Articles by: JewishNews-Ester

U.S. officials express growing confidence bomb downed Russian plane

U.S. officials express growing confidence bomb downed Russian plane

The United States appears to be increasingly confident that a terrorist bomb brought down the Russian passenger jet that broke apart over Egypt. The growing… Read More ›

Police to recommend indicting Al-Aqsa preacher for incitement

Police to recommend indicting Al-Aqsa preacher for incitement

Khaled al-Mughrabi arrested again after sermons calling for extermination of Jews; case to be transferred to prosecutor   Israeli police will recommend leveling criminal charges… Read More ›

At Kristallnacht gathering, MK Zoabi compares Israel to Nazis

At Kristallnacht gathering, MK Zoabi compares Israel to Nazis

In Amsterdam speech to event hosted by far-left Jewish group, Joint List lawmaker says Jewish state engaged in ‘ethnic cleansing’ against Palestinians   AMSTERDAM —… Read More ›

Paradise lost, and remembered, for the Jews of Rhodes

Paradise lost, and remembered, for the Jews of Rhodes

An exhibition at the University of Hartford explores a once-thriving Greek Jewish community before the Nazis deported all 1,800 to Auschwitz; only 150 survived  … Read More ›

US and Russia conduct joint air drills in Syria

US and Russia conduct joint air drills in Syria

One month into Russian strikes in Syria, American and Russian aircraft conduct drills in the country’s skies, exchanging messages in Russian and English; Russia and… Read More ›

‘Media misleading by reporting that Iran implementing nuclear deal’

‘Media misleading by reporting that Iran implementing nuclear deal’

MEMRI head Yigal Carmon: Not one centrifuge has been removed.   The mainstream media are misleading the world into believing that Iran has accepted and… Read More ›

Hundreds barricade themselves in synagogue slated for demolition

Hundreds barricade themselves in synagogue slated for demolition

Worshipers, on orders from the court, evacuated their possessions from Givat Ze’ev building already in August.   Hundreds of people barricaded themselves inside a synagogue… Read More ›

On Europe trip, Abbas gets red carpet – and some hard questions

On Europe trip, Abbas gets red carpet – and some hard questions

European leaders remain willing to embrace PA president because they fear the alternatives could be worse, says former Dutch foreign minister.   THE HAGUE, Netherlands… Read More ›

WTA Finals 2015: Petra Kvitova stuns Maria Sharapova

WTA Finals 2015: Petra Kvitova stuns Maria Sharapova

  Petra Kvitova and Agnieszka Radwanska advanced to the title match at the WTA Finals Saturday after upset victories in semifinal matches in Singapore. Fomer… Read More ›

Blogger killed in Bangladesh, three others wounded, police say

Blogger killed in Bangladesh, three others wounded, police say

  Dhaka, Bangladesh – Another secular blogger was hacked to death and three other people were severely wounded in two separate attacks in Bangladesh’s capital on… Read More ›

Russian plane crashes in Sinai, killing all 224 people on board

Russian plane crashes in Sinai, killing all 224 people on board

Cairo – A Russian passenger plane crashed early Saturday in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 people aboard, officials said. Russian state media reported that many… Read More ›

US, Israeli hostility to receive ‘crushing response,’ Iran warns

US, Israeli hostility to receive ‘crushing response,’ Iran warns

Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan responds to US-Israel defense talks with vow to inflict an ‘unforgettable lesson’   Iran’s defense minister warned Saturday that his country… Read More ›

Peace is only way to ensure security for Israel, says Obama at Rabin memorial

Peace is only way to ensure security for Israel, says Obama at Rabin memorial

In pre-recorded speech to Tel Aviv rally, US president pays tribute to PM, says ‘a bullet can take a man’s life, but his dream of… Read More ›

Twenty years on, an unfulfilled plea for peace

Twenty years on, an unfulfilled plea for peace

Participants at memorial rally for Yitzhak Rabin say Israeli society has grown more divided, and more extreme, since he was assassinated   TEL AVIV —… Read More ›

Spring Valley High School officer suspended after violent classroom arrest

Spring Valley High School officer suspended after violent classroom arrest

A student slammed to the ground by a South Carolina school resource officer “bears some responsibility,” Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said Tuesday. The student’s… Read More ›

Kurdish family fleeing Syria stuck in Moscow airport for over 50 days

Kurdish family fleeing Syria stuck in Moscow airport for over 50 days

A Kurdish family that fled the Syrian civil war has landed in a bureaucratic purgatory: the Moscow airport. Hassan Abdo Ahmed Mohammed, his wife and… Read More ›

North Korea believed to earn a fortune from forced labor overseas, U.N. says

North Korea believed to earn a fortune from forced labor overseas, U.N. says

North Korea’s catalog of abuses against its own people within the secretive country’s tightly controlled borders has been widely reported. But Kim Jong Un’s regime… Read More ›

Remembering Rabin through art

Remembering Rabin through art

A new exhibit hosts posters related to the late Prime Minister and his assassination, hoping to put a new twist in the nation’s thoughts regarding… Read More ›

New video shows scenes from raid to free hostages from ISIS

New video shows scenes from raid to free hostages from ISIS

Amid the incessant crackle of gunfire, the soldiers usher the cowering men through darkened rooms. The men are barefoot, most of them wearing long robes,… Read More ›

Poland edges further right in election

Poland edges further right in election

  Poland’s parliamentary election has seen the Eastern European nation edge further to the right, an election official announced Monday. Wojciech Hermelinski, head of the… Read More ›