Zach Pontz
ARTICLES BY: Zach Pontz
‘Knockout Game’ Victim Says Jews Are Being Targeted Because They ‘Look Gentle’
One of the Jewish victim's of the increasingly popular "Knockout Game" has spoken out, telling the New York Post he believes Jews are being targeted...
Netanyahu Tells Obama He Must Change Foreign Policy or Risk Diminished Influence
A lawmaker from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud political party told an Israeli television station on Monday that Netanyahu warned U.S. President Barack...
Noble Energy Says it Prefers to Sell Leviathan Gas Regionally
Noble Energy said on Saturday that the company preferred selling natural gas from Israel's Leviathan field to the country's neighbors, such as Egypt or...
Apple Closes Deal to Acquire Israel’s PrimeSense for $350 Million
Tech giant Apple Inc. and Israel's PrimeSense closed a deal on Friday that will see the acquisition of the latter company for between $300-350 million,...
Venture Fund Backed by Big Name Angels Invests in Israeli Tech
The Genesis Angels fund, which is chaired by former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, and boasts Yuval Rabin, son of the late prime minister Yitzhak...
Arrests Made as Jewish Communities Step Up Security Over Violent ‘Knockout Game’
Vigilance paid off Thursday night when four perpetrators of the "Knockout Game" were apprehended in Borough Park, Brooklyn. The twisted Knockout Game consists of gangs seeking...
U.N. Security Council Was Late on Syria, Says Deputy Secretary General; ‘Veto Power Needs to be Limited’
The United Nations Security Council was late to act on Syria, the international body's deputy secretary-general, Jan Eliasson, told Hurriyet Daily News in an interview...
German Official Says Unlilkely Art Hoarder Will be Prosecuted
A German official has said it is unlikely the statute of limitations will be retroactively extended in order to prosecute Cornelius Gurlitt, the octogenarian discovered...
Lebanese Army Defuses 250-Pound Car Bomb, Averting Major Terror Attack
The Lebanese army prevented another massive bomb attack Friday, defusing a 250-pound car bomb just three days after twin suicide bombings targeting the Iranian embassy...
Rare 18th-Century Haggadah Sells for £210,000 at Auction
A rare 18th century Haggadah discovered by chance in the garage of a resident of Manchester, England has sold for £210,000 ($340,000) at auction, the...
Israel’s Oren in LA Times Op-Ed: ‘Netanyahu is Merely Doing His Job’ in Warning Against a Nuclear Iran
Michael Oren, the former Israeli ambassador to the United States, took to the pages of the Los Angeles Times on Thursday to defend Israeli Prime...
Jerusalem Restaurateur Offers Steep Discount for Customers Who Shut Off Their Phones
Restaurateur Jawdat Ibrahim has spent decades promoting coexistence among the Jewish and Arab populations of Israel, and now he's focusing on the relationships of his customers...
Netanyahu Vows to Stop Iran From Obtaining Nuclear Weapon
On a state visit to Moscow, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday met with Russian Jewish community leaders in Moscow and promised them that...
Obama: Israeli Nobel Winner Kahneman ‘Basically Invented the Study of Human Decision Making’
American-Israeli Nobel Prize-winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman was one of 16 recipients Wednesday of the United States' highest civilian honor, The Presidential Medal of Freedom. In awarding...
