Articles by: JewishNews-Ilan

Microsoft has quietly laid off as many as 1,000 employees

Microsoft has quietly laid off as many as 1,000 employees

  Microsoft has posted a solid earnings statement, handily beating on earnings and revenue. But Microsoft confirms that it has had another round of layoffs.… Read More ›

Valeant’s web keeps getting wider

Valeant’s web keeps getting wider

  The relationship between Valeant Pharmaceuticals and a small pharmacy is again in focus. Investigative-journalism website ProPublica reported that specialty pharmacy Philidor Rx Services — which is owned… Read More ›

New MK Cohen-Paran: Israel must take part in global action plan on climate change

New MK Cohen-Paran: Israel must take part in global action plan on climate change

Green Movement co-leader to replace Atar as MK.   For lifelong environmentalist and soon-to-be Knesset newcomer Yael Cohen Paran, achieving a cleaner, more breathable Israel… Read More ›

Images show moment Israeli was hit by Palestinian truck

Images show moment Israeli was hit by Palestinian truck

Photos depict Avraham Hasano carrying large stick and approaching oncoming truck as driver claims he hit the man by accident (warning: graphic content)   Newly… Read More ›

Joe Biden changes story on Osama bin Laden raid

Joe Biden changes story on Osama bin Laden raid

Washington – Vice President Joe Biden offered an account Tuesday of the decision to launch the raid that killed Osama bin Laden that differed from some… Read More ›

Grief, disbelief after former U.N. official found dead in Turkish airport

Grief, disbelief after former U.N. official found dead in Turkish airport

  London – Dumbfounded friends of a former BBC journalist and U.N. official found dead in a bathroom in Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport are calling for a… Read More ›

Video shows Syrians near Aleppo hiding from airstrikes under mattresses

Video shows Syrians near Aleppo hiding from airstrikes under mattresses

From under a mattress, a small child emerges on all fours, oblivious to the danger in the skies. Out from another mattress crawls a baby.… Read More ›

Palestinian killed in Gaza clash; IDF targets sniper cell in Strip

Palestinian killed in Gaza clash; IDF targets sniper cell in Strip

Gaza officials say protester shot with live fire; army warns it will not tolerate attacks on forces patrolling the border   A Palestinian man was… Read More ›

2 Israelis hurt in car-ramming attack in West Bank

2 Israelis hurt in car-ramming attack in West Bank

Driver is shot dead by security forces after running over soldier and civilian in the Gush Etzion region, south of Jerusalem   Two Israelis, a… Read More ›

This Israeli ex-diplomat is a pop star in Kenya

This Israeli ex-diplomat is a pop star in Kenya

Gilad Millo, whose song Unajua has topped local charts, says he’s ‘never encountered a more open, generous people’ Zipping between meetings at Nairobi’s five-star hotels… Read More ›

Netanyahu rejects French proposal, says Israel not the problem at Temple Mount

Netanyahu rejects French proposal, says Israel not the problem at Temple Mount

“We are preserving the status quo,” he said. “We are the only ones doing that, and will continue to this responsibly and seriously.”   Israel… Read More ›

Jeb Bush just released a hard-hitting ad against Donald Trump

Jeb Bush just released a hard-hitting ad against Donald Trump

  Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush’s (R) presidential campaign released a video on Saturday that questioned rival Donald Trump’s ability to lead the US’ military. The… Read More ›

Here’s Why Love Seems To Fade Over Time

Here’s Why Love Seems To Fade Over Time

  Why does love lose its intensity over time? appeared as a question on Quora. Below we are republishing an answer from Chloe Shani Malveaux, one of Quora’s… Read More ›

Islamic Movement leader in court: In spirit and blood we will defend al-Aksa

Islamic Movement leader in court: In spirit and blood we will defend al-Aksa

“Whoever thinks that they can scare us by putting us in prison is mistaken,” says Salah.   Raed Salah, the leader of the extremist Northern… Read More ›

China’s Xiaomi’s is changing the U.S. too

China’s Xiaomi’s is changing the U.S. too

  Xiaomi is the most important phone manufacturer you’ve never heard of. In the rich world, dominated by Apple and Samsung and where even fading… Read More ›

Lamar Odom had been using cocaine, brothel employees say

Lamar Odom had been using cocaine, brothel employees say

Crystal, Nevada – Former NBA star Lamar Odom had been using cocaine on Saturday, employees at the Nevada brothel where he was found unresponsive four days… Read More ›

Israeli-Palestinian violence: What you need to know

Israeli-Palestinian violence: What you need to know

Jerusalem – Over the past few weeks, violence in the decades long Israeli-Palestinian conflict has flared up. Bloodshed is not unusual in this part of the… Read More ›

US says anti-Semitism a growing problem in Europe

US says anti-Semitism a growing problem in Europe

Report on religious freedom also cites ongoing religious discrimination in Israel, including preferential treatment of Orthodoxy   WASHINGTON — Europe is having trouble grappling with… Read More ›

Israeli politicians slam Abbas ‘lies’ about boy’s execution

Israeli politicians slam Abbas ‘lies’ about boy’s execution

Leaders accuse PA leader of distorting reality, spreading ‘blood libel’ by portraying 13-year-old terrorist as innocent boy killed in ‘cold blood’   Israeli officials on… Read More ›

US pulls back from linking settlements to violence

US pulls back from linking settlements to violence

State Department says Kerry didn’t intend to suggest West Bank construction, stabbings connected; acknowledges ‘reports’ on excessive use of force by Israel   WASHINGTON —… Read More ›