Articles by: JewishNews-Ester

Ovadia Yosef’s daughter: ‘If it was up to me, Shas would disappear

Ovadia Yosef’s daughter: ‘If it was up to me, Shas would disappear

Daughter of Shas founder and spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, Adina Bar-Shalom, declares that if it was up to her, Shas would disappear; ‘Deri changed… Read More ›

Bennett weighs running for PM if early elections called

Bennett weighs running for PM if early elections called

Lashing Netanyahu for deliberately failing to resolve ‘fake and unnecessary crisis’, and accusing him of treating Israeli citizens like ‘toys’ by possibly calling early elections,… Read More ›

Coalition heads blame PM amid last-ditch efforts to prevent early elections

Coalition heads blame PM amid last-ditch efforts to prevent early elections

Bennett says ‘there is a limit’ amid speculation that parties will be asked to commit to sticking with Netanyahu even if he is charged in… Read More ›

Trump’s top economic adviser, Gary Cohn, is leaving the White House

Trump’s top economic adviser, Gary Cohn, is leaving the White House

  Gary Cohn, Trump’s top economic adviser and a former Goldman Sachs executive, is departing his position at the White House. The move comes after… Read More ›

Washington – NBC News: Investigators Looking At Whether Kushner Business Talks Affected U.S. Policy

Washington – NBC News: Investigators Looking At Whether Kushner Business Talks Affected U.S. Policy

  Washington – Federal investigators are looking into whether Jared Kushner’s business talks with foreigners, as his father-in-law Donald Trump assumed the U.S. presidency, later… Read More ›

Trump on China’s Xi consolidating power: ‘Maybe we’ll give that a shot some day’

Trump on China’s Xi consolidating power: ‘Maybe we’ll give that a shot some day’

  President Donald Trump bemoaned a decision not to investigate Hillary Clinton after the 2016 presidential election, decrying a “rigged system” that still doesn’t have… Read More ›

Kushner spokesman Josh Raffel to leave White House

Kushner spokesman Josh Raffel to leave White House

Former Hollywood PR executive had run communications for Israeli-Palestinian peace team; exiting post due to ‘family obligations’   WASHINGTON — A senior communications official in… Read More ›

New York – New Samsung Phone: Nicer Camera, Static Design, Higher Price

New York – New Samsung Phone: Nicer Camera, Static Design, Higher Price

  New York – Samsung unveiled new smartphones with largely unchanged designs and incremental improvements such as a better camera — accompanied by a second… Read More ›

White House on North Korea talks: ‘We will see’

White House on North Korea talks: ‘We will see’

  Pyeongchang, South Korea – The White House has responded to North Korea’s willingness to hold talks with the United States, saying in a statement… Read More ›

Iran looking to build nuclear submarines, watchdog says

Iran looking to build nuclear submarines, watchdog says

IAEA report says Tehran compliant with nuke deal, downplays plans for naval nuclear vessels, which may require highly enriched uranium   Iran is still sticking… Read More ›

Washington – Trump Once Again Wants To Cut Energy Assistance To The Poor

Washington – Trump Once Again Wants To Cut Energy Assistance To The Poor

  Washington – The Trump administration is once again calling for the complete elimination of a heating assistance program that helps to keep the homes… Read More ›

Trump: ‘They are laughing their asses off in Moscow’ over how US handled Russia investigations

Trump: ‘They are laughing their asses off in Moscow’ over how US handled Russia investigations

Washington – President Donald Trump says Russians are “laughing their asses off in Moscow” for the way Washington has handled the Russia investigations, following the… Read More ›

FBI was warned about alleged shooter nearly 5 months ago, tipster says

FBI was warned about alleged shooter nearly 5 months ago, tipster says

The FBI was warned in September about a possible school shooting threat from a YouTube user with the same name as the suspect in Wednesday’s campus… Read More ›

What Would Netanyahu’s Case 1000 Trial Look Like?

What Would Netanyahu’s Case 1000 Trial Look Like?

Gifts versus illegal benefits is an important fight, as the court will need to decide conceptually whether the Milchan-Netanyahu relationship was one of friends, of… Read More ›

Haifa, Israel – Israeli F-16 Pilots Speak: ‘The Force Of The Blast Could Have Killed Us’

Haifa, Israel – Israeli F-16 Pilots Speak: ‘The Force Of The Blast Could Have Killed Us’

  Haifa, Israel – We heard an explosion and realized we were hit,” said the pilots during their post-mission questioning, Channel 2 reported on Sunday.… Read More ›

Tiptoeing Around the Small Matter of Netanyahu’s Succession

Tiptoeing Around the Small Matter of Netanyahu’s Succession

Being seen as undermining Netanyahu harms politicians in Likud, and Netanyahu has proven to be vengeful against those who have dared to pose any threat.… Read More ›

SpaceX launches Falcon Heavy, the world’s most powerful rocket

SpaceX launches Falcon Heavy, the world’s most powerful rocket

SpaceX has done it again. The pioneering rocket firm just pulled off the unexpected, and carried out what appears to be a seamless first-ever launch… Read More ›

How Lebanon sees Israel’s war threats

How Lebanon sees Israel’s war threats

Analysis: Over the years, we have gotten used to seeing Lebanon as a war games field; no one asks for permission to fly IAF planes… Read More ›

Palestinians slam Jerusalem move to end to tax breaks on churches, UN properties

Palestinians slam Jerusalem move to end to tax breaks on churches, UN properties

Greek Orthodox Patriarchate says municipality trying to ’empty’ city of Christian institutions; PA spokesman calls decision ‘a new aggression against our occupied capital’   Palestinians… Read More ›

Washington warns Holocaust bill could hurt relations with Poland

Washington warns Holocaust bill could hurt relations with Poland

State Dept. spokeswoman urges Warsaw to ‘reevaluate’ legislation that may spark ‘divisions among our allies’   WASHINGTON — The Trump administration urged Poland on Wednesday… Read More ›