Articles by: JewishNews-Ester

Scott Walker has tens of thousands of dollars worth of credit card debt

Scott Walker has tens of thousands of dollars worth of credit card debt

  Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) is in some serious debt. National Journal’s Shane Goldmacher reported Monday that new federal financial documents show that Walker has credit… Read More ›

US jets to begin striking Syrian forces if they target pro-US rebels

US jets to begin striking Syrian forces if they target pro-US rebels

US officials have long played down the idea that Assad’s forces would turn their sights on the US-backed Syrian rebels, but they cannot rule out… Read More ›

It takes courage to deal with Jewish terrorists

It takes courage to deal with Jewish terrorists

Op-ed: Israel must turn every stone, catch the people who burned Palestinian baby Ali Dawabsheh alive, prosecute them and destroy their homes. Unless our side… Read More ›

New budget to increase gov’t revenues, cut NIS 3b. from ministries

New budget to increase gov’t revenues, cut NIS 3b. from ministries

Finance Ministry completes work on 2015-2016 state budget, but fight over defense budget, promised coalition money to Kulanu, Bayit Yehudi still ongoing. The Finance Ministry… Read More ›

Security Cabinet authorizes new measures against Jewish terrorists

Security Cabinet authorizes new measures against Jewish terrorists

In wake of Jewish terrorist attack in Duma, gov’t authorizes use of administrative detentions, while Justice Ministry team recommends changing classification of ‘price tag’ perpetrators… Read More ›

Proportion of contract workers in Israel similar to other developed countries, study shows

Proportion of contract workers in Israel similar to other developed countries, study shows

Not all agency workers are actually contract workers, says Taub Center researcher   Contrary to popular belief, the share of “agency workers” in Israel is… Read More ›

Analysis: Tougher laws combined with good intelligence can prevent far-right attacks

Analysis: Tougher laws combined with good intelligence can prevent far-right attacks

State will continue to struggle to contain threat if light sentences are handed out when nobody is injured.   When it comes to looking at… Read More ›

Syrian-Kurd intellectual to Post: ‘US and Israel need to stop Turkish attacks in Syria now’

Syrian-Kurd intellectual to Post: ‘US and Israel need to stop Turkish attacks in Syria now’

Dr. Kamal Sido, who works for a German Human Rights NGO, said that “Israel must support minorities like the Kurds and Druse that are not… Read More ›

Most Jewish students faced hostilities on North American campuses, study says

Most Jewish students faced hostilities on North American campuses, study says

Over one-quarter of respondents described hostility toward Israel on campus as “fairly” or “very big” problem, while nearly 15 percent reported the same level of… Read More ›

Prominent Jewish Democratic lawmaker backs Iran deal

Prominent Jewish Democratic lawmaker backs Iran deal

Strong supporter of Israel and 17-term Representative Sander Levin says agreement best way to curb Tehran’s nuclear ambitions   In  a major gain for the… Read More ›

House to Obama: Fire the head of the IRS or we’ll impeach him

House to Obama: Fire the head of the IRS or we’ll impeach him

  The continuing war of words between the Republicans in the House of Representatives and the leadership of the Internal Revenue Service escalated dramatically late… Read More ›

Israeli-born Filipina fights to save lives in IDF

Israeli-born Filipina fights to save lives in IDF

Two years after her grandmother was rescued from the rubble in the Philippines, Joanna Chris Afron has come full circle – becoming a combat soldier… Read More ›

Prime Minister’s Office gears up for battle in US against Iran accord

Prime Minister’s Office gears up for battle in US against Iran accord

To the question of whether this deal makes it less likely that Iran will get a nuclear weapon, the talking points say the opposite is… Read More ›

The US-Israeli ‘plot’ to destroy Iran

The US-Israeli ‘plot’ to destroy Iran

Analysis: The ayatollahs and Revolutionary Guards believe Obama and the Mossad have concocted a scheme to expose the dark Islamic Republic to the economic wonders… Read More ›

Police raids store selling fireworks to Palestinian rioters

Police raids store selling fireworks to Palestinian rioters

Rioters throw fireworks at Israeli security forces during clashes, use gunpower for makeshift pipe bomb; store had NIS 150,000 worth of products. Police exposed a… Read More ›

A rabbi’s mission: Saving Damascus’ Jewish culture

A rabbi’s mission: Saving Damascus’ Jewish culture

Rabbi Moshe Chadid is doing the work of an academic department with his two hands: Carefully preserving the Damascus Jewry’ heritage and preventing a glorious… Read More ›

Jewish educators called to UK authority meeting on Rosh Hashana

Jewish educators called to UK authority meeting on Rosh Hashana

The Rosh Hashana meeting, which is meant to brief schools on a new inspection framework, has angered and bewildered Jewish educational heads.   LONDON –… Read More ›

Israeli safety app Musketeer saves lives

Israeli safety app Musketeer saves lives

Musketeer is a cellular safety application based on the premise that help is most efficient and effective when it comes to those in need quickly.… Read More ›

US candidate Huckabee says Obama marching Israelis to ‘door of the oven’

US candidate Huckabee says Obama marching Israelis to ‘door of the oven’

Reacting to the Iran nuclear deal, the former Arkansas governor called Barack Obama “feckless” and “naive.”   The Obama administration’s nuclear accord with Iran is comparable… Read More ›

FBI head: Khorasan Group diminished; ISIS bigger threat than al Qaeda

FBI head: Khorasan Group diminished; ISIS bigger threat than al Qaeda

  Aspen, Colorado – FBI Director James Comey says U.S. military strikes have diminished the al Qaeda offshoot Khorasan Group. Comey, in an interview with CNN’s… Read More ›