Articles by: JewishNews-Ester

Climate protesters hurl paint at Milan’s La Scala opera house

Climate protesters hurl paint at Milan’s La Scala opera house

Activists have staged high-profile protests across Europe in recent months, sometimes targeting museums and famous art.   Climate-change activists in Italy on Wednesday threw paint… Read More ›

Nine Months Pregnant Woman Suffers Stroke, Undergoes Emergency Birth At Shaare Tzedek

Nine Months Pregnant Woman Suffers Stroke, Undergoes Emergency Birth At Shaare Tzedek

JERUSALEM — The Shaarei Tzedek Stroke Unit fought for hours for the life of a pregnant woman in her ninth month who had undergone a… Read More ›

Qatar warns Hamas, PIJ against firing rockets at Israel during World Cup – report

Qatar warns Hamas, PIJ against firing rockets at Israel during World Cup – report

The report comes amid concerns within Israel’s defense establishment that PIJ may fire rockets at Israel in the coming days.   Qatar has reportedly been… Read More ›

How Ukraine is innovating Soviet-era weapons for a 21st century battleground

How Ukraine is innovating Soviet-era weapons for a 21st century battleground

Bakhmut, Ukraine — In a basement in eastern Ukraine, young men sit at a long table strewn with laptops, their eyes glued to a television screen an… Read More ›

Second Victim In Jerusalem Bombing Attack Succumbs To His Wounds

Second Victim In Jerusalem Bombing Attack Succumbs To His Wounds

JERUSALEM — A second victim of Wednesday’s bombing attack in Jerusalem succumbed to his wounds on Friday night. Tadesa Tashuma, a 50-year-old resident of Jerusalem… Read More ›

Protests erupt across China in unprecedented challenge to Xi Jinping’s zero-Covid policy

Protests erupt across China in unprecedented challenge to Xi Jinping’s zero-Covid policy

Beijing — Protests are erupting across China, including at universities and in Shanghai where hundreds chanted “Step down, Xi Jinping! Step down, Communist Party!” in an unprecedented show… Read More ›

Body of Israeli killed in W. Bank crash snatched from hospital by Palestinian gunmen

Body of Israeli killed in W. Bank crash snatched from hospital by Palestinian gunmen

Tiran Fero, 18, from Druze-majority town, was treated at Jenin hospital due to critical injuries; Israel, PA in talks for release of body, who kidnappers… Read More ›

NYPD Commissioner: Threat Against Jewish Community Averted in NYC

NYPD Commissioner: Threat Against Jewish Community Averted in NYC

NEW YORK – The NYPD and FBI have two people in custody after uncovering a threat to the Jewish community. An attentive MTA officer tracked… Read More ›

‘Profoundly unjust.’ FIFA boss launches explosive tirade against Western critics on eve of World Cup

‘Profoundly unjust.’ FIFA boss launches explosive tirade against Western critics on eve of World Cup

Doha, Qatar — On the eve of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, FIFA President Gianni Infantino launched a tirade against Western critics of the… Read More ›

Israel and Jordan pen agreement to clean up Jordan River

Israel and Jordan pen agreement to clean up Jordan River

Countries pledge to reduce pollution by treating wastewater, connecting towns to sewage infrastructure, rehabilitating ecology, and creating tourism sites and jobs   The Israeli and… Read More ›

Investigation into killing of Sgt. Noa Lazar finds faults at checkpoint

Investigation into killing of Sgt. Noa Lazar finds faults at checkpoint

The Border Police commander ordered to immediately implement all the lessons learned in all the crossings under the responsibility in the vicinity of Jerusalem.  … Read More ›

Analysis: Trump vs. DeSantis: A simmering rivalry bursts into view

Analysis: Trump vs. DeSantis: A simmering rivalry bursts into view

Tensions between the two Republicans enter a new, more volatile phase, with Florida governor increasingly viewed as GOP’s future and former president a drag on… Read More ›

Israel to give Ukraine military communication systems – report

Israel to give Ukraine military communication systems – report

Zelensky claimed that Israel’s reluctance to provide defense aid was “not about [Israeli] national security.”   Israel will provide Ukraine with military communication systems that… Read More ›

Seoul crowd disaster leaves South Korea reeling, as death toll rises to 154

Seoul crowd disaster leaves South Korea reeling, as death toll rises to 154

South Korean authorities were on Sunday investigating the crowd surge that killed at least 154 partygoers in Seoul, as the rattled nation attempts to come to terms… Read More ›

US ‘concerned’ over West Bank tensions, loss of lives, Blinken tells Herzog

US ‘concerned’ over West Bank tensions, loss of lives, Blinken tells Herzog

Blinken and Herzog also spoke on shared security concerns, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine and Iran’s drone presence in the region.   The United… Read More ›

Former Chinese leader Hu Jintao unexpectedly led out of room as Party Congress comes to a close

Former Chinese leader Hu Jintao unexpectedly led out of room as Party Congress comes to a close

Hong Kong— China’s former top leader, Hu Jintao, was unexpectedly led out of Saturday’s closing ceremony of the Communist Party Congress, in a moment of drama during… Read More ›

Is Trump antisemitic? Netanyahu doesn’t think so

Is Trump antisemitic? Netanyahu doesn’t think so

“He has a Jewish son-in-law and his daughter converted to Judaism and his grandchildren were raised as Jews, I don’t think so,” Netanyahu said days… Read More ›

Gunman behind killing of Border Police cop killed during another attempted attack

Gunman behind killing of Border Police cop killed during another attempted attack

Attacker shot and killed at entrance to Ma’ale Adumim; grenade found on body of terrorist who was identified as Udai Tamimi — gunman behind East… Read More ›

IDF soldiers arrest 12 wanted Palestinians in West Bank amid ongoing unrest

IDF soldiers arrest 12 wanted Palestinians in West Bank amid ongoing unrest

Footage shows convoy of military vehicles coming under rock attack in Ramallah area; Palestinian shot after allegedly hurling firebombs at troops   Israeli troops operated… Read More ›

Netanyahu: Obama had ‘not just bad policy, but malice’ towards Israel

Netanyahu: Obama had ‘not just bad policy, but malice’ towards Israel

The first time Netanyahu met Obama was in 2007 when the former was opposition leader and the latter was a freshman senator.   The Obama… Read More ›