Benjamin Kerstein
ARTICLES BY: Benjamin Kerstein
University of Illinois Launches Advisory Council on Jewish Life Following Legal Complaint Over Antisemitism
The University of Illinois announced that it has formed a new advisory council to deal with antisemitism on campus, following a complaint filed last year...
Israeli Defense Ministry, IDF, and Elbit Systems Reveal New ‘Iron Sting’ Laser-Guided Mortar
Israel’s Ministry of Defense, the IDF, and Israeli defense company Elbit Systems unveiled on Sunday a state-of-the-art laser-guided mortar named “Iron Sting,” N12 reported. The mortar...
The Campaign Against France at the New York Times
“We live in very remarkable times. We find with astonishment that progress has concluded an alliance with barbarism.” — Sigmund Freud I have been, for some...
Head of Harvard University Hillel Blasts Student Petition Supporting Academic Cornel West as ‘Anti-Jewish Conspiracy Theory’
The head of the Harvard University Hillel strongly criticized a petition in support of prominent Harvard professor Cornel West that echoes the scholar's claims that...
Netanyahu: I Prevented Iran From Acquiring an ‘Arsenal’ of Nuclear Weapons
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that his campaign against the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran prevented the Islamic Republic from acquiring “an arsenal”...
Palestinian Prime Minister: PA Will Aid ICC War Crimes Investigation Against Israel
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said Tuesday that the PA will collaborate with the International Criminal Court’s investigation into alleged Israeli war crimes. Kan reported that...
Report: India Believes Iranian Quds Force Behind Bomb at Israeli Embassy in Delhi
India’s counterterrorism agencies have concluded that a bomb which exploded outside the Israeli embassy in Delhi last month was the work of Iran’s terrorist Islamic...
Attack on Israeli Vessel Was Iranian Retaliation for Secret Operation, Says Official
The attack on an Israeli-owned vessel in the Gulf of Oman on Feb. 25 was an Iranian retaliation for a secret Israeli operation, a senior...
Yamina Party Head Bennett Predicts Solid Right-Wing Majority After Election This Month
Former Israeli defense minister and head of the right-wing Yamina party Naftali Bennett predicted a massive Knesset majority for the right following elections later this...
Israeli Air Force Jets Escort US B-52 Bombers Through Israeli Airspace to ‘Deter Aggression’
Israeli Air Force F-15 fighters escorted two US Air Force B-52 bombers through Israeli airspace on Sunday, in an operation that the US military said...
Turkish Textbooks Increasingly Demonize Israel and Zionism, Refer to Jews as ‘Infidels,’ Says New Report
A new report has found that the latest editions of Turkish school textbooks take a strongly negative view of Israel and now describe Jews as...
Israeli Leaders Slam, Palestinians Hail, ICC Decision to Investigate Alleged War Crimes
A host of Israeli leaders weighed in on Wednesday in response to the news that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has decided to open an...
BBC Panel Debate on Whether Jews Are an ‘Ethnic Minority’ Draws Outrage From British Jews
Outrage erupted on Tuesday among British Jews and Jewish organizations after one of the BBC’s top programs, “Politics Live,” held a panel discussion debating whether...
Israeli and Jordanian Foreign Ministers Meet Along Border to Discuss Palestinian Issue, Economic Ties
Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi and his Jordanian counterpart Ayman Safadi met for the third time on Tuesday for talks on the Palestinian issue and...
