Barney Breen-Portnoy
ARTICLES BY: Barney Breen-Portnoy
Israeli UN Rep: If Hezbollah Attacks Us, We Will ‘Bury It in the Rubble of Lebanon’
Israel urged the United Nations on Wednesday to take forceful action against Hezbollah following the recent discovery of four tunnels dug under its northern border...
Haley: Trump’s Israeli-Palestinian Peace Plan Recognizes New Middle East Realities
The Israeli-Palestinian peace plan set to be unveiled by the Trump administration will "be different from all previous ones,” US Ambassador to the UN Nikki...
Airbnb Refutes Israeli Government Claim It Reversed West Bank Settlement Ban
The Israeli Tourism Ministry claimed on Monday that Airbnb had backtracked on its recent decision to remove listings in West Bank settlements, but this was...
Amid New Terror Wave in Israel, Top US Jewish Group Calls for Global Condemnation of Palestinian Violence
As Israel faces a new wave of terrorism, a top US Jewish group is calling on the world to denounce Palestinian violence. Over the past week,...
British Football Club Chelsea Condemns Own Fans Over Antisemitic Chant
The British football club Chelsea has condemned a group of its fans who sang an antisemitic chant during a road match in Budapest on Thursday. The chant...
US Secretary of State Urges Tougher UN Security Council Stance Against Iran’s Ballistic Missile Program
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on Wednesday for a tougher UN Security Council stance against Iran's ballistic missile program. In remarks delivered in New...
Parents of Fallen IDF Soldier Whose Body Is Held by Hamas in Gaza Urge Trump to Act to Bring Son Home to Israel
The parents of an IDF soldier who was killed in the Gaza Strip four years ago and whose body was seized by Hamas are urging...
Netanyahu: Israel Will Act Against ‘Precision Weapons’ in Lebanon, Foil Hezbollah Tunnel Threat
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu briefed members of his cabinet on Sunday on a phone call he had with Russian President Vladmir Putin the previous...
US-Authored Anti-Hamas Resolution Thwarted at UN, but Israel Hails Growing Support as ‘Historic Achievement’
A US-authored resolution condemning the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas won a plurality of votes in the UN General Assembly on Thursday, but a procedural move...
Netanyahu Visits Lebanon Border, as Israel Seeks UNIFIL Action on Hezbollah Tunnels
Following the announcement earlier this week of the launch of “Operation Northern Shield,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited on Thursday the Lebanon border area,...
US Voices Support for Counter-Tunnel Op Launched by Israel on Lebanon Border
The Trump administration voiced its backing on Tuesday for an operation the IDF has launched to destroy tunnels built by Hezbollah under the Israel-Lebanon border. “The...
Iran Tops Agenda at Pompeo-Netanyahu Meeting in Brussels
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flew to Brussels on Monday for a meeting with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who was in the Belgian...
Canadian Jewish Official: New Data Showing Sharp Rise in Antisemitic Hate Crimes in Country ‘Simply Too Stark to Ignore’
Newly-published data showing a sharp rise in antisemitic incidents in Canada “is simply too stark to ignore,” the head of a major Jewish organization in...
Top US Official: Iranian Missile Threat Is Growing, Regime Must Change Its Behavior
The regional threat posed by the Iranian regime’s ballistic missile program and its arming of proxies continues to grow, a top US official warned on...
