Articles by: JewishNews-Abe

As Iran deal passage looms, congressional foes take their fight state level

As Iran deal passage looms, congressional foes take their fight state level

Fifteen Republican governors, including four presidential candidates, said they would uphold state sanctions in protest to the overwhelming support the deal has received in Congress.… Read More ›

Netanyahu to EU: Stop pressuring us into agreements that endanger our existence

Netanyahu to EU: Stop pressuring us into agreements that endanger our existence

Europe “seeks to unilaterally press Israel into agreements that will endanger our very existence and therefore your very defense,” Netanyahu told visiting European Council President… Read More ›

Israelis, don’t give up on Europe

Israelis, don’t give up on Europe

Op-ed: Going to the generally sympathetic US and making new friends, like China and India, who don’t ask awkward questions, is always easier. But Israel… Read More ›

Palestinian arson victim’s condition takes turn for worse, hospital says

Palestinian arson victim’s condition takes turn for worse, hospital says

Riham Dawabshe’s son Ali, and her husband Sa’ed died in the July attack in Duma which authorities suspect was carried out by Jewish extremists.  … Read More ›

Abbas: Israel should let Palestinian refugees from Syria into West Bank, Gaza

Abbas: Israel should let Palestinian refugees from Syria into West Bank, Gaza

Palestinian leader appealed to UN to put pressure on Israel.   Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday appealed to the United Nations to put… Read More ›

Boycotts are not the answer, says Palestinian peace activist

Boycotts are not the answer, says Palestinian peace activist

Although the majority of West Bank Palestinians favor violence against Israelis, there are pockets of disciples of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King.   The… Read More ›

White House not opposed to blocking Iran deal vote

White House not opposed to blocking Iran deal vote

A senior official said that The White House will not oppose efforts by Democrats in Congress to block vote disapproving of the Iran nuclear deal.… Read More ›

Ultra-Orthodox tell Jerusalem bike sharers to take a hike

Ultra-Orthodox tell Jerusalem bike sharers to take a hike

Capital’s planned bicycle-sharing program comes under fire from those who oppose public violations of the Jewish Sabbath   AFP — A bicycle-sharing plan for Jerusalem… Read More ›

US NGO to send 75 bionic arms to Syrian children

US NGO to send 75 bionic arms to Syrian children

Limbitless, founded by American graduate students, uses 3-D printers to make the limbs more cheaply; many Syrian children have lost limbs due to Syrian army’s… Read More ›

Prime minister: ‘Zero tolerance for stone-throwing’

Prime minister: ‘Zero tolerance for stone-throwing’

Rules of engagement may change after recent attacks in and around Jerusalem; two border police companies and 400 police officers will be added to protect… Read More ›

Gov’t finds victory in defeat on Iran, says official

Gov’t finds victory in defeat on Iran, says official

High-ranking official tells Ynet that campaign was successful in delegitimizing deal after Obama secures veto-threshold votes. The Israeli government was not surprised on Wednesday by… Read More ›

Kahlon puts forth bid to reduce added-tax in hopes of sparking economy

Kahlon puts forth bid to reduce added-tax in hopes of sparking economy

Kahlon is reportedly considering reducing corporate tax by 1.5 percentage points.   Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon on Wednesday announced that he is strongly considering the… Read More ›

Ministry clamps down on lawyers, accountants to halt terror financing

Ministry clamps down on lawyers, accountants to halt terror financing

The amendment to the law governing terrorism financing and money laundering creates new obligations for lawyers and accountants to scrutinize the identity and business purposes… Read More ›

The Islamic-animated government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s declared policy of “zero problems with neighbors” is in tatters.

The Islamic-animated government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s declared policy of “zero problems with neighbors” is in tatters.

The Islamic-animated government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s declared policy of “zero problems with neighbors” is in tatters.   Turkey marked the 93rd anniversary of Victory… Read More ›

Marco Rubio on world leaders: Vladimir Putin a ‘gangster,’ Kim Jong Un a ‘lunatic’

Marco Rubio on world leaders: Vladimir Putin a ‘gangster,’ Kim Jong Un a ‘lunatic’

  Washington – When it comes to his assessment of world leaders, Sen. Marco Rubio isn’t pulling any punches: Russia’s run by a “gangster” and North… Read More ›

Hiker, 62, found injured but alive after 9-day search

Hiker, 62, found injured but alive after 9-day search

  The searchers were getting worried. Miyuki Harwood, 62, of Orangevale, California, had been missing in the rugged Sierra Nevada Mountains for nine days. Search… Read More ›

Kyle Jean-Baptiste, Broadway’s first black Jean Valjean, dies after fall

Kyle Jean-Baptiste, Broadway’s first black Jean Valjean, dies after fall

  Actor Kyle Jean-Baptiste, who made history as the first African-American to play the lead role in a Broadway production of “Les Miserables,” died Friday… Read More ›

Suspects in Austria truck tragedy proclaim innocence in court

Suspects in Austria truck tragedy proclaim innocence in court

Remand extended until September 29 for four alleged human traffickers after decomposed bodies of 71 migrants found in abandoned vehicle   Four suspected human traffickers… Read More ›

Arab-Israeli schools to strike in protest of small budget

Arab-Israeli schools to strike in protest of small budget

Committee of Arab mayors decides not to open schools for two days in protest of government’s failure to respond to request for NIS 6.4 billion… Read More ›

‘I’m haredi, lesbian, and live with a woman’

‘I’m haredi, lesbian, and live with a woman’

She was born and educated in a haredi community, and felt she was different ever since she was young. After refusing an arranged marriage, ‘Raheli’… Read More ›