Articles by: JewishNews-Ben

‘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 ›

Airmont, NY – Police Up Patrols In South Monsey After Possible Sighting Of Armed Man

Airmont, NY – Police Up Patrols In South Monsey After Possible Sighting Of Armed Man

  Airmont, NY – Ramapo police has put extra shifts in place in Monsey after receiving word yesterday of a suspicious incident. Sergeant Michael Higgins… Read More ›

New York – Schumer, Cuomo: Feds Should Close Gun-terror Loophole

New York – Schumer, Cuomo: Feds Should Close Gun-terror Loophole

  New York – Top New York officials demanded Sunday that the federal government share classified watch-list information on suspected terrorists so the state can… Read More ›

We are being deceived on Iran

We are being deceived on Iran

Analysis: Five days before the deadline for implementing the deal with the West: Intelligence officials let on that Iran is not meeting its obligations to… Read More ›

Abbas claims Palestinians are facing a new ‘nakba’

Abbas claims Palestinians are facing a new ‘nakba’

The Palestinian Authority president is appealing to international forums to provide Palestinians with protection.   Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday accused Israel of… Read More ›

White House ‘relieved’ Trump cancelled Israel trip

White House ‘relieved’ Trump cancelled Israel trip

The White House press secretary said he also imagines Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has let out a sigh of relief.   WASHINGTON – The Obama… Read More ›

Freed Hamas prisoners from Schalit deal forming independent terror cells, says report

Freed Hamas prisoners from Schalit deal forming independent terror cells, says report

The operation is being run by senior Hamas official Saleh al-Arouri, who is based in Turkey.   Palestinian prisoners released and deported to Gaza, Turkey,… Read More ›

Montpelier, VT – Some In Northeast Are Beginning To Wonder: Where’s The Snow?

Montpelier, VT – Some In Northeast Are Beginning To Wonder: Where’s The Snow?

  Montpelier, VT – Some Northeasterners are beginning to wonder if a white Christmas may just be a dream, and business owners who rely on… Read More ›

Amnesty report: ISIS armed with U.S. weapons

Amnesty report: ISIS armed with U.S. weapons

A new report from a prominent human rights group has found that ISIS has built a substantial arsenal, including U.S.-made weapons obtained from the Iraqi… Read More ›

The key to Trump’s success

The key to Trump’s success

It seems almost quaint, really, to go back to the start of this presidential campaign when the question du jour was whether Chris “just-sit-down-and-shut-up” Christie… Read More ›