Articles by: JewishNews-Ester

Arabs frustrated with budget delay in NIS 15 billion for sector

Arabs frustrated with budget delay in NIS 15 billion for sector

MK Yousef Jabareen tells ‘Post’ that the proposed plan does not address all socioeconomic needs of the community.   The government decided to postpone a… Read More ›

Palestinian Authority leaders to discuss cutting ties with Israel

Palestinian Authority leaders to discuss cutting ties with Israel

“There will be decisive and important decisions regarding all forms of ties with the occupation, including security and political relations,” says senior PLO official Saeb… Read More ›

Israeli youth windsurfers barred entry to Malaysia for world championships

Israeli youth windsurfers barred entry to Malaysia for world championships

Organizers demanded that the surfers would not compete under the Israel flag and wouldn’t be allowed to use any symbol identifiable with Israel on their… Read More ›

Two Israelis die of wounds after Jerusalem terror attack

Two Israelis die of wounds after Jerusalem terror attack

Rabbi Reuven Biermacher stabbed while leaving Old City; Ofer Ben Ari, 46, hit by police fire during ensuing chaos   Two Israelis hurt in a… Read More ›

The Black Lives Matter protest at the Mall of America was broken up quickly

The Black Lives Matter protest at the Mall of America was broken up quickly

  BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (Reuters) — A demonstration at the Mall of America on Wednesday by Black Lives Matter protesters, angered by the police killing of… Read More ›

The most secretive unicorn in Silicon Valley, Palantir, just raised a whopping $880 million

The most secretive unicorn in Silicon Valley, Palantir, just raised a whopping $880 million

  It’s hard to call Palantir Technologies a startup given that it was founded over a decade ago (2004), employs around 2,000 people and, as… Read More ›

U.N. Security Council approves peace plan for Syria

U.N. Security Council approves peace plan for Syria

The United Nations Security Council on Friday approved a resolution that supports international efforts to seek a political solution in Syria. U.S. Secretary of State… Read More ›

Cholera outbreak threatens world’s largest refugee camp

Cholera outbreak threatens world’s largest refugee camp

  Kenya’s cholera epidemic has reached the world’s largest refugee camp and doctors worry the outbreak could continue to spread. Seven people have died in… Read More ›

Sanders campaign’s data breach jolts Democratic debate

Sanders campaign’s data breach jolts Democratic debate

Washington – Just in time for Saturday night’s debate, the Democratic presidential race is being jolted by another computer-related scandal. The imbroglio over Bernie Sanders’ aides… Read More ›

‘With inexplicable strength,’ Ra’anana woman saves family from terrorist

‘With inexplicable strength,’ Ra’anana woman saves family from terrorist

Friend of Dikla Dvir, who pushed knife-wielding Palestinian from her home, describes harrowing living-room skirmish   A friend of the woman who fought off a… Read More ›

PM, opposition chief spar over Breaking the Silence, anti-Rivlin comments

PM, opposition chief spar over Breaking the Silence, anti-Rivlin comments

Netanyahu to Herzog: Condemn the NGO; Herzog to Netanyahu: Condemn the ‘terrible and awful incitement’ against president; Lapid condemns them both   A Knesset session… Read More ›

Ex-IDF general takes out ad to support Breaking the Silence

Ex-IDF general takes out ad to support Breaking the Silence

Amiram Levin backs NGO that publishes alleged abuses by soldiers, says army should encourage such groups to speak out   A retired IDF major general… Read More ›

Macquarie has a horror outlook for commodities

Macquarie has a horror outlook for commodities

  After what can only be described as a horrific year for metals and bulk commodity prices, market attention is now quickly turning to what… Read More ›

Burundian plea: ‘How many people must die before you help stop the killings?’

Burundian plea: ‘How many people must die before you help stop the killings?’

People dragged from their homes and killed in the night. Bodies littering the streets of the capital at dawn. An attack on an army barracks.… Read More ›

The woman hired to take on Elon Musk drives a Tesla Model S

The woman hired to take on Elon Musk drives a Tesla Model S

  Former Cisco executive Padmasree Warrior, who was just hired to help Chinese electric-vehicle maker NextEV take on Tesla in the US, says that she’s got nothing… Read More ›

U.S. sells $1.83 billion of weapons to Taiwan despite Chinese objections

U.S. sells $1.83 billion of weapons to Taiwan despite Chinese objections

  Despite strong opposition from China, the Obama administration authorized a $1.83 billion weapons sale to Taiwan Wednesday, marking the first U.S. arms shipment to… Read More ›

Gaza rocket lands in Israel

Gaza rocket lands in Israel

Rocket fired from coastal enclave strikes southern Israel after weeks of relative quiet. Red Alert sirens sounded in southern Israel on Sunday evening, sending residents… Read More ›

Policeman who shot ‘scissor terrorists’ under investigation

Policeman who shot ‘scissor terrorists’ under investigation

The investigation was approved by the Attorney General, and seeks to determine whether the officer shot the terrorist after she was neutralized. Israel’s Justice Ministry… Read More ›

US ‘shocked’ at Hungarian plans to honour WW2 anti-Semite

US ‘shocked’ at Hungarian plans to honour WW2 anti-Semite

Hungary’s Jewish community has called on the right-wing government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s Fidesz party to block the statue commemorating the Nazi-supporter who pushed… Read More ›

PM: Israel will do its part to combat global warming

PM: Israel will do its part to combat global warming

In September, the government approved a program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent by 2030.   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the climate… Read More ›