Zach Pontz
ARTICLES BY: Zach Pontz
Report: Israeli, Palestinian Authority Officials Hold Secret Talks Over Pre-Oslo Convicts
Israeli and Palestinian Authority officials have held secret discussions about the release of convicts detained by Israel before the 1993 Oslo Accords, Ma'an news...
Blogger Spearheads Petition Urging Human Rights Groups to Condemn Anti-Semitic TV Show
Scene during filming of upcoming Khaybar series. A petition urging human rights groups to condemn an anti-Semitic mini-series due to air throughout...
British Entrepreneur Moves Company to Israel for 3 Months, Recounts ‘Only in Israel’ Moments
British entrepreneur Daniel Abrahams decided to move his Internet start-up, MyCurrencyTransfer.com, from London to Tel Aviv for three months in April, telling the blog Displaced...
Anti-Morsi Activist: ‘A Second Revolution’ is Coming
Dueling mass demonstrations are scheduled in Egypt Sunday both in support and in opposition to President Mohamed Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood ruling party, with...
Report: U.S.-Born Ron Dermer to be Next Israeli Ambassador to Washington (VIDEO)
U.S.-born Ron Dermer will be Israel's next ambassador to the U.S., Israel's Army Radio reported Friday. According to the report, there was some hesitancy in giving...
Alicia Keys Demands Removal of Anti-Israel YouTube Video
A video protesting Israel posted to YouTube that featured a song by Alicia Keys was removed from the video-sharing website earlier this week after the...
Prime Ministers, Archbishops Heap Praise on Departing Chief Rabbi Sacks (VIDEO)
Outgoing Commonwealth Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks was honored at a dinner earlier this week for his 22 years in service. During the celebration a video...
Ha’aretz Columnist: ‘Benjamin Netanyahu Was Right’ on Iran
An unlikely voice is sounding the alarm on a nuclear Iran—the liberal Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz, which is well known for its often diametrical...
‘Anti-Semitic’ Elevator Causes Friction at New York City Apartment Building
A dispute over a "Shabbat-friendly" elevator has deteriorated into a civil rights battle at an Upper West Side apartment building, The New York Daily news...
Report: CIA Begins Operations to Arm Syrian Rebels
The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency has commenced operations to help arm Syrian rebels battling the forces of that country's president, Bashar al-Assad, The Wall Street...
Netanyahu: Peace Agreement Won’t Eliminate ‘Wild Defamation of Jewish State’
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that he desires peace, but that no agreement with the Palestinian Authority would silence critics of the Jewish...
Ukraine’s President: Anti-Semitism Will Not be Tolerated
During a meeting Tuesday with the Board of Trustees of the Jewish Agency, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych said that he will not give anti-Semites room...
Due to Strike, Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Withdraws Involvement in Upcoming Kerry Visit
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's visit to Israel Thursday won't involve Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as the office is in the midst of...
Israeli Cardboard Bicycle Mastermind Seeks Crowdfunding for Mass Production (VIDEO)
An Israeli inventor who made waves with his new creation is now looking for a few good men to back its production, NoCamels.com reports. Izhar Gafni's...
