Zach Pontz
ARTICLES BY: Zach Pontz
Israel Returns Stolen Antiquities to Egypt
Israel has returned over 90 stolen artifacts to Egypt after Cairo asked authorities in Jerusalem to stop an auction from selling them. Ali Ahmed, director-general of...
Belarus Commemorates Former Israeli PM Begin With Statue, Releases Stamps Honoring Zionist Leaders
Former Israeli Prime minister Menachem Begin is being commemorated with a statue in Belarus, the country of his birth, i24 News reported Monday. Begin, born in...
Lebanese Actor Won’t Apologize for Mocking Hezbollah Leader Despite Protests
The director and star of a popular Lebanese TV show says he will not apologize for airing a skit that poked fun at Hezbollah leader...
Rabbi Returns $98,000 Found in Craigslist Furniture (VIDEO)
A rabbi in New Haven, Connecticut got one enviable return on his investment recently when he found $98,000 in a desk he bought off Craigslist...
Report: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Sits Atop Sprawling Business Empire Worth $95 Billion
Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, controls a business empire worth around $95 billion, according to an extensive investigation carried out by Reuters. The vast sum...
Rare Footage of Circling Sharks Captured off Israeli Coast
Sharks are becoming more visible of late in Israel's part of the Mediterranean. A man's hand was bitten by one off the coast of Ashdod...
Survey: European Jews Consider Anti-Semitism a ‘Major Problem’
The full results of a new survey presenting the first comparable figures on Jewish people's experiences of anti-Semitic harassment, discrimination and hate crime in...
Dominique Strauss Kahn’s Ex Lays Claim to Matisse Found in German Apartment
The former wife of ex-International Monetary Fund Chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is set to inherit a painting worth as much as $100 million, following its discovery...
Al Jazeera Bankrolling Exiled Muslim Brotherhood Leaders as They Chart Strategy for Political Islam
Al Jazeera is footing the bill for several Muslim Brotherhood members who have fled to Doha, The Washington Post has reported. The newspaper said that several Brotherhood...
Netanyahu Urges Kerry Not to Sign ‘Very, Very, Bad Deal’ With Iran
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry not to sign what he described as "a very, very, bad deal" with...
Israeli Clinicians Develop Novel Way to Needle (VIDEO)
Fear needles? Well fear no more--Hebrew University students and Hadassah Medical Center clinicians have come up with a novel solution. They "created a semi-automatic handheld ...
BBC Trust Censures Show for Inaccurate Portrayal of Six Day War
The BBC Trust has decided that Dan Snow breached its Editorial Guidelines on accuracy when he implied that Israel had started the Six Day...
Controversial Film ‘Aftermath’ Confronts Poland’s Relationship With the Holocaust (INTERVIEW)
'Aftermath,' a Polish film that began a limited run in New York last week and will be making its way to Los Angeles, tells the...
Iranian Nobel Laureate Ebadi Slams Rouhani’s Human Rights Record
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi has sharply criticized Iranian President Hassan Rouhani for his human rights record, in an interview with The Associated Press. Citing...
