Benjamin Kerstein
ARTICLES BY: Benjamin Kerstein
UK Labour MP Files Complaint After Being Targeted With Antisemitic Abuse by Corbyn Backer
A prominent pro-Israel UK Labour MP has filed a complaint with her own party after being targeted online by an antisemitic Labour member. MP Rachel Reeves...
Iran-Backed Militia Airs Video Showing Militants on Golan Heights Border Calling Israel ‘Ultimate Target’
An Iran-backed militia released a video on Tuesday in which members deployed on the Israel-Syria border in the Golan Heights referred to the Jewish state...
‘We Need a Hanukkah Miracle,’ Says Sister of Israeli-American Woman Imprisoned in Russia
The sister of an Israeli-American woman imprisoned in Russia on drug charges said that her family needed a “Hanukkah miracle” after her appeal was rejected. Naama...
IDF Stops Knife-Wielding Palestinian Man Who Entered Israel From Gaza
A Palestinian armed with a knife attempted to infiltrate Israel from the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Monday. According to the sraeli news site Walla, the man...
Watchdog Concerned After Elle Magazine List Features Anti-Israel Activist Sarsour as One of Its ‘Women of Color in Politics to Watch’
A media watchdog group expressed strong reservations on Sunday after anti-Israel activist Linda Sarsour was included on a list published by Elle magazine of “20...
Yeshiva University Arson Suspect Charged, Released, Rearrested Four Hours Later
A Yeshiva University dormitory was set aflame on Friday by a 33-year-old suspect who was set free on supervised release and then soon after rearrested...
UK Prime Minister Johnson Issues Hanukkah Message to Jews: ‘Britain Would Not Be Britain Without Its Jewish Community’
Newly-elected British Prime Minister Boris Johnson issued a Hanukkah message from 10 Downing Street on Sunday afternoon, noting the recent rise in antisemitism and telling...
Family of Israeli-American Woman Imprisoned in Russia on Drug Charges ‘Devastated’ After Appeal Rejected
A Russian court rejected on Thursday the appeal of an Israeli-American woman imprisoned since April on drug charges. Naama Issachar, 26, was arrested at a Moscow...
Cyprus Becomes 17th Country to Adopt International Antisemitism Definition
The Republic of Cyprus announced on Wednesday that it had decided to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of antisemitism. The Cypriot government’s Press and...
Dozens of Israelis Detained at Moscow Airport Released
Dozens of Israelis were detained at a Moscow airport on Wednesday, with no reason given, and then released hours later with no explanation. The Israeli news...
Israeli-American Ex-Hoops Coach David Blatt Hired by Woeful New York Knicks as Front Office Adviser
The struggling New York Knicks hired Israeli-American former basketball coach David Blatt as a basketball operations consultant on Wednesday. "I look forward to the next step...
Former British PM Blair Blasts Corbyn-Led Labour Party as ‘Glorified Protest Movement With Cult Trimmings’ After Electoral Drubbing
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair blasted his own Labour party on Wednesday, saying that the takeover of it in recent years by its far-left...
Jersey City Board of Education Trustee Condemned for Blaming Kosher Market Shooting on Jews
A top US Jewish civil rights group condemned on Tuesday a local education official who blamed last week's deadly mass shooting at a kosher market...
IDF Thwarts Attempt by Palestinian Terrorist to Enter Southern Israel From Hamas-Ruled Gaza
In the first incident of its kind in some time, an attempted infiltration of southern Israel by a terrorist from the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip was...
