World Jewish News

Jerusalem – Israeli Developer Releases Halachic Electric Shabbat Candles

Jerusalem – Israeli Developer Releases Halachic Electric Shabbat Candles

erusalem – Living in the fathomless depths of the ocean for weeks at a time as a crew-member of a military submarine entails many restrictions… Read More ›

Report: Abbas rejects US peace initiative

Report: Abbas rejects US peace initiative

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas rejects peace initiative proposed by US VP Joe Biden, fearing it will not lead a major breakthrough. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas… Read More ›

Secrets behind Israel’s historic withdrawal from Lebanon

Secrets behind Israel’s historic withdrawal from Lebanon

In May 2000, Israeli PM Barak made a brave decision that surprised the world to pull the IDF out of southern Lebanon after 18 years.… Read More ›

Deri boosts freedom of press, canceling British Mandate-era Press Ordinance

Deri boosts freedom of press, canceling British Mandate-era Press Ordinance

The cancellation of the Press Ordinance does not apply to broadcast or online journalism.   Interior Minister Aryeh Deri made a historic move to increase… Read More ›

Security cabinet approves completion of barrier around Jerusalem

Security cabinet approves completion of barrier around Jerusalem

Hotovely: PM nixed Obama talks over US aid package   The security cabinet late Thursday night approved the immediate renewal of construction work on the… Read More ›

Herzog to Biden: Jews will continue to be murdered if we don’t separate from the Palestinians

Herzog to Biden: Jews will continue to be murdered if we don’t separate from the Palestinians

Biden concludes his three-day visit to Israel.   If Israel does not take steps to separate from the Palestinians, Jews will continue to be killed… Read More ›

Iran insists missile tests do not violate nuclear deal

Iran insists missile tests do not violate nuclear deal

Missiles tested Wednesday are designed to carry nuclear warheads, violate UN Security Council resolutions, Jerusalem says   Iran’s foreign ministry has insisted the missile tests… Read More ›

Rebuffing Biden, Abbas offers condolences but doesn’t condemn attack

Rebuffing Biden, Abbas offers condolences but doesn’t condemn attack

After US VP criticizes Ramallah for not speaking out against Palestinian terror, PA head says Israeli policies cause the violence, points to high Palestinian death… Read More ›

Major poll: About half of Israeli Jews want to expel Arabs

Major poll: About half of Israeli Jews want to expel Arabs

Major Pew Center poll highlights social divisions, with different attitudes towards religion’s role in the state, whether the Jewish or democratic nature of the state… Read More ›

Indyk: Two-state solution may be dying on Obama’s watch

Indyk: Two-state solution may be dying on Obama’s watch

Obama’s former special envoy for the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations Martin Indyk stated that the US President and the Secretary of State are seriously concerned that the… Read More ›

Netanyahu’s government is failing in its war on terror, former Likud minister says

Netanyahu’s government is failing in its war on terror, former Likud minister says

Likud dismisses criticism from Gideon Sa’ar, saying he is a “talkbacker” spouting nonsense from the living room of his Tel Aviv home.   Former Likud… Read More ›

Austrian student groups reject BDS, slam US universities

Austrian student groups reject BDS, slam US universities

Rejection of BDS by continental student organizations is believed to the first major European opposition to the hubs of anti-Israel and anti-Semitic academic initiatives in… Read More ›

It’s all kosher at Jerusalem’s annual wine fest

It’s all kosher at Jerusalem’s annual wine fest

Two nights to taste varietals from 40 wineries across the land   When Wine Jerusalem 2016, Israel’s annual and only completely kosher wine fair, opens… Read More ›

Bloody Tuesday and the guitar hero

Bloody Tuesday and the guitar hero

Bleak news make for bleak outlooks in the Hebrew press after three terror attacks strike Israeli cities   After a brief decline in the number… Read More ›

US Jewish groups condemn killing of student in Jaffa attack

US Jewish groups condemn killing of student in Jaffa attack

After Taylor Force’s death, Hillel reaffirms committment to Israel trips; Jewish leaders call on Palestinians to take action against violence   WASHINGTON — American Jewish… Read More ›

Jerusalem bus comes under fire in terror attack

Jerusalem bus comes under fire in terror attack

No serious injuries or damage in shooting at Ramot Junction; passengers lie down on floor of bus to avoid being hit   A public bus… Read More ›

Israeli women: Better students, earn less and live longer than men

Israeli women: Better students, earn less and live longer than men

The average monthly income gap between men and women in Israel is 133.1%, while more girls than boys receive a high school diploma, and there… Read More ›

German bank teller refuses service to Israeli

German bank teller refuses service to Israeli

A bank teller in Germany refused to open an account for an Israeli claiming that the bank does not do business with people from countries… Read More ›

Civilian seriously wounded in terror attack in Jerusalem

Civilian seriously wounded in terror attack in Jerusalem

Two terrorists try to run over policemen and civilians at the Jerusalem light rail’s stop near the Damascus Gate. Whille trying to shoot at police,… Read More ›

Amid bout of attacks, Netanyahu decides to complete barrier in Jerusalem area

Amid bout of attacks, Netanyahu decides to complete barrier in Jerusalem area

PM takes step in the aftermath of a string of three terror attacks Tuesday.   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided to complete the security barrier… Read More ›