Articles by: JewishNews-Ben

The right to protest: Determination is the name of the game

The right to protest: Determination is the name of the game

Op-ed: From the disabled people’s protest through the war on religionization in schools to the anti-corruption demonstrations, Israel’s civil society is finally waking up. The… Read More ›

US defense chief: Military must ‘be ready’ to confront North Korea

US defense chief: Military must ‘be ready’ to confront North Korea

Russia warns US against ‘unacceptable’ escalation of tensions over Pyongyang’s rogue nuclear weapons program   US Defense Secretary James Mattis said the US military must… Read More ›

US seeks ‘new Israel’ in region, Khamenei says of Iraq Kurd referendum

US seeks ‘new Israel’ in region, Khamenei says of Iraq Kurd referendum

Iran supreme leader meets with Turkish president, claims Washington, Jerusalem benefit from vote   Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said on Wednesday that the… Read More ›

‘Who is a Jew?’ Can Now be Answered by Genetic Testing

‘Who is a Jew?’ Can Now be Answered by Genetic Testing

The mass immigration of Jews from the FSU to Israel was seen as a welcome blessing, but many have experienced difficulties proving their Jewish identity.… Read More ›

Government Anxious to Rush Through Haredi Military Service Exemption Law

Government Anxious to Rush Through Haredi Military Service Exemption Law

The High Court struck down Israel’s policy on haredi recruitment, deeming it to be discriminatory.   The cabinet appointed Tourism Minister Yariv Levin Sunday to… Read More ›

Writer Under Fire for Demonizing German Jews

Writer Under Fire for Demonizing German Jews

The journalist suggested undue Jewish power in the media.   German Jews and experts in the field of antisemitism in the press slammed a journalist… Read More ›

Envoy: Israel ignoring UN demand to halt settlements

Envoy: Israel ignoring UN demand to halt settlements

UN envoy to the Middle East Nickolay Mladenov says in the three months since Security Council resolution on settlements, Israel’s settlement activity ‘continued at a… Read More ›

Wife of Har Adar terrorist left him weeks before shooting

Wife of Har Adar terrorist left him weeks before shooting

In final message to mother of his children, Nimer Jamal said she was ‘good’ and admitted to being a bad husband   Nimer Mahmoud Ahmad… Read More ›

Relations between Israel and US Jewry must be mended

Relations between Israel and US Jewry must be mended

Op-ed: The Jewish American public has the best interest of the Jewish people’s homeland in mind, but the days in which being pro-Israel means blindly… Read More ›

Naples, FL – After Irma, Florida Jews Seek Respite In High Holy Days

Naples, FL – After Irma, Florida Jews Seek Respite In High Holy Days

  Naples, FL – During Hurricane Irma, Temple Shalom served as a sanctuary of a different kind. When the storm changed course at the last… Read More ›

Trump to UN: ‘Rocket Man is on a suicide mission’

Trump to UN: ‘Rocket Man is on a suicide mission’

  United Nations – President Donald Trump delivered Tuesday a doomsday warning to North Korea and mocked its young leader, a pugnacious escalation in rhetoric in… Read More ›

Rabbinical Courts Rapidly Adding Names to Marriage Blacklists

Rabbinical Courts Rapidly Adding Names to Marriage Blacklists

If people are on the Prevented from Marrying list, neither they nor their children will ever be able to get married in Israel.   The… Read More ›

Washington – Trump Resumes Twitter Feud With Hillary Clinton

Washington – Trump Resumes Twitter Feud With Hillary Clinton

  Washington – President Donald Trump is resuming his Twitter feud with an old foe: Hillary Clinton. Trump writes, “Crooked Hillary Clinton blames everybody (and… Read More ›

Trump just reached a deal with top Democrats to protect ‘dreamers’ — and they say it doesn’t include wall funding

Trump just reached a deal with top Democrats to protect ‘dreamers’ — and they say it doesn’t include wall funding

    Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi announced they have reached a deal with President Donald Trump that would… Read More ›

Washington – Security Clearance Backlog Leads To Risky Interim Passes

Washington – Security Clearance Backlog Leads To Risky Interim Passes

  Washington – A government backlog of 700,000 security clearance reviews has led agencies like the Defense Department to inadvertently issue interim passes to criminals… Read More ›

Analysis: Critical That Russia Not be Surprised

Analysis: Critical That Russia Not be Surprised

Israel and Russia have a complicated relationship. One senior Russian diplomat said recently that Israel and Russia were “frenemies” in Syria, a combination of friends… Read More ›

Bubbe lives in the path of Hurricane Irma. Now what?

Bubbe lives in the path of Hurricane Irma. Now what?

Communal agencies are helping prepare Florida’s disproportionate number of Jewish elderly for what officials say could be the worst storm to hit the state in… Read More ›

Ex-IDF Intelligence Chief: Trump Should Strike Preemptively in N.Korea

Ex-IDF Intelligence Chief: Trump Should Strike Preemptively in N.Korea

Trump should attack in North-Korea, but only if he knows there will not be a retaliation, warns IDF former Intelligence Chief.   United States President… Read More ›

Washington – US Clears Breakthrough Gene Therapy For Cancer Treatment

Washington – US Clears Breakthrough Gene Therapy For Cancer Treatment

  Washington – Opening a new era in cancer care, U.S. health officials on Wednesday approved a breakthrough treatment that genetically engineers patients’ own blood… Read More ›

Rivlin to consider clemency for IDF soldiers with prior convictions

Rivlin to consider clemency for IDF soldiers with prior convictions

President Rivlin urges soldiers with criminal records to file pardon requests, citing desire to provide youngsters, whose ‘personalities have not yet solidified,’ with best chances… Read More ›