Articles by: JewishNews-Ben

Cracks deepen in Palestinian politics as Abbas clamps down

Cracks deepen in Palestinian politics as Abbas clamps down

Palestinian President strips immunity from five political rivals allied with chief political threat Mohammad Dahlan so that they can be ‘investigated’; three of the five… Read More ›

New York – Trump Cabinet Excites His Voters: ‘We Have To Trust Him’

New York – Trump Cabinet Excites His Voters: ‘We Have To Trust Him’

New York – As each Cabinet announcement draws fresh criticism of the wealth, connections or opinions of Donald Trump’s latest appointees, many Americans who voted… Read More ›

Electoral College set to make Trump’s win official

Electoral College set to make Trump’s win official

  Washington – The 538 members of the Electoral College are set on Monday to make President-elect Donald Trump’s victory official. In all 50 state… Read More ›

A disaster waiting to happen

A disaster waiting to happen

Op-ed: The picture emerging from the latest state comptroller report on the home front’s preparedness for war it is that we are on the verge… Read More ›

Coalition chair ‘can’t understand fuss’ over his comments on Arabs

Coalition chair ‘can’t understand fuss’ over his comments on Arabs

Blasted for saying he would prefer Arab Israelis did not vote, David Bitan says no party wants its opponents going to polls   Coalition chairman… Read More ›

New Jersey – Cleaning Woman Arrested For Stealing Jewelry From Jewish Family In Lakewood

New Jersey – Cleaning Woman Arrested For Stealing Jewelry From Jewish Family In Lakewood

New Jersey – The Lakewood Police Department is asking homeowners to check their valuables after a 31 year old Toms River resident was found to… Read More ›

Defense establishment caught off guard

Defense establishment caught off guard

Analysis: According to the different responses to the submarine affair, Israel’s defense officials were unaware of the Iranian representative on the German company’s board; It… Read More ›

Pence: Trump talk with Taiwan leader just ‘courtesy call’

Pence: Trump talk with Taiwan leader just ‘courtesy call’

China puts phone conversation down to ‘inexperience’ but warns that breach of policy would ‘destroy’ Sino-US relations   WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump’s controversial telephone… Read More ›

Dutch police nab several jihadists who plotted synagogue attack

Dutch police nab several jihadists who plotted synagogue attack

Two main suspects and additional accomplices had planned to attack the synagogue in Amsterdam last year.   AMSTERDAM – Dutch police arrested several suspects in… Read More ›

Leaflets distributed calling on IDF to disobey Amona orders

Leaflets distributed calling on IDF to disobey Amona orders

As the evacuation of Amona approaches, youngsters distribute leaflets calling on soldiers and policemen to refrain from carrying out orders; two arrested for incitement to… Read More ›

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 ›