Articles by: JewishNews-Ilan

New Zealand circulates UN draft resolution for new peace effort

New Zealand circulates UN draft resolution for new peace effort

Proposal includes settlement freeze, would require Palestinians to drop ICC bid; Israeli envoy condemns ‘destructive’ efforts   UNITED NATIONS — A proposed UN resolution aimed… Read More ›

Here’s why the US is selling almost 10% of its oil

Here’s why the US is selling almost 10% of its oil

  The U.S. Congress is moving on abudget deal to avert a standoff over raising the debt ceiling, at least until 2017. The emerging budget… Read More ›

Hampton Creek’s response to the FDA: Mayo is different than mayonnaise

Hampton Creek’s response to the FDA: Mayo is different than mayonnaise

  In August, the US Food and Drug Administration told eggless-mayo startup Hampton Creek that it needs to drop all claims of making mayonnaise. The startup has… Read More ›

Google is merging its Chrome OS into Android

Google is merging its Chrome OS into Android

  Google will fold its Chrome operating system used in personal computers into the Android mobile OS, according to The Wall Street Journal. Beginning in… Read More ›

Israel hopes to coordinate Temple Mount camera installation ‘as soon as possible’

Israel hopes to coordinate Temple Mount camera installation ‘as soon as possible’

Ban: I hope security steps can demonstrate restraint, respect for sanctity of area, Wakf yet to decide on camera proposal   Israel is interested in… Read More ›

Washington is on the verge of a massive budget deal — here’s what it would tackle

Washington is on the verge of a massive budget deal — here’s what it would tackle

  The contours of an emerging budget deal would provide Congress with a way out of most of the coming landmines ahead of the 2016… Read More ›

We’ve never seen anything like this $5.2 billion energy deal

We’ve never seen anything like this $5.2 billion energy deal

  I wrote this summer about record amounts of investment capital being raised for natural resources. And this week we got some big news about where… Read More ›

The first politician has come out and said she’s not done with Valeant

The first politician has come out and said she’s not done with Valeant

  US Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Missouri) is not done with Valeant Pharmaceuticals. The company has been under pressure the past few weeks, first facing questions… Read More ›

Newark, NJ – AP-GfK Poll: Trump Is Hard Sell For Hispanics

Newark, NJ – AP-GfK Poll: Trump Is Hard Sell For Hispanics

  Newark, NJ – Republican front-runner Donald Trump is widely unpopular among the nation’s Hispanics, a new AP-GfK poll finds, challenging the billionaire’s oft-repeated assertion… Read More ›

New York – Gun Recovery In River Offers Window Into NYPD Scuba Unit

New York – Gun Recovery In River Offers Window Into NYPD Scuba Unit

  New York – For five days, police scuba divers, working in pairs, combed 67,000 square feet of riverbed while on their stomachs in search… Read More ›

Chicago, IL – U.S. Police Chiefs Call For Background Checks For All Gun Purchases

Chicago, IL – U.S. Police Chiefs Call For Background Checks For All Gun Purchases

  Chicago, IL –  Police chiefs from across the United States called on Monday for universal background checks for firearms purchases, saying opinion polls consistently… Read More ›

Expert to Post: ISIS may lose territory but will be hard fight

Expert to Post: ISIS may lose territory but will be hard fight

“While it may lose territory in Iraq it will be hard fought and will be far more difficult to displace from major urban centers such… Read More ›

In one week, 1,000 companies have signed up for Amazon’s Oracle-killer service

In one week, 1,000 companies have signed up for Amazon’s Oracle-killer service

  A week ago, Amazon Web Services chief Andy Jassy stood onstage at the company’s annual tech conference and promised “freedom” to frustrated Oracle users.… Read More ›

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 ›