Chaim Lax
ARTICLES BY: Chaim Lax
From New York City to the Negev Desert: Who Are the Black Hebrew Israelites?
In October 2022, famed American rapper Kanye West (also known as “Ye”) stirred up controversy when he tweeted that he was going to go “Deathcon...
Whoopi Goldberg, Here’s Why Hamas Is Recognized as a Terror Organization
Whoopi Goldberg, the famed American actress and co-host of the ABC daily talk show The View, has come under fire for seemingly questioning whether Hamas...
A Decade Later, Media Libel on Ethiopian-Israelis Still Waiting to be Updated
At the end of 2012/beginning of 2013, Israel was rocked by media reports that Israeli officials had told Ethiopian women waiting to immigrate to the...
In Contextualizing Palestinian Terrorism, Media Miss the Big Picture
On November 15, 2022, Israel suffered yet another deadly terror attack, when a Palestinian man went on a stabbing and car-ramming spree outside the West...
Out of Bounds: Kyrie Irving’s Contentious Relationship With Israel & the Jewish People
Kyrie Irving, the star point guard for the Brooklyn Nets basketball team, recently came under fire after he tweeted a link to an antisemitic film,...
Spotlight on Jenin: The Twin Terror Hubs of Jenin and Nablus
Jenin, dubbed the Palestinian “terror capital” by observers, has been in the news for the past few months as Israel continues to carry out counter-terrorism...
A Guide to the Top 13 Israeli Political Parties Running in the 2022 Knesset Elections
In June 2022, following a number of legislative defeats for the “change government” headed by Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid, Israel’s parliament was dissolved, with...
How Did the Media Cover the Terrorist Doctor of Jenin?
On Friday October 14, Israeli forces entered the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank, in order to arrest a Hamas operative who was...
The Top 5 Israel Moments at the United Nations
On Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid addressed the assembled representatives of the nations of the world and spoke on matters of critical importance to...
Has Marvel Surrendered to Anti-Israel Pressure After Introducing Israeli Superhero?
Marvel Studios announced over the weekend that it would take a “new approach” to the Israeli superhero Sabra, after coming under fire from anti-Israel pundits...
Move Over Gal Gadot, There’s a New Israeli Superhero in Town
Comics giant Marvel recently announced at the Walt Disney D23 Expo that the much-anticipated fourth installment of the Captain America movie series, titled "Captain America:...
Persecution in Iran: the Baha’i Faith and False Charges of Heresy
For the past month, there has been an uptick in news stories about members of the Baha’i faith in Iran being arrested on a number...
No, BBC, Israel Never Required ‘Love Declarations’
In a recent article entitled "Israeli rules say West Bank visitors must declare love interest," the BBC’s Middle East correspondent, Yolande Knell, launched a scathing...
A Ceasefire Line Is Not a Border: Debunking the Green Line Myth
In a recent opinion piece for The Washington Post, noted Israeli activist and journalist Gershom Gorenberg referred numerous times to the Green Line as “Israel’s...
