Articles by: JewishNews-Ester

Israel giving Egyptian army free hand in Sinai, official says

Israel giving Egyptian army free hand in Sinai, official says

Worry mounts over possible collapse of Multinational Force in restive peninsula following jihadist onslaught   Israel has been giving the Egyptian military a free hand… Read More ›

Israeli army says Hamas helping Islamic State in Sinai

Israeli army says Hamas helping Islamic State in Sinai

Top officer claims Gaza providing military, medical support to the IS offshoot behind Wednesday’s massive attack that killed dozens   The IDF has acquired intelligence… Read More ›

Egypt warplanes strike back at extremists in troubled Sinai

Egypt warplanes strike back at extremists in troubled Sinai

Tensions soar after unprecedented terror attack devastates country as it marks second year since ouster of Islamist ex-president   CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian warplanes launched… Read More ›

Mariah Carey visits Western Wall

Mariah Carey visits Western Wall

After landing in Tel Aviv with her twins and Australian partner, American singer heads to Jerusalem for a tour of city’s holy site and dinner… Read More ›

From lone soldier to military prison

From lone soldier to military prison

Young American came to Israel alone to serve in the IDF, but ended up enthralled in a conspiracy to blow up the Dome of the… Read More ›

World powers propose mechanism to ensure access to sensitive Iran sites

World powers propose mechanism to ensure access to sensitive Iran sites

P5+1 proposes mechanism to ensure access to sensitive Iran sites.   VIENNA – World powers have “worked out a process that we believe will ensure that… Read More ›

Four hurt after shots fired in possible West Bank terrorist attack

Four hurt after shots fired in possible West Bank terrorist attack

The four victims, all men in their 20s, are residents of a nearby settlement; One person sustained serious wounds, according to initial reports.   Shots… Read More ›

UN report author: Israel, Palestinian groups are equal under the law

UN report author: Israel, Palestinian groups are equal under the law

The American jurist, Mary McGowan Davis, headed the two-person fact-finding mission that authored a 500- page report on last summer’s war between Gaza and Hamas.… Read More ›

Analysis: Why Germany is the weakest Western link in nuclear talks with Iran

Analysis: Why Germany is the weakest Western link in nuclear talks with Iran

The negotiations coincide with this year’s celebration of 50 years of diplomatic relations between Israel and the Federal Republic of Germany.   With the Iran… Read More ›

Website records testimonies of anti-Semitism on US campuses

Website records testimonies of anti-Semitism on US campuses

‘I am terrified knowing I may not be able to discuss my Judaism without taunts, or worse, violence,’ says Northwestern University student. A new webpage… Read More ›

Thousands protest natural gas deal

Thousands protest natural gas deal

Crowd demonstrates in Tel Aviv against government’s plan to let a American-Israeli energy group keep control of most of the country’s natural gas deposits. Thousands… Read More ›

Rift in Foreign Ministry prevents effective fight against BDS

Rift in Foreign Ministry prevents effective fight against BDS

Division developed in the ministry after professionals urged cooperating with Jewish left-wing organizations to fight boycott, with politicians choosing to brand all criticism as anti-Semitism… Read More ›

Israel and ICC on a collision course

Israel and ICC on a collision course

The UNHRC report on the 2014 Gaza war and Jerusalem’s response suggest a clash between Israel and the ICC is becoming much more likely.  … Read More ›

Haredi yeshiva with radical agenda to provide high school, higher education courses

Haredi yeshiva with radical agenda to provide high school, higher education courses

Ein Hemed Campus and Darkei Torah Yeshiva have started small enterprise maintaining websites for small businesses.   The haredi education system has long been seen as… Read More ›

Analysis: Stop the hypocrisy and defeat Islamic State

Analysis: Stop the hypocrisy and defeat Islamic State

Almost 100 people on three different continents in four countries were killed on Friday in attacks carried out by ISIS activists.   The immediate knee-jerk… Read More ›