Articles by: JewishNews-Rami

Donald Trump’s tax-avoidance maneuvers reportedly stretched the law ‘beyond any recognition’

Donald Trump’s tax-avoidance maneuvers reportedly stretched the law ‘beyond any recognition’

  Donald Trump may have used legally questionable maneuvers to avoid paying personal federal income taxes in the 1990s, The New York Times reported Monday… Read More ›

Meretz MKs want Oren Hazan’s immunity revoked

Meretz MKs want Oren Hazan’s immunity revoked

Following a court decision in a civil case that implicated the controversial Likud MK with hard drug use, MKs from the left-wing party demand that… Read More ›

Israel recalling UNESCO ambassador

Israel recalling UNESCO ambassador

Following another controversial resolution adopted by the UN body Wednesday, PM Netanyahu orders Israel’s ambassador to the organization to return home for consultation. Following its… Read More ›

Discrimination against Baha’is increases in Iran

Discrimination against Baha’is increases in Iran

A report published by the Special Rapporteur to the United Nations General Assembly finds that the Baha’i minority in Iran is continued to be systematically… Read More ›

Analysis: What brought on the dramatic UNESCO upset?

Analysis: What brought on the dramatic UNESCO upset?

Assuming a consensus support, the Palestinians and the Jordanians submitted the softer version of the resolution for a vote.   For a man who just… Read More ›

Fresh murders prompt Arab introspection about gender violence

Fresh murders prompt Arab introspection about gender violence

Brother arrested for death of sister yesterday in Jaffa.   Gender violence is once again triggering introspection and discussion among Arab politicians and opinion makers… Read More ›

Bayit Yehudi to bring bill to stop Amona evacuation to a vote Sunday

Bayit Yehudi to bring bill to stop Amona evacuation to a vote Sunday

Should the bill go to a vote, it could have a chance of passing in the committee, which could embarrass and put pressure on Netanyahu… Read More ›

AT&T reportedly has a secret program that helps law enforcement spy without a warrant

AT&T reportedly has a secret program that helps law enforcement spy without a warrant

  AT&T has a secret program called Hemisphere that allows law enforcement to obtain call metadata on targeted individualswithout first obtaining a search warrant, according… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Israel Court Says Lawmaker Hazan Did Drugs As Casino Manager

Jerusalem – Israel Court Says Lawmaker Hazan Did Drugs As Casino Manager

  Jerusalem –  An Israeli court has ruled that a lawmaker from the ruling Likud party had used hard drugs when he ran a casino… Read More ›

Los Angeles, CA – Official: Tire Treads Worn On Bus In Fatal California Crash

Los Angeles, CA – Official: Tire Treads Worn On Bus In Fatal California Crash

  Los Angeles, CA – The treads on half the tires of a tour bus that slammed into a tractor-trailer on a desert freeway, killing… Read More ›

Borough Park, NY – 66th Precinct Community Affairs Officer Disciplined In Ongoing Corruption Investigation

Borough Park, NY – 66th Precinct Community Affairs Officer Disciplined In Ongoing Corruption Investigation

Borough Park, NY – The corruption probe that rocked the NYPD last spring has claimed yet another police shield as a high ranking officer at… Read More ›

“If you scream…”: Hong Kong court hears chilling Jutting torture video

“If you scream…”: Hong Kong court hears chilling Jutting torture video

“If you say yes, I’ll hit you once.” “If you say no, I’ll hit you twice,” former British banker Rurik Jutting is heard telling an… Read More ›

India could shell out $12 billion for new fighter jets

India could shell out $12 billion for new fighter jets

  India needs new fighter jets, and the world’s leading manufacturers are lining up to provide them. The South Asian nation’s government has sent letters… Read More ›

Turkey bombs Syrian Kurdish militia allied to US-backed forces

Turkey bombs Syrian Kurdish militia allied to US-backed forces

Displaying the incredible complexity of the war in Syria, Turkey hit Kurdish rebels in northern Syria, who are reportedly aligned with the US; the Kurdish… Read More ›

TA roads temporarily close Friday as city bike race gets underway

TA roads temporarily close Friday as city bike race gets underway

For the eighth year, roads will be closed from the early hours of Friday morning as thousands of cyclists ride the streets of Tel Aviv… Read More ›

Protestors in Amona: They’ll need to drag us from our homes

Protestors in Amona: They’ll need to drag us from our homes

Thousands take part in a protest rally against the evacuation of the West Bank outpost of Amona, due to take place in two months; Deputy… Read More ›

Importance of undecided Jewish voters dwindles as White House race widens

Importance of undecided Jewish voters dwindles as White House race widens

Private polling firms have not surveyed the American Jewish community – either nationwide or on a state-by-state basis – since the end of the summer.… Read More ›

Clinton more reliable for Israel than Trump– and Obama, Lieberman says

Clinton more reliable for Israel than Trump– and Obama, Lieberman says

Clinton’s consistency on Israel over the course of her lifelong career in public service is at the heart of Lieberman’s pitch to voters.   NEW… Read More ›

Former FM director-general: Since 1973 the US has assured Israel it won’t back changes to UNSC 242.

Former FM director-general: Since 1973 the US has assured Israel it won’t back changes to UNSC 242.

  US support for a United Nations Security Council resolution to replace 242 would conflict with commitments given to Israel by Washington going back to… Read More ›

Clinton camp acknowledged difficulty of discussing Israel with ‘Democratic activists’

Clinton camp acknowledged difficulty of discussing Israel with ‘Democratic activists’

The e-mails, which the Clinton campaign has not confirmed as authentic, featured an exchange between one of Clinton’s top foreign policy advisers.   WASHINGTON –… Read More ›