Articles by: JewishNews-David

France urged to reject Le Pen in presidential vote run-off

France urged to reject Le Pen in presidential vote run-off

France’s defeated political establishment has begun to rally against the far-right leader Marine Le Pen as she goes head-to-head against political novice Emmanuel Macron in… Read More ›

French Jews put off by Le Pen now worry about another presidential candidate

French Jews put off by Le Pen now worry about another presidential candidate

Rise of communist candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon, an anti-Israel lawmaker, has Jewish community caught between two extremes   Even before the communist candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon emerged… Read More ›

17 year old allegedly gang-raped in Herzliya

17 year old allegedly gang-raped in Herzliya

The girl accompanied a 22-year-old acquaintance to his home, where she found two of his friends waiting. The three then allegedly forced themselves on her… Read More ›

US defense chief to visit Israel, Saudi Arabia to talk war aims

US defense chief to visit Israel, Saudi Arabia to talk war aims

In Mideast tour this week, James Mattis looking for new ideas in US bid to ‘defeat extremist terror organizations,’ Pentagon says   WASHINGTON (AP) —… Read More ›

Rockland County, NY – Chaverim Volunteers Help Police Nab Suspect In Monsey Backyard Assault

Rockland County, NY – Chaverim Volunteers Help Police Nab Suspect In Monsey Backyard Assault

Rockland County, NY – Quick thinking Monsey Chaverim members are being credited as heroes in an Erev Shabbos attack on a 78 year old Jewish… Read More ›

Chicago, IL – Officer On Leave After Dragging United Airlines Passenger Off Plane

Chicago, IL – Officer On Leave After Dragging United Airlines Passenger Off Plane

  Chicago, IL – An aviation security officer who dragged a passenger off of an overbooked United Airlines flight to make room for employees has… Read More ›

After Syria strike, populist supporters abandon Trump at home and abroad

After Syria strike, populist supporters abandon Trump at home and abroad

  Washington – While much of the world is applauding President Donald Trump’s decision to strike a Syrian airbase in retaliation for a chemical weapons… Read More ›

Sa’ar to ‘Post’: Israel Must Persuade World to End Assad’s Regime

Sa’ar to ‘Post’: Israel Must Persuade World to End Assad’s Regime

Likudnik says he has best chance to be next prime minister.   Syrian dictator Bashar Assad must go, and Israel must help convince the international… Read More ›

Israelis may be gloomy, but it’s not the media’s fault

Israelis may be gloomy, but it’s not the media’s fault

Op-ed: It takes a lot of nerve, not to mention lack of self-awareness, to call the media an ‘industry of gloom,’ when the person running… Read More ›

Trump: Assad regime ‘crossed many lines’ with chemical attack

Trump: Assad regime ‘crossed many lines’ with chemical attack

US president calls Syria incident ‘an affront to humanity’; UN envoy says US may be ‘compelled to take our own action’   US President Donald… Read More ›

Trump prepares for critical week of diplomacy

Trump prepares for critical week of diplomacy

  Washington – President Donald Trump faces his most critical week of statesmanship so far — and it will reflect sharp changes of direction he… Read More ›

Washington – FBI Releases New Trove Of Photos Showing Pentagon After 9/11 Attack

Washington – FBI Releases New Trove Of Photos Showing Pentagon After 9/11 Attack

Washington – In flames after being struck by a hijacked passenger plane, the Pentagon is shown burning in newly released images taken right after the… Read More ›

Ousted South Korean President Park Geun-hye arrested

Ousted South Korean President Park Geun-hye arrested

  Seoul – Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye, who was removed from office earlier this month, was arrested on Friday. “Major crimes have been… Read More ›

Here’s how Trump’s plan to dismantle Obama’s climate legacy could fall apart

Here’s how Trump’s plan to dismantle Obama’s climate legacy could fall apart

  It was not a very good day for environmentalists. On March 28, President Trump signed an executive order designed to reverse many elements of Barack Obama’s environmental legacy.… Read More ›

Washington – Pence Says Fight Against ‘Obamacare’ To Continue

Washington – Pence Says Fight Against ‘Obamacare’ To Continue

  Washington – Vice President Mike Pence has told a group at a small business in West Virginia that “we will end the Obamacare nightmare… Read More ›

How ‘Trumpcare’ went up in flames — and why it should worry the GOP about the future

How ‘Trumpcare’ went up in flames — and why it should worry the GOP about the future

  Paul Ryan strode to the lectern, looking solemn. It was hard to imagine in November, after Donald Trump shocked the world to win the… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Netanyahu Praises China Upon Completing State Visit There

Jerusalem – Netanyahu Praises China Upon Completing State Visit There

Jerusalem – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walked the Great Wall of China at the end of a state visit to China. During the visit,… Read More ›

Germany MPS Investigate Pro-Hezbollah Academic Finkelstein

Germany MPS Investigate Pro-Hezbollah Academic Finkelstein

  In a dramatic widening of an academic antisemitism scandal at the Max Planck Institute for the promotion of lectures delivered by a pro-Hezbollah instructor,… Read More ›

Leave secular conscientious objectors alone

Leave secular conscientious objectors alone

Op-ed: A refusal to serve in the territories is perceived as a refusal to accept the majority’s political decision. It is no different, however, from… Read More ›

AJC Urges Congress to Back Letter to Trump Calling for Two-States

AJC Urges Congress to Back Letter to Trump Calling for Two-States

The AJC letter is the latest salvo by establishment Jewish organizations to preserve the two-state solution in light of two signals that the Republican Party… Read More ›