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New York – Israeli Bank Assists U.S. Taxpayers In Hiding Assets In Offshort Bank Accounts, They Admit

New York – Israeli Bank Assists U.S. Taxpayers In Hiding Assets In Offshort Bank Accounts, They Admit

New York – Bank Leumi will pay $130 million and has fired two senior employees to settle an investigation into a scheme to help U.S.… Read More ›

Netanya – Natural Gas Developers Challenged By Israel Over Monopoly

Netanya – Natural Gas Developers Challenged By Israel Over Monopoly

Netanya – On Tuesday, Israel’s antitrust authority said it will challenge the ownership structure of the country’s natural gas resources, a decision that could rattle… Read More ›

Israel – Menorah Causes Apartment Fire In Jerusalem

Israel – Menorah Causes Apartment Fire In Jerusalem

Jerusalem – A menorah placed too close to a door set fire to a Jerusalem apartment building on Tuesday, Israel Police reported. Three fire fighting… Read More ›

Tel Aviv – Thousands Of Ukrainians Take Refuge In Israel Fleeing Civil War

Tel Aviv – Thousands Of Ukrainians Take Refuge In Israel Fleeing Civil War

Tel Aviv – Amid loud Hebrew music and green-clad soldiers waving Israeli flags, they streamed off the shuttle buses into Terminal One of Ben-Gurion Airport,… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Israel Official: Settlement Funding Up Before Vote A Political Ploy?

Jerusalem – Israel Official: Settlement Funding Up Before Vote A Political Ploy?

Jerusalem – In what opponents view as a political ploy aimed at gaining favor with hard-line voters, Israel’s outgoing government is pumping millions of dollars… Read More ›

Israel’s authority will challenge the ownership of the country’s natural gas

Israel’s authority will challenge the ownership of the country’s natural gas

Israel’s antitrust authority said Tuesday it will challenge the ownership structure of the country’s natural gas resources, a decision that could rattle an increasingly important… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Peres: You Can’t Feed The Poor With Declarations, Latet

Jerusalem – Peres: You Can’t Feed The Poor With Declarations, Latet

Jerusalem – Politicians must make eradicating poverty their top priority,  a, former president Shimon Peres said Monday, after the release of Latet’s Alternative Poverty Report. Peres… Read More ›

Oy! A Hanukkah Oil Spill

Oy! A Hanukkah Oil Spill

This time, the Greeks have not claimed responsibility for the shortage – caused by the huge Israeli oil spill. Here’s a “Jewbellish The News” exclusive… Read More ›

Israel- Holocaust Survivors Should Be Enabled To Live In Dignity

Israel- Holocaust Survivors Should Be Enabled To Live In Dignity

President Reuven Rivlin has issued a call for Holocaust survivors to be able to live in dignity with sufficient funds for all their needs and… Read More ›

New dormitories to be built in Jerusalem

New dormitories to be built in Jerusalem

Construction of two low-cost student dormitories located in downtown Jerusalem is slated to commence in the coming days, the Jerusalem Municipality announced Sunday. The NIS… Read More ›

First pure olive oil produced in 2000 years

First pure olive oil produced in 2000 years

The holiday of Hanukka is known as the festival of lights but in many respects it is also the festival of oil, specifically the olive… Read More ›

Warsaw – Holocaust Survivor Elie Wiesel Honored By Polish School

Warsaw – Holocaust Survivor Elie Wiesel Honored By Polish School

Warsaw – In recognition of his efforts to reveal the full evil of the Holocaust and defend human dignity, a spokeswoman for a Catholic university… Read More ›

New Delhi, India – The Prime Minister Of India Tweets Well Wishes For A Happy Hanukah In Hebrew

New Delhi, India – The Prime Minister Of India Tweets Well Wishes For A Happy Hanukah In Hebrew

New Delhi, India –In both English and Hebrew on Friday, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi sent well wishes and a happy Hanukah via Twitter “Wishing… Read More ›

Ramallah – More Talks On UN Bid Supported By Palestinian Leader

Ramallah – More Talks On UN Bid Supported By Palestinian Leader

Ramallah – Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, the leader of Palestine, said Thursday he supports further negotiations over a draft resolution on ending Israel’s occupation of… Read More ›

Jeruslaem –  He’s Determined To Move Forward With His Mission Yehuda Glick Says

Jeruslaem – He’s Determined To Move Forward With His Mission Yehuda Glick Says

Jerusalem –  Recovering from his assassination attempt in October, Temple Mount activist Yehuda Glick  says, despite it all, he is more determined than ever to fight… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Israel Says,  Jordan’s Palestinian U.N. Draft A Gimmick

Jerusalem – Israel Says, Jordan’s Palestinian U.N. Draft A Gimmick

Jerusalem – Israel’s foreign minister on Thursday described  a Palestinian-proposed U.N. Security Council draft resolution that calls for a peace deal within a year and… Read More ›

Tehran – Memorial To Iranian Jews Killed In Iran-Iraq War Unveiled In Iran

Tehran – Memorial To Iranian Jews Killed In Iran-Iraq War Unveiled In Iran

Tehran, Iran – A senior Iranian official touted the good relations between the Islamic Republic’s Jewish community and the government this week. Iranian parliament vice-speaker… Read More ›

Israel – Liberman Refuses Meeting With Swedish Counterpart

Israel – Liberman Refuses Meeting With Swedish Counterpart

Jerusalem -In what will surly be played as a diplomatic snub, foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman has refused to meet with his Swedish counterpart next month… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Report: Israel’s Defense Establishment Once Again Lies About Failed Missile Test

Jerusalem – Report: Israel’s Defense Establishment Once Again Lies About Failed Missile Test

Israel – Israel has failed in tests of the Arrow anti-ballistic missile system, for the second time in three months. And for the second consecutive… Read More ›

United Nations – Deadline Set For Israeli Occupation By Palestinians

United Nations – Deadline Set For Israeli Occupation By Palestinians

United Nations – Palestinians at the United Nations set a deadline for an Israeli withdrawal from lands captured nearly 50 years ago by the end… Read More ›