Articles by: JewishNews-Abe

Residents of the border give visiting MKs an earful on hardships

Residents of the border give visiting MKs an earful on hardships

Local business people and community leaders stressed the difficulties are both financial and emotional while the government does not respond to their needs The Knesset… Read More ›

New York – Biden Says He Would Keep US-Israel Relationship ‘ironclad’ And Rejoin The Iran Deal As President

New York – Biden Says He Would Keep US-Israel Relationship ‘ironclad’ And Rejoin The Iran Deal As President

  New York –  In a talk laying out the foreign policy principles he would hew to as president, Joe Biden said the United States’… Read More ›

Trump blasts Bitcoin and says cryptocurrencies, including Facebook’s Libra, should be ‘subject to all banking regulations’

Trump blasts Bitcoin and says cryptocurrencies, including Facebook’s Libra, should be ‘subject to all banking regulations’

  President Donald Trump railed against cryptocurrencies and specifically called out Bitcoin and Libra, Facebook’s new cryptocurrency that is backed by companies like Uber and… Read More ›

Boris Johnson refuses to rule out firing ambassador who criticized Trump

Boris Johnson refuses to rule out firing ambassador who criticized Trump

London – Boris Johnson, the favorite to succeed Theresa May as British Prime Minister, has refused to rule out firing the UK ambassador to Washington… Read More ›

If you build it who will come?

If you build it who will come?

An Olympic village on the ruins of the abandoned Israeli settlement of Netzarim is an ambitious, some might say fantastical project while Gazan homes have… Read More ›

Longtime director of Chicago’s Jewish federation hands empire over to his son

Longtime director of Chicago’s Jewish federation hands empire over to his son

As 40-year head of the Jewish United Fund, Steve Nasatir helped bring in $8 billion from the city’s 300,000 Jews   JTA — Before he stepped… Read More ›

Silent protests get you nowhere in Israel

Silent protests get you nowhere in Israel

Opinion: We saw how the protests of the disabled community slipped from the public agenda the minute they stopped blocking main roads, how the quiet… Read More ›

Chinese government loads surveillance app onto phones of visitors to Xinjiang: report

Chinese government loads surveillance app onto phones of visitors to Xinjiang: report

Hong Kong – China’s far-reaching security network is targeting tourists, with border guards secretly installing a surveillance app onto the phones of visitors to Xinjiang,… Read More ›

Our extortion arrangement with Hamas

Our extortion arrangement with Hamas

Opinion: Israel might think its strong, but Gaza Strip leaders know we’re as squeezable as ever, especially as elections near yet again; a strong country… Read More ›

Many sticks, few carrots: Trump’s Palestinian policy

Many sticks, few carrots: Trump’s Palestinian policy

Since taking office on the U.S. president has been consistent in his views on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, adopting Netanyahu’s positions and thereby ending the American… Read More ›

Gantz: Deal to end Gaza arson attacks shows Netanyahu ‘filling Hamas’s balloons’

Gantz: Deal to end Gaza arson attacks shows Netanyahu ‘filling Hamas’s balloons’

Former top defense officials under the PM assail him over the agreement; IDF nabs Gazan carrying knife who crossed the border   Blue and White… Read More ›

UNRWA Raises $110 Million for Palestinians on Same Day as Bahrain Summit

UNRWA Raises $110 Million for Palestinians on Same Day as Bahrain Summit

UNRWA services 5.4 million Palestinian refugees in Gaza, the West Bank, east Jerusalem, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria   The United Nations Relief and Works Agency… Read More ›

IMF chief in Bahrain: Palestinian economic growth must focus on job creation

IMF chief in Bahrain: Palestinian economic growth must focus on job creation

Jared Kushner, chief architect of U.S. policy on Mideast, seeks to persuade Palestinians to accept $50 billion support plan as Gazans and West Bank residents… Read More ›

Jerusalem – WATCH: ‘Being Able To Dig The Bible:’ The Secrets Of Tel Shiloh Revealed

Jerusalem – WATCH: ‘Being Able To Dig The Bible:’ The Secrets Of Tel Shiloh Revealed

Jerusalem – Volunteers from 12 countries converged on Tel Shiloh, Israel’s ancient capital for 369 years, to resume the third season of archeological excavations at… Read More ›

California’s homelessness crisis is spiraling out of control. These mayors want to solve it with tiny homes, trailers, and floating apartments.

California’s homelessness crisis is spiraling out of control. These mayors want to solve it with tiny homes, trailers, and floating apartments.

  California cities like Los Angeles, Stockton, and San Jose and have seen their homeless populations skyrocket in recent years. As the crisis becomes more… Read More ›

The S&P 500 just hit a record high after the Fed hinted it could cut rates next month

The S&P 500 just hit a record high after the Fed hinted it could cut rates next month

  The S&P 500 closed at a record high on Thursday after the Federal Reserve hinted it could cut interest rates as soon as next month. Analysts… Read More ›

Report: Rockets Fired at U.S. Military Base in Iraq

Report: Rockets Fired at U.S. Military Base in Iraq

The rocket fire comes amid tensions between the US and Iran and as Islamic State continues to threaten Iraq months after its defeat in Syria.… Read More ›

Islamist Morsi briefly made history as Egypt’s first democratically elected president

Islamist Morsi briefly made history as Egypt’s first democratically elected president

The leader of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, son of a peasant farmer from a village in the Nile Delta, broke out of jail 2011 and became… Read More ›

Government must act fast on growing budget chasm

Government must act fast on growing budget chasm

Analysis: According to Treasury report, Israel’s 2019 budget deficit is heading to NIS 10 billion over the Knesset-approved target, and without steps correct it, the… Read More ›

IDF to cut number of civilian guards in Israeli settlements in West Bank

IDF to cut number of civilian guards in Israeli settlements in West Bank

In a letter sent to heads of several communities, including those subjected to terror attacks in the past, the military says although the decision is… Read More ›