Zach Pontz
ARTICLES BY: Zach Pontz
EXCLUSIVE: SWC’s Rabbi Cooper Responds to Roger Waters’s Open Letter: ‘He Needs a Reality Check’
Following the publication Thursday of Roger Waters's open letter responding to accusations of anti-Semitism leveled against him over an inflatable pig concert prop emblazoned with a Star...
Roger Waters Defends Himself Against Charges of Anti-Semitism: ‘I Have Many Very Close Jewish Friends’
In an open letter published on his Facebook page, musician Roger Waters, a fierce anti-Israel advocate, responded to allegations made by Rabbi Abraham Cooper of...
Report: Further Israeli Airstrikes on Syria Weapons Cache Likely
Further Israeli strikes inside Syria are now expected after American intelligence analysts concluded that a recent attempt to destroy a stockpile of weapons there did...
Netanyahu Welcomes New US Sanctions on Iran Oil Industry
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday welcomed news that the U.S. Congress passed new legislation toughening sanctions against Iran over its clandestine nuclear program. "Following...
Netanyahu Hits Back at Arab MK Who Tells Knesset ‘We Were Here Before You, and We’ll be Here After You’ (VIDEO)
A meeting at Israel's Knesset Wednesday turned heated after Arab Israeli MK Jamal Zahalka (Balad) declared that Israeli Jews are an "enemy of peace." Zahalka...
French President to Visit Israel by ‘End of the Year’
French President Francois Hollande will visit Israel by the end of the year, the country's foreign minister said Tuesday, according to French media...
Tottenham Hotspur Chairman Targeted on Twitter With Anti-Semitic Barbs
The chairman of UK football club Tottenham Hotspur has become a high-profile victim of anti-Semitic attacks on Twitter, the Jewish Chronicle reported Wednesday. Daniel Levy, who...
Syria’s Assad Opens Instagram Account Featuring Fawning Photos of the Dictator Amidst Civil War
Amid all the bloodshed in his country, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad still found time to get in on the social media craze. Last week, as...
Jewish Human Rights Group Knocks ‘Irony’ of Abbas’s Jew-Free Palestinian State
Officials from Jewish human rights group the Simon Wiesenthal Center hit back at comments made by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas that any future Palestinian...
Israeli Ambassador Oren on CNN: PM Netanyahu is Committed to 9-Month Negotiation Time Frame (VIDEO)
The Israeli government is committed to the nine-month time frame set out by US Secretary of State John Kerry for reaching an agreement on a...
Theater Company to Stage Beckett’s ‘Waiting for Godot’ in Unprecedented Yiddish Performance (VIDEO)
The Yiddish theater once enjoyed packed houses in New York City's Lower East Side, and although those days are long past, a New York theater...
Anti-Semitic German Magazine that Praises Nazis Refuses to Shut Down Despite Global Criticism
Nazis are generally vilified, and for good reason, but one German pulp magazine has taken it upon itself to try to change their image, and...
Liberal Democrats Urge US Congress to Hold Off on Tougher Iran Sanctions
A group of liberal Democrat politicians in the US are speaking out against a tough new Iran sanctions bill set to be put to a...
In Effort to Embarrass Abbas as Peace Talks Begin, Fatah’s Military Wing Touts Weapons Capabilities Online
In an effort to embarrass Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas as peace talks begin in earnest in Washington on Tuesday, al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, the unofficial...
