Articles by: JewishNews-Abe

War of the maps: Turkey released a map showing where Russia violated its airspace, and Russia countered

War of the maps: Turkey released a map showing where Russia violated its airspace, and Russia countered

Turkey and Russia have released competing maps showing where a Russian warplane violated — or steered clear of, depending on the point of view — Turkish… Read More ›

CONFIRMED: Martin Shkreli is cutting the price of the drug he hiked 5,000%, but there’s a catch

CONFIRMED: Martin Shkreli is cutting the price of the drug he hiked 5,000%, but there’s a catch

  Turing Pharmaceuticals, the drug company helmed by Martin Shkreli, is planning to cut the price of its drug Daraprim by as much as 50% for… Read More ›

New York Rabbis sentenced for violently coercing divorces

New York Rabbis sentenced for violently coercing divorces

Harshest punishment handed down in New York case so far was 48 months in prison.   Several New York rabbis were sentenced to jail terms… Read More ›

S. African president links Paris attacks to Israeli-Palestinian conflict

S. African president links Paris attacks to Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Terror, wherever it occurs, highlights imperative for Middle East peace, Jacob Zuma tells local Jews; Israel’s ambassador calls remark ‘unfair’ and a misunderstanding of Islamic… Read More ›

Report: 30 sleeping jade hunters killed when hill of mine tailings collapses

Report: 30 sleeping jade hunters killed when hill of mine tailings collapses

  At least 30 people were killed in northernMyanmar when a 60-meter-high (200-foot-high) hill of tailings from a jade mine collapsed onto the huts of… Read More ›

Iran sentences journalist Jason Rezaian to prison

Iran sentences journalist Jason Rezaian to prison

An Iranian court has sentenced Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian to prison for spying, the semiofficial news agency Tasnim reported Sunday. The length of the… Read More ›

Brussels remains under highest terror alert amid warning of ‘imminent threat’

Brussels remains under highest terror alert amid warning of ‘imminent threat’

Brussels, Belgium – Paris and Brussels continued to defend against the threat of terrorist attacks Sunday, with raids and arrests in the Belgian capital and a… Read More ›

Hamas, Fatah threaten ex-settler leader who thwarted terror attack

Hamas, Fatah threaten ex-settler leader who thwarted terror attack

Image posted to Twitter depicts ‘child killer’ Gershon Mesika with a target and blood splatter over his face   Hours after a former local politician… Read More ›

US condemns killing of American yeshiva student

US condemns killing of American yeshiva student

Jewish groups criticize tardy statements on Thursday attack that killed three, including teenager from Sharon, Massachusetts The Obama administration condemned in the “strongest possible terms”… Read More ›

Ezra Schwartz remembered as warm teen with ‘boundless energy’

Ezra Schwartz remembered as warm teen with ‘boundless energy’

In Boston, more than 1,500 mourners attend funeral of 18-year-old yeshiva student murdered by Palestinian terrorist on Thursday   SHARON, Massachusetts — Amid sobs of… Read More ›

2 killed, 8 held after France raid, but ringleader’s status still unknown

2 killed, 8 held after France raid, but ringleader’s status still unknown

Paris, France – French authorities took the offensive Wednesday, raiding a purported hideout of the ringleader in last week’s deadly Paris attacks in an operation that… Read More ›

Paris rabbi: Terrorists will not affect Jewish life here

Paris rabbi: Terrorists will not affect Jewish life here

Local Chabad leader says community undeterred by police raid on attackers believed responsible for killing 129 people last week   PARIS — The presence of… Read More ›

Netanyahu urges ‘global solution to terror’ in call with Hollande

Netanyahu urges ‘global solution to terror’ in call with Hollande

PM expresses Israel’s solidarity with France in fight against terrorism after Friday’s deadly Paris attacks that killed 129   Paris, France — Israeli Prime Minister… Read More ›

‘IS sympathizers stabbed Marseille Jewish teacher in the face’

‘IS sympathizers stabbed Marseille Jewish teacher in the face’

Chabad emissary and Judaic-studies instructor, Tzion Saadoun, 56, sustains serious injuries but is in stable condition   The three people believed to be Islamic State… Read More ›

At G20, Obama vows renewed effort to eliminate Islamic State

At G20, Obama vows renewed effort to eliminate Islamic State

Obama calls Paris attack an attack on civilized world, says US will help France track down those responsible; Europe urges Russia to increase its attacks… Read More ›

Under threat: Bataclan theater terrorized for years

Under threat: Bataclan theater terrorized for years

Paris’s Bataclan, which until recently was under Jewish ownership, was target for threats by Islamic extremists for years before becoming a main target in coordinated… Read More ›

France hits back: ISIS bombed, politicians propose major steps

France hits back: ISIS bombed, politicians propose major steps

Following coordinated terror attacks, Sarkozy calls for dramatic measures, interior minister declares closure of hate-preaching mosques; Islamic State stronghold of Raqqa pounded by French airstrikes… Read More ›

Budget to be passed before law delaying haredi draft

Budget to be passed before law delaying haredi draft

Time issue changes schedule, Coalition promises Shas and UTJ will amend IDF rules   The passage of the amendment to the law for haredi enlistment,… Read More ›

Poll: 75% of British Jews think settlements block peace

Poll: 75% of British Jews think settlements block peace

68% stated that they feel a “sense of despair” every time further settlement expansion is approved.   A poll released by City University London and… Read More ›

Analysis: Jerusalem and Paris have been cooperating on intel for years

Analysis: Jerusalem and Paris have been cooperating on intel for years

The Mossad and DGSE have a smooth flow of information.   After the Paris terrorist attack, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he had instructed… Read More ›