Articles by: JewishNews-Ben

Amnesty accuses Syria Kurdish forces of war crimes

Amnesty accuses Syria Kurdish forces of war crimes

Rights group says autonomous administration displaced scores of civilians without justifiable military grounds   Waves of forced displacement and home demolitions carried out by Kurdish… Read More ›

Jerusalem businesses feel terror crunch

Jerusalem businesses feel terror crunch

Business owners report fifty percent drop in revenue; City councilwoman turns to Netanyahu to request immediate assistance. The series of attacks in Jerusalem have badly… Read More ›

Sirens sound in Haifa as part of Air Force drill

Sirens sound in Haifa as part of Air Force drill

City’s residents to hear heavy air traffic and explosions during military exercise Sunday   Two sirens were set to sound in Haifa Sunday — at… Read More ›

Cabinet to vote on Roni Alsheich as new police chief

Cabinet to vote on Roni Alsheich as new police chief

Shin Bet number-two seen as outsider appointment meant to shake up top ranks of ailing force   The cabinet is slated to vote Sunday on… Read More ›

California’s Golden Gate Bridge has a big problem that California is investing $76 million in steel cables to solve

California’s Golden Gate Bridge has a big problem that California is investing $76 million in steel cables to solve

  More than 1,400 people have jumped to their deaths off the 220-foot-tall Golden Gate Bridge, and the state of California has finally had enough.… Read More ›

5 important countries are dumping US debt

5 important countries are dumping US debt

  Five large purchasers of US Treasuries – China, Russia, Norway, Brazil, and Taiwan – have changed their minds. They’re dumping Treasuries, each for their own… Read More ›

‘A couple steps above Valerie Plame’: Clinton email about CIA asset in Libya could prompt new intelligence investigation

‘A couple steps above Valerie Plame’: Clinton email about CIA asset in Libya could prompt new intelligence investigation

  An email forwarded by Hillary Clinton to a colleague that identified a top CIA informant in Libya could trigger an intelligence investigation and add… Read More ›

New York – Training Aims To Help NYC School Aides To Kids With Autism

New York – Training Aims To Help NYC School Aides To Kids With Autism

  New York – The icebreaker was simple: Choose a partner and learn three things about her. The catch: Your partner will pretend she does… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Woman Detonates Explosive At Ma’aleh Adumim Checkpoint

Jerusalem – Woman Detonates Explosive At Ma’aleh Adumim Checkpoint

  Jerusalem – A woman detonated an explosive and lightly injured a police officer at the A-Zaim checkpoint on the road between Ma’aleh Adumim and… Read More ›

San Francisco – Obama Urges Supporters To Stay Engaged, Says He Will Too

San Francisco – Obama Urges Supporters To Stay Engaged, Says He Will Too

  San Francisco – President Barack Obama on Saturday encouraged supporters to be politically active, saying that he plans to remain so when his presidency… Read More ›

Central Islip, NY – How Drunk? Estimates Questioned In Drunken-driving Cases

Central Islip, NY – How Drunk? Estimates Questioned In Drunken-driving Cases

  Central Islip, NY – The way prosecutors see it, Oneil Sharpe Jr. was drunk when he raced down a Long Island highway at nearly… Read More ›

Israel – Palestinian Terrorists Fire Rockets At Israel On Sunday Night Near Gaza Border

Israel – Palestinian Terrorists Fire Rockets At Israel On Sunday Night Near Gaza Border

  Israel – Palestinian terrorists fired two rockets at Israel on Sunday night; one exploded in an open area in Eshkol, causing no injuries or… Read More ›

Amman – Jordanian MP Says Son Joined IS, Carried Out Suicide Attack

Amman – Jordanian MP Says Son Joined IS, Carried Out Suicide Attack

  Amman –  A Jordanian parliament member said he learned from Islamic State-linked media that his son carried out a suicide attack in Iraq, three… Read More ›

Facebook to beam free internet to Africa with satellites

Facebook to beam free internet to Africa with satellites

  Facebook is one step closer to finally beaming Internet down from space. The social network is teaming up with the French satellite company Eutelsat… Read More ›

Can the burning flames within American Jewry be lowered after the Iran deal?

Can the burning flames within American Jewry be lowered after the Iran deal?

No matter where you stand on the Iran debate or what you think about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, coming together to fight the Boycott, Divestment and… Read More ›

Seven indicted over suspected Islamic State terror plot in Israel

Seven indicted over suspected Islamic State terror plot in Israel

Terror cell purchased weapons, gathered intelligence and planned to carry out attacks near Nazareth, Shin Bet says   Israeli security forces arrested three people in… Read More ›

The 10 most important things in the world right now

The 10 most important things in the world right now

  Good morning! Here’s what you need to know on Thursday. 1. Russia dropped bombs on an area in Syria controlled by rebels who are not believed… Read More ›

Glencore is surging as markets open

Glencore is surging as markets open

Glencore is leaping at the open on Thursday, erasing the losses for the week. The stock is up more than 5%, trading at around 96. That’s a stunning… Read More ›

Car makers now face a backlash over diesel emissions that are ‘killing people’

Car makers now face a backlash over diesel emissions that are ‘killing people’

  A former science minister just slammed his own political party for making the mistake of promoting diesel cars. Lord Drayson, who was Minister of State for… Read More ›

Keeene, NH – Trump Says He’d Send Back Syrians Taken In By US

Keeene, NH – Trump Says He’d Send Back Syrians Taken In By US

  Keeene, NH – Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump says he would send back Syrian refugees taken in by the U.S. if he’s elected president.… Read More ›