Joshua Levitt
ARTICLES BY: Joshua Levitt
Blackstone Eyeing Deals in Israel; May Consider Opening Local Office
The Blackstone Group LP private equity investor is studying several large deals in Israel and may consider opening an office in the Jewish state, Financial...
Egyptian Satirist’s Plagiarism of Jewish Author Prompts Anti-Semitic Maelstrom on Twitter
Cairo-based satirist Bassem Youssef, the host of Egypt's popular El Bernameg news program, sparked a controversy this month when he plagiarized an article about Putin's Russia published...
Jewish Writer Blackballed at Amnesty International Event Featuring Anti-Israel Activist Ben White (VIDEO)
Richard Millett, an outspoken, London-based Jewish writer, was blackballed at an Amnesty International lecture on Friday night when the moderator refused to allow him to ask...
GANSO Says 38% of Rockets Fired at Israel Explode Within Gaza
The Gaza NGO Safety Office, GANSO, reported that more than a third of the recent barrage of rockets fired by Islamic Jihad and Hamas at...
Arab League Prepares to Reject Israel as Jewish State
Arab foreign ministers met on Sunday to finalize the agenda of a two-day Arab summit this week in Kuwait, where they are expected to reject...
Jewish Organizations Condemn Holocaust Denial By Iran’s Supreme Leader
Jewish organizations broadly condemned Iran's Supreme Leader Seyed Ali Khamenei for questioning "the reality" of the Holocaust on Friday. Originally in speech to thousands of pilgrims at...
Netanyahu on Terrorist Killed in Jenin: ‘Our Policy is to Attack Those Who Attack Us and Who Are Planning to Attack Us’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday commended the military forces who killed wanted Hamas terrorist Hamza Abu Alhija, as he attempted to flee...
Lawyer: Mossad Findings on Missing Iranian Jews ‘Strengthens Our Case’ in U.S. Against Tehran (INTERVIEW)
The human rights lawyer suing the former president of Iran on behalf of the families of Jews who disappeared while trying to escape the regime...
IDF Major General: ‘Hamas Invests in Tunnels Instead of the Welfare of the People of Gaza’ (VIDEO)
Israel Defense Forces Major General Sammy Turgeman on Friday said following the discovery of a terror tunnel, the fourth found in the past year and the...
Israel Economy Minister Bennett Mocks Boycotts Yet Again
Israeli Economy Minister Naftali Bennett on Friday mocked pressure within Israel to appease those who threaten economic boycott of the Jewish state by pointing to...
Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei Says Reality of Holocaust is ‘Uncertain’
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei on Friday questioned the reality of the Holocaust, on Twitter. He wrote, "#Holocaust is an event whose reality is uncertain...
Tel Aviv Attempts to Set Guinness World Record for Largest Shabbat Dinner With 1,000 Jews (INTERVIEW)
The city of Tel Aviv will host a Shabbat dinner that is expected to set a Guinness-certified world record for the largest Shabbat dinner in...
Palestinian Authority Seeks to Develop Judea and Samaria Oil Field
The Palestinian Authority announced its intention to explore for oil in a 400 square kilometer area that could hold between 30 million and 186 million barrels,...
Israeli Elbit Systems Wins $290 Million Asian Tank Contract
Israeli defense contractor Elbit Systems won a $290 million three-year contract with an unnamed Asian country to upgrade its army's tanks, Israel's Globes business daily reported...
