Articles by: JewishNews-Ester

Analysis: Trump’s dilemma on Iran

Analysis: Trump’s dilemma on Iran

It’s been more than a month since President Donald Trump declared a red line on Iran. He said that if Iran shot protesters, “we’ll be… Read More ›

Jackson Resident Sues to Block Yeshiva Ner Moshe Approval Over Environmental, Zoning Concerns

Jackson Resident Sues to Block Yeshiva Ner Moshe Approval Over Environmental, Zoning Concerns

JACKSON, N.J. — A Jackson Township resident has filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn the local Planning Board’s approval of a proposed private Orthodox Jewish… Read More ›

Trump Sues IRS and Treasury for $10 Billion Over Leaked Tax Info

Trump Sues IRS and Treasury for $10 Billion Over Leaked Tax Info

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is suing the IRS and Treasury Department for $10 billion, as he accuses the federal agencies of a failure… Read More ›

PM vows no Qatari, Turkish troops in Gaza after countries given role on oversight body

PM vows no Qatari, Turkish troops in Gaza after countries given role on oversight body

At Knesset debate, Netanyahu acknowledges argument with US, insists Hamas will be disarmed; Lapid: Either you cut a secret deal or ‘Trump doesn’t give a… Read More ›

What happens to a marriage after long reserve duty? Here’s an inside look

What happens to a marriage after long reserve duty? Here’s an inside look

They felt like ‘two hedgehogs trying to hug’, she wanted help at home and time to breathe, he forgot how to be gentle; The war… Read More ›

UK government ‘delighted’ to bring activist to Britain who called to kill Zionists and whites

UK government ‘delighted’ to bring activist to Britain who called to kill Zionists and whites

Jewish Leadership Council said on Saturday that it was appalled by the welcome received by El-Fattah, which it felt contradicted Starmer’s previous promises to root… Read More ›

Australian PM announces gun buy-back plan, day of reflection following Bondi Beach shooting

Australian PM announces gun buy-back plan, day of reflection following Bondi Beach shooting

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a national buy-back scheme for firearms to “get more guns off our streets” following the Bondi Beach massacre.… Read More ›

Former Colorado Clerk Will Remain in State Prison After a Federal Judge Rejects Her Bid for Freedom

Former Colorado Clerk Will Remain in State Prison After a Federal Judge Rejects Her Bid for Freedom

DENVER (AP) — A federal magistrate judge on Monday rejected a bid by a former Colorado county clerk to be released from prison while she… Read More ›

Soon No Pearl Harbor Survivors Will Be Alive. People Turn To Other Ways to Learn About the Bombing

Soon No Pearl Harbor Survivors Will Be Alive. People Turn To Other Ways to Learn About the Bombing

HONOLULU (AP) — Survivors of the 1941 Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor have long been the center of a remembrance ceremony held each year on… Read More ›

IDF chief: Israel needs bold leadership that recognizes failure, doesn’t ‘frighten, evade’

IDF chief: Israel needs bold leadership that recognizes failure, doesn’t ‘frighten, evade’

Remarks, read as thinly veiled critique of government, come amid public spat with Defense Minister Israel Katz over the latter’s selective promotions of senior IDF… Read More ›

Two Arrested in Flatbush After Hat and Kippah Snatched on Sunday

Two Arrested in Flatbush After Hat and Kippah Snatched on Sunday

BROOKLYN — On Sunday, police arrested two individuals after they allegedly stole a young man’s hat and knocked off his kippah on Avenue N and… Read More ›

From evidence to enigma: Missing phones that shaped Israel’s biggest investigations

From evidence to enigma: Missing phones that shaped Israel’s biggest investigations

As police search for the missing cellphone of former military advocate general Yifat Tomer‑Yerushalmi, past cases show how lost or destroyed devices, from top police officers… Read More ›

‘Disregard for safety and security of the peacekeepers’: UNIFIL alleges Israeli grenade attack

‘Disregard for safety and security of the peacekeepers’: UNIFIL alleges Israeli grenade attack

UNIFIL claimed that an Israeli tank fired a shot towards UN peacekeepers on the Israel-Lebanon border on Sunday. The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon… Read More ›

Trump tells CNN Israeli forces could resume fighting in Gaza ‘as soon as I say the word’ if Hamas won’t uphold ceasefire deal

Trump tells CNN Israeli forces could resume fighting in Gaza ‘as soon as I say the word’ if Hamas won’t uphold ceasefire deal

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he would consider allowing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to resume military action in Gaza if Hamas refuses to… Read More ›

Cut the Bribes, Hit the Nest’: Ex-Hamas Spy Criticizes President’s Hamas Policy

Cut the Bribes, Hit the Nest’: Ex-Hamas Spy Criticizes President’s Hamas Policy

NEW YORK — Mosab Hassan Yousef, a former Hamas insider who became a key Israeli informant, sharply criticized the President’s approach to the group in… Read More ›

Qatar, Jordan denounce Netanyahu as warmonger, regional threat; Indonesia says ‘Shalom’

Qatar, Jordan denounce Netanyahu as warmonger, regional threat; Indonesia says ‘Shalom’

‘They visit our country and plot to attack it,’ wails emir, as Abdullah warns ‘Greater Israel’ would involve ‘blatant violation of the sovereignty’ of Israel’s… Read More ›

Hamas expected to try kidnapping IDF soldiers during Gaza City push, officers say

Hamas expected to try kidnapping IDF soldiers during Gaza City push, officers say

The threat is very real, as Hamas has built tunnels along key routes and under many buildings and streets in the Strip.  Hamas is expected… Read More ›

Putin hails ‘unprecedentedly high’ relations with China as Gazprom says it signed new gas deal

Putin hails ‘unprecedentedly high’ relations with China as Gazprom says it signed new gas deal

Tianjin, China —  Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed a relationship with Beijing at an “unprecedentedly high level” on Tuesday, as the two countries reportedly inked a… Read More ›

Israeli Airstrikes Hit Yemen’s Capital, Targeting Iran-Backed Houthis

Israeli Airstrikes Hit Yemen’s Capital, Targeting Iran-Backed Houthis

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli airstrikes hit Yemen’s capital on Sunday, just days after the Houthi rebels fired a missile toward Israel that its military described… Read More ›

PM said to rule out partial hostage deals, as Trump backs more military pressure on Hamas

PM said to rule out partial hostage deals, as Trump backs more military pressure on Hamas

Dermer reportedly told security cabinet before vote on Gaza City takeover that Israel should only pursue a deal that frees all captives; mediators said presenting… Read More ›