Articles by: JewishNews-Ester

Israel at peak of heat wave

Israel at peak of heat wave

Southern Israel registers highest temperatures on Sunday, with 47 °C in kibbutz Yotvata and 46 °C in the Jordan Valley and Eilat; 442 people treated… Read More ›

Netanyahu summons Ya’alon for ‘clarification meeting’ after heated exchange

Netanyahu summons Ya’alon for ‘clarification meeting’ after heated exchange

Prime minister and defense minister go head to head in public exchange of remarks regarding the IDF; Ya’alon urges army chiefs: ‘Follow your human conscience… Read More ›

Expert dismisses Jordanian rhetoric against Israel as election ‘propaganda’

Expert dismisses Jordanian rhetoric against Israel as election ‘propaganda’

Parliament speaker: We oppose the peace treaty with Israel.   A Jordanian expert is dismissing comments opposing the peace treaty with Israel by Jordanian House… Read More ›

Right takes aim at Ya’alon: ‘IDF is subordinate to civilians, not a junta’

Right takes aim at Ya’alon: ‘IDF is subordinate to civilians, not a junta’

“Somebody needs to remind Bogie (Ya’alon’s nickname) that we live in a democracy, not a military regime,” Likud MK Oren Hazan said.   The Israeli… Read More ›

Susan Sarandon on Woody Allen: ‘He sexually assaulted a child’

Susan Sarandon on Woody Allen: ‘He sexually assaulted a child’

‘I have nothing good to say about him,’ Sarandon said of Allen. ‘I don’t want to go there.’   Susan Sarandon slammed Woody Allen at… Read More ›

Confidence in Iron Dome aids PTSD, shows research

Confidence in Iron Dome aids PTSD, shows research

During the conflict between Israel and Gaza, more than 4,500 missiles were fired by Palestinian terrorists on 70 percent of the Israeli population.   The… Read More ›

Netanyahu’s controversial pick for Italy envoy withdraws her candidacy

Netanyahu’s controversial pick for Italy envoy withdraws her candidacy

Fiamma Nirenstein cites ‘personal reasons’ for pulling out as Israeli ambassador-designate to Rome   Israel’s ambassador-designate to Italy has withdrawn her candidacy for the role… Read More ›

Amazon Web Services just scored a big deal with $50 billion Salesforce

Amazon Web Services just scored a big deal with $50 billion Salesforce

  Amazon Web Services has just signed another big client to its expanding customer list: Salesforce, the $50 billion cloud-software maker. According to the WSJ,… Read More ›

Donald Trump scored a big first 2 victories after vaulting to become the presumed GOP nominee

Donald Trump scored a big first 2 victories after vaulting to become the presumed GOP nominee

  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — His White House dreams fading, Bernie Sanders aimed to add another state to his tally over Hillary Clinton with a… Read More ›

Jeff Bezos just made $18 billion in 3 months

Jeff Bezos just made $18 billion in 3 months

  Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has had a nice three months. On February 9, three months ago, Amazon’s stock was trading at around $482 a share.… Read More ›

Chicago – Jon Stewart Labels Donald Trump A ‘Man-baby’

Chicago – Jon Stewart Labels Donald Trump A ‘Man-baby’

  Chicago – Jon Stewart has been on the sidelines for one of the wildest campaign seasons in memory. But he’s weighing in with a… Read More ›

Fort Lee, NJ – Judge Orders Disclosure Of GW Bridge Scandal Co-Conspirators

Fort Lee, NJ – Judge Orders Disclosure Of GW Bridge Scandal Co-Conspirators

  Fort Lee, NJ – A list of unindicted co-conspirators should be made public in the case of two former allies of Republican Gov. Chris… Read More ›

New York – Budweiser Becomes “America.” Drink Up. Or Not.

New York – Budweiser Becomes “America.” Drink Up. Or Not.

New York – There’s no trademark on America. Budweiser, now owned by Belgium’s AB Inbev, will rename its beer “America” this summer and alter its… Read More ›

Trump: Hillary Clinton an ‘enabler’ of Bill’s infidelity

Trump: Hillary Clinton an ‘enabler’ of Bill’s infidelity

GOP presumptive nominee takes a swipe at Democratic frontrunner over her handling of the former president’s affairs   Washington (AFP) — Donald Trump has launched… Read More ›

New video ‘contradicts testimony’ of soldier who killed disarmed Palestinian

New video ‘contradicts testimony’ of soldier who killed disarmed Palestinian

Channel 2 airs footage casting doubt on Elor Azaria’s claim that wounded attacker was in reach of knife, wearing suspiciously out-sized jacket   Newly released… Read More ›

Indigenous activist advocates for Israelis’ ‘Native’ rights

Indigenous activist advocates for Israelis’ ‘Native’ rights

A self-proclaimed Zionist, Alberta-based Ryan Bellerose urges Jews to unflinchingly maintain control and access over their ancestral lands   It’s time the world — and… Read More ›

The night bucket

The night bucket

Survivor Noah Kliger tells his tale of life inside a death camp, and gives an example of the daily struggles he had to face. I’ve… Read More ›

IDF shells Hamas military posts in Gaza after sixth incident of the day

IDF shells Hamas military posts in Gaza after sixth incident of the day

This is the sixth time in 2 days that Palestinians in the Strip open fire at Israeli troops searching for tunnels near border; none hurt… Read More ›

President Rivlin to survivors at Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony: We have not done enough

President Rivlin to survivors at Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony: We have not done enough

The opening ceremony for Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day is underway at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem; President Reuven Rivlin and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu… Read More ›

Analysis: Hamas under pressure as Israel makes progress on tunnels

Analysis: Hamas under pressure as Israel makes progress on tunnels

Hamas’s military wing, faced with the prospect of losing its trump card, is escalating the situation.   For the first time since the August 2014… Read More ›