Articles by: JewishNews-Ben

Int’l law does not deal with attack tunnels, say experts

Int’l law does not deal with attack tunnels, say experts

It is unclear to what extent an armed force is obliged to check whether civilians are hiding in a tunnel before attacking it as a… Read More ›

Cabinet to gather in fire-struck Haifa as flames peter out

Cabinet to gather in fire-struck Haifa as flames peter out

Small fires still being quenched in Jerusalem hills; firefighters to stay on high alert through the week; at least 35 people, mostly Palestinians, held on… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Israeli Museum Concert Shows Holocaust’s Lesser Known Legacy

Jerusalem – Israeli Museum Concert Shows Holocaust’s Lesser Known Legacy

  Jerusalem – For the first time in Yad Vashem’s 63-year history, live music echoed through the halls of Israel’s national Holocaust memorial in a… Read More ›

The president can’t have a conflict of interest’: Trump addresses renewed controversy surrounding business ties

The president can’t have a conflict of interest’: Trump addresses renewed controversy surrounding business ties

  President-elect Donald Trump responded to renewed controversy surrounding his business ties in a Tuesday interview with The New York Times, insisting “the president can’t… Read More ›

Deputy FM hopes to break the international paradigm on the West Bank

Deputy FM hopes to break the international paradigm on the West Bank

The deputy minister lamented the persistent idea that “everything starts and ends with ‘the occupation.’”   Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely (Likud) has big plans… Read More ›

Half a Turkish delight

Half a Turkish delight

Op-ed: Suddenly, after six years of a diplomatic crisis, Erdoğan urgently wants to turn over a new leaf. It’s hard to say, however, that Ankara… Read More ›

Washington – Mortgage Rates Surge, But Homebuyers Advised To Be Patient

Washington – Mortgage Rates Surge, But Homebuyers Advised To Be Patient

  Washington – With mortgage rates surging following the election win of Donald Trump, homebuyers may feel compelled to snap up loans before rates rocket… Read More ›

Obama gave his staff an inspiring message the day after the election

Obama gave his staff an inspiring message the day after the election

  Like many Americans, President Barack Obama’s White House staff was stunned by Donald Trump’s upset victory last Tuesday. In a New Yorker profile that reveals… Read More ›

Obama: Trump tapped into a ‘troubling’ strain

Obama: Trump tapped into a ‘troubling’ strain

  Athens, Greece (CNN)President Barack Obama issued a warning Tuesday against “crude nationalism” in the wake of Donald Trump’s victory, saying during a news conference… Read More ›

Netanyahu calls on Obama not to back any new peace moves as term ends

Netanyahu calls on Obama not to back any new peace moves as term ends

PM tells US Jewish leaders he hopes outgoing president will stick to policy of leaving resolution of conflict up to Israelis, Palestinians   WASHINGTON —… Read More ›

Signs of transition trouble as Trump scrambles to fill in key cabinet posts

Signs of transition trouble as Trump scrambles to fill in key cabinet posts

Different factions among president-elect’s team ‘fighting for power,’ source says , as switch to Mike Pence as transition head has slowed coordination with White House… Read More ›

Swimmers prove their salt in 7-hour crawl across shrinking Dead Sea

Swimmers prove their salt in 7-hour crawl across shrinking Dead Sea

Using protective masks and snorkels, multinational activists complete ‘historic and iconic’ journey in ‘global call to save this amazing sea’ EIN GEDI (AP, AFP) —… Read More ›

Trump era must not be wasted on ‘two-state’ solution

Trump era must not be wasted on ‘two-state’ solution

Op-ed: The government can either determine that there is no solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and continue to ‘manage’ it, or it can launch a… Read More ›

Iraq: Suicide bomber kills 6; more would-be bombers stopped

Iraq: Suicide bomber kills 6; more would-be bombers stopped

  Irbil, Iraq – A suicide bomber killed six people in the Iraqi town of Ain Al-Tamur, but authorities killed another five would-be attackers and… Read More ›

Horrific crash kills Yu Xu, 1st woman to fly China’s J-10 fighter

Horrific crash kills Yu Xu, 1st woman to fly China’s J-10 fighter

  One of China’s first female fighter pilots and a member of the country’s air force aerobatics team was killed in a training accident over… Read More ›

CNN’s ‘Unprecedented’: Trump told Christie he didn’t think he’d last past October 2015

CNN’s ‘Unprecedented’: Trump told Christie he didn’t think he’d last past October 2015

  Washington -mNew Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s February endorsement of Donald Trump shocked observers as the first sign of capitulation from the Republican establishment to… Read More ›

Ministers advance bill to legalize outposts, over Netanyahu’s objections

Ministers advance bill to legalize outposts, over Netanyahu’s objections

Ramping up coalition tensions, government backs measure to recognize Amona and stave off bulldozers, despite Israel’s top legal authority ruling legislation indefensible   Ministers on… Read More ›

PA says it will go to UN over Amona, mosque-muffling bills

PA says it will go to UN over Amona, mosque-muffling bills

After controversial measures clear ministerial hurdles, Abbas’s spokesperson says international community will be asked to halt legislation, warns of ‘catastrophe’   The Palestinian Authority said… Read More ›

Raging against Amona bill, Herzog calls outpost saga ‘virus’

Raging against Amona bill, Herzog calls outpost saga ‘virus’

Opposition leader denounces legislation that would legalize West Bank outposts as legitimizing theft, though its unclear who exactly he uses derogatory term for   Opposition… Read More ›

Melania Trump, Michelle Obama sit down for tea in the White House

Melania Trump, Michelle Obama sit down for tea in the White House

While all eyes were on President Barack Obama and President-Elect Donald Trump’s meeting in the Oval Office Thursday, another changing of the guard meeting was… Read More ›