Articles by: JewishNews-Ester

Washington – Pompeo Says U.S. Won’t Allow Iran To Develop Nuclear Weapons

Washington – Pompeo Says U.S. Won’t Allow Iran To Develop Nuclear Weapons

  Washington -The United States is aware of reports that Iran plans to increase its uranium enrichment capacity and Washington will not allow Iran to… Read More ›

Beijing may have removed missiles from disputed South China Sea island

Beijing may have removed missiles from disputed South China Sea island

Hong Kong – Beijing may have removed missile systems from a disputed island in the South China Sea even as it accused the US of… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Israeli Military Says To Probe Killing Of Gaza Nurse

Jerusalem – Israeli Military Says To Probe Killing Of Gaza Nurse

  Jerusalem – The Israeli military said on Saturday it was investigating the apparent killing by its troops of a Palestinian nurse on Friday during… Read More ›

Tel Aviv – Israel’s Conversion Laws Are About To Get Stricter

Tel Aviv – Israel’s Conversion Laws Are About To Get Stricter

  Tel Aviv – Jewish converts in America may have a much harder time being accepted in Israel because of a new set of regulations… Read More ›

Trump’s all-out trade war is rattling Washington — even his strongest allies

Trump’s all-out trade war is rattling Washington — even his strongest allies

  The Trump administration on Thursday announced tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and the European Union for steel and aluminum imports. The White House cited national… Read More ›

Looking back, Gaza pullout was a mistake

Looking back, Gaza pullout was a mistake

Op-ed: Had Israel remained in Gaza, the economic gap between the Palestinians in the strip and in the West Bank would have been narrowed, the… Read More ›

New York – New York City To Consider Ban On Plastic Straws

New York – New York City To Consider Ban On Plastic Straws

  New York – Plastic straws and stirrers could soon be banned in bars, restaurants and coffee shops in New York City. Democratic City Councilman… Read More ›

Bombshell report claims Ukraine paid Michael Cohen at least $400,000 for access to Trump — then pumped the brakes on its Manafort investigation

Bombshell report claims Ukraine paid Michael Cohen at least $400,000 for access to Trump — then pumped the brakes on its Manafort investigation

  The BBC reported Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s longtime lawyer, Michael Cohen, received a secret payment of at least $400,000 from Ukraine to help… Read More ›

Washington – New CIA Director Sworn in, Says She’ll Send More Spies To The Field

Washington – New CIA Director Sworn in, Says She’ll Send More Spies To The Field

  Washington – New CIA Director Gina Haspel pledged to send more spies into the field during her swearing-in Monday as President Donald Trump offered… Read More ›

Israel or Iran: Who’s the Arab world’s real enemy?

Israel or Iran: Who’s the Arab world’s real enemy?

Analysis: Israeli-Iranian conflict in Syria is seen by Arab press as beginning of first war between Israelis and Persians. Many Arab commentators avoid condemning Israel,… Read More ›

Arab League demands probe into Israeli ‘crimes’ on Gaza border

Arab League demands probe into Israeli ‘crimes’ on Gaza border

Organization’s head accuses Israel of ‘blatant aggression’ during riots, as Hamas threatens it can respond ‘with all force’   The Arab League called Thursday for… Read More ›

Washington – Pence Says Mrs. Trump’s Procedure ‘Long-planned’

Washington – Pence Says Mrs. Trump’s Procedure ‘Long-planned’

Washington – Vice President Mike Pence says the medical procedure that first lady Melania Trump underwent to treat a kidney condition was “long-planned.” Pence commented… Read More ›

Fears of more deaths in Gaza as Israel’s actions condemned

Fears of more deaths in Gaza as Israel’s actions condemned

Gaza – Another day of protests is expected at the Gaza border Tuesday as international condemnation poured in over Israel’s use of force against unarmed… Read More ›

A slippery slope to autocracy and fascism

A slippery slope to autocracy and fascism

Op-ed: Reading Madeleine Albright’s New York Times op-ed about democracy fading away in the Trump era, one can’t help but be amazed by the similarity… Read More ›

Agriculture Terror in the Gaza Envelope Leaves Farmers ‘Helpless’

Agriculture Terror in the Gaza Envelope Leaves Farmers ‘Helpless’

“I don’t even want to imagine what would happen if a combine harvester operator is trapped there during a fire,” says Ofer Liberman from kibbutz… Read More ›

Phoenix, AZ – Waymo Self-driving Car Hit In Collision On Arizona Street

Phoenix, AZ – Waymo Self-driving Car Hit In Collision On Arizona Street

Phoenix, AZ – Police in a Phoenix suburb are investigating a collision involving a self-driving vehicle owned by the company Waymo. Chandler Police say the… Read More ›

Top PA official insists Abbas didn’t deny the Holocaust

Top PA official insists Abbas didn’t deny the Holocaust

Chairman of the Palestinian Executive Committee Saeb Erekat insists Palestinian president never ‘denied massacres that were perpetrated against Jews’, accuses Israel of launching international assault… Read More ›

Yad Vashem blasts Abbas for anti-Semitic bid to blame Jews for their own murder

Yad Vashem blasts Abbas for anti-Semitic bid to blame Jews for their own murder

Palestinian Authority head ‘assaults Holocaust remembrance’ by turning it into ‘into a propaganda tool, blatantly falsifying history’   Israel’s Holocaust memorial museum in Jerusalem, Yad… Read More ›

North Korean Media Hails Summit as Trump Presses for Full Denuclearization

North Korean Media Hails Summit as Trump Presses for Full Denuclearization

The two Koreas reaffirmed the goal of complete denuclearization during their summit.   SEOUL – US President Donald Trump was pleased that the leaders of… Read More ›

Leaders of Two Koreas Head for Historic Summit at DMZ

Leaders of Two Koreas Head for Historic Summit at DMZ

Kim will be the first North Korean leader to set foot in the South since the 1950-53 Korean War.   SEOUL – The leaders of… Read More ›