Benjamin Kerstein
ARTICLES BY: Benjamin Kerstein
Amid Rising Tensions With Turkey, Israeli Politicians Push for Recognition of Armenian Genocide
Amid rising tensions with Turkey this week, Israeli leaders have increased calls for the Jewish state to formally recognize the Armenian Genocide. On Thursday, Knesset Speaker...
CAIR Official Calls on US Government to Investigate American Jews Who Join IDF
A top official at the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said last month that the US government’s Countering Violent Extremism program should investigate young American...
South African Government Mocked for Calling on Israel to Withdraw Troops From Gaza
The South African government became a laughing stock on Twitter on Thursday after it called on Israel to withdraw from the Gaza Strip, even though...
Major Jewish Group Petitions Chilean Government to Act Against Rising Antisemitism
The American Jewish Committee has filed a petition to the Chilean government asking it to act against rising antisemitism in the South American country. “Under the...
Expert: If Palestinians Take Israel to ICC, They Will Be Defendants as Well as Plaintiffs
Once the Palestinians become plaintiffs against Israel in the International Criminal Court, “they will become defendants as well,” an Israeli legal expert told The Algemeiner...
Leading Jewish Group Criticizes Papal Honors to Antisemitic Polish Cardinal
A major Jewish group expressed its objections on Wednesday to the Vatican’s decision to honor an antisemitic World War II-era cardinal. Cardinal August Hlond was Polish...
Israeli Scientists Seek Effective Treatment After Making Major Breakthrough in ALS Research
Scientists at Tel Aviv University have made a major breakthrough in research into the disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) that could lead to effective treatments...
Scholar: Abbas Deliberately Chose to Be Photographed With Antisemitic Cartoon
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas deliberately chose to be photographed reading a newspaper with an antisemitic cartoon facing the camera, a Middle East scholar has...
In Wake of Livingstone Resignation, UK Jewish Groups and MPs Say More Needs to Be Done About Labour Antisemitism
British Jewish leaders and MPs have hailed former London Mayor Ken Livingstone’s decision to resign from the Labour Party in the wake of a years-long...
Israeli Minister Invites Arab States to Next Year’s Eurovision Contest in Jerusalem
Israel’s communications minister has invited several Arab states to take part in next year’s Eurovision song contest in Jerusalem. Israeli singer Netta Barzilai won this year’s...
Israel, US Seek to Head Off UN Security Council Resolution Imposing International Force in Gaza
Israel and the United States are seeking to prevent the passage of a UN Security Council resolution creating an international force in Gaza. According to the...
Israeli Defense Minister, Arab MK in Ferocious War of Words
Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman and Israeli-Arab Knesset member Ayman Odeh conducted a ferocious war of words on Sunday following a controversy over the injury of an...
Leading Scholar: Trump’s Embassy Move, Recognition of Jerusalem Represent ‘Important Turning Point’
President Donald Trump’s decision to move the US embassy to Jerusalem and recognize the city as Israel’s capital represented an “important turning point” and “act...
Israeli Embassy in Egypt Threatened With Cancellation of 70th Independence Day Celebrations
The Israeli embassy in Egypt’s planned 70th Independence Day gala is arousing controversy, with attempts made to cancel the event and antisemitism in the press, Hebrew...
