Benjamin Kerstein
ARTICLES BY: Benjamin Kerstein
Top Israeli Politicians Lament Trump Decision to Pull US Forces From Northern Syria
Yair Lapid -- co-chairman of Israel's centrist Blue and White party -- issued a rare, if indirect, criticism of the Trump administration on Monday, expressing...
IDF Sets Up New Anti-Tunnel Company to Detect, Destroy Threats in Israel’s North
The Israel Defense Forces have set up a special engineering corps company to discover and prevent terror tunnels dug across Israel’s northern border from Lebanon. The...
Security Establishment Fears Iran Will Directly Attack Israel Following Strike on Saudi Arabia Oil Facilities
The Israeli security establishment is concerned that Iran may seek to strike the Jewish state in the same manner as it did a Saudi Arabian...
Major Jewish Group Praises Stay of Execution for Jewish Texas Death Row Inmate Sentenced by Antisemitic Judge
A leading Jewish group praised on Sunday a Texas appeals court’s decision to stay the execution of a Jewish death row inmate following allegations that...
New Knesset Inaugurated, but Top Parties Remain at Impasse, Keeping Threat of Third Elections Looming
In a series of developments in the continuing stalemate over who will form Israel’s next government, Blue and White party number two Yair Lapid gave...
Local UK Labour Party Branch Planning No-Confidence Vote Against Jewish MP on Eve of Yom Kippur
A local UK Labour party branch is planning a no-confidence vote against a Jewish MP on the eve of Yom Kippur. Dame Louise Ellman, the Labour...
Vandals Caught on Camera Smashing Window of Brooklyn Synagogue During Rosh Hashanah Prayers
A synagogue was vandalized in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn during the second day of Rosh Hashanah this week, with the perpetrators being caught on...
UK Labour Party Seeks to Oust Longtime Jewish MP, Opponent of Antisemitism in the Party
A long-time leading Member of Parliament for the UK's Labour party who is outspoken on the problem of antisemitism in the party is facing a...
In Rosh Hashanah Message, Netanyahu Outlines Terms for Unity Government, Says ‘There Is No Alternative’
In a greeting on Sunday for the Jewish new year, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on rival Benny Gantz to agree to form a...
Top Iranian Revolutionary Guards Commander Says Israel Surrounded on All Sides
A top commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, a designated terrorist organization, declared over the weekend that Israel doesn't pose any threat to the...
Day After Netanyahu Gets Mandate to Form Government, Gantz Calls for Unity Talks ‘Without Spin and Without Blocs’
As Israel’s uncertain political impasse continues, Blue and White party head Benny Gantz called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss forming a unity government...
Annual Rosh Hashanah Statistics: Israel Has 9.1 Million Residents, 89 Percent Are Satisfied With Lives
On the eve of the holiday of Rosh Hashanah, ushering in the Jewish year of 5780, Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics released its traditional end-of-the-year...
Israeli Police Officer Wounded Near Western Wall in Second Palestinian Stabbing Attack in Two Days
An Israeli police officer was wounded on Thursday in a stabbing attack near the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City. Yediot Ahronot reported that a Palestinian...
Israeli President Gives Netanyahu Mandate to Form Government, Urges Unity
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Wednesday gave Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the mandate to make the first attempt to form a government following last week's...
