Benjamin Kerstein
ARTICLES BY: Benjamin Kerstein
Netanyahu: Battle With Hamas in Gaza Is ‘Not Over,’ Israel Considering ‘Next Steps’
“The battle is not over,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said of the conflict with the Gaza Strip-ruling Hamas on Wednesday. Netanyahu was speaking at an...
Companies and Organizations Paint Logos Blue and White Ahead of Israeli Independence Day
A new Facebook campaign has seen major corporations and organizations, some Israeli and some not, paint their logos blue and white in honor of Israeli...
Prominent Saudi Intellectuals and Journalists Support Israel, Slam Hamas, Blame Iran for Latest Gaza Violence
Several prominent Saudi journalists and intellectuals expressed support for Israel during the latest Gaza flare-up last weekend, and blamed Iran for the outbreak in hostilities. Hamas...
Residents of Rocket-Battered Southern Israel Express Dismay Over Gaza Ceasefire
After several days of unrelenting rocket fire from the Gaza Strip, residents of Israel’s south expressed frustration and anger on Monday with the announced ceasefire...
Israeli Security Agencies Say Foiled Major Hamas Cyber Attack on Vital Infrastructure This Weekend
The Israel Defense Forces and intelligence agency Shin Bet foiled a major Hamas cyber-attack this weekend, local media outlets reported on Sunday. Reportedly, the target was vital...
Disabled Israeli Man Who Can’t Reach Bomb Shelter in Time Says He Feels Like ‘Cannon Fodder’
A disabled Israeli man who is physically unable to reach a bomb shelter in time when red alert sirens sound in his hometown told an...
Woman and Child Killed in Gaza Were Hit by Misfired Hamas Rocket, Not Israel: IDF
The Israeli army stated on Sunday that a mother and child killed in Gaza over the weekend did not die as a result of Israeli...
Photo of Pregnant Israeli Mother Shielding Two-Year-Old Daughter During Rocket Attack With Her Own Body Goes Viral
A picture of a young pregnant mother protecting her two-year-old daughter with her body during rocket fire on southern Israel over the weekend has gone...
Factory Worker, 60-Year-Old Driver Killed in Sunday Rocket Attacks on Ashkelon, Two Others Wounded
Two Israelis were killed and two more were wounded in a wave of rocket attacks on the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon on Sunday. The victims...
Holocaust Victims Remembered at Annual ‘Every Person Has a Name’ Knesset Ceremony
Israel’s Knesset marked Holocaust Remembrance Day on Thursday by reading out the names of victims of the Nazis. The annual ceremony, called l’kol ish yesh shem...
Jewish Groups, MPs Denounce UK Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn After Revelation He Endorsed Antisemitic Book
Controversial UK Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn is embroiled in another antisemitism scandal after it was revealed that he wrote the forward to an antisemitic...
Army Vet Who Chased Off Poway Shooter: ‘I’m Not a Hero or Anything’
“I’m not a hero or anything. I just reacted,” said Oscar Stewart, who confronted and pursued the gunman who opened fire on the Chabad synagogue...
Israeli Researchers Discover New Treatment for Severe Epilepsy
Researchers at Tel Aviv University have discovered that a common drug treatment for multiple sclerosis may have important applications for epilepsy as well, including Dravet...
Victim of Poway Synagogue Shooting Laid to Rest: ‘She Had a Soul That Was Greater Than Any of Us Ever Could Believe’
Lori Gilbert-Kaye, who was killed in an antisemitic attack on the Chabad of Poway synagogue on Saturday, was laid to rest on Monday in an...
