Articles by: JewishNews-Limor

Coalition heads to meet on Haredi threats to quit over draft law

Coalition heads to meet on Haredi threats to quit over draft law

‘The Haredim are serial crisis-creators. They don’t want a draft law, they want draft dodging,’ coalition official says as party leaders are set to meet… Read More ›

Hundreds of police deployed to West Bank outpost ahead of evacuation

Hundreds of police deployed to West Bank outpost ahead of evacuation

Settler youth reportedly throw stones at officers ahead of planned razing of at least 13 structures in West Tapuah, south of Nablus   West Bank… Read More ›

IMF’s Lagarde warns US about trade, deficits

IMF’s Lagarde warns US about trade, deficits

The United States is putting its own economy at risk with aggressive trade tactics and a ballooning deficit, the International Monetary Fund says. In an… Read More ›

Police: Explosion in East Jerusalem Caused by Bomb-Making Attempt

Police: Explosion in East Jerusalem Caused by Bomb-Making Attempt

One person was critically injured in the explosion and was taken to hospital.   An explosion in Shuafat Refugee Camp in east Jerusalem late Wednesday… Read More ›

Trump and Kim set to meet for historic summit

Trump and Kim set to meet for historic summit

Singapore – President Donald Trump puts his extraordinary gamble with North Korea to the test on Tuesday, sitting for unprecedented talks with the rogue kingdom’s… Read More ›

Hezbollah Flags Fly Once Again at London’s Quds Day March

Hezbollah Flags Fly Once Again at London’s Quds Day March

Quds Day was initiated by the Islamic Republic of Iran in 1979 to oppose Zionism and the existence of Israel.   LONDON – Chants of… Read More ›

Hamas leader threatens to ‘bring down walls of Gaza’ in mass Friday protest

Hamas leader threatens to ‘bring down walls of Gaza’ in mass Friday protest

Ismail Haniyeh says terror group has right ‘to resist occupation through all possible means, including armed resistance”   Ismail Haniyeh, the Gaza leader of the… Read More ›

EL Rodeo – Guatemala Volcano Death Toll Up To 62, Expected To Rise

EL Rodeo – Guatemala Volcano Death Toll Up To 62, Expected To Rise

  EL Rodeo – Rescuers pulled survivors and bodies Monday from the charred aftermath of the powerful eruption of Guatemala’s Volcano of Fire, as the… Read More ›

Why meeting a US President is the ultimate aim of the Kim family

Why meeting a US President is the ultimate aim of the Kim family

It is a meeting that eluded his father almost two decades ago and one which his grandfather never managed to accomplish. Now young North Korean… Read More ›

On Eve of Netanyahu Visit,Oren Accuses France of Blood Libel

On Eve of Netanyahu Visit,Oren Accuses France of Blood Libel

“The French cannot fight antisemitism while sending their citizens this blood libel.”   On the eve of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Paris, Deputy… Read More ›

Rebel groups trying to drag IDF into war in Gaza

Rebel groups trying to drag IDF into war in Gaza

Analysis: Seeking to turn the strip into Islamic State’s ‘Sinai district,’ radical Muslim organizations fired rockets at the Gaza vicinity communities Saturday night in a… Read More ›

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 ›