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January 8, 2025 | Richard Goldberg, David May

MSCI Continues Anti-Israel ESG Ratings as Morningstar Removes Its Own

The reliability of the New York-based investment research firm MSCI’s environmental, social, governance (ESG) ratings for thousands of U.S. and international enterprises is undergoing critical scrutiny...

November 5, 2024 | Anthony Ruggiero |

Chinese Money Launderers’ Guilty Pleas Highlight China’s Role in America’s Fentanyl Crisis

Two Chinese-born individuals pleaded guilty last week to laundering tens of millions of dollars of drug proceeds in coordination with individuals in China and other countries. The case highlights the role...

November 4, 2024 | Richard Goldberg |

Chicago Plays Down an Antisemitic Hate Crime

The suspect, an illegal immigrant, shouted ‘Allahu Akbar.’ The victim was headed to synagogue.

November 1, 2024 | Ben Cohen |

What would Matt Baldacci do? The collaborator mentality returns

If people can’t stand up for Jews in a democracy where free speech is part of our national ethos, how should we expect them to behave if the stakes and the costs are much graver?

August 21, 2024 | |

Blinken Departs Middle East Without Ceasefire Deal

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken departed from the Middle East empty-handed on August 20, having failed to secure an agreement after Hamas rejected the latest iteration of...

May 6, 2024 | Richard Goldberg |

Biden may be holding up ammo to Israel — Congress must stop him

President Biden appears so desperate to stop Israel from destroying Hamas in Gaza that he’s reportedly delaying munition shipments to put even more pressure on Jerusalem to let the terrorist...

April 22, 2024 | Richard Goldberg |

Crack Down on Anti-Semitic K–12 Curricula

It’s not just on campus: even in primary and secondary education, Jews are often portrayed as privileged whites and Zionist colonial oppressors.

October 13, 2023 | David May |

The BDS Campaign Embraces Hamas’ Massacre — and the World Will Remember

The brutality of Hamas’ slaughter of Israeli civilians has put anti-Israel activists in a bind: Should they condemn atrocities against Israel, or should they defend Palestinian actions as extreme as killing...

July 27, 2023 | Richard Goldberg |

American Military Aid to Israel Serves Both Countries Well

A response to a dangerous proposal

January 24, 2023 | Richard Goldberg |

Woke ‘ESG’ investors guilty of anti-Semitism as they target Israel

Israel boycotters have a new home for waging economic war against the world’s only Jewish state: environmental, social and governance ratings. Federal and state officials should respond by demanding...

September 11, 2022 | David May |

Anti-Israel boycotts masquerade as social justice

Morningstar refuses to take responsibility for how its “responsible investment” methods have targeted Israel, after yet another confusion between Social Justice and Anti-Zionism.

July 30, 2022 | J. Pedro Zúquete |

Violent Left-Wing Extremism Looms After Reversal of Roe v. Wade

Under the banner of anti-fascism — Antifa, for short — a growing number of radicalized individuals are preparing for attacks on a variety of targets deemed as evil.

July 12, 2022 | David May, Richard Goldberg

Will CEOs Finally Learn Their Lesson on Boycotting Israel?

Ben & Jerry’s’ Israel boycott melted away last month when its parent company, Unilever, settled a federal lawsuit brought by the company’s Israeli licensee, Avi Zinger. Unilever...

July 8, 2022 | David May, Richard Goldberg

Earth to Executives: Boycotts of Israel Backfire

Letter to the Editor

February 16, 2022 | Richard Goldberg, David May

Investors Should Demand Transparency From ESG Research Firms

End-of-year data show that in 2021, investment surged in stocks rated positively by financial research firms on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) criteria, which include an ever-growing list of...

May 14, 2021 | Hayvi Bouzo, Benjamin Weinthal

Iranians to the Biden Administration: Do Not Lift Sanctions on Iran

The Biden administration is considering easing sanctions on the Iranian regime before reaching a nuclear agreement, a move that would only jeopardize the national security interests of the U.S and its Middle...

November 30, 2020 | David Adesnik, Patrick McAnally

American Advocates Open Pharmacy for Displaced Syrians Deprived of Aid by Assad Regime

The Syrian Emergency Task Force (SETF), an American non-profit organization, announced the opening last week of a no-cost pharmacy in the al-Rukban camp for displaced Syrians. The camp hosts 10,000 to 12,000...

February 27, 2020 | David Adesnik |

In Syria, Trump should act to save thousands of lives

There is a humanitarian emergency in northwest Syria in the province of Idlib. The population there was already suffering from the long and brutal civil war that began in 2011, but a new offensive by...

March 14, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Germany slated to allow Palestinian terrorist to speak in Berlin

Germany’s Interior Minister Horst Seehofer is prepared to allow convicted Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine terrorist Rasmea Odeh to speak at an event in Berlin.

February 22, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Foundation Under Fire for Awarding Prize to Antisemitic BDS Group

The group is called Jewish Voice for a Just Peace in the Middle East and is an energetic supporter of Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign targeting the Jewish state.