Zach Pontz
ARTICLES BY: Zach Pontz
Hamas Feeling the Squeeze Following Egypt Crackdown on Smuggling Tunnels
Hamas, the terror organization that runs the Gaza Strip, is being hit hard by Egyptian efforts to stifle the vast network of illegal smuggling tunnels...
Israeli President Peres, PM Netanyahu Welcome EU Blacklisting of Hezbollah
Israeli President Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed news of the European Union's decision to add the Lebanese radical movement Hezbollah's military wing...
Report: Arnold Schwarzenegger Helped Israel Sway Austria to Join Hezbollah Ban
Israel's Foreign Ministry had some help from Hollywood in convincing at least one country to label Hezbollah's military wing a terrorist organization, according to Hebrew-language...
PA President Abbas: ‘Jewish State Has the Right to Preserve its Security Within its Borders’
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas declared Monday that in any future peace deal between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, the Jewish State must leave "Palestinian...
Russia Affirms Commitment to Delivering S-300 Missile System to Syria
Russia is still committed to delivering the S-300 advanced anti-aircraft missile system to Syria, despite Western objections, and is also considering extending a loan to...
Saudi Airlines Blames Lack of Diplomatic Relations for Barring Israelis From Flights
Saudi Arabian Airlines Director General Khalid Abdullah Almolhem said that the state-owned company's anti-Israeli passenger policy is due to the lack of diplomatic relations between...
NYC Mayoral Candidate Anthony Weiner Slammed for Accepting ‘Terror-Tainted Money’ From Al Jazeera Lobbyist
Anthony Weiner is at the center of another scandal, this time after it was revealed he accepted campaign cash from a lobbyist for Al Jazeera,...
Hamas Terrorists Mourn the Death of Journalist Helen Thomas
Helen Thomas, the nonagenerian former White House correspondent who left her position after comments she made disparaging Jews and Israel were caught on tape and...
Peres Congratulates Abbas, Kerry on Return to Peace Talks
Israeli President Shimon Peres congratulated Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on his decision to return to peace talks, during a phone call on Sunday. "You took...
Netanyahu Promises Referendum on Peace Deal: ‘It Must be Put to the People for a Decision’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that any peace deal between Israel and the Palestinian Authority will be put to a public referendum. "I believe...
Asian-American Congresswoman Meng Chides Asian Studies Organization for Adopting BDS Resolution
Asian-American Congresswoman Grace Meng has sent a letter to the Association for Asian American Studies protesting its recent endorsement of the 'Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions"...
Hotel Industry Gives Cold Shoulder to Holocaust Denier, Unlikely to Find a Room in Berlin
Infamous Holocaust denier David Irving plans to return to Germany this September for the first time since a ban against him entering the country was...
Arab-Israeli Teen Sets New Swimming Record at European Youth Olympic Festival
Arab-Israeli Marc Hinnawi on Wednesday won the gold medal in the 400-meter freestyle heat at the 2013 European Youth Olympic Festival underway in ...
For First Time, Maccabiah Games Welcomes Cuban Delegation
For the first time in its 81-year history, the Maccabiah Games this year welcomed a Cuban delegation to its competition, The New York Times reported. In...
