Benjamin Kerstein
ARTICLES BY: Benjamin Kerstein
In Unusual Move, Tunisian Islamist Party Runs Jewish Candidate for Office
A Tunisian Islamist party has made the unusual move of running a Jewish candidate for local office. According to the Hebrew news site Walla, Simon Salama...
Lawmaker Who Proposed Controversial Iceland Circumcision Ban Claims It Does Not Violate Religious Freedom
The Icelandic lawmaker who proposed a controversial ban on circumcision told The Algemeiner in an interview this week that her bill does not violate religious freedom. Silja Dögg...
HaBayit HaYehudi Leader: I May Leave Coalition if Netanyahu Is Indicted
Israeli Education Minister Naftali Bennett, the leader of the HaBayit HaYehudi, hinted on Thursday that he might take his party out of the governing coalition...
Expert: Russia’s Condemnation of Iran’s Anti-Israel Threats Shows Kremlin Sees Jewish State as the ‘Main Actor’ in Region
A former Israeli ambassador to Russia has declared that Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's recent condemnation of a top Iranian official’s threat to destroy Tel Aviv is proof...
US National Security Adviser Warns Companies: Don’t Do Business With Iran
Companies should avoid doing business with Iran for fear of inadvertently subsidizing terrorism, National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster said this past weekend. In his speech at the...
Lieberman Promises IDF Soldiers Wounded in Gaza Border Explosion: ‘We Will Settle Scores’
“We will settle scores with those who set the explosive and those who sent them,” Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Wednesday to a...
After 30 Years of Limbo, Traditional Ethiopian-Jewish Religious Leaders Recognized by Israel
Israel has officially recognized the traditional Ethiopian religious leaders referred to as kesim, ending a 30-year controversy over their official status. Kesim have constituted the leadership...
Lieberman: Hamas Using Gaza Demonstrators as ‘Live Ammunition’
Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman issued a strong statement against the Hamas government in Gaza on Tuesday, saying the terror group uses its citizens as...
At Security Council, Haley Tells Abbas: I Will Not Shut Up, US Recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s Capital Will Not Change
US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley upbraided Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at the UN Security Council on Tuesday, saying, “I will not shut...
Palestinian Leader Abbas at UN Security Council: ‘Israel Occupied Our Territories in 1948’
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas appeared to endorse the idea that all of Israel is illegally-occupied territory in a speech he delivered at a UN...
Israeli Political Leader Lapid on Polish Holocaust Law: ‘On the Verge, If Not Beyond, Holocaust Denial’
Yesh Atid party leader Yair Lapid continued his war of words with the Polish government on Monday, comparing a new Polish law to Holocaust denial. Referring to...
British Labour Activist Who Called Jews ‘Zios’ Expelled From Party; Jewish Groups Call for Further Action
Jewish groups in Britain are hailing the Labour Party’s expulsion on Sunday of a virulent anti-Israel activist, but warned that further steps needed to be...
Israeli Expert on Arrow 3 Missile Defense Test: ‘What Can I Say? Another Success’
An Israeli expert on missile defense hailed Monday’s successful test of the Arrow 3 system, saying “What can I say? Another success." Arrow 3 is designed...
Report: Some Cabinet Members Criticize Israeli ‘Restraint’ in Syria
Some Israeli cabinet members have objected to what they viewed as Israel’s “restraint” in its response to the recent downing of an F-16 by Syrian...
