Articles by: JewishNews-Ilan

PM on Barak tapes: Time to end ‘irresponsible’ security talk

PM on Barak tapes: Time to end ‘irresponsible’ security talk

Netanyahu finally responds to recordings in which his ex-defense minister calls him weak, reveals aborted plans to strike Iran   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought… Read More ›

Giant panda Mei Xiang gives birth to second cub at National Zoo

Giant panda Mei Xiang gives birth to second cub at National Zoo

  And then there were two! Hours after giving birth to a cub, giant panda Mei Xiang delivered a second one Saturday night, the Smithsonian’s… Read More ›

34 Syrians killed by government rockets, shelling in Douma, opposition says

34 Syrians killed by government rockets, shelling in Douma, opposition says

  A new wave of Syrian regime attacks on the western city of Douma killed at least 34 people Sunday, an opposition activist group said.… Read More ›

Train heroes: The men who helped avert a massacre in Europe

Train heroes: The men who helped avert a massacre in Europe

The three friends from the United States traveled in Europe as vacationers. Now the world knows them as heroes. Anthony Sadler, Spencer Stone and Alek… Read More ›

Secret IAEA deal inked with reported ex-head of Iran nuclear bomb effort

Secret IAEA deal inked with reported ex-head of Iran nuclear bomb effort

Ali Hosseini-Tash headed up nuclear research, university with nuke department for IRGC, dissident group says   The Iranian official who could be in charge of… Read More ›

South Korea seeks business opportunities in Iran

South Korea seeks business opportunities in Iran

Officials from Asian country set to meet with officials in Tehran to discuss possible oil, gas, and construction deals   Iranian and South Korean officials… Read More ›

Britain reopens embassy in Iran, with FM on hand

Britain reopens embassy in Iran, with FM on hand

Four years after Tehran building trashed by a mob, Hammond hails ‘historic moment’ in relationship with Islamic Republic   Britain’s foreign secretary reopened his country’s… Read More ›

Hamas gunmen abducted in Sinai

Hamas gunmen abducted in Sinai

Four members of Hamas armed wing are abducted in Egypt by unidentified gunmen, ratcheting up tensions between the terror organization and its powerful neighbor. Four… Read More ›

IDF reservist ‘sold secret information for NIS 50,000’

IDF reservist ‘sold secret information for NIS 50,000’

An Israeli Arab man and an IDF reservist have been indicted on espionage charges, after the reservist allegedly sold secret information to the man, who… Read More ›

Pride parade attacker found fit to stand trial for murder

Pride parade attacker found fit to stand trial for murder

Police submit psychiatrist’s opinion to court, which states Yishai Shlissel is mentally competent; Shlissel defiantly defends actions. Jerusalem police on Thursday morning issued an affidavit… Read More ›

Residents in east Jerusalem protest purported collective punishment

Residents in east Jerusalem protest purported collective punishment

Police close 3 of 4 roads leading to village following chronic rioting   Dozens of Arab residents from east Jerusalem’s Isawiya neighborhood gathered Thursday evening… Read More ›

UN official blames Israeli settlement activity for Duma deaths

UN official blames Israeli settlement activity for Duma deaths

UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman says violence against both Israelis and Palestinians is aided by lax law enforcement in the West Bank.  … Read More ›

Israel to P5+1: Iran, Islamic Jihad behind rocket attack against our northern towns

Israel to P5+1: Iran, Islamic Jihad behind rocket attack against our northern towns

Iran consistently threatens to annihilate the Jewish state, even though world powers insist the nuclear deal will make Israel safer.   Israel accused Iran and… Read More ›

Analysis: Why Western Muslims leave a pleasurable life for jihad

Analysis: Why Western Muslims leave a pleasurable life for jihad

The Islamic revival is being driven by a feeling of “revulsion against the West, frustration at the whole new apparatus of public and private life.”… Read More ›

Ex-Shin Bet chief calls for West Bank road segregation

Ex-Shin Bet chief calls for West Bank road segregation

Likud MK Avi Dichter says solution to uptick in vehicular attacks on Israelis is to keep Palestinian cars away from settlements   An Israeli lawmaker… Read More ›

Japan shrank

Japan shrank

  Japanese economic growth contracted at a slower-than-expected pace during the June quarter with the government reporting a decline of 0.4%. The figure, which beat… Read More ›

Report: Israeli fuel tankers escorted Jordanian fighter jets en route to US

Report: Israeli fuel tankers escorted Jordanian fighter jets en route to US

The rare sight of Israeli and Jordanian aircraft flying in tandem appears to indicate a new, stepped-up level of military and defense cooperation.   Israeli… Read More ›

ADL urges ‘no’ on Iran deal, but calls to brace for day after ‘yes’ vote

ADL urges ‘no’ on Iran deal, but calls to brace for day after ‘yes’ vote

Jewish group and Haim Saban both say Israel and the US should focus on bolstering alliance to thwart Iran, no matter outcome of congressional vote… Read More ›

Syrian official: We’re ready to negotiate with ‘real opposition’

Syrian official: We’re ready to negotiate with ‘real opposition’

The Syrian government is willing to negotiate a political solution with what it calls the “real opposition,” a reference to non-armed groups, a senior government… Read More ›

World’s longest nonstop flight announced

World’s longest nonstop flight announced

  Chalk up another superlative for Emirates. The Dubai-based airline has announced it will begin operating the world’s longest regularly scheduled nonstop flight. Daily service… Read More ›