Zach Pontz
ARTICLES BY: Zach Pontz
Jewish Leaders React to France’s Backing of PA UN Bid
France has announced it will back the Palestinian Authority's UN bid for non-member observer status. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius told the country's National Assembly...
Report: Egyptian Security Seizes Shipment of Weapons on Way to Gaza, Including Anti-Aircraft Artillery
Sinai Peninsula along Egypt Israel border. Photo: wiki commons. Egyptian daily Al-Ahram has reported that Egyptian security forces seized several shipments of...
Hungarian Jewish Community Files Lawsuit After Politician Calls for List to be Compiled of Jews Who Pose “National Security Risk”
Hungary's Jewish community has initiated a criminal procedure today against a Hungarian far-right politician in that country who recently urged the government to compile a...
Hezbollah TV Station Claims Terror Group’s Rockets Can Reach Eilat
Lebanon's Al-Manar news station aired a segment recently in which it outlined the claimed capabilities of Hezbollah's rocket arsenal. The station, which is closely affiliated...
Bloggers Expose Fake Iran Claim of Development of Ultra-Advanced Drone
At the beginning of November reports from Iranian media said that "experts" in that country had developed a drone that "enjoys ultra-advanced technology and has...
Hamas TV Calls for “Killing Jews”
A video that appeared on Hamas's TV station that called for the destruction of Israel, and which Palestinian Media Watch recently posted to Youtube, was...
BBC’s Donnison May Lose Press Credentials After Blaming Israel for Syrian Child Victim in Tweet
A BBC correspondent who found himself in hot water after tweeting a picture of a child, who he claimed had been injured during Israel's operation...
French Writer-Filmmaker Explores Region Where Chinese and Korean Children Learn Yiddish (VIDEO)
Yiddish was once the primary language of Ashkenazi Jews, spoken by millions in Europe; then it scattered elsewhere around the world as anti-Semitism exiled many...
Report: UK Deputy Prime Minister to Lobby Cameron for Backing of PA UN Bid
Ahead of Thursday's UN vote to consider giving non-member status to the Palestinian Authority, the Guardian is reporting that British Deputy Prime Minister Nicholas Clegg,...
Huffington Post Falsely Claims More Than Half of All Gaza Victims in Recent Conflict Were Children
A caption posted by the Huffington Post accompanying an image of a dead child, posted below, falsely claims that over half of the victims of...
FA Launches Investigation Into West Ham Fans’ Anti-Semitic Chants
The English Football Association (FA) today launched an investigation into reports of antisemitic abuse leveled at Tottenham supporters by fans of West Ham United. The...
Merril Lynch Says Israel’s Economy is in Good Shape
At a press conference in Tel Aviv Monday Merrill Lynch's Bill O'Neill, the Wealth Management chief investment officer for Europe, the Middle East and Africa,...
Jewish Leaders Condemn Clip From Netherlands Show that Makes Netanyahu Out to be Child Killer (VIDEO)
A video satirizing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's recent press conference with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton which aired on Dutch TV has caused concern...
First Phase of New Weapons System Completed Succesfully in Israel
The first phase of the development of the David's Sling Weapon System concluded Sunday with a successful interception test. The test included for the...
