Invading Ramallah, bursting the bubble

Over the last two weeks, the Israeli army has been invading the Palestinian city of Ramallah and conducting a series of military incursions which...

Trump wants out of NATO: A gift to Russia, or a gift to Germany?

Just this week, the New York Times released an explosive report which alleged that US President Donald Trump had “suggested a move tantamount to...

Maribor je naš, Ljubljana pa tudi

Eno drugo čudno pleme, ki pa to seveda ni in noče biti, namreč mariborsko, pa se je predstavljalo po zaslugi neke druge obletnice - stoletnice SNG...

Prosecutors need convincing proof in Ghosn case

Was Kim’s China visit an economic lifeline for border development?

In the past year, a growing sense of detente on the Korean peninsula has brought about a wave of optimistic real estate purchases in the Chinese...

Are the US and the West really concerned about freedoms of Sudanese protesters?

On 19 December, the Sudanese government decided to triple the price of bread, prompting a wave of anti-government protests which swiftly escalated...

Will Washington be able to Cloak and Dagger its Way to Total Control over Afghanistan?

It does take a genius to realize that Washington’s operation in Afghanistan has come to a screeching halt. Seventeen years after the initial...

An American Consensus: Time to Confront China

The foreign policy establishment in Washington has recently come to the realization that a new strategy is needed in the American relationship with...

The Return of Militarism

Idol worship is here once again: Militarism has returned. Not that it ever left us, but following the 1973 Yom Kippur War, there were a few good...

How worried should Asia be about Brexit? Here’s the number to watch

There is an academic experiment that demonstrates the “wisdom of crowds”. It consists of placing a large jar of jelly beans on a desk and asking...

Saving Children from Having Children

GEORGETOWN, GUYANA – My country is overwhelmed with teen pregnancies. In 2013, the United Nations Population Fund estimated that Guyana had the...

Minuta nezaslišanosti

Priznam, resničnosti zgodbe nisem preverjal pretirano natančno, nisem se poglobil v primarne vire, zadovoljil sem se z brskanjem po spletu. Morda...

Príprava na najhoršie

Slabá väčšina britských voličov, ktorá sa pred troma rokmi dala opiť rožkom prísľubu obnovenej slávy impéria po vystúpení z Európskej...

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Gideon Levy and Benny Morris Support Netanyahu for the Wrong Reasons

If Israel has become a leper among the presumably enlightened circles in Europe and the United States, the credit goes to Levy, Morris and their ilk

Forget Netanyahu. Israelis Have Fallen in Love With an Incoherent Kind of Centrism

Israel's wildly proliferating and popular center parties are, as yet, distinguished only by their leaders' dashing military records, blue eyes and...

Anthem law offers a chance to educate

The expected introduction of a national anthem law apparently has some educators worried. Their fear is whether teachers are obligated to report...

Korea’s Year of Living Diplomatically

SEOUL – South Korea probably endured more political turbulence than almost any other country in 2018. On the domestic front, the new liberal...

Africa’s Historic Pivot

ABIDJAN – The year 2018 was marked by tremendous economic and political turbulence around the world. And yet, for future historians, it may well...

Lecciones políticas del Brexit

Muchos votantes favorables al Brexit están arrepentidos, algunos incluso argumentando cosas como que habían votado por el out, pero pensando que...

¿Mejor con Donald Trump que con Barack Obama?

Donald Trump acaba de cumplir dos años al frente de la Casa Blanca: tiempo insuficiente como para que juzguemos las repercusiones a largo plazo...

The US is Locked into an Irrelevant Constitution

The latest efforts to establish that President Trump is ‘a Russian asset’, (investigatese for Russian agent), is an indirect result of the fact...

Shaked’s Responsibility

The case of Israel Bar Association president Effi Nave, who has been arrested on suspicion of advancing judges’ appointments in exchange for sex,...

Are Israel and Egypt Now in a Marriage Made on Gas?

The regional gas forum launched this week could create a real relationship after years of cold peace, but don't count on it

America Must Face Reality on China

BEIJING – The agreement in Buenos Aires last December between US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, led many to...

Al-Aqsa under threat as Israeli elections loom

When Muslims first prayed, they faced Al-Aqsa Mosque and Jerusalem rather than Mecca. When Prophet Mohammed (Peace be Upon Him) ascended to heaven,...

Another Step Toward the Annexation of the West Bank

The opening of the new 'apartheid road' connecting Jerusalem with its northern settlements was met with silence. Right-wing politicians are no...

Theresa May’s Brexit plan isn’t dead yet

LONDON - The poet Rupert Brooke voiced the exhilaration of those Britons who welcomed the war in 1914 as a chance to escape monotonous normality,...

Does Kim need Trump?

By Donald Kirk U.S. President Donald Trump is facing such excruciating trouble on his own home front that you have to wonder when he's going to get...

It's the air, stupid!

By Park Moo-jong Mexico City, home to 20 million people, is notorious for air pollution. In a somewhat exaggerated expression, even birds would...

Israel’s Six Day War on the Internet

The fundamental failure of the Arab world to understand the significance of communications, public relations and now the internet has served to...

Fake News? Not at Hebrew University

We are an Israeli university and proud of it. We are a pluralistic university that believes in equality for all and freedom of opinion, and we’re...

Are China, Russia winning AI arms race?

LONDON - On Oct. 31, Chinese teenagers reported to the Beijing Institute of Technology, one of the country’s premier military research...

Bikini-clad Russian swims to safety, protests in Beijing: past headlines

A bikini-clad Russian girl swimming to freedom in Australia and a Hong Kong teenager cross-dressing to get a job made the headlines four decades...

The PA’s bid for full UN membership will not benefit Palestinian

The Palestinian Authority (PA) continues to measure its purported success by international standards. After assuming the presidency of the Group of...

Europe’s economic woes are more troubling than China’s

For a snapshot of financial market anxiety about a global economic slowdown, look no further than the performance of the Dax, Germany’s benchmark...

Taiwan’s Newly Reshuffled Cabinet Looks a Lot Like Its Old Cabinet

Taiwan’s cabinet resigned en masse on Friday, a move meant to rejuvenate the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) after its heavy losses in...

Tamika Mallory and Jeremy Corbyn Have the Same Problem With Jews

The Trump Administration’s Farewell to Aims

STOCKHOLM – Every now and then, a US political leader descends on Cairo to deliver an address outlining America’s policy objectives in the...

Carrie Lam is wrong to cut elderly welfare, but will she admit it?

Another day, another piece of warped thinking. Some government policies are the product of a small mind and a cruel heart. To this ignoble list...

The new Trump doctrine: proxy war against Iran

Commentary. But if Iran is the villain, what does that make the United States, after causing hundreds of thousands of deaths and tens of millions...

Huawei or the West's way: Which kind of spying comes with your phone?

In case you've missed what's going on, Huawei has made big inroads into the technology market that the West has happily dominated forever. It...

Hanshin quake anniversary a time for prayer and vigilance

The day after the Great Hanshin Earthquake, Tsutomu Korenaga rushed to Nishinomiya City Hall in Hyogo Prefecture as a disaster relief volunteer....

What next for the DR Congo after the disputed election?

The unexpected outcome of the December 30 general election in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) baffled even the most seasoned watchers of...

Results are out: These are the world’s most punctual airlines

ONCE AGAIN, Jetstar Asia is the most punctual low-cost carrier (LCC) in Asia-Pacific. It is also one of the top 10 safest low-cost airline,...

Foreigners need to be included in response efforts to disasters

The 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake, which ravaged the city of Kobe, engendered a new wave of disaster response efforts in Japan, including greater...