Tlaib and Omar Make Things Clear About South Africa’s Successor

Two American lawmakers helped reveal the truth about Israel to their country and the world. Representatives Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar should be...

US's Huawei ban highlights growing network of tech export controls

A Brutal Denial of the Right to Protest in Israel

In the four days since police guidelines regarding the allowed location and timing of protests in Petah Tikva went into effect – guidelines that...

Israel's Joint List Lacks a Message

The public opinion polls are unflattering. In the heat of August, a freeze is the party’s most salient feature and the latest diagnosis points to...

Australia’s free speech failure

ON Wednesday, August 7, the High Court of Australia found the government’s decision to dismiss a public servant to be lawful. Formerly an employee...

My heart aches for Myanmar and Kashmir; for Idlib and Aden

What is happening to Muslims across the world? What is this persecution, violence and racism to which they are being subjected everywhere we look?...

Forgetting Palestine

TEL AVIV – Israel is approaching another parliamentary election, and Palestinians have barely been mentioned. The vote comes at a time when the...

Six years after the chemical attack in Ghouta, have we learned its lessons?

In the aftermath of the chemical massacre in Ghouta, David Cameron, the former Prime Minister of the UK remarked that “Our inaction in Syria shows...

Are Gene Edited Cows or Humans What We Really Need?

Scientists using the “second generation” of genetic manipulation technology have used gene-editing to alter the DNA of breed of cattle so that...

(VEČERNO BRANJE) Socialni delavci smo don kihoti. Mlini na veter so naš vsakodnevni kruh

Socialni delavci smo don kihoti, čeprav velika večina misli, da naš delavnik sestavlja le birokracija. Še te nam velikokrat ne priznajo. Mlini...

Israeli Election Mismatch Pits Fire-breathing Netanyahu Against Sluggish Gantz

Benjamin Netanyahu is larger than life. He casts a giant shadow over the country he’s ruled for over a decade. Netanyahu controls his cabinet,...

Kočner nebol len tlčhuba

Samozrejme, po záplave esemesiek, podľa ktorých by sa mohlo zdať, že Kočner nakoniec riadil aj akciu chemtrails a osobne velil sfalšovanému...

The root cause of U.S. mass shootings is the rage of alienation

NEW YORK – Mass shootings prompt simple explanations of the gunman’s motivation. At Columbine High School in Colorado, the killers supposedly...

A Tiananmen solution in Hong Kong?

WASHINGTON – The crisis in Hong Kong appears to be careening toward a devastating climax. With China’s government now using rhetoric reminiscent...

Afghanistan's roller-coaster history

It should be joyous: 100 years of independence. But Afghanistan is in mourning after a wedding was attacked. The US and the Taliban are thrashing...

La economía en la derrota de Mauricio Macri

Los argentinos exigen el término de la corrupción y el funcionamiento transparente de las instituciones. Sin duda este es un asunto prioritario y...

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Where Are You Going, Gantz?

They were racking their brains at Kahol Lavan headquarters, trying feverishly to find a big issue to infuse some life into their election campaign...

Prospect for talks

North Korea should make progress in denuclearization U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun will visit South Korea for three...

Middle East: treachery and betrayal

By Gwynne Dyer Things have gotten so complicated in the Middle East that the players are no longer just stabbing each other in the back. They are...

Plunging corporate profits

Time to streamline the labor market, boost investment and remove red tape Korea's top 10 conglomerates suffered a sharp decline in profitability in...

How to deal with the Trump tantrum?

For more than a decade, I have always stayed home during the week of Aug. 13 through 16, a period during Japan’s Bon holidays. Buddhists believe...

A Geoengineering Trojan Horse

MEXICO CITY – Although the effects of climate change are becoming increasingly apparent, the progress toward reducing greenhouse-gas emissions...

Learning for empathy: A world effort to build peace through education

In a classroom on a recent Saturday, junior high school students were gathered in small groups discussing death, specifically whether they would...

Encouraging Hamas to stop its secret operations

In recent months, Hamas has held a number of public political conferences in which it discussed its future, its internal and external developments,...

