Articles by: JewishNews-Ester

Russia-Ukraine war: 400 foreign fighters in Mariupol surrounded – Russia

Russia-Ukraine war: 400 foreign fighters in Mariupol surrounded – Russia

Air raid sirens reported throughout the country * Russians assault near Mariupol seaport * No humanitarian corridors today   Russia gave holdout Ukrainian soldiers an… Read More ›

For the sake of Israel’s defense, terrorists are better caught alive than dead

For the sake of Israel’s defense, terrorists are better caught alive than dead

Opinion: So far, all attacks in this current terror wave have ended with the killing of the attacker, but it does not always have to… Read More ›

Russian warship sinks in the Black Sea after Ukraine claims it was hit by a missile

Russian warship sinks in the Black Sea after Ukraine claims it was hit by a missile

One of the Russian Navy’s most important warships has sunk in the Black Sea, a massive blow to a military struggling against Ukrainian resistance 50… Read More ›

YAAKOV M: Tuesday’s Mass Shooting is More Proof that Jews Need to Vote Republican

YAAKOV M: Tuesday’s Mass Shooting is More Proof that Jews Need to Vote Republican

The subway attack this week could have been prevented. Not by tougher gun laws, but by locking up repeat criminals and keeping them behind bars.… Read More ›

US military confirms an interstellar meteor collided with Earth

US military confirms an interstellar meteor collided with Earth

One meteor traveled quite a long way from home to visit Earth. Researchers discovered the first known interstellar meteor to ever hit Earth, according to… Read More ›

1st US ambassador to Ukraine: ‘I think we handled it wrong from the get-go’

1st US ambassador to Ukraine: ‘I think we handled it wrong from the get-go’

  Ukraine’s first President, waiting to see America’s 41st, chatted with a White House press aide — in Ukrainian. George H.W. Bush’s deputy secretary of… Read More ›

If he plays his cards right, Gantz could emerge as next premier

If he plays his cards right, Gantz could emerge as next premier

Analysis: Following Idit Silman’s dramatic coalition exit, the ball seems to be in defense minister’s court, with Gantz finally having a reason to believe that… Read More ›

OP-ED: How Naftali Bennett doomed his own coalition

OP-ED: How Naftali Bennett doomed his own coalition

The Yamina PM’s fatal political failure was in choosing a Knesset slate that, unlike those of all his 7 coalition partners, has proved unwilling to… Read More ›

Israel’s ‘lone wolf’ terror wave set to be overrun by packs

Israel’s ‘lone wolf’ terror wave set to be overrun by packs

Analysis: Shooting spree in Bnei Brak, unlike attacks in Be’er Sheva and Hadera, was organized by a terror cell, and while security forces focus their… Read More ›

3 Terrorists Eliminated By Police Special Unit In Samaria Firefight, 4 Policemen Injured

3 Terrorists Eliminated By Police Special Unit In Samaria Firefight, 4 Policemen Injured

JERUSALEM — Three Islamic Jihad terrorists on their way to perpetrate a terror attack in Israel were eliminated on Friday night during a firefight with… Read More ›

Viktor Orban, the EU leader who can’t quit Putin, faces a united front in Hungary’s election

Viktor Orban, the EU leader who can’t quit Putin, faces a united front in Hungary’s election

Six weeks ago, Hungary’s election campaign looked and sounded very different. The stakes were already high. Viktor Orban, the longest-serving national leader in the European… Read More ›

Top US general in Europe says there ‘could be’ an intelligence gap in US that caused US to overestimate Russia’s capabilities

Top US general in Europe says there ‘could be’ an intelligence gap in US that caused US to overestimate Russia’s capabilities

The top US general in Europe said Tuesday there “could be” a gap in US intelligence gathering that caused the US to overestimate Russia’s capability… Read More ›

TERROR: Six Injured, Two Murdered In Shooting Attack In Hadera

TERROR: Six Injured, Two Murdered In Shooting Attack In Hadera

HADERA — Six people have been injured in a shooting attack in Hadera on Sunday evening. In addition, two police were killed. The gunmen were… Read More ›

Shanghai to lock down each half of city for mass Covid-19 testing

Shanghai to lock down each half of city for mass Covid-19 testing

Shanghai has said it will lock down each half of the city by turns for mass Covid-19 testing starting Monday amid surging infections. The eastern… Read More ›

Israeli political leaders across the board condemn deadly terror attack

Israeli political leaders across the board condemn deadly terror attack

Bennett posts condolences on Twitter, says terrorists and their helpers will be chased down and prosecuted; Ra’am party says Arab citizens reject violence, calls for… Read More ›

Hesped Of Rav Chaim’s Son, Rav Shlomo Kanievski: My Father Wouldn’t Eat Without My Mother

Hesped Of Rav Chaim’s Son, Rav Shlomo Kanievski: My Father Wouldn’t Eat Without My Mother

JERUSALEM — Rabbi Shlomo Kanievski, the younger son of Rav Chaim Kanievski Zts’l, related personal reminiscences from growing up with his father: “Abba, how did… Read More ›

Biden’s European trip will be heavy on displays of Western unity but could be light on actions to stop Putin’s Ukraine war

Biden’s European trip will be heavy on displays of Western unity but could be light on actions to stop Putin’s Ukraine war

President Joe Biden and his fellow world leaders hope to finalize and unveil a package of new measures to punish Russia, help Ukraine and demonstrate… Read More ›

Bennett was the lead mediator between Russia and Ukraine – report

Bennett was the lead mediator between Russia and Ukraine – report

Both Moscow and Kyiv expressed openness to holding peace talks in Jerusalem.   Prime Minister Naftali Bennett was the lead mediator between Russia and Ukraine,… Read More ›

Ukraine Refugees Tell Harrowing Tales Even As Numbers Ease

Ukraine Refugees Tell Harrowing Tales Even As Numbers Ease

  SUCEAVA, Romania (AP) — Elena Yurchuk saw families with children blown up and the hospital she worked in reduced to rubble during Russia’s invasion… Read More ›

Russia has requested military assistance from China in Ukraine, US official says

Russia has requested military assistance from China in Ukraine, US official says

  Washington, DC – Russia has asked China for military assistance in Ukraine, including drones, as it continues its unprovoked invasion, a senior US official… Read More ›