: 1,200 Babies per Year

Pre-birth Genetic Tests

Rabbi Gideon Weitzman of the Puah Institute speaks with Arutz Sheva TV about pre-birth tests for genetic problems in the fetus.

Pre-birth Genetic Tests

Rabbis Convene in Jerusalem

The annual worldwide conference for rabbis brought approximately 150 representatives from Israel and the Diaspora to Jerusalem

Rabbis Convene in Jerusalem

Metzger: New Halacha Initiatives

Chief Rabbi of Israel spoke with Arutz Sheva TV about two initiatives that are intended to prevent the violation of the Jewish rules of Pesach.

Metzger: New Halacha Initiatives

Pro-Israel Zambian Politician

Dr. Saviour Chisimba, Zambian presidential candidate, supports Israel and its war against terror

Pro-Israel Zambian Politician

'Anti-Terror Deterrence Works'

Marking a year after ground forces entered Gaza, Deputy Foreign Minister Ayalon visited wounded soldiers and said the campaign was successful.

'Anti-Terror Deterrence Works'

"Zionist Sheikh" In Jerusalem

Jerusalem activist Aryeh King met the Israel-supporting Sheikh, who is on a visit from Italy, in East Jerusalem

"Zionist Sheikh" In Jerusalem

Video:Jewish Presence at Neguhot

Dozens of Land of Israel activists showed a Jewish presence on the Neguhot road, which, partially passes through areas controlled by the PA

Video:Jewish Presence at Neguhot

Demands for Post-Freeze Plans

Yesha Council Chairman Danny Dayan explains the purpose of the protest tent set up near the PM's residence

Demands for Post-Freeze Plans

US Billionaire Supports Taglit

American billionaire businessman Sheldon Adelson speaks with Arutz Sheva TV about his decision to be part of the Taglit-Birthright Israel project

US Billionaire Supports Taglit

French Jews Eye Policy on Israel

Bar-Ilan University Prof. Ilan Greilsammer, spoke with Arutz Sheva TV at a conference on 40 years of French aliyah (immigration) to Israel.

French Jews Eye Policy on Israel

Exchange Students Learn Hebrew

Participants of the YU Student Exchange Program at the Tzvia School for Girls feel they are walking in the footsteps of their forefathers.

Exchange Students Learn Hebrew

French Aliyah is Très Spécial

At a special conference celebrating 40 years of Aliyah from France, there was talk of what makes these immigrants très spécial.

French Aliyah is Très Spécial

Pollard Protest at US Consulate

Rabbi Shneur Katz held Torah study and prayer sessions of on behalf of Jonatahn Pollard outside the US consulate in Jerusalem on Sunday.

Pollard Protest at US Consulate

‘Red Carpet” for Olim

‘Aliyah,” [“moving up” to Israel] is soaring. The number of immigrants rose 17 percent this year, including some from Kenya, Japan and Taiwan.

‘Red Carpet” for Olim

Meeting Israel Thru Government

Arutz Sheva TV caught up with the partcipants of the Israel Government Fellows Program (IGF) at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center

Meeting Israel Thru Government

US Ambassador on Obama's Policy

At a Tel Aviv conference, US Ambassador to Israel said "we've seen a definite evolution in the world" since Obama entered office.

US Ambassador on Obama's Policy

Video: Thawing freeze at Netzer

Land of Israel activists gathered at the hilltop of Netzer in Gush Etzion for a ceremonial protest in the wake of the freeze

Video: Thawing freeze at Netzer

Turkish MP Speaks in Tel Aviv

Tensions between Turkey and Israel did not deter Turkish parliamentarian Suat Kiniklioglu from attending a security conference in Tel Aviv.

Turkish MP Speaks in Tel Aviv

Anti-Semitism in the Arab World

Anti-Semitism in the Arab and Muslim World was addressed at the third international conference of the Global Forum for Combating Anti-Semitism

Anti-Semitism in the Arab World

''UN Purveyor of Anti-Semitism'

Anne Bayefsky of Eye on the UN: Goldstone report is a modern day version of the Protocols of the Elderly of Zion.

''UN Purveyor of Anti-Semitism'

'Politics at Children's Expense'

MK Danon, chairman of the Knesset Children's Rights Committee, visited a Jewish school in Samaria to witness the effect of the freeze on the kids.

'Politics at Children's Expense'

Fighting Online Anti-Semitism

Dr. Andre Oboler: Online Anti-Semitism has invaded social networks and user generated content. Imagine what Hitler could do on the internet today.

Fighting Online Anti-Semitism

30 Years of Fighting for Israel

Irwin Cotler, former Canadian Minister of Justice and Attorney General sums up three decades of delegitimization of Israel.

30 Years of Fighting for Israel