Articles by: JewishNews-Ester

ANALYSIS: Defining the enemy

ANALYSIS: Defining the enemy

If mass shootings are defined as terrorism, then Congress and the administration would have to enact serious measures to deal with potential attacks, even if… Read More ›

MK Odeh slammed for asking UN to investigate Israel while working with Palestinian mission

MK Odeh slammed for asking UN to investigate Israel while working with Palestinian mission

Odeh said that “so long as Israel occupies another people it can’t be a true egalitarian democracy.”   NEW YORK – The Israeli mission to… Read More ›

High Court: No autopsy for Tel Aviv terror victim

High Court: No autopsy for Tel Aviv terror victim

Family of Ilana Naveh, who may have died of a heart attack at the scene, had objected to request; she, along with three other Sarona… Read More ›

The FBI is ‘manufacturing terrorism cases’ on a greater scale than ever before

The FBI is ‘manufacturing terrorism cases’ on a greater scale than ever before

  The FBI has ramped up its use of sting operations in terrorism cases, dispatching undercover agents to pose as jihadists and ensnare Americans suspected… Read More ›

Hundreds of small businesses and employees have reportedly accused Donald Trump of not paying them

Hundreds of small businesses and employees have reportedly accused Donald Trump of not paying them

  Donald Trump has allegedly been accused of not paying hundreds of contractors and employees for their work, according to media reports published on Thursday.… Read More ›

Elizabeth Warren eviscerates Trump: ‘A loud, thin-skinned fraud’

Elizabeth Warren eviscerates Trump: ‘A loud, thin-skinned fraud’

  Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren unloaded on Donald Trump on Thursday, calling the presumptive Republican nominee a “loud, nasty, thin-skinned fraud” and a “racist bully”… Read More ›

Washington – Campaign Tweet-fight! Clinton, Trump Camps Brawl On Twitter

Washington – Campaign Tweet-fight! Clinton, Trump Camps Brawl On Twitter

Washington – Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are engaged in their first full-blown Twitter war. Trump started it, mocking President Barack Obama’s endorsement of the… Read More ›

New York – Two Israelis Charged In Cyberfraud Against JPMorgan, Others Plead Not Guilty

New York – Two Israelis Charged In Cyberfraud Against JPMorgan, Others Plead Not Guilty

  New York – Two Israeli citizens pleaded not guilty on Thursday to orchestrating a massive computer hacking and fraud scheme that included an attack… Read More ›

Washington – Emails In Clinton Probe Dealt With Planned Drone Strikes: WSJ

Washington – Emails In Clinton Probe Dealt With Planned Drone Strikes: WSJ

  Washington – Emails between U.S. diplomats in Islamabad and State Department officials in Washington about whether to challenge specific U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan… Read More ›

Syria reports first IAF attack since Lieberman became defense minister

Syria reports first IAF attack since Lieberman became defense minister

Syrian newspaper claims Israel launched airstrike against Hezbollah targets; Lebanese army also discovers surveillance device on mountain; unclear whether it was planted by Israel or… Read More ›

Undivided: Jerusalem by the numbers

Undivided: Jerusalem by the numbers

Op-ed: Forget the cliche’s. A quick look at the numbers clearly shows that East and West Jerusalem cannot be split from each other. The West… Read More ›

Istanbul bombing another sign Syria, Iraq war spreading to Turkey

Istanbul bombing another sign Syria, Iraq war spreading to Turkey

Former Turkish lawmaker tells Post the perpetrators seem to have employed a dual strategy: attacking security forces while also damaging Turkey’s tourism sector.   The… Read More ›

Senate holds hearing for bill to help Holocaust survivors recover looted art

Senate holds hearing for bill to help Holocaust survivors recover looted art

Actress Helen Mirren invokes film role in her DC testimony.   NEW YORK – The Senate Judiciary Committee heard on Tuesday arguments in favor of… Read More ›

Putin to Netanyahu: Israel, Russia ‘unconditional allies’ in war against terror

Putin to Netanyahu: Israel, Russia ‘unconditional allies’ in war against terror

Russia welcomes Turkey reconciliation efforts, pledges to work to end Israeli-Palestinian conflict.   Israel and Russia agreed to strengthen their regional military cooperation, when Prime… Read More ›

12 infected with hep C due to negligence

12 infected with hep C due to negligence

The patients were exposed to the dangerous virus—which can cause irreparable damage to the liver and even become life threatening—after undergoing a CAT scan at… Read More ›

Israeli group calls for new security system

Israeli group calls for new security system

As part of a proposed peace plan, Commanders for Israel’s Security has released a new report advocating a multilayered security approach that would require US… Read More ›

Lone soldiers on the home front: The tank crewman from New Jersey

Lone soldiers on the home front: The tank crewman from New Jersey

Around 3,300 lone soldiers from abroad currently serve in the IDF. Most haven’t seen their families in months. Shortly ahead of Independence Day, Yedioth Ahronoth… Read More ›

Sharp drop in granting of citizenship to J’lem Arabs

Sharp drop in granting of citizenship to J’lem Arabs

Over the past decade, 2,641 of the 7,168 applications were approved, for an acceptance rate of 36.8 percent. By contrast, in 2015 the acceptance rate… Read More ›

Middle Israel: The seventh day

Middle Israel: The seventh day

As it enters its 50th anniversary year, the Six Day War looms, for better and worse, as the most pivotal moment in the state’s history.… Read More ›

Does Liberman have his eye on Netanyahu’s throne?

Does Liberman have his eye on Netanyahu’s throne?

Avigdor Liberman as Defense Minister is likely to be less impetuous than Liberman in opposition.   As far as he is concerned, the appointment of the… Read More ›