Articles by: JewishNews-Ben

Analysis: Israel likely to lose big in Wednesday’s UNESCO vote

Analysis: Israel likely to lose big in Wednesday’s UNESCO vote

The result of the vote in this forum — if there is a roll-call vote — will likely make the previous UNESCO’s Executive Board look… Read More ›

60 years later, massacre by border policemen still haunts Kafr Kasim

60 years later, massacre by border policemen still haunts Kafr Kasim

Leaders say apologizing for 48 people killed is not enough.   With the 60th anniversary of the Kafr Kasim massacre just days away, local leaders opened… Read More ›

Visiting parliamentarian rejects UNESCO’s Jerusalem vote

Visiting parliamentarian rejects UNESCO’s Jerusalem vote

In a resolution they issued from Jerusalem on Tuesday said that the resolution seeks “to deny Jerusalem’s Jewish origins and Christian beliefs and heritage.”  … Read More ›

More than 250 women rabbis sign letter condemning Trump ‘hate speech’

More than 250 women rabbis sign letter condemning Trump ‘hate speech’

GOP nominee’s ‘concept of the human person and the human body’ is incompatible with Judaism’s teachings, say spiritual leaders   WASHINGTON — More than 250… Read More ›

Trivago is planning to go public by Thanksgiving

Trivago is planning to go public by Thanksgiving

  Trivago, the online hotel reservation company backed by Expedia, is expected to list its shares in New York by the end of November, according… Read More ›

Opinion: Donald Trump’s nastiness is why so many Republicans love him — and it leaves the GOP with a paralyzing decision

Opinion: Donald Trump’s nastiness is why so many Republicans love him — and it leaves the GOP with a paralyzing decision

  Donald Trump, the nastiest presidential candidate of the television era, on Wednesday night called his opponent “such a nasty woman,”which was just another example of… Read More ›

Opinion: Hillary Clinton beat Donald Trump at his own debate game

Opinion: Hillary Clinton beat Donald Trump at his own debate game

  Donald Trump’s strongest moment suddenly turned into one of his weakest. Hillary Clinton was on the defensive. The candidates were talking about immigration. One… Read More ›

New York – Woman Wrote About Police Killings Before Officer Killed Her

New York – Woman Wrote About Police Killings Before Officer Killed Her

  New York –  In a searing, eloquent essay on living with schizophrenia, Deborah Danner agonized over the deaths of mentally ill people like her… Read More ›

Maine – Maine Governor Tells Trump, ‘Get Over Yourself’

Maine – Maine Governor Tells Trump, ‘Get Over Yourself’

  Maine – The blunt-spoken Maine governor who described himself as “Donald Trump before Donald Trump became popular” has advice for the Republican presidential nominee:… Read More ›

Phoenix – For First Lady, Trump Is He Who Shall Remain Nameless

Phoenix – For First Lady, Trump Is He Who Shall Remain Nameless

  Phoenix –  First lady Michelle Obama has emerged as perhaps the most effective Donald Trump critic in the Democrats’ lineup, and she’s done it… Read More ›

Trump calls Clinton ‘a nasty woman’

Trump calls Clinton ‘a nasty woman’

Washington – In the final moments of the final presidential debate, Donald Trump said Hillary Clinton was “such a nasty woman” while she was answering… Read More ›

Ivanka Trump says father will respect vote results

Ivanka Trump says father will respect vote results

Comment comes after GOP candidate warns repeatedly that election is ‘rigged’ against him   NEW YORK – Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump said Wednesday that… Read More ›

Trump, Pence to give video addresses at GOP rally in Jerusalem

Trump, Pence to give video addresses at GOP rally in Jerusalem

Duo at top of Republican ticket to appear via satellite at gathering near Temple Mount that will highlight unity of the city   Donald Trump… Read More ›

Trump refuses to say he will accept election results

Trump refuses to say he will accept election results

In contentious third and final presidential debate, Clinton slams refusal as ‘horrifying’; GOP candidate rejects claims he assaulted women   LAS VEGAS (AP) — Threatening… Read More ›

Thousands of women rally for Israel-Palestinian peace

Thousands of women rally for Israel-Palestinian peace

Organization Women Wage Peace stage rally outside the President’s Residence in Jerusalem calling on both Palestinian and Israeli leaders to forge a peace agreement; speakers… Read More ›

US forces get ever closer to danger in Mosul

US forces get ever closer to danger in Mosul

  Washington – While the Pentagon emphasizes Iraqi forces are leading the charge into Mosul, it is clear US troops will be heavily involved in… Read More ›

Melania Trump: Donald Trump was ‘egged on’ into ‘boy talk’

Melania Trump: Donald Trump was ‘egged on’ into ‘boy talk’

  Melania Trump defended Donald Trump in her first interview since the Republican nominee faced allegations of sexual misconduct, calling those accusations “lies” and saying… Read More ›

B’Tselem head: I spoke out against occupation, not Israel, at UN

B’Tselem head: I spoke out against occupation, not Israel, at UN

Defending his speech to Security Council, Hagai El-Ad says control over West Bank ‘isn’t an internal Israeli issue, but a major international issue’   The… Read More ›

US ‘troubled’ by attacks on Israeli rights group B’Tselem

US ‘troubled’ by attacks on Israeli rights group B’Tselem

State Department says Washington values watchdog’s information on West Bank, after NGO is blasted in Israel for appearing at UN   A US official on… Read More ›

Deputy FM pulls support for Hebrew University human rights center over NGO ties

Deputy FM pulls support for Hebrew University human rights center over NGO ties

Tzipi Hotovely says university’s Minerva Center for Human Rights works with ‘anti-Israel organizations’ such as B’Tselem   Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely on Monday pulled… Read More ›