Articles by: JewishNews-Ester

Israelis Come Face-to-Face with ‘The Enemy’

Israelis Come Face-to-Face with ‘The Enemy’

The project, called The Enemy, is showing as a part of the Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival until Saturday and is the brainchild of… Read More ›

Gaza slowly brewing up trouble

Gaza slowly brewing up trouble

Analysis: Prof. Mkhaimar Abusada of Al-Azhar University believes that the heat, the humidity from the sea and the increasing pressure on Hamas could blow up… Read More ›

Shanghai – At Least 26 Hurt After China Eastern Airlines Flight Hits Turbulence

Shanghai – At Least 26 Hurt After China Eastern Airlines Flight Hits Turbulence

Shanghai – At least 26 people were injured when a China Eastern Airlines flight from Paris to the southwestern Chinese city of Kunming hit turbulence… Read More ›

Egypt Okays ransfer of Red Sea Islands to Saudis

Egypt Okays ransfer of Red Sea Islands to Saudis

Sisi expected to crack down on loud dissent over move, says expert.   Egypt’s parliament on Wednesday voted to approve an agreement transferring the Red… Read More ›

Bennett’s ‘peace’ plan: I’ll dictate, you’ll sign

Bennett’s ‘peace’ plan: I’ll dictate, you’ll sign

Op-ed: In the Bayit Yehudi leader’s world, the other side doesn’t exist. Peace is not a move in which we recognize the other and try… Read More ›

Red Crescent: Hamas tried to stop humanitarian aid distribution in Gaza

Red Crescent: Hamas tried to stop humanitarian aid distribution in Gaza

UAE aid organization says Hamas provoked Israeli forces by firing rockets from field hospital where the group’s staff were stationed during the 2014 Operation Protective… Read More ›

Washington – In The Room With Comey And Trump: Two Alpha Males Face Off

Washington – In The Room With Comey And Trump: Two Alpha Males Face Off

  Washington – The setting: the Green Room, dinner for two. No witnesses but the Navy stewards shuttling in and out with food and drinks.… Read More ›

Comey’s remarks point to Trump’s ‘brazen and direct interference’ in the FBI investigation

Comey’s remarks point to Trump’s ‘brazen and direct interference’ in the FBI investigation

  Former FBI Director James Comey will tell the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday that President Donald Trump asked him for his loyalty during a… Read More ›

State Attorney on Netanyahu’s investigation: ‘I wish we could wrap things up faster’

State Attorney on Netanyahu’s investigation: ‘I wish we could wrap things up faster’

At Lawyers on the Bar’ event in the Mahane Yehuda market, State Attorney Shai Nitzan says Netanyahu’s cases are ‘not simple’ and estimates investigations to… Read More ›

Israeli Left Blames Netanyahu for Embassy Decision

Israeli Left Blames Netanyahu for Embassy Decision

“The prime minister and his rightwing policies cause there to be no embassies in the capital.”   Politicians on the Israeli Left and center-left said… Read More ›

Trump to announce Paris climate deal decision Thursday

Trump to announce Paris climate deal decision Thursday

Angering international allies and threatening to destroy global pact, aides say president likely to annul US commitments to reduce carbon emissions   AFP — US… Read More ›

Jerusalem’s Arab population growth slowly decreases

Jerusalem’s Arab population growth slowly decreases

Researchers at the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies now say that Jerusalem’s population per capita growth has remained steady since 1967, and that due to… Read More ›

German FM: Trump has ‘weakened’ the West, hurt EU interests

German FM: Trump has ‘weakened’ the West, hurt EU interests

Sigmar Gabriel says US policies on climate change, weapons sales and conflicts ‘is putting peace in Europe at risk’   BERLIN (AFP) — Germany unleashed… Read More ›

New York – Russian Bankers Sue BuzzFeed Over Unverified Trump Dossier

New York – Russian Bankers Sue BuzzFeed Over Unverified Trump Dossier

  New York – The owners of a Russian bank filed a lawsuit against the online publication BuzzFeed on Friday for publishing an uncorroborated dossier… Read More ›

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – Trump’s Wife Keeps Her Head Bare During Saudi Arabia Visit

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – Trump’s Wife Keeps Her Head Bare During Saudi Arabia Visit

  Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – Ignoring President Donald Trump’s past admonition, U.S. first lady Melania Trump did not cover her head Saturday when they arrived… Read More ›

White House officials say Trump is ‘undisciplined’ and ‘self-destructive’

White House officials say Trump is ‘undisciplined’ and ‘self-destructive’

  President Trump is abroad on his first foreign trip, but that hasn’t stopped his problems from piling up at home. And despite administration officials’… Read More ›

London – WWII Veteran, 101, Breaks Skydiving Record

London – WWII Veteran, 101, Breaks Skydiving Record

  London – A 101-year-old D-Day veteran has become the oldest person in the world to skydive. Bryson William Verdun Hayes completed a tandem skydive… Read More ›

White House: Western Wall comments ‘unauthorized,’ do not represent Trump’s stance

White House: Western Wall comments ‘unauthorized,’ do not represent Trump’s stance

Official who said Jews’ holiest prayer site is not part of Israel does ‘not represent the position of US and certainly not of president’  … Read More ›

How Arabic became a foreign language in Israel

How Arabic became a foreign language in Israel

Op-ed: The Nationality Bill, which downgrades Arabic from an official language, continues the process of excluding Arabic from the public domain and turning it into… Read More ›

After Comey dismissal, Democrats call for special prosecutor on Russia probe

After Comey dismissal, Democrats call for special prosecutor on Russia probe

Drawing parallels to Nixon’s ‘Saturday Night Massacre,’ lawmakers demand special counsel handle investigation into possible Trump campaign collusion with Moscow   WASHINGTON — Democrats are… Read More ›