The UAE remains the most influential player in Yemen, despite its troop withdrawal

At the beginning of July, the UAE started to reduce its troop numbers in Yemen, signalling a shift in its military engagement. The move has been...

Dying languages: Can they be saved?

"Took away our native tongue/And taught their English to our young …" ― from "Indian Reservation," by John D. Loudermilk. By Danny Tyree According...

Global money for the poor

By Camila Villard Duran SAO PAULO ― In 2002, the Nobel laureate economist Thomas Sargent and Francois Velde, now a senior economist at the...

Aún es probable un acuerdo entre Estados Unidos y China

La retórica flamígera de Donald Trump no siempre es un indicio fidedigno de lo que será su conducta. Tomemos como ejemplo la renegociación de...

Price of education

By Sarah Lee How much money will you spend to get a "great" education? Society often prioritizes money, fame, and success. The amount of money to...

DPRK's Fourth Short Range Missile Launch and the International Reaction

Early in the morning of August 6, North Korea conducted a new series of missile launches, the fourth incident over the last two weeks. Short-range...

Understanding Sinn Féin Abstention from the UK Parliament

Irish Republican abstentionism from the British Parliament has a long and complicated history. Arguably, the last few decades since the Good Friday...

Untamed Israeli Soldier Tells Truth. His Commanders Rush to Deny It

An Israel Defense Forces soldier is caught telling the truth, and his commanders are already rushing to deny it. But long-term journalistic...

Jewish settlers rule the roost in Israel, but at what cost?

Jewish Israeli settlers are on a roll as they rampage across the occupied Palestinian West Bank. While settler violence is part of the daily...

Our oceans need us

I feel incredibly lucky to have visited our planet's frozen frontiers.  Last year I joined a Greenpeace expedition to the Antarctic to research...

Remembering the Miracle of 1989

STOCKHOLM – This month marks 30 years since Europe – and human civilization generally – began to undergo a miraculous transformation that is...

How Israel Can Deter Iran

Hezbollah is said to have 130,000 rockets that could reach all of Israel, with Hamas possessing thousands of rockets that could cover southern and...

How the US-China currency war will impact Indonesia

The latest round of trade negotiations between Washington and Beijing earlier this month ended badly, with both sides firing a broadside – US...

Tulsi Gabbard is not the pro-peace presidential candidate we want

There are many women, both Syrian and international allies, fighting for peace and justice for the Syrian people, but Representative Tulsi Gabbard...

Israel’s ban on Tlaib and Omar has thrown the spotlight on the Palestinian cause

When Benjamin Netanyahu and three of his cabinet ministers cancelled the visit to Israel of Democratic US Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib of Michigan...

The Danger of Climate Doomsayers

PALO ALTO – Most people on the planet wake up each day thinking that things are getting worse. It is little wonder, given what they routinely read...

Celebriphilia epidemic sweeps US: Forget knowledge & wisdom, get guidance from the stars

After a thorough examination by a team of top-notch doctors, I was recently given some very disturbing news… I was diagnosed with an acute case...

To meet China challenge, the U.S. has to fight climate change

WASHINGTON – The two greatest challenges for American statecraft in the 21st century are becoming more severe — and seemingly pulling the...

How the world learned to stop worrying and ignore Trump

Trump’s free-wheeling, reprobate style has caused Washington foreign policy establishment to shudder, decrying how his presidency has damaged the...

Realities Clash With Idealism in Today’s Asia

No one in their right mind wants a war with China. There are, of course, circumstances in which a hot war would be unavoidable. It would, for...

Long life on the road awaits those who seek to play pro golf

Many professional golfers lead a life of constant traveling. After winning the Women's British Open in her first LPGA event at Milton Keynes on Aug....

Abe should detail road map to restoring nation’s fiscal health

There is apparently little chance of the government achieving its key fiscal reform target set for the fiscal year that starts in April 2025. But...

Trump and Netanyahu Just Broke the Special Relationship Between America and Israel

The historically deep ties that bind the United States and Israel were profoundly damaged Thursday when the government of Israeli Prime Minister...