Articles by: JewishNews-Limor

Pence’s Speech: What was in It, and What was Not

Pence’s Speech: What was in It, and What was Not

What made Pence’s speech remarkable was simply that there was no “but” clause.   What was most striking about Vice President Mike Pence’s paean to… Read More ›

Washington – US Flu Season Gets Worse, Has ‘Lot More Steam’ Than Expected

Washington – US Flu Season Gets Worse, Has ‘Lot More Steam’ Than Expected

  Washington – The flu season in the U.S. is getting worse. Health officials last week said flu was blanketing the country but they thought… Read More ›

Ahmadabad, India – Netanyahu Says US Embassy To Move To Jerusalem This Year

Ahmadabad, India – Netanyahu Says US Embassy To Move To Jerusalem This Year

  Ahmadabad, India –  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he’s certain that the U.S. Embassy will be moved to Jerusalem in the coming year,… Read More ›

Bitcoin falls below $10,000 as cryptocurrency ‘bloodbath’ enters a 2nd day

Bitcoin falls below $10,000 as cryptocurrency ‘bloodbath’ enters a 2nd day

  Bitcoin falls below $10,000, down 12%, and Ethereum breaks $1,000 to trade 15% lower. Russian President Vladimir Putin is proposing tighter regulation of the… Read More ›

Netanyahu Travels to India for Visit Focused on Economic Issues

Netanyahu Travels to India for Visit Focused on Economic Issues

Diplomatic official: Delhi’s vote against Israel at UN on Jerusalem ‘is behind us’   Just six months after Narendra Modi became the first Indian prime… Read More ›

The Iranian wall of fire

The Iranian wall of fire

Analysis: We must get used to the idea that Israel is likely engaged in a military conflict—so far, controlled—against an Iranian military force that is… Read More ›

Netanyahu hints at Gaza tunnel strike, says Hamas should fear ‘greater’ response

Netanyahu hints at Gaza tunnel strike, says Hamas should fear ‘greater’ response

Leaving Israel for week-long trip to India, PM alludes to Palestinian reports of IDF strikes, says air force did not ‘just target sand dunes’  … Read More ›

Something is rotten in the Prime Minister’s Residence

Something is rotten in the Prime Minister’s Residence

Op-ed: The things Yair Netanyahu said to his friends as they were being driven from one strip club to another on a Friday night represent… Read More ›

Trump: ‘I probably have a very good relationship with Kim Jong Un’

Trump: ‘I probably have a very good relationship with Kim Jong Un’

US president won’t comment on whether two leaders have spoken, says ‘I’m not saying I have or haven’t’   WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump suggested… Read More ›

In apology, Yair Netanyahu dismisses strip club recording as drunken rambling

In apology, Yair Netanyahu dismisses strip club recording as drunken rambling

Politicians decry ‘hedonism,’ allege possible conflict of interest in gas deal in wake of PM’s son trying to get money from son of tycoon for… Read More ›

Conflict of Interest Concerns Over Kushner Ties to Israeli Real Estate

Conflict of Interest Concerns Over Kushner Ties to Israeli Real Estate

US Senior Adviser Jared Kushner’s role as leader of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process brings his business ties to Israel under exceptional scrutiny.   WASHINGTON —… Read More ›

San Francisco – Security Flaws Put Virtually All Phones, Computers At Risk

San Francisco – Security Flaws Put Virtually All Phones, Computers At Risk

  San Francisco – Security researchers on Wednesday disclosed a set of security flaws that they said could let hackers steal sensitive information from nearly… Read More ›

A Big Year Ahead: What to Watch for in Israeli Politics in 2018

A Big Year Ahead: What to Watch for in Israeli Politics in 2018

Will Netanyahu come in like a lion and leave like a lamb?   They say that March, the third month of the year, comes in… Read More ›

A Jew boycotting Israel? Must be a joke

A Jew boycotting Israel? Must be a joke

Op-ed: Accusing the woman who convinced Lorde to cancel her Tel Aviv concert of auto-anti-Semitism would be too simplistic; only a particularly developed Jewish sense… Read More ›

Will Israel’s Northern Border Become Hezbollah-Land if Assad Wins?

Will Israel’s Northern Border Become Hezbollah-Land if Assad Wins?

The Syrian regime has regained 70% of the country with the help of Russian air power and Iranian-backed foot soldiers.   Years after Bashar Assad’s… Read More ›

Poll: Most Israelis want Netanyahu to resign if police recommend indictment

Poll: Most Israelis want Netanyahu to resign if police recommend indictment

TV survey come as investigators wrap up two probes into prime minister and prepare their summaries for the prosecution   A majority of Israelis think… Read More ›

2018 Global Defense Spending to Hit Post-Cold War High of $1.67 Trillion

2018 Global Defense Spending to Hit Post-Cold War High of $1.67 Trillion

Iran slightly outspends Israel, both dwarfed by Saudi Arabia   The annual Jane’s Defense Budgets Report released on Monday is forecasting that global defense spending… Read More ›

Tehran – Iranian Convicted Of Spying For Israel Confesses To Informing On Nuclear Scientists

Tehran – Iranian Convicted Of Spying For Israel Confesses To Informing On Nuclear Scientists

  Tehran – Iranian state television broadcast on Sunday what it described as the confessions of an Iranian academic with Swedish residency who it said… Read More ›

Death threats haunt Miss Iraq in wake of selfie controversy

Death threats haunt Miss Iraq in wake of selfie controversy

  Nearly a month ago, Sarah Idan was in a hand-beaded Swarovski crystal gown representing Iraq in the Miss Universe pageant. It was the first… Read More ›

Washington – White House Says Roy Moore Should Concede

Washington – White House Says Roy Moore Should Concede

  Washington – The White House says it’s past time for Republican Roy Moore to concede he lost the Alabama Senate race. White House press… Read More ›