Articles by: JewishNews-Ilan

A Jew and an Indian make a film — about the African American experience

A Jew and an Indian make a film — about the African American experience

In ‘Barry,’ Adam Mansbach and Vikram Gandhi take a crack at portraying future president Barack Obama’s campus isolation during his Columbia years   SAN FRANCISCO… Read More ›

AG formally confirms Netanyahu is under investigation, details cases already closed

AG formally confirms Netanyahu is under investigation, details cases already closed

Avichai Mandelblit says there is ‘sufficient evidence’ to justify criminal probe over suspicion the PM received ‘improper benefits from businessmen’   Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit… Read More ›

Trump on Russia sanctions: Time to move on, but I’ll meet with intelligence agencies anyway

Trump on Russia sanctions: Time to move on, but I’ll meet with intelligence agencies anyway

  President-elect Donald Trump responded Thursday to President Barack Obama’s fresh sanctions against Russia, saying that it’s “time to move on,” but that he’ll meet… Read More ›

Taipei – Chinese Carrier Enters South China Sea Amid Renewed Tension

Taipei – Chinese Carrier Enters South China Sea Amid Renewed Tension

  Taipei – A group of Chinese warships led by the country’s sole aircraft carrier entered the top half of the South China Sea on… Read More ›

Israel curbs working ties with nations that voted for UN resolution

Israel curbs working ties with nations that voted for UN resolution

  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered his nation’s Foreign Ministry to temporarily limit all working ties with the embassies of the 12 UN… Read More ›

Through the looking glass: FSU immigrants fret about ‘survival’ of US Jewry

Through the looking glass: FSU immigrants fret about ‘survival’ of US Jewry

Addressing Russian-speaking Jews, Israeli leaders born behind the Iron Curtain say American Jewry is in more ‘danger’ than Jews in France, Iran, or Ukraine  … Read More ›

Israel’s El Al looks to new planes to reassert dominance

Israel’s El Al looks to new planes to reassert dominance

El Al’s main advantage has long been tough security; average age of its long-haul fleet is 18 years; airline, pilots in new wage deal to… Read More ›

The last dance at Amona

The last dance at Amona

With the clock ticking, hundreds gather in the wildcat outpost, slated for evacuation by next Sunday, to protest, comfort and celebrate   The Amona outpost… Read More ›

Tillerson’s past offers few clues on his Middle East perspective

Tillerson’s past offers few clues on his Middle East perspective

Trump’s choice for secretary of state, an oil man, will come under scrutiny for his broad opposition to sanctions.   WASHINGTON – Donald Trump announced… Read More ›

Paris – John Kerry Awarded French Legion Of Honor For Peace-making

Paris – John Kerry Awarded French Legion Of Honor For Peace-making

  Paris –  U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is now an officer in France’s Legion of Honor. French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault bestowed the… Read More ›

Trump taps Iowa Gov. Branstad for China ambassador

Trump taps Iowa Gov. Branstad for China ambassador

  Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad has been picked for the post of US ambassador to China by President-elected Donald Trump. Trump spokesperson Jason Miller confirmed… Read More ›

Police interview IDF officials on submarine affair

Police interview IDF officials on submarine affair

Ongoing police investigation into role in submarine scandal of David Shomron, PM’s attorney, reveals that IDF officers were involved; police gather officers’ testimony. Police collected… Read More ›

Today’s counter-culture Millennials increasingly turn off, tune in, and go analog, says author

Today’s counter-culture Millennials increasingly turn off, tune in, and go analog, says author

In new book, David Sax reports on comeback of real things and explains why it matters to people of all ages   When author David… Read More ›

PM looking for Amona solution as residents vow resistance

PM looking for Amona solution as residents vow resistance

Outpost leaders threaten to ‘block bulldozers with our bodies’; Netanyahu says state will request 30-day extension on demolition deadline   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said… Read More ›

Kurdistan in Iraq commemorates Jewish history

Kurdistan in Iraq commemorates Jewish history

Regional gov’t hosts event for second year recalling Iraq’s discrimination against Jews in 1940s.   “Kurdistan has always believed in living peacefully and with respect… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Israeli PM Thanks Palestinian President For Help In Fighting Fires

Jerusalem – Israeli PM Thanks Palestinian President For Help In Fighting Fires

  Jerusalem – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday night to thank him for sending firefighting teams and trucks… Read More ›

Follow the lawyer

Follow the lawyer

Op-ed: In his fourth term, Netanyahu is a king in his palace. As the one who was the first to spot the Mount Carmel fire,… Read More ›

75,000 evacuated from Haifa amid allegations of ‘arson terror’

75,000 evacuated from Haifa amid allegations of ‘arson terror’

Fires contained elsewhere in the country; eight countries sending planes to combat blazes, Palestinians dispatching crew   Firefighters continued to battle blazes around the country,… Read More ›

Bannon rejects, and supplies ammunition to, those who label him anti-Semitic

Bannon rejects, and supplies ammunition to, those who label him anti-Semitic

In first series of interviews since accepting top White House role, Trump’s chief strategist continues to advance ‘globalist’ conspiracy theories that echo anti-Semitic libels  … Read More ›

Sayeret Matkal awarded 2nd military decoration in one year

Sayeret Matkal awarded 2nd military decoration in one year

For the second time this year, the Special Forces unit receives an honorary decoration from the IDF chief of staff; ‘The link between intelligence, technology… Read More ›