Articles by: JewishNews-Ilan

Analysis: The bomber who slipped through the net

Analysis: The bomber who slipped through the net

Security forces are in a race against time to track down the cell behind the Jerusalem bus bombing, and figure out if the attackers are… Read More ›

NY Jewish millennials: Bernie Sanders might not be bad for Israel

NY Jewish millennials: Bernie Sanders might not be bad for Israel

“Israel did use disproportionate force in Gaza,” said one college student. “I think that there ought to be more room in the American Jewish community… Read More ›

Migrating humans may have killed off Neanderthals, by accident

Migrating humans may have killed off Neanderthals, by accident

  It appears modern humans may have some blood on our hands. A new study published in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology suggests that… Read More ›

Baby rescued after 6 hours under Japan quake rubble

Baby rescued after 6 hours under Japan quake rubble

Tokyo – The house had collapsed. Rescuers were told there was a baby inside, but aftershocks from the magnitude 6.2 earthquake on Japan’s Kyushu island… Read More ›

Nigeria Senate demands update on missing girls after CNN video

Nigeria Senate demands update on missing girls after CNN video

Abuja, Nigeria – The Nigerian Senate demanded updates from the nation’s security agencies on attempts to rescue girls abducted from the town of Chibok two… Read More ›

Ya’alon: Israel signed off on Egypt-Saudi deal over islands

Ya’alon: Israel signed off on Egypt-Saudi deal over islands

Defense minister says military appendix in Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty had to be reopened to include the Saudis; Jerusalem also agreed to allow construction of bridge… Read More ›

Temple Institute claims it held secret Jewish wedding on Temple Mount

Temple Institute claims it held secret Jewish wedding on Temple Mount

Organization aimed at establishing Third Temple says groom made wedding vows as one of the wedding’s witnesses distracted police and Waqf; unusual event could reignite… Read More ›

Israel issues travel warnings ahead of Passover

Israel issues travel warnings ahead of Passover

Counter-Terrorism Bureau identifies potential threats against Israeli targets mainly in the Middle East and Africa, but also in Turkey. Israel’s Counter-Terrorism Bureau on Tuesday issued… Read More ›

U2’s Bono lobbies US Senate for ‘Marshall Plan’ in the Middle East

U2’s Bono lobbies US Senate for ‘Marshall Plan’ in the Middle East

ono has lobbied in Washington and other world capitals for a variety of causes including debt relief, alleviating world poverty and fighting AIDS.   WASHINGTON… Read More ›

A German comic’s joke insulted Erdogan and he may go to jail for it – in Germany

A German comic’s joke insulted Erdogan and he may go to jail for it – in Germany

Merkel, who needs Erdogan to deal with migrant crisis, stresses importance of artistic freedom.   Turkey’s Tayyip Erdogan has filed a legal complaint against a… Read More ›

Palestinians campaign for convicted terrorist Barghouti to receive Nobel Peace Prize

Palestinians campaign for convicted terrorist Barghouti to receive Nobel Peace Prize

Barghouti was sentenced to five life terms in prison for his role in terrorist attacks against Israelis during the Second Intifada.   Palestinians in Ramallah… Read More ›

Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert abused 4 boys, prosecutors say

Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert abused 4 boys, prosecutors say

Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert sexually abused at least four boys when he worked as a wrestling coach at a high school in Illinois decades… Read More ›

‘Man in the hat’: Brussels airport suspect in custody

‘Man in the hat’: Brussels airport suspect in custody

The third suspect in the Brussels Airport attack — the “man in the hat” — has been positively identified as Mohamed Abrini, according to the… Read More ›

Wyoming Democratic caucuses: Bernie Sanders picks up another win

Wyoming Democratic caucuses: Bernie Sanders picks up another win

Bernie Sanders won the Wyoming Democratic caucuses Saturday, providing his campaign with one more jolt of momentum before the race against Hillary Clinton heads east.… Read More ›

Wounded security personnel receive trip to Nepal

Wounded security personnel receive trip to Nepal

The Friends of Nechei Tzahal organization is providing an all expense paid trip to Nepal for 20 security services personnel who were wounded in the… Read More ›

1300 Ethiopian Jews to make aliyah

1300 Ethiopian Jews to make aliyah

Likud party decision puts end to coalition crisis after MKs David Amsalem and Avraham Neguise refused to vote with the coalition due to PM Netanyahu’s… Read More ›

The rule of fear

The rule of fear

Op-ed: Fear and the manner in which it is leveraged by leaders in the US, Europe and Israel threatens democracy. The common denominator of what… Read More ›

‘Ties with Romania won’t be hurt by arrest of Israelis’

‘Ties with Romania won’t be hurt by arrest of Israelis’

According to the official, the Romanian government understands that the Israelis are private citizens and were acting in a private capacity.   Israel and Romania… Read More ›

Danon on Palestinian Security Council move: There are no shortcuts to peace

Danon on Palestinian Security Council move: There are no shortcuts to peace

“The only way to promote negotiations starts by them condemning terrorism and stopping the incitement, and ends with direct negotiations between the two sides,” says… Read More ›

PM: Abbas move to condemn settlements at UN will push negotiations further away

PM: Abbas move to condemn settlements at UN will push negotiations further away

“The only way to advance peace is by direct negotiations and Abu Mazen is avoiding this,” Netanyahu says.   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a… Read More ›