Articles by: JewishNews-Limor

An Israeli success in Gaza? Not exactly

An Israeli success in Gaza? Not exactly

Op-ed: Not a single Islamic Jihad or Hamas member was killed in any of the IAF strikes Tuesday. Not a single launching cell was attacked… Read More ›

US says it will veto Kuwaiti Security Council measure on Gaza violence

US says it will veto Kuwaiti Security Council measure on Gaza violence

Resolution urging international protection for Palestinians slammed for not mentioning Hamas role in cross-border flare-up; vote postponed until Friday   UNITED NATIONS — The US… Read More ›

Analysis: Donald Trump just put the ‘Me’ in his Memorial Day tweet

Analysis: Donald Trump just put the ‘Me’ in his Memorial Day tweet

Memorial Day, for politicians, is a no-brainer. You express thanks to those who have served and condolences for those who have been lost. That’s it.… Read More ›

The Israel-Turkey crisis and the need for containment

The Israel-Turkey crisis and the need for containment

Op-ed: Israel’s frustration with Erdogan’s behavior is great, but it is worthy to remember the strategic, economic and diplomatic importance of the relations between the… Read More ›

Philip Roth showed me how to be an American Jew

Philip Roth showed me how to be an American Jew

Though misogyny was ever-present in his works, the author captured my experience of otherness, and helped me make sense of our shared history and collective… Read More ›

The U.S. Wants to Crush Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran. But How?

The U.S. Wants to Crush Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran. But How?

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo went after Hezbollah, Hamas and Islamic Jihad Monday.   If President Donald Trump put Iran on notice two weeks ago… Read More ›

Analysis: The Non-Oppositional Opposition in Knesset

Analysis: The Non-Oppositional Opposition in Knesset

It seems like most of the opposition is not feeling very oppositional this week.   Pop quiz: Who gave the following effusive speech about Prime… Read More ›

What does Israel want to achieve in Gaza?

What does Israel want to achieve in Gaza?

Op-ed: The defense establishment keeps asking, directly and indirectly, what is the government’s immediate goal and strategic goal? We know what the government doesn’t want,… Read More ›

Cleveland Heights, OH – Ohio Woman, 113, Is Now The Oldest Person In The US

Cleveland Heights, OH – Ohio Woman, 113, Is Now The Oldest Person In The US

  Cleveland, Heights, OH –  A 113-year-old woman living in suburban Cleveland is believed to be the oldest person in the United States after the… Read More ›

The man behind the fatal knife attack in Paris on Saturday night was born in Russia and flagged as a security risk

The man behind the fatal knife attack in Paris on Saturday night was born in Russia and flagged as a security risk

  Police identified Khamzat Azimov, 20 or 21, as the suspected attacker who killed one victim and injured four with a knife in Paris on… Read More ›

Tel Aviv – Amid Renewed Talk Of War, Israelis Are Keeping Calm And Carrying On

Tel Aviv – Amid Renewed Talk Of War, Israelis Are Keeping Calm And Carrying On

  Tel Aviv – When war broke out on Israel’s northern border in 2006, Avigdor Guy remained calm. He lived in the northern port city… Read More ›

Trump teases Iran nuclear deal announcement

Trump teases Iran nuclear deal announcement

Washington – President Donald Trump will announce his decision on whether the US will pull out of the Iran nuclear accord at 2 p.m. ET… Read More ›

The Supreme Court Override Bill, A Constitutional Crisis?

The Supreme Court Override Bill, A Constitutional Crisis?

The Ministerial Committee on Legislation voted on Sunday to give the Knesset the power to override the Supreme Court when it vetoes a law, as… Read More ›

Rudy Giuliani doubles down: Trump didn’t violate campaign finance law in hush payment

Rudy Giuliani doubles down: Trump didn’t violate campaign finance law in hush payment

Rudy Giuliani doubled down Saturday night on his argument that President Donald Trump didn’t violate campaign finance law when his personal lawyer made a hush… Read More ›

Early elections: This is what Netanyahu is afraid of

Early elections: This is what Netanyahu is afraid of

Analysis: The day after the elections, we’ll likely see the formation of a rightist-centrist group—including Bennett, Lieberman, Kahlon, Levy-Abekasis and Ya’alon—which will offer Likud the… Read More ›

Lipstadt: With ‘classic anti-Semitism,’ Abbas ending career the way he started

Lipstadt: With ‘classic anti-Semitism,’ Abbas ending career the way he started

Leading Holocaust scholars take aim at PA leader over speech denigrating Jews, accuse him of ‘rewriting history’ of 1933 ‘haavara’ deal with Nazis   Holocaust… Read More ›

North Korea committed to closing nuclear test site in May — South

North Korea committed to closing nuclear test site in May — South

Seoul: American experts will be invited to site, Kim said Trump will learn he’s ‘not a person’ to fire missiles toward US   North Korean… Read More ›

Liberman: If Iran Strikes Tel Aviv, Israel will Hit Tehran

Liberman: If Iran Strikes Tel Aviv, Israel will Hit Tehran

Liberman said Israel is not interested in any wars, but will pay any price to prevent an Iranian presence in Syria.   Defense Minister Avigdor… Read More ›

WSJ: Trump to ask North Korea to dismantle nuclear arsenal before talking sanctions relief

WSJ: Trump to ask North Korea to dismantle nuclear arsenal before talking sanctions relief

President Donald Trump will ask North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to dismantle the country’s nuclear arsenal without conceding significant ground on economic sanctions, according… Read More ›

Gaza protest camps move closer to Israel border fence

Gaza protest camps move closer to Israel border fence

Gaza protesters prepare for demonstrations for the fourth week in a raw—planning to move the protest camps closer to the fence which might cause more… Read More ›