Articles by: JewishNews-David

Bennett calls to ‘truly unite Jerusalem’

Bennett calls to ‘truly unite Jerusalem’

Education minister advocates mass investment in Arab neighborhoods.   The current Palestinian violence should be seen as not only a crisis but also an opportunity,… Read More ›

‘No circumcision for my son – it’s not moral’

‘No circumcision for my son – it’s not moral’

Rani Kasher decided not to circumcise his third son after conducting research; he is now an anti-circumcision activist and plans on writing a book on… Read More ›

UNESCO slams Israel for ‘aggression’ on Temple Mount

UNESCO slams Israel for ‘aggression’ on Temple Mount

The resolution drops a clause that would have called the Wailing Wall a holy site for Muslims only; the text does state that the Tomb… Read More ›

Jew believed to be attacker shot, killed in Jerusalem

Jew believed to be attacker shot, killed in Jerusalem

5 Israelis wounded in violence Wednesday as 2 attackers shot dead, 1critically wounded; 15 year old armed with knife shot, wounded by IDF fire near… Read More ›

Khamenei recommits to 190,000 centrifuges in 15 years

Khamenei recommits to 190,000 centrifuges in 15 years

Supreme leader also readies Tehran to update enrichment tools once deal lapses.   WASHINGTON – Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei endorsed on Wednesday the… Read More ›

Police remove wall at entrance to Jebl Mukaber

Police remove wall at entrance to Jebl Mukaber

Roadblocks, checkpoints remain in J’lem neighborhood; Police arrest 15 in overnight raids, rioter shot in leg.   Police in Wednesday removed the temporary concrete wall… Read More ›

Family of Gaza flotilla activist sues Ehud Barak

Family of Gaza flotilla activist sues Ehud Barak

No possibility of former prime minister facing arrest in civil suit.   Relatives of a US citizen killed in Israel’s 2010 storming of the a… Read More ›

US, EU, takes steps toward lifting Iran sanctions

US, EU, takes steps toward lifting Iran sanctions

As ‘adoption day’ of nuclear deal between Tehran and West arrives, legal arrangements begin toward the lifting of sanctions, once the Islamic Republic meets the… Read More ›

Dividing Jerusalem: Concrete walls separate Jewish, Arab neighborhoods

Dividing Jerusalem: Concrete walls separate Jewish, Arab neighborhoods

Police set up temporary wall in East Talpiot in effort to stop barrage of Molotov cocktails from nearby Jabel Mukaber. Police set up a tall… Read More ›

Hebrew U. students say campus is model of coexistence

Hebrew U. students say campus is model of coexistence

Arab and Jewish students returning for fall semester claim university provides shelter from geopolitical storm.   Against the backdrop of a terror wave that has… Read More ›

Shaked pushes to jail minors over age 12 involved in terror attacks

Shaked pushes to jail minors over age 12 involved in terror attacks

Move comes after 13-year-old took part in stabbing   Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked is pushing to amend the country’s criminal law to allow minors over… Read More ›

Netanyahu to offer Kerry no concessions for Abbas

Netanyahu to offer Kerry no concessions for Abbas

There are unconfirmed reports that Kerry’s meeting with Abbas will take place on Saturday in Amman.   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not offer any… Read More ›

A ‘second Snowden’ leaks to the Intercept about ‘drone wars’

A ‘second Snowden’ leaks to the Intercept about ‘drone wars’

The same reporters who received documents from former NSA worker Edward Snowden are now publishing information from a second governmental source. On Thursday, the Intercept… Read More ›

Why Russia is pressing the ‘accelerate’ pedal in Syria

Why Russia is pressing the ‘accelerate’ pedal in Syria

Two weeks after they started, Russian airstrikes in Syria are ratcheting up — and are being closely coordinated with regime ground forces as they try to… Read More ›

Ex-hostage: ISIS executioner ‘Jihadi John’ made me tango with him

Ex-hostage: ISIS executioner ‘Jihadi John’ made me tango with him

In a vivid new description of ISIS’ brutal executioner, a former hostage says his captor was not only sadistic, but bizarre. Daniel Rye, a 26-year-old… Read More ›

Foreign Ministry: Only Israel can protect holy sites

Foreign Ministry: Only Israel can protect holy sites

Dore Gold says Palestinian attack on Joseph’s Tomb recalls actions of extremist Muslims from Afghanistan to Libya; rightists call to retake control of sacred shrine… Read More ›

PA arrests 19 Hamas members, suspects planning stabbing attacks

PA arrests 19 Hamas members, suspects planning stabbing attacks

Palestinian sources say security forces monitoring social media sites for ‘potential suspects’   Palestinian Authority security forces arrested more than 19 Hamas members in the… Read More ›

Abbas condemns ‘irresponsible’ torching of Joseph’s Tomb

Abbas condemns ‘irresponsible’ torching of Joseph’s Tomb

PA president calls to set up committee to probe arson attack by Palestinian rioters at shrine believed to contain remains of biblical patriarch   Palestinian… Read More ›

Joint List’s Odeh calls on Arabs to mobilize for successful strike Tuesday

Joint List’s Odeh calls on Arabs to mobilize for successful strike Tuesday

The Arab Higher Monitoring Committee decided on the strike and protest, which will shut businesses and schools.   Joint List chairman Ayman Odeh said at… Read More ›

Iran holds funeral for top commander killed by IS in Syria

Iran holds funeral for top commander killed by IS in Syria

Revolutionary Guard’s Gen. Hamedani is Tehran’s highest-profile casualty in military efforts to prop up Assad   TEHRAN — Iran held a funeral Sunday for Gen.… Read More ›