Dexter Van Zile
ARTICLES BY: Dexter Van Zile
The Presbyterian Church’s Stance on Israel and Hezbollah Isn’t Funny
You simply can’t make this stuff up; it’s like something out of a Mel Brooks movie. Fifteen years after the Presbyterian Church USA (PCUSA) fired...
How Much Did YouTube and PayPal Make From Owen Benjamin’s Jew-Hatred?
It happens every day, even on weekends. Sometime in the late afternoon or early evening West Coast time, several thousand people log onto YouTube’s livestream service...
Coptic Analyst Offers Warning to Jews (and Christians) About Potential Attacks in Wake of New Zealand Shooting
Jews and Christians living in the West, and Europe especially, need to increase their vigilance against jihadist violence in the aftermath of the murder of...
Why Is the Catholic Church Vocal on a Jewish Attack, but Not an Arab One?
As a Roman Catholic and a supporter of the Jewish state, I’m disappointed by the failure of law enforcement officials in Israel to successfully prosecute...
Pro-Israel Activist Still Dealing with Fallout from Confrontation at Presbyterian Meeting
The death of Bassem Masri from fentanyl poisoning in Missouri on November 27, 2018 was a tragedy. Masri was the victim of an overdose, or...
Rabbis for Human Rights Helps World Council of Churches Engage in Damage Control
Almost fifteen years ago, the Israeli nonprofit Rabbis for Human Rights (RHR) lambasted the Presbyterian Church USA (PCUSA) for demonizing Israel. It happened after the...
Church Activists Promote Palestinian Propaganda — Not Peace
Get ready. Israel will soon be subjected to a withering campaign of lies and misinformation broadcast by the World Council of Churches (WCC) and many of...
Surprise! Another Church Group Fund Has Proscribed Pro-Israel Stocks
Two weeks ago, The Algemeiner published an article I wrote highlighting the hypocrisy of the United Church of Christ (UCC). In 2015, the denomination’s General Synod...
BDS Charade: United Church of Christ’s ‘Divestment’ From Israel
It was a charade -- nearly every last word of it. A few years ago, the United Church of Christ (UCC), a mainline Protestant denomination in...
According to Israeli Writer, West Bank Jews Have It Coming
Gideon Levy hates Jews living in the West Bank. He hates them so much that he feels no sympathy for them when they are murdered...
Christian Opposition to Israel Requires a Christian Response
“Is our alternative truly only between malevolent enemies and condescending friends?” That tortured query was issued by Hannah Arendt in 1941, after Jules Romains -- a prominent French...
An Episcopalian Blood Libel in Austin
“What was the boy’s name, William of Norwich?” That’s the question that Suffragan Bishop Gayle E. Harris, from the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts, needs to answer....
Keeping the Flag Flying in the Face of Hate
The process goes like clockwork. Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip attack Israel with rockets, kites, or huge crowds of people intent on crossing into...
Anti-Islamophobia Conference Only Tells Part of the Story
Corey Saylor, a prominent Muslim activist in the United States, made a stunning admission last week. Speaking at a counter-Islamophobia conference at the University of...
Losing a Child to the BDS Movement
New York Times Morgenthau Obituary Oddly Omits His Jewish Identity
Norwegian Public Broadcaster Keeps Antisemitic ‘Jewish Swine’ Cartoon Online Despite Protests
The 20th Century Pogroms Against the Jews of the Middle East: Will Christians Suffer the Same Fate?