Articles by: JewishNews-Ilan

Kurdistan in Iraq commemorates Jewish history

Kurdistan in Iraq commemorates Jewish history

Regional gov’t hosts event for second year recalling Iraq’s discrimination against Jews in 1940s.   “Kurdistan has always believed in living peacefully and with respect… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Israeli PM Thanks Palestinian President For Help In Fighting Fires

Jerusalem – Israeli PM Thanks Palestinian President For Help In Fighting Fires

  Jerusalem – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday night to thank him for sending firefighting teams and trucks… Read More ›

Follow the lawyer

Follow the lawyer

Op-ed: In his fourth term, Netanyahu is a king in his palace. As the one who was the first to spot the Mount Carmel fire,… Read More ›

75,000 evacuated from Haifa amid allegations of ‘arson terror’

75,000 evacuated from Haifa amid allegations of ‘arson terror’

Fires contained elsewhere in the country; eight countries sending planes to combat blazes, Palestinians dispatching crew   Firefighters continued to battle blazes around the country,… Read More ›

Bannon rejects, and supplies ammunition to, those who label him anti-Semitic

Bannon rejects, and supplies ammunition to, those who label him anti-Semitic

In first series of interviews since accepting top White House role, Trump’s chief strategist continues to advance ‘globalist’ conspiracy theories that echo anti-Semitic libels  … Read More ›

Sayeret Matkal awarded 2nd military decoration in one year

Sayeret Matkal awarded 2nd military decoration in one year

For the second time this year, the Special Forces unit receives an honorary decoration from the IDF chief of staff; ‘The link between intelligence, technology… Read More ›

Settler leaders to Lieberman: Government that freezes settlement construction will fall

Settler leaders to Lieberman: Government that freezes settlement construction will fall

Samaria regional council leader Yossi Dagan calls on the defense minister to renounce his assertion that Israel should only build in the major settlement blocs;… Read More ›

Some in Arab world look forward to Trump’s presidency

Some in Arab world look forward to Trump’s presidency

Under Trump, Egypt can restore its leadership position in the Arab world, Alam wrote.   After sharing in the world’s shock at the election of… Read More ›

Obama mulling support of UN resolution against Israeli settlements

Obama mulling support of UN resolution against Israeli settlements

White House official says the outgoing US president is considering a last minute move vis-à-vis the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; ‘The two-state solution is dying. There’s a… Read More ›

Security expert: Pressure social media to block terrorist incitement

Security expert: Pressure social media to block terrorist incitement

The initiative is part of a larger multifaceted plan for addressing the challenge of terrorists’ brilliant use of online propaganda to hound Israel and the… Read More ›

Jerusalem Municipality orders demolition of 14 illegal Arab homes

Jerusalem Municipality orders demolition of 14 illegal Arab homes

Order follows High Court’s Amona ruling; Move would displace 40 families.   Following the High Court’s ruling on Amona, the Jerusalem Municipality has approved the immediate… Read More ›

Philadelphia – Critics Jab ‘safety Pin’ Campaign Amid Trump Presidency Fear

Philadelphia – Critics Jab ‘safety Pin’ Campaign Amid Trump Presidency Fear

  Philadelphia – A “safety pin movement” post-Brexit offering solidarity to those who fear they’ll be disenfranchised by a Donald Trump presidency is getting jabbed… Read More ›

New York – Apple Pay Expands To Charities, Samsung Pay Offer Rewards

New York – Apple Pay Expands To Charities, Samsung Pay Offer Rewards

  New York – Apple is making it easier for people to give to charities by expanding its Apple Pay payments service to nonprofits. Apple… Read More ›

Boston – New Balance Shoe Entangled In Trump White Supremacist Support

Boston – New Balance Shoe Entangled In Trump White Supremacist Support

Boston – Boston-based athletic-gear company New Balance is distancing itself from a white supremacist website’s call to support it for statements a company executive made… Read More ›

Netanyahu denies incitement before Rabin killing

Netanyahu denies incitement before Rabin killing

Posting to his Facebook page, the prime minister rejects accusations that he was involved in the incitement campaign that preceded the 1995 assassination of Yitzhak… Read More ›

Albanian Muslim spiritual leader welcomes Israelis

Albanian Muslim spiritual leader welcomes Israelis

After ISIS threatened to attack a World Cup qualifying match between Israel and Albania, the highest ranking Albanian Muslim religious leader welcomes Israeli athletes to… Read More ›

Netanyahu vs. Netanyahu

Netanyahu vs. Netanyahu

Op-ed: The first Netanyahu is a fascinating prime minister with an impressive list of achievements and a lot of knowledge; the second Netanyahu is singlehandedly… Read More ›

Israel participates in its first NATO field exercise in 6 years

Israel participates in its first NATO field exercise in 6 years

Israel was a full participant in the wide-scale drill held in Montenegro to evaluate the readiness and capabilities of NATO to face natural disasters.  … Read More ›

Israel pioneering green transport, hopes to cut oil use by 60%

Israel pioneering green transport, hopes to cut oil use by 60%

Israel is a particularly good market for electric vehicles because the entire country is smaller than New Jersey.   The motorized scooter, with chrome gleaming… Read More ›

Russian Jews: Putin did not interfere in US vote

Russian Jews: Putin did not interfere in US vote

“I doubt that the government in any way helped Donald Trump,” says professor.   ZELONA GORK – Despite widespread speculation in the US that Russian… Read More ›