Articles by: JewishNews-Ester

Washington – U.S. Confirms Two More Freed Guantanamo Inmates Rejoined Militant Groups

Washington – U.S. Confirms Two More Freed Guantanamo Inmates Rejoined Militant Groups

  Washington –  In the first six months of 2016, two more militants released from the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have returned… Read More ›

Washington – Researchers Creating Antibiotic Gel To Tackle Ear Infections

Washington – Researchers Creating Antibiotic Gel To Tackle Ear Infections

  Washington – Parents know the frustration of trying to get that gunky pink antibiotic into a tot screaming from an ear infection. A one-time… Read More ›

New York – Lice No Longer Stopped By Common Drugstore Remedies

New York – Lice No Longer Stopped By Common Drugstore Remedies

New York – Many common over-the-counter lice remedies are no longer effective at stopping these critters from taking up residence on kids’ heads, according to… Read More ›

Ford paid more than $65 million for shuttle-van startup Chariot

Ford paid more than $65 million for shuttle-van startup Chariot

  Last Friday, Ford bought shuttle-van startup Chariot in an all-cash deal. But the price wasn’t disclosed, so it wasn’t clear whether this was a… Read More ›

Manila – Filipino President Says He Wants U.S. Special Forces Out Of His Country

Manila – Filipino President Says He Wants U.S. Special Forces Out Of His Country

  Manila –  President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday called for the withdrawal of U.S. special forces troops from a group of islands in the southern… Read More ›

New York – Study Details Sugar Industry Attempt To Shape Science

New York – Study Details Sugar Industry Attempt To Shape Science

  New York – The sugar industry began funding research that cast doubt on sugar’s role in heart disease — in part by pointing the… Read More ›

Protestors call for Israeli captive’s return from Hamas

Protestors call for Israeli captive’s return from Hamas

The family of Avraham ‘Abera’ Mengistu gathered before the PMO in Jerusalem with supporters to protest government inaction in returning the man to Israel, who… Read More ›

Israeli rower Moran Samuel wins bronze in Rio 2016 Paralympics

Israeli rower Moran Samuel wins bronze in Rio 2016 Paralympics

Samuel finished third in the finals of the women’s 1,000-meter race with a time of 5:17.46 minutes, giving the Israeli delegation its first medal of… Read More ›

Another headache

Another headache

Op-ed: A new initiative aims to have the question of the Palestinian territories’ fate answered via a referendum in Israel. While some on the left… Read More ›

New safety-tested US generic baby formula coming to Israeli market

New safety-tested US generic baby formula coming to Israeli market

Shufersal, Israel’s largest retail chain, to distribute Perrigo’s Kosher formula across country.   Walking into Perrigo Company’s Nutritionals laboratory in Burlington, Vermont is no simple… Read More ›

IAF hits back harder at Syrian regime when fire strays into Israeli territory

IAF hits back harder at Syrian regime when fire strays into Israeli territory

Now, as in 2013, Israel has stayed out of the fight, except to provide humanitarian and medical assistance to thousands of south Syria residents.  … Read More ›

‘The terrorist threat has evolved’

‘The terrorist threat has evolved’

Fifteen years on from 9/11, threats are metastasizing in the dark.   NEW YORK – The first QWERTY keyboard, color screen, and bluetooth-enabled cell phones… Read More ›

Jordanian journalist denied entry into Israel

Jordanian journalist denied entry into Israel

Mudar Al Momani, widely regarded as a promoter of bilateral relations between Israel and Jordan, has been denied entry into Israel on grounds of ‘security… Read More ›

Poll: Lapid would win elections today

Poll: Lapid would win elections today

According to a poll conducted by Channel 2 News, Yesh Atid’s Yair Lapid has received a huge boost in popularity that would suffice to dethrone… Read More ›

Between Warsaw and the Nakba

Between Warsaw and the Nakba

Op-ed: A strong and confident nation can recognize the wrongs it has done without undermining the foundations of its existence. It is time to accept… Read More ›

Israeli hi-tech super algae can power a green energy revolution

Israeli hi-tech super algae can power a green energy revolution

Tel Aviv University researchers have transformed humble pond slime into an engine for clean fuel.   Israeli researchers have transformed humble pond slime into an… Read More ›

Settler leader calls on US citizens in Israel to vote for Trump

Settler leader calls on US citizens in Israel to vote for Trump

Republicans set up field offices in West Bank to register eligible voters.   A prominent settler leader has called on American citizens in Israel to… Read More ›

Donald Trump says Israel will be destroyed unless he is elected

Donald Trump says Israel will be destroyed unless he is elected

Trump said the deal had rendered Iran a “world power,” whereas it had previously been a regional power.   Donald Trump said if he is not… Read More ›

Palestinian Foreign Minister: PA not against Abbas-Netanyahu meeting

Palestinian Foreign Minister: PA not against Abbas-Netanyahu meeting

But Israel must meet preconditions, minister says.   The Palestinian Authority is not opposed, in principle, to a meeting between President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister… Read More ›

Syrian government sees siege tactics pay off

Syrian government sees siege tactics pay off

Measures like burning farmland and denying entry to medical aid has led to surrender of key holdout areas of Daraya and Moadamiyeh   BEIIRUT (AP)… Read More ›