Articles by: JewishNews-Abe

Hariri ‘assassination plot’ is just an excuse

Hariri ‘assassination plot’ is just an excuse

Analysis: No one in Beirut believes the Lebanese prime minister resigned to avoid the fate of his slain father. The Saudis likely drafted his resignation… Read More ›

Washington – After NYC Attack, Trump Rails Against IS Group

Washington – After NYC Attack, Trump Rails Against IS Group

  Washington – President Donald Trump is railing against the Islamic State group after a man drove a rented truck onto a bike path in… Read More ›

House Republicans are delaying the rollout of their massive tax reform bill

House Republicans are delaying the rollout of their massive tax reform bill

  House Republican leaders are delaying the rollout of their massive tax reform bill until Thursday. The bill was originally scheduled for release on Wednesday, but… Read More ›

Special Investigator Mueller Reveals First Moves Against Trump Officials in Russia Probe

Special Investigator Mueller Reveals First Moves Against Trump Officials in Russia Probe

The charges include conspiracy against the United States, money laundering, failure to register as agents of a foreign power and making false statements to government… Read More ›

Why Israel should talk to Iran

Why Israel should talk to Iran

Op-ed: We have a brutal, intelligent enemy looking for any way to take revenge against us for support we gave to the Shah. There’s potential… Read More ›

New York – NY, California Governors Say Residents Would Suffer Under Trump Tax Cuts

New York – NY, California Governors Say Residents Would Suffer Under Trump Tax Cuts

  New York – New York and California’s Democratic governors said on Friday residents would face hefty tax increases and some would leave their states… Read More ›

CVS is plotting a $66 billion takeover — and it has a lot to do with fending off Amazon

CVS is plotting a $66 billion takeover — and it has a lot to do with fending off Amazon

  CVS Health’s potential  deal to buy Aetna has a lot to do with Amazon, and it illustrates just how serious a threat the tech giant is to… Read More ›

2 Republican senators become completely unchained and go after Trump in unprecedented day

2 Republican senators become completely unchained and go after Trump in unprecedented day

  Republican Sens. Bob Corker and Jeff Flake lambasted President Donald Trump on Tuesday. It was one of the fiercest rebukes of the president yet… Read More ›

New York – After Backlash, Mayim Bialik Apologizes For Advocating Modesty In Response To Weinstein Allegations

New York – After Backlash, Mayim Bialik Apologizes For Advocating Modesty In Response To Weinstein Allegations

New York – Actress Mayim Bialik has apologized following a backlash against her New York Times op-ed suggesting that dressing and acting modestly is protection… Read More ›

Tillerson raps China as ‘predatory’ rule breaker

Tillerson raps China as ‘predatory’ rule breaker

Washington – Secretary of State Rex Tillerson rebuked China on Wednesday for subverting the global order, undermining the sovereignty of its neighbors and for being… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Israeli PM Congratulates Right-wing Kurz On Austria Win

Jerusalem – Israeli PM Congratulates Right-wing Kurz On Austria Win

  Jerusalem – Israel’s prime minister has congratulated Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz on his party winning Austria’s general election. Benjamin Netanyahu said in a… Read More ›

Moscow – North Korea Lawmaker: Need Nukes Because Of US Threat

Moscow – North Korea Lawmaker: Need Nukes Because Of US Threat

  Moscow – A high-ranking North Korean official says the country’s development of nuclear weapons is necessary because of the threat posed by the United… Read More ›

At least 231 dead from powerful bomb blast in Somalia’s capital in deadliest single attack ever

At least 231 dead from powerful bomb blast in Somalia’s capital in deadliest single attack ever

  MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The most powerful bomb blast ever witnessed in Somalia’s capital killed at least 231 people with more than 275 injured,… Read More ›

New York – Documentary About Anxiety Taps A World-class Athlete

New York – Documentary About Anxiety Taps A World-class Athlete

  New York – A new documentary about anxiety argues that everyone to some extent suffers from stress, nerves and social fear. And, to make… Read More ›

Analysis: What Does Historic Saudi-Russia Meeting Mean for Israel

Analysis: What Does Historic Saudi-Russia Meeting Mean for Israel

Will Moscow heed Israel and Saudi Arabia’s concerns about Iran in the region?   Saudi Arabia’s King Salman on Sunday wrapped up a four-day visit… Read More ›

Like Clouds and Wind: A Secret Study Into Mossad’s Failed Nazi Hunt

Like Clouds and Wind: A Secret Study Into Mossad’s Failed Nazi Hunt

The Mossad is not just another intelligence agency like the CIA or MI6. It prides itself as the protector of Jews wherever they are, serving… Read More ›

Resigned Shas MK: Attendance of gay nephew’s wedding about family

Resigned Shas MK: Attendance of gay nephew’s wedding about family

Visiting gay nephew’s wedding was not about homosexuality, but about family, fmr. Shas MK Guetta says; ‘Every Sephardic family has one of each kind: Haredi,… Read More ›

How Baghdad is Punishing the Kurds Post-Referendum

How Baghdad is Punishing the Kurds Post-Referendum

Iraq has not been discouraged by the US State Department’s call for calm.   In the wake of the Kurdistan independence referendum, Iraq’s central government took… Read More ›

Quiet on Settlement Activity, Mideast Quartet Calls for PA Control of Gaza

Quiet on Settlement Activity, Mideast Quartet Calls for PA Control of Gaza

The statement omitted any reference to Israeli settlement activity – a rarity for the Quartet.   WASHINGTON — The Middle East Quartet, a working group… Read More ›

US Ambassador: Settlements are part of Israel proper

US Ambassador: Settlements are part of Israel proper

David Friedman says Israel is ‘only occupying 2 percent of the West Bank,’ adding ‘there is important security considerations to those settlements, there’s important nationalistic,… Read More ›