Benjamin Kerstein
ARTICLES BY: Benjamin Kerstein
Ukraine Wants Israel Among Guarantors of Future Deal With Russia, Zelensky Advisor Says
One of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s top advisors told Israeli media on Thursday that Ukraine wants Israel to be “one of the countries to give a...
Officials From Hometown of Bedouin Terrorist Condemn ‘Awful’ Attack: ‘We Have to Work Together’
Officials from the Bedouin town of Hura, the home of a terrorist who murdered four people in Beersheba on Tuesday, condemned his deed and distanced...
Israeli Terror Victims Eulogized: ‘Doesn’t Matter If Mom Is Here or Above’
Funerals began on Wednesday in Israel for the four victims of Tuesday's terror attack in the southern city of Beersheba. Menahem Yehezkel, 67; Doris Yahbas, 49;...
Israeli Academic Study of Zionism Published in UAE Amid Expanding Ties
An Israeli academic study of Zionism has been translated into Arabic and published in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), in another sign of expanding ties...
Three Israelis Taken Prisoner by Russian Forces in Ukraine Released: ‘Anyone Who Supports Ukraine, They Come for Them’
Three Israelis arrested by Russian forces in the besieged Ukrainian city of Melitopol were released on Monday. Vera and Mikhail Kumok, along with their daughter Tatiana,...
Two Israeli Police Officers Wounded in Jerusalem Stabbing Attack
Two Israeli police officers were stabbed in eastern Jerusalem on Sunday, while accompanying a firefighting team. The stabbing took place in the Ras al-Amud neighborhood and...
Is Ukraine the End of the War on Terror?
Shocked by the sudden and brutal Russian invasion of Ukraine, the world is still trying to sort out the implications for its immediate future and,...
Russian Jews Fleeing to Israel Speak of Political Repression, Fear of ‘Where This Situation Is Going’
Along with a growing Aliyah from Ukraine due to the ongoing war, Russian olim are also beginning to stream into Israel — fearing political developments...
US Jewish Lawmakers Press Amnesty International for Answers Over ‘Denial of Israel’s Right to Exist as Jewish State’
A group of ten Jewish members of the US House of Representatives sent an open letter on Wednesday to the secretary-general of Amnesty International, denouncing...
Israel Approves Plan to Rapidly Absorb 100,000 Ukrainian Jews
The Israeli government approved a plan on Tuesday to rapidly absorb the wave of Ukrainians who are fleeing Russia's invasion and immigrating to the Jewish...
Chile’s Jewish Community Denounces Presence of Former UK Labour Leader Corbyn at New President’s Inauguration
The leadership of Chile’s Jewish community denounced the presence of former UK Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn at the inauguration of Chile’s new president Gabriel...
All 25 Jewish Congressional Democrats Decry Amnesty Director’s ‘Disturbing’ Remarks That Israel ‘Shouldn’t Exist as Jewish State’
All 25 Democratic Jewish members of the US House of Representatives condemned the head of Amnesty International’s US branch on Monday, for arguing at an...
Zelensky Seeking to Hold Pro-Ukraine Rally, Speech at Yad Vashem: Report
Embattled Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is seeking to hold a rally for Ukraine at Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial and museum, during which he would...
US Won’t Give Russia Sanctions Exemption as Part of New Iran Deal, Official Says
The United States will not accept new Russian demands for an exemption to Western sanctions as part of a nuclear deal with Iran, a senior...
