Articles by: JewishNews-Ester

In first, Israelis test positive for coronavirus on quarantined cruise ship

In first, Israelis test positive for coronavirus on quarantined cruise ship

Japan tells Health Ministry 3 Israelis on Diamond Princess are among new cases; Foreign Ministry says 2 of them taken off ship for treatment; Litzman:… Read More ›

New Philadelphia Police Chief Starts Amid Surge In Homicides

New Philadelphia Police Chief Starts Amid Surge In Homicides

  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The new commissioner of the nation’s fourth-largest city police force will start work Monday amid a surge in homicides and calls… Read More ›

Trump expected to ask for $2 billion in funding for border wall, make cuts to medicare, medicaid, and social security in 2020 budget

Trump expected to ask for $2 billion in funding for border wall, make cuts to medicare, medicaid, and social security in 2020 budget

  President Trump is expected to announce his FY 2021 budget on Monday, The Wall Street Journal reported. The president will reportedly ask for $2… Read More ›

Khamenei calls for Palestinian jihad on Israel after Trump peace plan

Khamenei calls for Palestinian jihad on Israel after Trump peace plan

The Iranian leader called on all other Muslims to support the Palestinian war on Israel.   Palestinians start a war against Israel, Iranian Supreme Leader… Read More ›

London Stabbing Attacker Identified, Had Terrorist Record

London Stabbing Attacker Identified, Had Terrorist Record

  LONDON (AP) — A man who strapped on a fake bomb and stabbed two people on a London street before being shot to death… Read More ›

Bloomberg’s Super Bowl commercial is the crown jewel in a record ad campaign that’s aired seven times more promotions than the previous top presidential spender

Bloomberg’s Super Bowl commercial is the crown jewel in a record ad campaign that’s aired seven times more promotions than the previous top presidential spender

  Michael Bloomberg and Donald Trump are both airing national ads during the Super Bowl today. This is the first time in Super Bowl history… Read More ›

Israeli-American backpacker Naama Issachar freed from Russian prison

Israeli-American backpacker Naama Issachar freed from Russian prison

With her mother and Netanyahu waiting, prison service says woman jailed on drug charges released after 10 months and intense diplomatic efforts   An Israeli-American… Read More ›

US Envoy Postpones Israel Visit To Defend Trump Peace Plan At UN

US Envoy Postpones Israel Visit To Defend Trump Peace Plan At UN

  WASHINGTON (Israel Hayom) — Following reports that the Trump administration will present its Middle East peace plan later this week, U.S. Ambassador to the… Read More ›

Kobe Bryant, 41, dies in helicopter crash in Calabasas, California

Kobe Bryant, 41, dies in helicopter crash in Calabasas, California

  Basketball icon Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash on Sunday in Calabasas, California. He was 41. Several news outlets reported that Bryant was… Read More ›

GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz praised Democrats’ impeachment presentation and skewered Trump’s defense as looking like ‘an 8th-grade book report’

GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz praised Democrats’ impeachment presentation and skewered Trump’s defense as looking like ‘an 8th-grade book report’

  Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz, one of President Donald Trump’s most vocal congressional allies, praised House Democrats for the way they presented the case against… Read More ›

Florida Creates Task Force on Sea-Level Rise

Florida Creates Task Force on Sea-Level Rise

  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — After years of mostly ignoring climate change, Florida lawmakers waded deeper into the matter on Tuesday , advancing a proposal… Read More ›

6 big things we still don’t know in the bombshell report saying Jeff Bezos’ phone was hacked by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman

6 big things we still don’t know in the bombshell report saying Jeff Bezos’ phone was hacked by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman

  On Tuesday, The Guardian reported that an international investigation had concluded that Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ phone was most likely hacked by a link in a… Read More ›

The US is entering an era in which impeaching the president will be routine

The US is entering an era in which impeaching the president will be routine

  Impeaching a president used to be unthinkable, but now two presidents have been impeached just 21 years apart. President Trump’s impeachment is a sign… Read More ›

Sanders’ Wife On Feud With Warren: ‘This Discussion Is Over’

Sanders’ Wife On Feud With Warren: ‘This Discussion Is Over’

  WASHINGTON (AP) — Jane O’Meara Sanders, the wife of Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders, has a clear message about the simmering dispute between her… Read More ›

Analysis: A world trade war is brewing. The US-China deal won’t stop it

Analysis: A world trade war is brewing. The US-China deal won’t stop it

Hong Kong / London – The United States has signed a partial trade agreement with China. But that doesn’t mean simmering conflicts and uncertainty over… Read More ›

From Ebola to hurricanes, mom in uniform keeps people safe while keeping kosher

From Ebola to hurricanes, mom in uniform keeps people safe while keeping kosher

As an officer in the US Public Health Service, Cpt. Dana Hall provides disaster relief to victims the world over, and is the only Orthodox… Read More ›

Israel unveils breakthrough laser to intercept missiles, aerial threats

Israel unveils breakthrough laser to intercept missiles, aerial threats

Technology expected to take down a variety of aerial threats including rockets, drones, anti-tank missiles.   The Defense Ministry has made a technological breakthrough in… Read More ›

Esper contradicts Trump on targeting Iranian cultural sites: We ‘follow the laws of armed conflict’

Esper contradicts Trump on targeting Iranian cultural sites: We ‘follow the laws of armed conflict’

Washington – Secretary of Defense Mark Esper on Monday contradicted President Donald Trump by asserting the US would not target Iranian cultural sites amid rising… Read More ›

Netanyahu praises Trump for U.S. strike on Soleimani

Netanyahu praises Trump for U.S. strike on Soleimani

PM says the move to eliminate Iran’s hardline general is ‘worthy of all appreciation,’ adding the head of Quds Force ‘planned and carried out many… Read More ›

In blow to Netanyahu, Knesset lawyer, 65 MKs back swift immunity deliberations

In blow to Netanyahu, Knesset lawyer, 65 MKs back swift immunity deliberations

Blue and White representative says he has support from party leaders representing majority of lawmakers after legal adviser says no impediment to debating request immediately… Read More ›