Articles by: JewishNews-Aryeh

Soldier who beat and electrocuted Palestinians gets 7 months prison

Soldier who beat and electrocuted Palestinians gets 7 months prison

An infantryman in the Haredi Netsah Yehuda battalion is convicted of beating and abusing Palestinian detainees on 2 occasions; he also filmed on of the… Read More ›

Erdogan threatens to ship Syrian refugees to Europe

Erdogan threatens to ship Syrian refugees to Europe

In a speech in Ankara, the Turkish president said ‘the word idiot is not etched on our forehead. Do not believe that the airplanes and… Read More ›

Condemnation, not censorship

Condemnation, not censorship

Op-ed: The Arab MKs who visited terrorists’ families were voted in legally, entitling them to the protection enjoyed by all public representatives; the true test… Read More ›

UK envoy: British-Israel relationship ‘probably stronger and deeper than ever’

UK envoy: British-Israel relationship ‘probably stronger and deeper than ever’

Beyond economic, scientific and technological cooperation, British Ambassador David Quarrey said it is important that the UK and Israel “work together on the big security… Read More ›

Police look to appoint first Muslim deputy commissioner

Police look to appoint first Muslim deputy commissioner

Deputy commissioner is the second-highest rank in the Israel Police, and is typically held by a district commander or head of a police branch.  … Read More ›

US, Russia agree to ‘cessation of hostilities’ in Syria

US, Russia agree to ‘cessation of hostilities’ in Syria

The parties also agreed on ways to accelerate the delivery of humanitarian aid to regions of the country that have gone without for months.  … Read More ›

Conservative movement publishes egalitarian and LGBT-friendly siddur

Conservative movement publishes egalitarian and LGBT-friendly siddur

The Siddur Lev Shalem is “both more traditional and contemporary” in several ways, senior editor Rabbi Ed Feld told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday.  … Read More ›

Obama launches cyber-security ‘national action plan’

Obama launches cyber-security ‘national action plan’

Move comes in response to epidemic of data breaches and cyber attacks on government, private networks   WASHINGTON (AFP) — US President Barack Obama on… Read More ›

The head of trading at Morgan Stanley just confirmed Wall Street’s worst fear

The head of trading at Morgan Stanley just confirmed Wall Street’s worst fear

  Ted Pick, the global head of sales and trading at Morgan Stanley, just confirmed Wall Street’s worst fear: It has been a horrible first… Read More ›

CBA: The simple reason why negative interest rates aren’t weakening the yen and euro

CBA: The simple reason why negative interest rates aren’t weakening the yen and euro

  Despite the Bank of Japan (BOJ)adopting a negative interest-rate policy and hints from the European Central Bank (ECB) that it may cut interest rates… Read More ›

A new drug that could save the US billions of dollars just got one step closer to approval

A new drug that could save the US billions of dollars just got one step closer to approval

  A US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory committee just gave a critical recommendation for a version of Remicade, a drug used to treat autoimmune diseases… Read More ›

All eyes on The Boss

All eyes on The Boss

Fans, take note: Bruce Springsteen may be coming over for a concert in July. The contract hasn’t been signed yet, but the venue has been… Read More ›

Germany conducts raids over suspected attack plans

Germany conducts raids over suspected attack plans

German police forces arrested two Algerian men suspected of having connections to ISIS. The men were allegedly planning a terror attack in the German capital… Read More ›

Arab MKs meet with families of terrorists

Arab MKs meet with families of terrorists

Members of the Balad faction of the Joint Arab List – Haneen Zoabi, Jamal Zahalka, and Basel Ghattas – met the families a day before… Read More ›

Father of slain border police woman: ‘I salute you’

Father of slain border police woman: ‘I salute you’

Hadar Cohen, 19, laid to rest in Yehud’s military cemetery   Seconds before she herserlf was killed, Border police woman Hadar Cohen, 19, saved the life… Read More ›

Deri cancels Israeli residency for father of terrorist

Deri cancels Israeli residency for father of terrorist

Ala Zwid, who had been living in Umm al-Fahm, badly wounded a 19-year-old female soldier and lightly-to-moderately wounded a 14-year-old boy and two men aged… Read More ›

While Brazil rejects Israeli envoy, it inaugurates Palestinian embassy

While Brazil rejects Israeli envoy, it inaugurates Palestinian embassy

The inauguration of the embassy comes as Brazil and Israel tussle over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s nominee to fill the vacant Israeli envoy position.  … Read More ›

Clinton campaign wants you to know she is losing in New Hampshire

Clinton campaign wants you to know she is losing in New Hampshire

  Derry, New Hampshire – Hillary Clinton has an uphill road in New Hampshire. She said so herself on Wednesday. “A lot of political pundits have… Read More ›

Army surrounds killers’ West Bank town after Jerusalem attack

Army surrounds killers’ West Bank town after Jerusalem attack

IDF raids seek possible accomplices of 3 terrorists who killed Border Police officer Hadar Cohen outside Old City   The IDF surrounded the northern West… Read More ›

Hamas official brags, then denies, tunnels reach into Israel

Hamas official brags, then denies, tunnels reach into Israel

Mahmoud al-Zahar issues conflicting statements about the purpose of tunnels built under Gaza Strip   Senior Hamas official Mahmoud al-Zahar said Wednesday that the Islamist… Read More ›