Articles by: JewishNews-Aryeh

Israeli Arabs are Israeli, not Palestinian

Israeli Arabs are Israeli, not Palestinian

Opinion: Raising the Palestinian flag in protest of the Trump peace plan was an act of solidarity, not identity; no one could remain indifferent as… Read More ›

Al Jazeera host calls Israel most successful project in 120 years; drama ensues

Al Jazeera host calls Israel most successful project in 120 years; drama ensues

Faisal al-Qassem’s Arabic tweet garners critical responses, but huge majority responding to poll on his Twitter feed then seem to agree; IDF spokesmen and Netanyahu… Read More ›

12 pro-Iran fighters said killed in Syria strikes attributed to Israel

12 pro-Iran fighters said killed in Syria strikes attributed to Israel

UK-based group says at least 3 government and Iranian positions targeted in raids around Damascus; IDF mum on the matter   Twelve pro-Iranian fighters were… Read More ›

Just Under 100 Million People Watch Super Bowl on Fox

Just Under 100 Million People Watch Super Bowl on Fox

  NEW YORK (AP) — The Super Bowl put a halt to a four-year decline in viewership, with an estimated 99.9 million people watching the… Read More ›

First major Chinese airliner suspends flights to the United States over coronavirus outbreak

First major Chinese airliner suspends flights to the United States over coronavirus outbreak

  Hong Kong – China Eastern has become the first major Chinese carrier to suspend flights to and from the United States because of the… Read More ›

Israel strikes Hamas in Gaza after rocket attack, as region heats up

Israel strikes Hamas in Gaza after rocket attack, as region heats up

Army says it carried out significant airstrikes after three missiles shot at southern Israel amid rising tensions following release of peace plan   Israeli aircraft… Read More ›

Likud official: Vote on annexation pushed off – for ‘technical reasons’

Likud official: Vote on annexation pushed off – for ‘technical reasons’

Jared Kushner: “I’m not looking at the world as it existed in 1967. I’m looking at the world as it exists in 2020.”   WASHINGTON… Read More ›

Holocaust survivors struggle while world leaders attend lavish memorials

Holocaust survivors struggle while world leaders attend lavish memorials

Saying poverty-stricken victims of the Nazis would have benefited from the money spent on the event, survivors and aid organizations warn that the conditions some… Read More ›

World leaders arrive in Israel for country’s biggest diplomatic event

World leaders arrive in Israel for country’s biggest diplomatic event

Fifth World Holocaust Forum, commemorating the 75th anniversary of Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp’s liberation, is set to kick off on Wednesday with delegations from 49 countries,… Read More ›

IDF: 2019 soldier fatality rate the lowest ever

IDF: 2019 soldier fatality rate the lowest ever

27 troops designated as ‘killed-in-action,’ compared to 43 last year; number includes Zachary Baumel, who was killed in ’82 but officially deemed missing   The… Read More ›

Heavens

Heavens

Haim Watzman’s new Necessary Story ponders love, heartbreak and the night sky as a team of IDF reserve soldiers deals with a romantic crisis in… Read More ›

Is defense minister there to protect Netanyahu or Israel?

Is defense minister there to protect Netanyahu or Israel?

Opinion: Naftali Bennett was given his long-coveted job in an attempt by the prime minister to secure his own political survival and escape his criminal… Read More ›

IDF strikes Hamas in Gaza in response to explosive balloons from Strip

IDF strikes Hamas in Gaza in response to explosive balloons from Strip

Israeli helicopter hits terror infrastructure in northern part of Palestinian territory, army says, following at least 2 airborne bombs landing in southern Israel   Israeli… Read More ›

US Budget Deficit Running 11.8% Higher This Year

US Budget Deficit Running 11.8% Higher This Year

  UNITED STATES (AP) — The U.S. budget deficit through the first three months of this budget year is up 11.8% from the same period… Read More ›

Israelis’ overseas romance

Israelis’ overseas romance

Travel has become part of local culture, in no small part due to overseas voyages by young adults after completing their mandatory military service, but… Read More ›

East Jerusalem’s Issawiya boils as residents decry months of police intervention

East Jerusalem’s Issawiya boils as residents decry months of police intervention

Security officials say they’ve stepped up operations because of escalating violence emanating from the Palestinian neighborhood, home to 18,000 Since the start of the school… Read More ›

Iran fires more than a dozen ballistic missiles at US forces in Iraq in apparent retaliation for the killing of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani

Iran fires more than a dozen ballistic missiles at US forces in Iraq in apparent retaliation for the killing of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani

  Iran opened fire on US forces in Iraq early Wednesday morning, launching ballistic missiles at two bases hosting US and Iraqi military personnel, the… Read More ›

Targeted killing of Soleimani a boost for Benjamin Netanyahu – analysis

Targeted killing of Soleimani a boost for Benjamin Netanyahu – analysis

Blue and White leader Benny Gantz, by contrast, was a victim of the targeted strike.   A cartoon in Sunday’s Ha’aretz newspaper depicts US President… Read More ›

Pompeo thanks Netanyahu for support after Iraq embassy attack

Pompeo thanks Netanyahu for support after Iraq embassy attack

Foreign Minister Katz urges international community to fight ‘murderous’ Iran after pro-Tehran protesters storm Green Zone   US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke late… Read More ›

Bret Stephens Under Fire For NY Times Column On Jewish Intelligence

Bret Stephens Under Fire For NY Times Column On Jewish Intelligence

  NEW YORK (JTA) — New York Times columnist Bret Stephens came under fire on social media for an op ed in which he wrote… Read More ›