Articles by: JewishNews-Ilan

Paul Shaffer’s post-Letterman act: Touring with ‘The World’s Most Dangerous Band’

Paul Shaffer’s post-Letterman act: Touring with ‘The World’s Most Dangerous Band’

The ‘Late Show’ sidekick and musical director has taken to the road again, with the occasional pit stop in shul   NEW YORK (JTA) —… Read More ›

IDF Humvee topples over leaving 2 soldiers injured

IDF Humvee topples over leaving 2 soldiers injured

Initial investigation indicates that IDF Humvee careened off the road after driver attempted to avoid crashing with a Palestinian vehicle being recklessly driven; two left… Read More ›

Trump’s attorney general: Russia collusion claims a ‘detestable lie’

Trump’s attorney general: Russia collusion claims a ‘detestable lie’

In US Senate testimony, Jeff Sessions vehemently denies ‘scurrilous allegations’ he had undisclosed meetings, conversations with Russian officials on the US elections   WASHINGTON (AFP)… Read More ›

New York – 9/11 Tribute Museum Expands Space For Personal Stories

New York – 9/11 Tribute Museum Expands Space For Personal Stories

  New York –  A museum that tells the stories of the victims of the 9/11 terror attacks will reopen Tuesday in a new space,… Read More ›

Why is Nasrallah threatening Israel again?

Why is Nasrallah threatening Israel again?

Analysis: Following the Trump administration’s declarations that the military option against Iran is back on the table, the Islamic Republic’s ally is indicating that Hezbollah… Read More ›

Homo sapiens 100,000 years older than thought

Homo sapiens 100,000 years older than thought

Groundbreaking fossil discovery in Morocco sheds light on origin of our species, may re-organize the human evolutionary tree   PARIS, France (AFP) — Early Homo… Read More ›

Israeli Ambassador to US: Trump will Address Problems of Iran Deal in Time

Israeli Ambassador to US: Trump will Address Problems of Iran Deal in Time

Israel’s Ambassador to the US Ron Dermer spoke at the American Jewish Committee’s Global Forum in Washington.   WASHINGTON – Israeli Ambassador to the US… Read More ›

Arab states cut ties to Qatar as rift over media hack deepens

Arab states cut ties to Qatar as rift over media hack deepens

Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and UAE accuse Doha of meddling in internal affairs, supporting Iran-backed terror and destabilizing region   Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the UAE… Read More ›

Soldier stabbed, terrorist shot in West Bank

Soldier stabbed, terrorist shot in West Bank

IDF soldiers open fire on a female terrorist after she stabs and lightly injures a soldier at the entrance to Mevo Dotan; soldier receives treatment… Read More ›

Washington – Pentagon Successfully Tests ICBM Defense System For First Time

Washington – Pentagon Successfully Tests ICBM Defense System For First Time

  Washington –  The U.S. military on Tuesday cheered a successful, first-ever missile defense test involving a simulated attack by an intercontinental ballistic missile, in… Read More ›

Spicer dodges questions on why Trump cited anonymous Fox report after decrying anonymous sources

Spicer dodges questions on why Trump cited anonymous Fox report after decrying anonymous sources

  White House press secretary Sean Spicer ducked a series of questions on Tuesday about President Donald Trump’s promotion of a Fox News story based… Read More ›

Albany, NY – New York Senators’ Scandal Highlights Vast Stipend System

Albany, NY – New York Senators’ Scandal Highlights Vast Stipend System

  Albany, NY – Lawmakers in many states get paid extra if they hold leadership posts or oversee important committees. Extra work, the thinking goes,… Read More ›

Manchester, England – Video Shows Man Thought To Be Suspect, Backpack

Manchester, England – Video Shows Man Thought To Be Suspect, Backpack

Manchester, England – A British broadcaster has obtained security camera footage that it says police believe shows the suspect in the Manchester Arena bombing wearing… Read More ›

CBO says GOP healthcare bill would leave 23 million more uninsured, undermine protections for people with preexisting conditions

CBO says GOP healthcare bill would leave 23 million more uninsured, undermine protections for people with preexisting conditions

  The Congressional Budget Office on Wednesday released an updated score for the American Health Care Act, the House GOP healthcare bill, that said it… Read More ›

Manchester attack: Who is Salman Abedi?

Manchester attack: Who is Salman Abedi?

  Police have named 22-year-old Salman Abedi as the man suspected of carrying out the deadliest terror attack to hit the UK in 12 years.… Read More ›

A better solution for Jerusalem

A better solution for Jerusalem

Op-ed: Trump has a way of keeping his promise to move the US embassy without declaring that Jerusalem is Israel’s united capital: A US embassy… Read More ›

Escaping troubles in DC, Trump basks in lavish Saudi welcome

Escaping troubles in DC, Trump basks in lavish Saudi welcome

He is the only American president to make Saudi Arabia — or any Muslim-majority nation — his first overseas trip   RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP)… Read More ›

Ex-US intel chief: American democracy ‘under assault’ by Trump, Russia

Ex-US intel chief: American democracy ‘under assault’ by Trump, Russia

After abrupt firing of FBI chief Comey, James Clapper says checks and balances of US institutions under current president ‘eroding’   WASHINGTON (AP) — American… Read More ›

Netanyahu wary of Trump’s interest in solving Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Netanyahu wary of Trump’s interest in solving Israeli-Palestinian conflict

With no congressional impediments to peace initiatives between the Palestinians and Israelis, Netanyahu worried about the specter of intense US interest in a solution; negotiations… Read More ›

Diplomats to disrupt Trump visit with strike, despite wage assurances

Diplomats to disrupt Trump visit with strike, despite wage assurances

Foreign Ministry workers say they won’t prepare for upcoming trip by US president until a pay agreement reached in March is implemented   Fooreign Ministry… Read More ›