Articles by: JewishNews-Ben

Erdogan asks Riyadh to ‘prove’ journalist left consulate

Erdogan asks Riyadh to ‘prove’ journalist left consulate

Turkish president demands Saudis show footage of Jamal Khashoggi, who authorities suspect was murdered in the building   ANKARA, Turkey (AFP) — Turkish President Recep… Read More ›

Outcry as Jews create own group in German far-right party

Outcry as Jews create own group in German far-right party

Jewish members of Alternative for Germany party establish a Jewish section within right-wing movement; 17 Jewish organizations issue statements condemning decision and labeling AfD as… Read More ›

After deadly terror attack, Netanyahu vows ‘despicable murderer’ will be caught

After deadly terror attack, Netanyahu vows ‘despicable murderer’ will be caught

President Rivlin laments loss of life at Israeli-Palestinian industrial park, saying it was also attack on the ‘possibility of coexistence’   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu… Read More ›

PM to be questioned for 12th time in Case 4000

PM to be questioned for 12th time in Case 4000

Netanyahu is expected to be interrogated in Bezeq corruption affair on Friday; in addition, Lahav 433 unit to complete investigations of Cases 1000 and 2000;… Read More ›

Bennett Opens Fire on Defense Minister

Bennett Opens Fire on Defense Minister

“Under the guise of ‘pragmatism’ and ‘responsibility,’ Liberman has abandoned the security of residents of the south to Hamas,” Bennett said.   Bayit Yehudi leader… Read More ›

Trump’s Palestinian State Endorsement Fits His Sovereignty Doctrine

Trump’s Palestinian State Endorsement Fits His Sovereignty Doctrine

“I think it will be a two-state. By saying that, I put it out there.”   It would be difficult for a US president like… Read More ›

Via arms and trade, Russia plots long-term Syrian future

Via arms and trade, Russia plots long-term Syrian future

The same day that Russian diplomats struck a deal with Turkey over a demilitarized zone in Syria’s last rebel-run region, dozens of Russian businessmen were… Read More ›

An Israeli singer in Amsterdam creates the world’s first Ladino pop album

An Israeli singer in Amsterdam creates the world’s first Ladino pop album

Noam Vazana traces the would-be evolution of a dying Jewish-Sephardic language and culture as she imagines what it would be like if the musical tradition… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Gaza Officials Say Palestinian Killed In Overnight Protest

Jerusalem – Gaza Officials Say Palestinian Killed In Overnight Protest

  Jerusalem – Gaza’s Health Ministry says a Palestinian has been killed and 20 injured by Israeli gunfire in east Gaza. A ministry statement said… Read More ›

Trump’s trade war with China is about to get a whole lot bigger

Trump’s trade war with China is about to get a whole lot bigger

The trade fight between the United States and China is set to intensify Monday when the two economic superpowers hit each other with their biggest… Read More ›

New York – Strap On The Fitbit: John Hancock To Sell Only Interactive Life Insurance

New York – Strap On The Fitbit: John Hancock To Sell Only Interactive Life Insurance

New York – John Hancock, one of the oldest and largest North American life insurers, will stop underwriting traditional life insurance and instead sell only… Read More ›

Telegram exposes Mossad chief’s warnings about Yom Kippur War

Telegram exposes Mossad chief’s warnings about Yom Kippur War

State archives publish urgent telegram from Zvi Zamir to the military secretary of PM Golda Meir on the morning of the war which contained clear… Read More ›

Putin says Israel did not shoot down Russian plane, calls it a tragic accident

Putin says Israel did not shoot down Russian plane, calls it a tragic accident

Moscow had blamed Israel after Syria hit Russian spy plane, with 15 on board, while trying to fend off IAF attack; Kremlin says Putin will… Read More ›

North Carolina – Forecasters: East Coast Threat Rising Of Storm Surge, Inland Flooding

North Carolina – Forecasters: East Coast Threat Rising Of Storm Surge, Inland Flooding

North Carolina – Forecasters are warning that the threat is rising of life-threatening storm surge and freshwater inland flooding from prolonged heavy rains once Hurricane… Read More ›

Fate of Syria’s Idlib in balance as Putin, Erdogan land in Iran for summit

Fate of Syria’s Idlib in balance as Putin, Erdogan land in Iran for summit

Leaders discuss fate of province, the last rebel holdout in the civil war, with regime offensive — and possible humanitarian disaster — looming   TEHRAN,… Read More ›

Hamas leader insistent there’s no ceasefire deal with Israel

Hamas leader insistent there’s no ceasefire deal with Israel

Terror group’s leader says March of Return protests prevented an ‘internal explosion in the Gaza Strip’   Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar on Tuesday reiterated his… Read More ›

Brazil – Rio’s 200-year Old National Museum Hit By Massive Fire

Brazil – Rio’s 200-year Old National Museum Hit By Massive Fire

  Rio de Janeiro – A 200-year-old museum in Rio de Janeiro was hit on Sunday by a massive fire, images from television station Globo… Read More ›

San Bernardino apartment complex shooting puts 10 in ‘critical’ condition

San Bernardino apartment complex shooting puts 10 in ‘critical’ condition

  San Bernardino police have reported a shooting at an apartment complex that’s left ten people in critical condition with three of those people in… Read More ›

Let the Palestinians make lemonade of Trump’s lemons

Let the Palestinians make lemonade of Trump’s lemons

Op-ed: US cutting its aid to the Palestinians and funding to UNRWA are welcomed steps, but they must be done gradually and alongside supplementary economic… Read More ›

Arab MKs and Palestinians Jointly Seek to Censure Israel at U.N.

Arab MKs and Palestinians Jointly Seek to Censure Israel at U.N.

“Anyone who cooperates with the Palestinian Authority against Israel should ask themselves whether their rightful place is in the Palestinian or Israeli parliament,” Edelstein said.… Read More ›