Articles by: JewishNews-Ester

Likud seeks to stall expected AG call for Netanyahu indictments

Likud seeks to stall expected AG call for Netanyahu indictments

The prime minister expected to face charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust in three graft probes, pending hearing; Israeli-American billionaire Arnon Milchan will… Read More ›

Trump says Netanyahu, facing possible corruption charges, is ‘smart,’ ‘strong’

Trump says Netanyahu, facing possible corruption charges, is ‘smart,’ ‘strong’

Hours before attorney general expected to announce indictment against PM, US president assesses he has ‘done a great job’   US President Donald Trump defended… Read More ›

Delaware – Joe Biden: ‘Don’t Be Surprised’ If I Run For President

Delaware – Joe Biden: ‘Don’t Be Surprised’ If I Run For President

Delaware – Former Vice President Joe Biden strongly signaled Tuesday that he could soon launch a campaign for the 2020 Democratic nomination. “I haven’t made… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Israeli Lunar Lander Handles First Space Maneuver Successfully

Jerusalem – Israeli Lunar Lander Handles First Space Maneuver Successfully

  Jerusalem – The Israeli spacecraft Beresheet made its first maneuver since launching Thursday night. On Sunday afternoon, Beresheet’s main engine was fired for the… Read More ›

Oscars open with mix of music, laughter and tears

Oscars open with mix of music, laughter and tears

  The Oscars offered music and comedy bits to kick off a host-free ceremony, moving briskly through the night’s opening awards in seeking to meet… Read More ›

Extremist Otzma Yehudit announces unity pact with Jewish Home

Extremist Otzma Yehudit announces unity pact with Jewish Home

With limited bargaining chips, far-right faction, composed of disciples of the late Rabbi Meir Kahane, agrees to slots 5 and 8 on national religious party’s… Read More ›

Charleston, SC – Pollster Who Foresaw And Helped Shape Trump’s Victory Dies At 68

Charleston, SC – Pollster Who Foresaw And Helped Shape Trump’s Victory Dies At 68

Charleston, SC – Patrick Caddell, the pollster who helped propel Jimmy Carter in his longshot bid to win the presidency and later distanced himself from… Read More ›

Trump urges Venezuela’s military to back its self-declared interim president, saying socialism has ravaged the country

Trump urges Venezuela’s military to back its self-declared interim president, saying socialism has ravaged the country

  President Donald Trump spoke in front of a Venezuelan American community on Monday at Florida Ocean Bank Convocation Center at Florida International University in Miami. He… Read More ›

Hezbollah has plans for Israel on the Golan

Hezbollah has plans for Israel on the Golan

Analysis: Israel had better pay attention to the emerging reality on its Syria border in the Golan Heights, where the Lebanese terror group is attempting… Read More ›

Ori Ansbacher’s Killer Confesses: The Murder Was an Act of Terror

Ori Ansbacher’s Killer Confesses: The Murder Was an Act of Terror

Arafat Irfaiya, 29, recreated the scene and murder for the investigators, after confessing, yet his motive is still unknown.   Security officials say that Arafat… Read More ›

Body of 19-year-old woman found on outskirts of Jerusalem in apparent murder

Body of 19-year-old woman found on outskirts of Jerusalem in apparent murder

Victim found naked and with ‘signs of violence’ on her body; court imposes gag order on details of crime   The body of a 19-year-old… Read More ›

Edelstein, Katz go head-to-head for first spot on Likud list

Edelstein, Katz go head-to-head for first spot on Likud list

Former minister Gideon Sa’ar, who has been in a public political feud with Prime Minister Netanyahu, is close third in Likud primary race; Erdan, Regev… Read More ›

Merger between Gantz and Lapid said to face considerable headwinds

Merger between Gantz and Lapid said to face considerable headwinds

TV report says Israel Resilience and Yesh Atid at odds over who’ll head alliance, makeup of electoral list; ex-IDF chief Ashkenazi publicly backs tie-up  … Read More ›

‘He’s doing the enemy’s job for them’: Current and former officials compare Trump to a toddler and say his attacks on the intel community create a goldmine for foreign governments

‘He’s doing the enemy’s job for them’: Current and former officials compare Trump to a toddler and say his attacks on the intel community create a goldmine for foreign governments

  President Donald Trump’s most recent public campaign against the US intelligence community has stunned current and former intelligence officials. “He’s doing the enemy’s job… Read More ›

ADL Chief Too Quick to Forgive Rep. Omar for Antisemitic Comment – Says ZOA

ADL Chief Too Quick to Forgive Rep. Omar for Antisemitic Comment – Says ZOA

Head of ADL Jonathan Greenblatt slammed for saying ‘hats off’ to Omar, whom ZOA still considers to be pro-ISIS   Head of ADL Jonathan Greenblat… Read More ›

Cincinnati, OH – The Digital Drug: Internet Addiction Spawns U.S. Treatment Programs

Cincinnati, OH – The Digital Drug: Internet Addiction Spawns U.S. Treatment Programs

  Cincinnati, OH – When Danny Reagan was 13, he began exhibiting signs of what doctors usually associate with drug addiction. He became agitated, secretive… Read More ›

Syrian Amb. to the UN threatens to attack Ben Gurion Airport

Syrian Amb. to the UN threatens to attack Ben Gurion Airport

Following pre-dawn raid Monday in Syria, which IAF hit Iran military and intelligence targets near Damascus’s international airport, Syrian envoy Bashar Ja’afari argues his country… Read More ›

Hamas warns Qatari cash freeze by Israel could cause ‘explosion’ in Gaza

Hamas warns Qatari cash freeze by Israel could cause ‘explosion’ in Gaza

Palestinian official says Israel’s decision to halt funds, after shots fired at IDF soldiers in two separate incidents, is ‘a crime’   A Hamas official… Read More ›

Netanyahu is no longer campaigning on the issues

Netanyahu is no longer campaigning on the issues

Opinion: The prime minister is no longer talking about Iran, Hamas or Arabs going in droves to the polls; instead, his 2019 campaign focuses on… Read More ›

After oil: Mideast states developing renewable energy

After oil: Mideast states developing renewable energy

Wind turbines, hydroelectricity and solar power are on the agenda in Morocco, UAE, Saudi Arabia and Egypt, but experts say region still lags far behind… Read More ›