Articles by: JewishNews-Aryeh

Police yet to set date to question Netanyahu

Police yet to set date to question Netanyahu

Investigators have been trying to schedule questioning with the Prime Minister’s Office, to no avail. Despite that, police say Netanyahu will likely be questioned this… Read More ›

Australia kicks off global New Year party defying terror threat

Australia kicks off global New Year party defying terror threat

Under heavy police guard, over a million revelers gather in Sydney to watch fireworks after police arrest suspect who threatened annual extravaganza   SYNDEY (AFP)… Read More ›

Russia fumes over US sanctions, says it will wait for Trump response

Russia fumes over US sanctions, says it will wait for Trump response

Moscow lawmakers say retaliatory measures possible, accuse Obama of ‘unpredictable, aggressive’ foreign policy meant to hinder plans of incoming administration   The spokesman for President… Read More ›

Lapid slams Netanyahu for skipping UN vote on Syria war crimes

Lapid slams Netanyahu for skipping UN vote on Syria war crimes

Lapid said that if his late Holocaust survivor father “could have heard that we were quiet at this moment, he would not have forgiven us.”… Read More ›

Outpost bill ‘back on the table’ after UN anti-settlement vote

Outpost bill ‘back on the table’ after UN anti-settlement vote

Controversial legislation, previously delayed until Obama leaves office, could be brought to a Knesset vote in the coming weeks   A controversial initiative to authorize… Read More ›

High Court asks Amona residents to commit to peaceful evacuation

High Court asks Amona residents to commit to peaceful evacuation

Court sets condition as it deliberates state’s request to postpone the evacuation of the illegal outpost by 45 days so alternative housing can be set… Read More ›

Analysis: Moving the US Embassy to Jerusalem: The good, the bad and the unpredictable

Analysis: Moving the US Embassy to Jerusalem: The good, the bad and the unpredictable

The move, promised by Trump and urged by Israel, could turn out well – or backfire badly and hurt the burgeoning regional ties with Arab… Read More ›

Bolivia: Human error caused crash that killed soccer team

Bolivia: Human error caused crash that killed soccer team

Human error caused a November 28 plane crash that killed 71 people, including members of the Brazilian soccer team Chapecoense, the Bolivian government said Tuesday.… Read More ›

Israeli blogger arrested in Belarus, Azerbaijan seeks extradition

Israeli blogger arrested in Belarus, Azerbaijan seeks extradition

The Israeli blogger was arrested in Belarus after visiting the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, where he expressed support for independence; Azerbaijan is now seeking his… Read More ›

Trump aide: Israeli envoy pick not a rejection of two-state solution

Trump aide: Israeli envoy pick not a rejection of two-state solution

Chief of staff Reince Priebus says all nominees for top posts, including David Friedman, will ‘represent president-elect and his foreign policy’   WASHINGTON — Donald… Read More ›

Washington – Tech Employees Vow Not To Help Trump Surveil Muslims, Deport Immigrants

Washington – Tech Employees Vow Not To Help Trump Surveil Muslims, Deport Immigrants

  Washington – More than 200 employees of technology companies including Alphabet Inc’s Google, Twitter Inc and Salesforce pledged on Tuesday to not help U.S.… Read More ›

Trump: ‘Stay tuned’ for secretary of state

Trump: ‘Stay tuned’ for secretary of state

US president-elect flirts with reports that Rex Tillerson, Exxon Mobil chief, leads race for post • Trump dismisses CIA report on election hacking as “ridiculous.”… Read More ›

Medical inequalities noted between the Center and the Periphery

Medical inequalities noted between the Center and the Periphery

A new Ministry of Health report shows immense differences in the quality of medical care between the periphery regions of Israel and the Center; minister… Read More ›

Orthodox band’s family men defy stereotypes to rock out

Orthodox band’s family men defy stereotypes to rock out

Combining hip-hop talent with a love of Torah, Ramat Beit Shemesh band Shtar shows things in Israel aren’t as black and white as its members’… Read More ›

Bennett: Netanyahu must tell Trump what Israel wants as settlement in region

Bennett: Netanyahu must tell Trump what Israel wants as settlement in region

There is no freedom of religion for Jews in Israel, says Lapid.   Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid on Monday lamented the delay in implementing… Read More ›

New York – New York City Woman Finds Lost Wedding Ring In Trash Dump

New York – New York City Woman Finds Lost Wedding Ring In Trash Dump

New York – It took two hours of sifting through more than 200 bags of garbage at a New Jersey trash-transfer station before a New… Read More ›

Aleppo, Syria – Young Syrian Girl Sends Harrowing Tweets Of Being Bombed In Aleppo

Aleppo, Syria – Young Syrian Girl Sends Harrowing Tweets Of Being Bombed In Aleppo

Aleppo, Syria – A seven-year-old Syrian girl, whose depictions of daily life in Aleppo have gained a large Twitter following, has sent harrowing messages describing… Read More ›

Petraeus takes center stage amid infighting about Trump considering Romney for secretary of state

Petraeus takes center stage amid infighting about Trump considering Romney for secretary of state

  Retired Gen. David Petraeus met with President-elect Donald Trump on Monday to discuss the possibility of serving as the next secretary of state. “I… Read More ›

Analysis: IDF meets Islamic State

Analysis: IDF meets Islamic State

Is ISIS trying to provoke Israel?   The cross-border incident Sunday morning on the Golan Heights between the IDF and Islamic State-linked terrorists in Syria represented… Read More ›

Trump assails recount push, claims millions voted illegally

Trump assails recount push, claims millions voted illegally

While presenting no evidence to support his claims, the US president-elect says efforts to recount voters in three battleground states were fraudulent, the work of… Read More ›