Benjamin Kerstein
ARTICLES BY: Benjamin Kerstein
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar Defends 2012 Anti-Israel Tweet Widely Condemned as Antisemitic
In two recent interviews, newly-installed Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-MN) defended an anti-Israel tweet she published six years ago that was widely condemned as antisemitic. During Operation...
Mini-Library in English Village Found Stuffed With Antisemitic Literature
Residents of a village in rural England were shocked by the recent discovery that a local "phone-box library" was stuffed with antisemitic and Nazi literature. According...
White House Envoy Greenblatt Denies Media Report on Details of Trump’s Israeli-Palestinian Peace Plan
US President Donald Trump's special representative for international negotiations Jason Greenblatt has strongly denied a media report that claimed to expose details of the administration's...
Think Tank: Biggest Security Threat Facing Israel in 2019 Is Multi-Front War in North and South
The Tel Aviv University-affiliated Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) presented its annual assessment of Israel's security situation to President Reuven Rivlin on Wednesday, with...
Producers Reportedly in Talks With Madonna to Make Guest Appearance at Eurovision Contest in Tel Aviv
Producers of the 2019 Eurovision song contest set to be held in Tel Avivm in May are reportedly in talks with American pop star Madonna...
McDonald’s Israel Becomes First Restaurant Chain to Adopt App Giving Full Access to Blind Customers
McDonald's in Israel is set to become the first restaurant chain in the world to offer full access for blind and visually-impaired customers at all...
Changing of the Guard at the IDF: New Chief of Staff Kochavi Officially Assumes Role
New IDF chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi, officially entered the role on Tuesday at an installation ceremony at the Israeli military headquarters in Tel...
Jewish Democrats Praise DNC Decision to Cut Ties With Women’s March Over Antisemitism
The Jewish Democratic Council of America (JDCA) welcomed the news on Tuesday that the Democratic National Committee (DNC) had chosen to disassociate itself from the...
IDF Tank Goes Out of Control, Crosses Major Highway, After Crew Falls Asleep
In a bizarre accident earlier this week, an IDF tank crew taking part in a training exercises collectively fell asleep, causing the tank to go...
In National TV Appearance, Women’s March Leaders Again Refuse to Condemn Farrakhan
Two Women's March leaders repeatedly refused to condemn Nation of Islam (NOI) leader and prominent antisemite Louis Farrakhan during an appearance on ABC's talk show...
Tunisia’s New Jewish Tourism Minister: ‘I Think My Nomination Is a Message’
Tunisia's newly-appointed tourism minister, Jewish businessman Rene Trabelsi, believes his nomination sends a strong signal to the rest of the world. "I think my nomination is...
Inside the Israeli Border Police’s Elite Canine Unit
Some of the most valued soldiers in the Jerusalem branch of the Israeli Border Police are not even human. As the Hebrew news site Mako reported on Monday,...
Tel Aviv Moves to Triple Municipal Taxes on Airbnb Units
The Tel Aviv Municipal Council was set on Monday to debate a proposal that would raise the municipal tax known as arnona by a factor...
Report: Iran Facing Massive Water Crisis, All Natural Sources May Be Gone Within 40 Years
Iran is reportedly undergoing a major water crisis, to the point where it may lose all its natural water sources within 40 years. According to the...
