Articles by: JewishNews-Abe

Cruz, Sanders emerge victorious in Wisconsin primaries

Cruz, Sanders emerge victorious in Wisconsin primaries

Republican candidate Ted Cruz dealt a blow to front-runner Donald Trump; Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders defeated Hillary Clinton, gaining momentum in his fight against her.… Read More ›

Will former president Katsav get early release or remain in jail?

Will former president Katsav get early release or remain in jail?

Parole board is expected to make decision on plea by Israel’s eighth president for early release from 7-year sentence for rape, of which he has… Read More ›

Report: ISIS threat spurs US to weigh pull of troops in Sinai

Report: ISIS threat spurs US to weigh pull of troops in Sinai

According to CNN, the Obama administration is examining the relocation of US and international peacekeeping forces from a base in the volatile northern Sinai to… Read More ›

Police chief: We don’t want to be like the US, with masses of people in prison

Police chief: We don’t want to be like the US, with masses of people in prison

Police chief Alsheich lays out his plan to win back the public’s faith in speech to Israel Bar Association.   National Police Commisioner Roni Alsheich… Read More ›

Expired meat from Palestinian territories sold in Israeli restaurants

Expired meat from Palestinian territories sold in Israeli restaurants

After a lengthy investigation, a smuggling network consisting of nine Israelis and Palestinians was caught; the meat was smuggled into Israel by forging expiration and… Read More ›

Why are they afraid of criticism?

Why are they afraid of criticism?

Op-ed: ‘It is doubtful whether there is another civilized country where the court assumes such authority and violates the separation of powers as Israel does…In… Read More ›

Azerbaijani official to ‘Post’: Israel must comment on Nagorno-Karabakh

Azerbaijani official to ‘Post’: Israel must comment on Nagorno-Karabakh

Jerusalem, meanwhile, is staying quiet on contested enclave.   Israel wants to remain completely out of the Azerbaijan- Armenia dispute over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh territory… Read More ›

Erekat: ‘We’re reporting to the ICC’ on Israeli home demolitions

Erekat: ‘We’re reporting to the ICC’ on Israeli home demolitions

Erekat spoke in the aftermath of Civil Administration demolitions of seven illegally built Palestinians structures in Area C of the West Bank on Monday.  … Read More ›

Jews Who Refused to Leave Yemen Have Second Thoughts

Jews Who Refused to Leave Yemen Have Second Thoughts

Airport Official: We will not stop any Jew from leaving the country.   SANA’A – The 67 Yemeni Jews who refused to join the recent… Read More ›

Police examines suspicions against Herzog

Police examines suspicions against Herzog

Israel Police and Tax Authority are looking into suspicions the Opposition leader violated the Parties Financing Law during last Labor primaries; similar suspicions arose against… Read More ›

US congressmen call on Kerry to probe Israeli ‘extrajudicial executions’

US congressmen call on Kerry to probe Israeli ‘extrajudicial executions’

In letter, Dem. Senator Patrick Leahy urges State Department to investigate allegations of ‘gross violations of human rights’ by Israel and Egypt, and reexamine military… Read More ›

German historian accuses AP of Nazi collaboration

German historian accuses AP of Nazi collaboration

Historian Harriet Scharnberg claims the Associated Press reached agreement with Hitler’s regime that it could not publish information that might weaken the Third Reich, while… Read More ›

NGO to A-G: Spill the beans on new Deri scandal to High Court

NGO to A-G: Spill the beans on new Deri scandal to High Court

Movement for Quality of Government wants the interior minister fired.   An NGO wrote to Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit demanding that he reveal evidence from the… Read More ›

Settler leader: IDF to raze outpost synagogue

Settler leader: IDF to raze outpost synagogue

The synagogue was constructed in memory of Naftali Fraenkel, 16, Gil-Ad Shaer, 16, and Eyal Yifrah, 19, whom Hamas terrorists kidnapped and murdered on June… Read More ›

Quartet envoys in Jerusalem to work toward restarting peace talks

Quartet envoys in Jerusalem to work toward restarting peace talks

Group expected to release report in coming months.   Envoys from the Middle East Quartet, made up of the US, Russia, EU and UN, met… Read More ›

Madison, WI – Wisconsin-based ‘Cheesehead Revolution’ Challenged By Trump

Madison, WI – Wisconsin-based ‘Cheesehead Revolution’ Challenged By Trump

  Madison, WI – A trio of Wisconsin Republicans looking to inject the party with their own youthful, aggressive brand of conservatism ushered in the… Read More ›

Washington – Meteorologists May Soon Give 50-day Notice For Extreme Heat

Washington – Meteorologists May Soon Give 50-day Notice For Extreme Heat

  Washington –  Meteorologists may soon be able to predict likelihood of extreme heat in the Eastern United States as much as 50 days in… Read More ›

Anchorage, Alaska – Alaska Volcano Ash Cloud Covers 400 Miles, Cancels Flights

Anchorage, Alaska – Alaska Volcano Ash Cloud Covers 400 Miles, Cancels Flights

  Anchorage, Alaska – Strong winds Monday pushed an ash cloud from an Alaska volcano into the heart of the state, grounding flights and limiting… Read More ›

Syrian forces capture Palmyra city from ISIS militants, state media report

Syrian forces capture Palmyra city from ISIS militants, state media report

  Syrian forces recaptured Palmyra from ISIS on Sunday, months after the city fell to the Islamic extremist group, state media reported. The army, along… Read More ›

Nazi salutes and anti-immigrant chants disrupt Brussels memorial

Nazi salutes and anti-immigrant chants disrupt Brussels memorial

Brussels, Belgium – Protesters stormed into a memorial for Brussels attack victims Sunday, raising their arms in Nazi salutes and shouting anti-immigrant slogans as they scuffled… Read More ›