Articles by: JewishNews-Rami

JCC leaders demand Sessions be a ‘stronger partner’ against continued threats

JCC leaders demand Sessions be a ‘stronger partner’ against continued threats

Amidst another wave of bomb threats, 141 community center heads send AG a letter asking for more action in combating anti-Semitism   WASHINGTON — Amidst… Read More ›

Netanyahu pauses 4-hour police grilling to speak to Trump

Netanyahu pauses 4-hour police grilling to speak to Trump

Investigators question PM for 4th time on corruption allegations in two separate cases; police chief indicates probes almost complete   Police investigators questioned Prime Minister… Read More ›

US Reps Say Federal Response Needed to Stop Jew-Hatred

US Reps Say Federal Response Needed to Stop Jew-Hatred

“We’re here today to bring necessary attention to this public security threat. Because a threat to the Jewish community – or to any religious community… Read More ›

Rocket Lands in Open Area Near Ashkelon Coast, No Injuries

Rocket Lands in Open Area Near Ashkelon Coast, No Injuries

There were no initial reports or injuries or damage.   A rocket exploded in an open area near the southern Ashkelon coastline Wednesday evening. There… Read More ›

Washington – Trump To Sign New Travel Order On Wednesday

Washington – Trump To Sign New Travel Order On Wednesday

  Washington – President Donald Trump is expected to sign a new refugee and immigration executive order on Wednesday, one day after addressing lawmakers at… Read More ›

BUFFETT: Stocks are ‘on the cheap side’ and not in bubble territory

BUFFETT: Stocks are ‘on the cheap side’ and not in bubble territory

  Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett said stocks are comparatively cheap based on where interest rates are. “Measured against interest rates, stocks actually are on… Read More ›

Top Democratic senator on investigating Trump’s ties to Russia: ‘This is a long way from over’

Top Democratic senator on investigating Trump’s ties to Russia: ‘This is a long way from over’

  And Republicans, he said, are beginning to take the accusations much more seriously. Whitehouse, the Rhode Island senator and the ranking member on the… Read More ›

PM: Israel’s Pivot to Asia is Economic Not Political

PM: Israel’s Pivot to Asia is Economic Not Political

Netanyahu said there was no replacement for the US on the diplomatic scale.   SYDNEY – Israel’s pivot to Asia is economic, not political, Prime… Read More ›

The enemy of the people? Join the club

The enemy of the people? Join the club

Op-ed: Unlike in the US, Israeli media outlets are not protected by amendments enshrined in the constitution. Freedom of the press is protected by the… Read More ›

Nasrallah Warns: Hezbollah’s Missiles Can Hit Israel’s Nuclear Reactor

Nasrallah Warns: Hezbollah’s Missiles Can Hit Israel’s Nuclear Reactor

Hezbollah leader says Wednesday’s Trump-Netanyahu meeting signaled the death of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.   Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah called on Israel to dismantle its… Read More ›

J Street To Trump: One State is the Problem, Not Solution

J Street To Trump: One State is the Problem, Not Solution

Trump is the first US president in at least two decades to refrain from pledging total allegiance to the idea of a two-state paradigm  … Read More ›

Newly approved settler homes financed by Trump’s Israel envoy pick – report

Newly approved settler homes financed by Trump’s Israel envoy pick – report

David Friedman heads organization that raised millions of shekels for construction in West Bank settlement of Beit El   Some 20 apartments recently approved in… Read More ›

Queens, NY – NYC Police Question Man In Connection In High Profile Grisly Murder Case

Queens, NY – NYC Police Question Man In Connection In High Profile Grisly Murder Case

  Queens, NY –  A man was taken into custody on Saturday in connection with last summer’s murder of a woman found sexually assaulted and… Read More ›

Appeals court: No travel ban for now

Appeals court: No travel ban for now

  Washington – A federal appeals court early Sunday morning denied the US government’s emergency request to resume President Donald Trump’s travel ban. The Ninth… Read More ›

In call, Mattis assures Liberman of ‘unwavering commitment to Israel’

In call, Mattis assures Liberman of ‘unwavering commitment to Israel’

In a first series of conversations, new Pentagon chief also telephones French and German counterparts to assure them of US commitment to NATO   In… Read More ›

How the Security Cabinet should really work

How the Security Cabinet should really work

Op-ed: A cabinet discussion on any new issue must be held according to three fundamental issues: Israel’s interests, the alternatives and the thoroughness of the… Read More ›

Palestinians say Obama’s last-minute $221 million payout frozen by Trump

Palestinians say Obama’s last-minute $221 million payout frozen by Trump

Source says State Department has notified Ramallah the funds will not be immediately available, while it examines the transfer   The Trump administration has informed… Read More ›

Government to postpone discussion of Ma’ale Adumim annexation

Government to postpone discussion of Ma’ale Adumim annexation

Bayit Yehudi Chairman Bennett to postpone discussion of a bill on Sunday’s cabinet meeting discussing the official annexation of Ma’ale Adumim. Minister of Education and… Read More ›

Where is Israel headed? Probably nowhere

Where is Israel headed? Probably nowhere

Op-ed: With Trump’s inauguration, Israel has a one-time opportunity to change the rules of the game, to present a vision and to set in motion… Read More ›

Obama, Trump and the dangers of a ‘Jewish’ president

Obama, Trump and the dangers of a ‘Jewish’ president

The great success story of American Jewry has created a phenomenon perhaps unprecedented since the Khazar king, Bulan, converted to Judaism around the ninth century.… Read More ›