Articles by: JewishNews-Ben

Bennett calls right-wing critics of Shin Bet hypocrites

Bennett calls right-wing critics of Shin Bet hypocrites

Jewish Home party head says Duma suspects seek the destruction of Israel, should be treated as terrorists   Education Minister Naftali Bennett doubled down Wednesday… Read More ›

Foreign report says American-Israeli teen held in Duma case

Foreign report says American-Israeli teen held in Duma case

New York-based Forward newspaper names suspect; many details of case still under gag order in Israel   A New York-based Jewish newspaper named an American… Read More ›

PM blasts ‘shocking’ tape of wedding-goers feting Duma murders

PM blasts ‘shocking’ tape of wedding-goers feting Duma murders

Joining politicians from right and left condemning clip, Netanyahu says video shows ‘true face’ of far-right group, which poses ‘threat’ to Israel Prime Minister Benjamin… Read More ›

Cheap chain sparks coffee wars in Bnei Brak

Cheap chain sparks coffee wars in Bnei Brak

After Cofix opens seven branches in ultra-Orthodox city offering all products for NIS 5, local store owners fight back with their own price reductions; battle… Read More ›

Study: Climate change to destroy Israel’s economy

Study: Climate change to destroy Israel’s economy

A new study says climate change will cause growth of Israel’s economy to slow until 2055, after which the economy will significantly shrink by the… Read More ›

Activists demonstrate against incitement

Activists demonstrate against incitement

Following inciting rhetoric against President Rivlin, hundreds of left-wing activists take to the streets to fight what they said is a delegitimization of human rights… Read More ›

Hamas leader meets Turkish president amid talk of Jerusalem-Ankara detente

Hamas leader meets Turkish president amid talk of Jerusalem-Ankara detente

“The normalization of relations between Turkey and Israel will not change Ankara’s position towards Hamas,” says senior Hamas official.     Hamas is closely following reports… Read More ›

French PM Valls condemns BDS: ‘Criticism of Israeli policies that turned into anti-Semitism’

French PM Valls condemns BDS: ‘Criticism of Israeli policies that turned into anti-Semitism’

Meyer Habib, French MP representing dual citizens in Israel and other countries, calls on his government to enforce anti-boycott laws.   The French government firmly… Read More ›

Five years later: How the US and EU failed the Arab Spring

Five years later: How the US and EU failed the Arab Spring

The debate surrounding the Arab revolts tends to center on basic human nature.   Thursday marked the five-year anniversary of the outbreak of the Arab… Read More ›

‘Israel, Iran have fastest growing defense budgets in Middle East’

‘Israel, Iran have fastest growing defense budgets in Middle East’

‘Israel, Iran have fastest growing defense budgets in Middle East’   Israel and Iran have the fastest growing defense budgets in the Middle East while… Read More ›

Israeli teens take to gridiron to prep for military combat

Israeli teens take to gridiron to prep for military combat

American football is seeing a unlikely hike in interest as team values, strategic thinking gird recruits for elite army unit draft   AP — Under… Read More ›

Russia travel agency offers vacations to Syria conflict

Russia travel agency offers vacations to Syria conflict

  A deadly conflict zone that has seen more than four million of its own citizens flee the country seems unlikely to make anyone’s travel… Read More ›

Reviled drug CEO Martin Shkreli arrested

Reviled drug CEO Martin Shkreli arrested

He ran his companies “like a Ponzi scheme.” The charges he faces represent a “trifecta of lies, deceit, and greed.” That is how federal law… Read More ›

FBI: San Bernardino shooters pledged jihad over direct messages

FBI: San Bernardino shooters pledged jihad over direct messages

  San Bernardino shooters Tashfeen Malik andSyed Rizwan Farook communicated online about jihad via direct, private messaging as far back as 2013, FBI Director James… Read More ›

Analysis: A sigh of relief for France

Analysis: A sigh of relief for France

Left- and moderate-right-wing leaders thanked the French people on Sunday night for blocking the National Front, which lost in all 13 regions.   PARIS –… Read More ›

Iran ‘examining’ possible successors to Khamenei

Iran ‘examining’ possible successors to Khamenei

Council tasked with appointing Islamic republic’s next supreme leader is already looking at options, top politician says   Iran has begun looking for a potential… Read More ›

Wall Street is searching for a bottom in the oil price ― and getting ready to pile in

Wall Street is searching for a bottom in the oil price ― and getting ready to pile in

It’s already bad in the energy sector. And it may get worse. Some of Wall Street’s top names are trying to figure out how low… Read More ›

Dan Loeb wants the CEO of Dow Chemical out

Dan Loeb wants the CEO of Dow Chemical out

  NEW YORK (Reuters) – Activist investor Daniel Loeb of hedge fund Third Point has called for the removal of Dow Chemical Co. Chief Executive… Read More ›

Japan tanks 3% in early trading

Japan tanks 3% in early trading

  TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian stocks slipped on Monday after Wall Street sank amid plunging crude oil prices, keeping investors on edge ahead of an… Read More ›

Washington – Trump, Carson Have Months To Decide On Third-party Runs

Washington – Trump, Carson Have Months To Decide On Third-party Runs

  Washington –  Donald Trump and Ben Carson could dangle the possibility of independent runs for president well into the primary season next year, but… Read More ›