Articles by: JewishNews-Ben

Paying for calm on the Gaza front, cannot be our policy

Paying for calm on the Gaza front, cannot be our policy

Opinion: The last round of cross-border fighting between Israel and Hamas, demonstrated the need for a new strategy to replace repeated mistakes with devastating results… Read More ›

Matriarch who fostered 52 Jews and Arabs enchants Israel with blessing of peace

Matriarch who fostered 52 Jews and Arabs enchants Israel with blessing of peace

Marie Nahmias spent her life raising unwanted, disabled children after ‘God heard her prayer’ for her wounded soldier son. Lighting Independence Day torch, she enthralled… Read More ›

What our fallen soldiers can teach us about the meaning of heroism

What our fallen soldiers can teach us about the meaning of heroism

Heroism is based on sacrifice and a love for humanity, and is the antithesis of selfishness; imagine how our society would have looked like if… Read More ›

Thousands of Israelis, Palestinians mark Memorial Day in joint Tel Aviv ceremony

Thousands of Israelis, Palestinians mark Memorial Day in joint Tel Aviv ceremony

Five right-wing activists arrested after shouting racist slogans at protest outside event; small group watches live stream from Gaza   Some 9,000 Israelis and dozens… Read More ›

Facebook tried to turn a ban of far-right figures into a PR opportunity, but it backfired

Facebook tried to turn a ban of far-right figures into a PR opportunity, but it backfired

  Facebook is barring a bunch of far-right figures from its apps, including Alex Jones. But the company briefed journalists and made the announcement before the… Read More ›

Washington – Video: Rabbi Goldstein Recites ‘Birchas Hagomel’ Following Shooting

Washington – Video: Rabbi Goldstein Recites ‘Birchas Hagomel’ Following Shooting

  Washington – Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein recited this morning the ‘Birchas Hagomel’ for miraculously being saved during a shooting at his synagogue last Saturday, at… Read More ›

William Barr to skip House hearing Thursday

William Barr to skip House hearing Thursday

Attorney General William Barr is no longer expected to testify before the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday, committee Chairman Jerry Nadler announced Wednesday, following a… Read More ›

New York – Plane With Jewish Passengers Onboard Investigated At JFK Due To Measles

New York – Plane With Jewish Passengers Onboard Investigated At JFK Due To Measles

  New York – A passenger on a JetBlue flight stopped at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Sunday night was evaluated and cleared following… Read More ›

Yazidi Survivors of ISIS Rape Have New Hope After Community Ruling

Yazidi Survivors of ISIS Rape Have New Hope After Community Ruling

For the children of survivors of ISIS rape and genocide a long road home may be smoother but hurdles remain in Iraq and Syria.  … Read More ›

Snohomish County, WA – Washington Man Who Posted Plans On Facebook To Kill Jews In Mass Shooting Posts More Messages

Snohomish County, WA – Washington Man Who Posted Plans On Facebook To Kill Jews In Mass Shooting Posts More Messages

  Snohomish County, WA – A Washington state man out on bail after being charged with two felonies for posting plans on Facebook to commit… Read More ›

No money in the West Bank, no security

No money in the West Bank, no security

World Bank warns that financial crisis will trigger security nightmare, blames Israel for deducting tax revenues from Palestinian Authority for funds paid to terrorists’ families… Read More ›

Brother of Toulouse killer given 30 years for aiding Jewish school attack

Brother of Toulouse killer given 30 years for aiding Jewish school attack

Abdelkader Merah found to have helped in 2012 terror spree in which soldiers, rabbi and three children were killed; prosecution had requested life term  … Read More ›

Washington – What You Won’t See In The Mueller Report

Washington – What You Won’t See In The Mueller Report

  Washington – The special counsel’s Trump-Russia report will be out on Thursday for all to see. But not all of it. The Democrats’ demands… Read More ›

Italian University Dedicates Garden to Jewish Professor Expelled in 1938

Italian University Dedicates Garden to Jewish Professor Expelled in 1938

Enzo Bonaventura then emigrated to Jerusalem and was killed in one of the Arab attacks against the special convoys directed to Mount Scopus in 1948.… Read More ›

Lockheed, ELTA to Pair up for American ‘sense-off’

Lockheed, ELTA to Pair up for American ‘sense-off’

Event will see companies demonstrate their radars for US Army’s Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense System.   Lockheed Martin and Israel’s ELTA Systems are… Read More ›

WikiLeaks founder arrested by British police at Ecuadorean embassy

WikiLeaks founder arrested by British police at Ecuadorean embassy

Ecuador’s president says his country withdrew Julian Assange’s diplomatic asylum for repeated violations of international conventions; Assange took refuge in the embassy in London in… Read More ›

President Rivlin Gets Emotional as He Votes in Elections Without His Wife

President Rivlin Gets Emotional as He Votes in Elections Without His Wife

His voice cracking and tears welling up in his eyes, Rivlin said that “for the last 50 years I’ve voted here with my wife.”  … Read More ›

Rashida Tlaib Takes a Selfie with Open Antisemites, Bds Advocates

Rashida Tlaib Takes a Selfie with Open Antisemites, Bds Advocates

  “Not all heroes wear capes,” wrote Zahra Billoo, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, San Francisco Bay Area (CAIR-SFBA). “Some like Rep.… Read More ›

Kampala, Uganda – American Tourist, Driver Kidnapped In Uganda Safari Park

Kampala, Uganda – American Tourist, Driver Kidnapped In Uganda Safari Park

  Kampala, Uganda – Ugandan security forces are searching for a U.S. citizen and a local driver who were abducted in a wildlife park and… Read More ›

Online shopping is officially king, signaling a tipping point in the retail apocalypse

Online shopping is officially king, signaling a tipping point in the retail apocalypse

  Non-store sales beat out general merchandise sales in brick-and-mortar stores for the first time in February. According to the Bespoke Investment Group, this is… Read More ›