Articles by: JewishNews-David

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 ›

China’s trade numbers have spooked financial markets

China’s trade numbers have spooked financial markets

Today marks the beginning of a big data week for China, culminating in the release of September quarter GDP next Monday. On today’s menu we… Read More ›

Donald Trump fires back at ‘sad and pathetic’ billionaire Barry Diller

Donald Trump fires back at ‘sad and pathetic’ billionaire Barry Diller

  Real-estate mogul Donald Trump trashed media mogul Barry Diller over the weekend after Diller mocked the Republican front-runner’s presidential campaign. “Little Barry Diller, who lost… Read More ›

How the biggest tech deal in history came together

How the biggest tech deal in history came together

  Dell announced Monday that it would buy IT giant EMC in thebiggest-ever technology deal. The $67 billion deal will create one of the largest private companies in the world. Although… Read More ›

Kerry, Zarif said among top contenders for Nobel Peace Prize

Kerry, Zarif said among top contenders for Nobel Peace Prize

Ahead of announcement Friday, Angela Merkel, Pope Francis, and a dissident Saudi blogger generate buzz   OSLO, Norway — Europe’s record-breaking refugee crisis was a… Read More ›

Indiana ATO frat shut down after sexually explicit video surfaces

Indiana ATO frat shut down after sexually explicit video surfaces

The charter of an Indiana University fraternity has been revoked after a video surfaced showing members cheering on a brother involved in a sexually explicit… Read More ›

Kevin McCarthy drops out of House speaker race

Kevin McCarthy drops out of House speaker race

Washington – House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy dropped out of the race to succeed SpeakerJohn Boehner on Thursday, a shocking move that throws the House into… Read More ›

Train hero Spencer Stone stabbed in Sacramento

Train hero Spencer Stone stabbed in Sacramento

Just weeks ago, U.S. Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone was tending to stab wounds after famously helping thwart a gun attack on a European train,… Read More ›

Yeshiva student, 25, badly hurt in Jerusalem stabbing attack

Yeshiva student, 25, badly hurt in Jerusalem stabbing attack

Victim evacuated to Shaare Zedek Hospital with knife still lodged in neck; attacker identified as 19-year-old East Jerusalem resident   A Jerusalem yeshiva student, 25,… Read More ›

Israel hit with 4 stabbings in second day of widespread terror

Israel hit with 4 stabbings in second day of widespread terror

Some 20 people hurt in attacks in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Afula, Hebron; clashes, rock-throwing reported throughout the country   A second consecutive day of multiple… Read More ›

IDF soldier stabbed, moderately hurt in Afula attack

IDF soldier stabbed, moderately hurt in Afula attack

Suspect apprehended by bystanders after knifing 20-year-old in northern town; police use force to disperse mob   An IDF soldier was stabbed in the northern… Read More ›

Brazil’s richest man dreams of taking over Coca-Cola and firing all of its employees

Brazil’s richest man dreams of taking over Coca-Cola and firing all of its employees

  He already controls Burger King, Kraft, Stella Artois, and Heinz. And for a while now, Brazil’s richest man, Jorge Lemann, has been eyeing $178.2 billion beverage-giant Coca-Cola,… Read More ›

The guy who sold Oracle to a company for $950 million just got $85 million for his next startup

The guy who sold Oracle to a company for $950 million just got $85 million for his next startup

  Not many people get to run two fast-growth companies, but that has been the case with Code 42 CEO Joe Payne. His company, best… Read More ›

Airbnb just pulled out a clever trick to fight a proposed law in San Francisco

Airbnb just pulled out a clever trick to fight a proposed law in San Francisco

  Airbnb has already spent $8 million to fight a ballot measure in San Francisco, but now it has taken the campaign to its own website.… Read More ›

Jerusalem – 2 Palestinian Youths Killed In West Bank Clashes, UN Chief Calls For Probe

Jerusalem – 2 Palestinian Youths Killed In West Bank Clashes, UN Chief Calls For Probe

  Jerusalem – Two Palestinian teens, including a 13-year-old boy, were killed by Israeli army fire in West Bank clashes Monday, raising concerns about a… Read More ›