Zach Pontz
ARTICLES BY: Zach Pontz
Iran to Launch “Islamic Google Earth” in Coming Months
Iran is planning to launch an "Islamic Google Earth" in the coming months Mohammed Hassan Nami, the country's information and communication minister, was quoted by...
Turkish Columnist: Islamists Caught Off Guard by Israel’s Apology
A leading Turkish columnist wrote Thursday in Turkey's Hurriyet Daily News that Islamists in that country are far from happy about Israel's apology for its...
Report: U.S. Aid to Israel Will Increase Despite Sequester
Despite fears that U.S. aid to Israel would be cut Israel's Channel 10 is reporting that the new U.S. budget shows an increase in aid...
Human Rights Watch Slams Hamas For Failing to Investigate Executions of Accused Collaborators
Human Rights Watch on Thursday issued a report that censured Hamas for not investigating the deaths of seven men accused of collaboration with Israel. The prisoners...
Police Apprehend Mezuzah Burning Suspect
Police have apprehended a man they believe committed a string of hate crimes in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn. According to the New York Times, Rubin...
Polish Magazine Cover Shows German Chancellor in Concentration Camp
A spat between Germany and Poland revolving around World War II-era culpability escalated on Tuesday when a conservative Polish weekly news magazine, Uwazam...
ADL, Simon Wiesenthal Center Blast Cardozo’s Jimmy Carter Honor
The Anti-Defamation League and The Simon Wiesenthal Center have weighed in on the decision by a journal at the Cardozo Law School, which is affiliated...
Poll: 90.9% of Palestinians Believe Hamas and Fatah Should Reach Reconciliation Deal
A new poll released by the Jerusalem Media and Communications Center showed that the overwhelming majority of Palestinians (90.3%) believe that Hamas and...
Heir to Lauder Fortune Pledges Billion-Dollar Cubist Collection to New York Museum
Jewish philanthropist Leonard Lauder has pledged 78 cubist art works to the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art. The collection, considered one of the foremost...
Israeli Singer in Talks with John Galliano to Design Outfit for Eurovision Contest
Israel's representative at the Eurovision Song Contest, Moran Mazor, is in discussions with none other than John Galliano to design her outfit for the performance,...
Report: Israel Increasingly Skeptical of Reconciliation with Turkey
Among officials in Israel a possible reconciliation with Turkey has begun to seem increasingly unlikely as the latter country continues to take unilateral measures to...
Washington Post Editorial Calls on Obama to Accept Netanyahu’s ‘Red Line’ Iran Strategy
That "cartoonish" illustration, as so many commentators have referred to it, at the center Benjamin Netanyahu's speech at the U.N. last September might have actually...
Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah Glorifies Suicide Bombers on its Facebook Page
On the 11th anniversary of 17-year-old Ayyat Al-Akhras's suicide bombing that killed 3 and wounded 28 Israelis near a Jerusalem supermarket on March 29, 2002,...
U.S. Government Files Motion to Dismiss Lawsuit that Claims it Helps Fund Palestinian Terror
The U.S. State Department has filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a group of Americans who claim U.S. aid money helps...
