Zach Pontz
ARTICLES BY: Zach Pontz
Portuguese Diplomat Finally Celebrated for Saving Jews During WW II
When Aristides de Sousa Mendes died in 1954 he was broke and shamed, this despite his heroic activities during the Second World War to save...
Esquire Columnist: America’s ‘Obsession’ with Israel ‘Has Gone on Long Enough’
Is America obsessed with Israel? Stephen Marche, a columnist for Esquire, thinks so, and "The obsession has gone on long enough," he writes in the magazine's...
Israel Security Forces Nab $8 Million Worth of Marijuana at Egypt Border
Israeli border police and the IDF foiled a drug smuggling attempt from Egypt into Israel of more than 350 pounds of marijuana, Israel's Channel 2...
Jerusalem Mayor Barkat to Blast Ancient Cannon Marking End of Ramadan Fast (VIDEO)
Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat is scheduled to fire the city's ancient Ramadan cannon announcing the end of the day's Ramadan fast on Wednesday. The month of...
Lebanon President Suleiman Urges Lebanese to Stay Out of Syria Conflict
Lebanon President Michel Suleiman has urged Lebanese citizens to refrain from becoming involved in the raging Syrian civil war. "It is important to stop interfering in...
Simon Wiesenthal Center Slams ‘Khaybar’ Miniseries After Video of Actors Spewing Hate Surfaces (VIDEO)
Actors from an anti-Semitic miniseries set to air this month in the Arab world have further confirmed their show's hateful message in a series of...
Hazem El-Beblawi Named New Egyptian PM as Brotherhood Rejects Timetable for New Elections
Egyptian presidential spokesman Ahmed El-Moslamany announced Tuesday that interim president Adly Mansour has assigned Hazem El-Beblawi to the post of the prime minister of...
Sequel Released to Temple Institute ‘Children’ Video That Caused Arab Outrage Last Year (VIDEO)
A film that inadvertently outraged the Arab world last year now has its sequel. The Children Are Ready, released by the Temple Institute, a not-for-profit...
Report: Livni ‘Will Not’ Discuss S-300 Transfer While in Russia
Israel's Justice Minister Tzipi Livni will not discuss the delivery of the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system to Syria while on an official visit to Russia...
Israeli Rescuers Come to Aid of Injured Climber in Wales
One Welshman can count his lucky stars (of David) after two Israel Defense Forces Search and Rescue Unit members came to his aid after he...
Maccabi Tel Aviv Match Cancelled in Germany Amid Security Fears
Police in Austria this weekend cancelled a soccer match between Germany's Energie Cottbus and Israel's Maccabi Tel Aviv due to security fears, Der Spiegel's website...
Former Lebanese PM Hariri Blames Israel for Beirut Car Bomb
Former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri blamed Israel on Tuesday for the "terrorist explosion" that rocked a Hezbollah stronghold in southern Beirut, Lebanon's Daily Star reported. "[The...
Egypt Violence Boils Over, More Than 50 Dead in Clashes
Interim Egyptian President Adly Mansour urged calm Monday following the deaths of at least 50 Muslim Brotherhood protesters, during another violent day in Cairo. In a...
Erdogan Insults Blacks as State Media Continues Anti-Semitic Campaign
Not sated by his anti-Semitism, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has tried his hand at another form of blatant racism. In comments made about Kemal...
