Articles by: JewishNews-Aryeh

Full text: Government bars foreign tourists, tightens quarantine

Full text: Government bars foreign tourists, tightens quarantine

Coronavirus cabinet votes to reimpose some restrictions over fears of Omicron variant   Travelers arriving at Ben Gurion Airport, on November 1, 2021. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)… Read More ›

Bennett’s government must free itself from Netanyahu’s shadow

Bennett’s government must free itself from Netanyahu’s shadow

Opinion: Accomplishments of current administration – from passing state budget to handling of coronavirus – speak well enough for themselves; dwelling on actions taken by… Read More ›

Millennia-old plant remains shed light on climate change in Israel

Millennia-old plant remains shed light on climate change in Israel

Archaeologists from TAU, Tel Hai College and U. of Montpellier reconstruct how weather evolved over 10,000 years.   Some 20,000 years ago, winters in Israel… Read More ›

Haredi author Chaim Walder dropped from publisher amid rape allegations

Haredi author Chaim Walder dropped from publisher amid rape allegations

The popular ultra-Orthodox author behind the ‘Kids Speak’ series, accused of raping minors, will take a break from public life.   Israeli ultra-Orthodox author Chaim… Read More ›

Israel’s COVID reproduction number again edges toward 1 after months of decline

Israel’s COVID reproduction number again edges toward 1 after months of decline

Health Ministry says if ‘R’ number reaches 1, it would indicate a renewed spread of the pathogen; ministry also reports Israel has only 2 ‘red’… Read More ›

US said to raise proposed interim deal with Iran in talks with Israel

US said to raise proposed interim deal with Iran in talks with Israel

Suggestion from Americans aimed at buying time for nuclear negotiations; Israeli official opposed move, fearing it would become permanent, report says   US National Security… Read More ›

Mar-a-Lago-trespasser deported to China 2 years later

Mar-a-Lago-trespasser deported to China 2 years later

  PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A Chinese businesswoman convicted of trespassing at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club and lying to Secret Service agents was… Read More ›

Feds: 2 Members Of Lev Tahor Sect Convicted

Feds: 2 Members Of Lev Tahor Sect Convicted

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — Two leaders of an extremist Jewish sect were convicted Wednesday of kidnapping and child sexual exploitation crimes, prosecutors said. In… Read More ›

US says hopes Iran returns to nuclear talks on Nov. 29 ‘in good faith’

US says hopes Iran returns to nuclear talks on Nov. 29 ‘in good faith’

Iran’s top nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani tweeted on Wednesday that the talks with six major powers will resume by the end of November.  … Read More ›

How Israel and Russia forged unlikely partnership in Syria

How Israel and Russia forged unlikely partnership in Syria

Opinion: With Moscow working to bolster Assad’s regime and stop Damascus’ diplomatic isolation — ensuring Russian presence in the region — it sees Israel’s efforts… Read More ›

Israeli delegation said to visit Sudan, meeting with leaders involved in coup

Israeli delegation said to visit Sudan, meeting with leaders involved in coup

Report says officials held talks with top generals to try to gain a better impression of unfolding situation and how it affects efforts to normalize… Read More ›

Learning from May war, IDF simulates battle with Hezbollah amid domestic strife

Learning from May war, IDF simulates battle with Hezbollah amid domestic strife

Military, Defense Ministry lead week-long national exercise, testing response to massive barrages of rockets, precision missiles, multiple chemical attacks   The Israel Defense Forces and… Read More ›

A third of US Jews changed behavior due to antisemitism -AJC

A third of US Jews changed behavior due to antisemitism -AJC

The report surveyed both American Jews and the general American public who are at minimum 18 years old, who were asked about their perceptions and… Read More ›

Biden, Manchin And Schumer Huddle, But Still No Budget Deal

Biden, Manchin And Schumer Huddle, But Still No Budget Deal

  WASHINGTON (AP) — Deadline driven, President Joe Biden brought two pivotal senators — Joe Manchin and Chuck Schumer — to his Delaware home Sunday… Read More ›

Horrific Delay? Norway Eyes Police Response To Arrow Attack

Horrific Delay? Norway Eyes Police Response To Arrow Attack

  HELSINKI (AP) — Norway on Saturday announced it will hold an independent investigation into the actions of police and security agencies following a bow-and-arrow… Read More ›

Countries in Asia are placing orders for a new drug to treat coronavirus. Poorer nations could miss out again

Countries in Asia are placing orders for a new drug to treat coronavirus. Poorer nations could miss out again

During the global scramble to secure vaccines, many countries in Asia-Pacific were slow off the mark. This time, they’re not making the same mistake. Countries… Read More ›

Syrian air defenses intercept strike over Tadmor

Syrian air defenses intercept strike over Tadmor

Israel is suspected of conducting the attack on targets in Syria’s Homs region.   Syrian air defenses are on high alert after intercepting several projectiles… Read More ›

Customs Dispute Jeopardizes US Fish Stick, Filet Supply

Customs Dispute Jeopardizes US Fish Stick, Filet Supply

  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A customs dispute at the U.S.-Canada border is threatening America’s supply of a key fish used for popular products such… Read More ›

Taliban’s religious police instructed to be more moderate, but vulnerable Afghans say brutal justice is still being meted out

Taliban’s religious police instructed to be more moderate, but vulnerable Afghans say brutal justice is still being meted out

Ghazni, Afghanistan – The blood-stained bodies of the four accused kidnappers were hung off construction cranes with heavy chains, one with a warning sign strung… Read More ›

Iran has 120 kilograms of 20% enriched uranium, atomic chief says

Iran has 120 kilograms of 20% enriched uranium, atomic chief says

UN agency in September estimated that Islamic Republic has 84.3 kilos of uranium enriched to that level   TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has enriched more… Read More ›