Joshua Levitt
ARTICLES BY: Joshua Levitt
Israeli Demand for Gas Masks Increases 3-Fold Amid Talk of Syria Action
Israelis were ordering preventative gas masks en masse on Sunday, as the possibility of a military intervention in Syria seemed more likely, though limited supplies...
Report: U.S. to Warn Israel in Advance of Syria Attack, Security Officials Say Assad Unlikely to Retaliate Against Israel
The Israel Defense Force will get an advance warning from the U.S. military if a decision is reached to strike Syria, Israel's Channel 2 reported...
U.S. General Dempsey, Defense Chiefs From 10 Countries Meet in Amman to Discuss Syria Strategy
Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey and General Lloyd J. Austin III, commander of U.S. Central Command, are currently leading a three-day...
Israeli President Peres Calls for Removal of ‘All Chemical Weapons From Syria’
Israeli President Shimon Peres, on Sunday called for the removal of all chemical weapons from Syria, while French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, visiting the...
Netanyahu Laments Loss if Life in Syrian Chemical Attack, Says Israel’s Finger ‘On the Trigger’ if Necessary
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday, at the start of his weekly cabinet meeting, lamented the recent deaths from "weapons of mass destruction"...
British Crooner Sir Tom Jones is Latest Target of Anti-Israel ‘Online Bullies’
British crooner Sir Tom Jones has become the latest target of an anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign to pressure the popular singer into...
Afropop Star Salif Keita Cancels Jerusalem Benefit Concert Citing Fear of ‘Being Harmed Personally’ After BDS ‘Threats’
Afropop musician Salif Keita on Thursday was forced to cancel a performance scheduled for today at the Jerusalem Sacred Music Festival on the recommendation...
Lord Sacks Says Hardest Moment as Chief Rabbi Was Responding to Jenin ‘Massacre’ Accusations in 2002, Gathered His Own Intelligence
Lord Jonathan Sacks, retiring Commonwealth Chief Rabbi, said the toughest moment in his 22 years on the job came when responding to accusations leveled...
Day After Rockets Strike Region, Vacationers Head to Israel’s Galilee
Vacationers stuck by their plans to enjoy warm summer days by Northern Israel's Sea of Galilee the day after a rocket attack from Lebanon...
Report: Israeli Arab Family Lost 18 Members in Alleged Chemical Bombing Massacre Near Damascus
The Wakid family of the largely Arab city of Nazareth, in Northern Israel, lost 18 relatives in the suspected chemical bombing massacre, outside of...
Hezbollah on Rocket Attack: ‘We Don’t Condemn Actions Taken Against Israel’
Hezbollah MP Hassan Fadlallah claimed on Friday that his organization was not behind Thursday's rocket attack on Israel, but would not condemn the attack either, asserting...
Turkey Foreign Minister Davutoğlu: Erdoğan Rejects US Condemnation of Anti-Israel Remarks
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu claimed late on Wednesday that anti-Israel remarks made by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had been misunderstood and taken out of context,...
‘Help Me, I’m Alive!’ Screams Syrian Girl in Video That Has Become Symbol of Alleged Chemical Attack (VIDEO)
Video footage of a young Syrian girl who survived the alleged chemical weapons attack on Wednesday night outside of Damascus, Syria, that may have killed...
Netanyahu: Report of Syria Chemical Weapons Attack is ‘Terribly Disturbing’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the reported recent chemical weapons attack in Syria as "terribly disturbing" Thursday and said that it shows why "we...
