Benjamin Kerstein
ARTICLES BY: Benjamin Kerstein
UAE Airline Begins Selling Tickets to Israeli Passengers
The second-largest airline in the United Arab Emirates began selling tickets to Israeli passengers on Tuesday, in another step in the normalization process between the...
Stabbing of Local Rabbi in Petah Tikva Was Terror Attack, Shin Bet Confirms
The stabbing that killed a rabbi in the central Israeli city of Petah Tikva last week was a terrorist attack, the Shin Bet internal security...
Struggling With the Settlements: A Response
I thank Jerold Auerbach for his response to my criticisms of the settlement movement, but I regret I cannot agree with it. Mr. Auerbach seems to...
Top Jewish Group Slams Quaker Publication for Spreading Blood Libel Blaming Israel for US Police Violence
A top Jewish group slammed a Canadian Quaker publication on Sunday for spreading what it called a “big lie” by claiming that Israel was responsible...
Netanyahu Hails ‘Historic Day,’ as First Israeli Commercial Flight to UAE Touches Down
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to the media on Monday after the first commercial Israeli flight landed in the United Arab Emirates, calling it...
Top Jewish Group Praises Charges Against Prominent Canadian Neo-Nazi Propagandist
A top Canadian Jewish group expressed relief and approval on Sunday with the news that a prominent local neo-Nazi will face hate-crimes charges. Gabriel Sohier Chaput...
Incarcerated Islamist Preacher Who Called for Murdering Jews Complains About Being Forced to Eat Kosher Food
A notorious Islamist preacher who was convicted of inciting the murder of Jews and is now incarcerated in a Colorado prison for supporting terrorism has...
Zionism, Messianism and the Question of the Settlements
At least 500,000 Israelis live in territories won in the 1967 Six-Day War, and possibly a great deal more than that. They reside everywhere from...
Israeli Man Stabbed to Death in Suspected Terror Attack in Petah Tikva
An Israeli man was stabbed to death on Wednesday in the central city of Petah Tikva in what authorities were investigating as a likely terrorist...
Israel’s Defense Ministry Releases First Images Taken by State-of-the-Art Ofek 16 Satellite
Israel’s Defense Ministry and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) released on Tuesday the first images taken from space by the new Ofek 16 surveillance satellite. Launched in...
TikTok Users Posting Videos Pretending to Be Holocaust Victims Called ‘Disgusting Trend’
In a controversial new social media trend, users of the hugely-popular app TikTok are posting videos in which they pretend to be Holocaust victims. According to...
Leading UK Jewish Group Blasts Major Muslim Charity After Second Antisemitism Scandal This Year
The president of the leading Jewish group in the UK sharply criticized a major Muslim organization after its leadership was forced to resign en masse...
New Innovative Israeli Laser Defense System Downs Dozens of Gaza Incendiary Balloons
In a major technological development, a new Israeli laser defense system has downed over two dozen incendiary balloons launched from the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. Such balloons...
UAE FM Expects ‘Warm’ Peace With Israel; Embassy to Be in Tel Aviv
The United Arab Emirate’s minister of state for foreign affairs said on Thursday that his country’s new peace with Israel would be "warm," but that...
