Hong Kong’s solution to a housing problem that doesn’t exist: dump HK$1 trillion into the sea off Lantau

Last week, the Hong Kong government said its planned project to create artificial islands off the coast of Lantau would cost HK$624 billion...

Two nation theory

Does Two Nation Theory still exist? Some of the historians argue that the Two Nation…

The Alleged Netanyahu Sex Tape of the Past That Saved Gantz's Future

Armed with the forgiveness of his betrayed wife, Bibi survived a threat 26 years ago. Similarly, the public doesn’t care today about what’s on...

Humanitarian aid to North Korea

By Troy Stangarone In the most recent report by the U.N. Panel of Experts (UNPE), the 1718 Committee documented the increasing number of ways that...

'Traitor!' Why It's So Dangerous to Be an Israeli Army Whistleblower

IDF veterans who testify about potential war crimes don't attract celebrity status, like in America: for most Israelis, they've betrayed the...

As with Huawei, China thinks it can split the US and EU. It’s wrong

A flurry of diplomacy between China and European nations has laid bare the complicated love triangle between Beijing, Brussels and...

INSIGHTS into the WORLD / Consider moral aspects of tech advances

Science and technology have a long history of profoundly affecting society through impacts on how international politics work and how humans live...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s anti-Iranian Rhetoric

The administration of the US President, Donald Trump, is currently using severe economic sanctions in an unsuccessful, and illegal, attempt to...

The Golan Heights First

U.S. President Donald Trump’s statement that “it is time for the United States to fully recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan...

Trump Just Boosted Netanyahu – but Handed Putin an Even More Priceless Gift

Bolsters Putin's claim to Crimea. Empowers Israel's West Bank annexationists. Discomforts Arab allies. Inflames the Druze: Why Trump's Golan move...

The New Zealand massacre and the weaponisation of history

On March 15, Australian-born Brenton Tarrant attacked two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, killing 50 people using five guns  inscribed with...

Is it terrorism? Post NZ attack, Muslims see double standard

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has been hailed on social media by Muslims around the world for her response to two mosque shootings by a...

China’s next phase in the South China Sea

China’s astonishing expansion into the South China Sea’s nearly 3.5 million square km and its subsequent militarization of the region over the...

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Japan and the World Bank’s new direction

SINGAPORE - Japan, a major World Bank creditor and shareholder, has a keen interest in the future direction of the largest multilateral development...

Israel's Own Con Man

Bibi is playing the victim, and we're consoling him for robbing us

Palestinian Car Hit Israeli Troops, and a Shot Was Fired Return. Four Minutes Later, Nine More Bullets Followed

From Israeli media reports on the possible accident, one might believe that the soldiers immediately opened fire in self-defense to kill two young...

Nevšímaný hlas Británie

Demonštrácia sa považuje sa vôbec za jednu z najmasovejších v britských dejinách. Na rozdiel od predchádzajúcich protestných akcií...

White nationalism is a terrorist threat, but not like radical Islam

In the aftermath of this month’s massacre of 50 Muslims at a mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, it has become common to equate white...

Washington and Ankara are Parting Ways with One Another

These days one can come across all sorts of articles that try to predict the direction that the US-Turkish relationship is going to take, as...

A Visit to a Sick Relative in Israel? Not So Easy if You're Palestinian

Two Palestinian brothers were turned away from a Haifa hospital, which claims they refused to undergo a special physical inspection - required only...

Who is John Bercow, the Sudden Saviour of Sanity?

Despite her best efforts to run down the Brexit clock, on 12th March Theresa May was forced by the UK House of Commons to abandon her Brexit deal,...

Predčasné voľby?

Tretí partner, Most-Híd, sa pokúša situáciu zachraňovať vyhlásením, že s podobnými vyjadreniami netreba chodiť do médií, ale na...

South Korea's Moon is waning

An island of resistance in al-Warraq

Analysis. On the Nile island of al-Warraq, residents are resisting government efforts to evict them in favor of tourism development projects....

Svetovni dan poezije

V četrtek, 21. marca, je bil svetovni dan poezije. Pesniki, stari in novi, so tega dne ponekod v zameno za prebrano pesem dobili brezplačno kavo....

Veter, ki prinaša norost

V zadnjem času sem se počutil prevaranega. Takšne signale mi je pošiljalo telo. Prevarala ga je zima, ki se ni pojavila v naših življenjih....

For Netanyahu and His Ilk, Hatred Is Essential

Jewish nationalism would be incomplete without hatred of Arabs

Naredite mi nacionalko (spet) javno!

Nacionalka bo spet opravilno sposobna. Dobila je novo direktorico Natalijo Gorščak, dobila je zeleno luč za finančni načrt in TV-stroji se...

Iran is Expanding its Regional Influence in a Big Way

Last few weeks have seen the Iranian diplomats and top officials engaging in a lot of diplomatic activity in the Middle East, particularly in Iraq...

Delo in služba

Amaterji, si mislim v smehu, ko poslušam, do kdaj naj bi po novih predlogih delali. Redno zaposleni, seveda. Ob tem je nujni del debate tudi...

Kakšen je bil konec soške fronte

V zadnji številki Objektiva me je pretresel poziv gospoda Marka Ciglerja k rešitvi največjega slovenskega vojaškega vadišča Poček, edinega...

Benny Gantz Is Either Cowardly or Immoral

Gantz has the image of a brave and principled man, an officer and a gentleman. But if he knows what should be done about the occupation and doesn't...

Anxiety over moving house may feel acute, but it'll go away

There once was a male black rhinoceros, named Rai, that developed a "phobia" to urban living. Human voices, raised in merriment, terrified him....

It won’t be an egg that kills you

NEW YORK - When the news broke recently that a new study has nutritionists again claiming eggs are unhealthy, I considered whether I needed to...

How Relations are Unfolding between China and North Korea in Early 2019

In another article, details were given of the North Korean leader’s visit to Vietnam, which mentioned that Kim Jong-un’s special train passed...

Was the Christchurch shooter part of a white-supremacist network taking cues from al-Qaeda and Islamic State?

In the wake of the New Zealand mosque attacks, links have emerged between the shooter and a Ukrainian ultra-nationalist, white supremacist...

Trump and the War to Save “the War”

Lo and behold, a great threat looms over the Middle East. There is nothing worse for the US and its select allies, Britain, France, Israel, Saudi...

Why Trump's legal woes go beyond the Mueller report

The closure of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russia's role in the 2016 U.S. election does not mark the end of legal worries...

Today, I'm a New Zealander

As Jacinda Ardern walked up to the microphone, the weight of the world seemed to fall squarely on her shoulders. "Asalamu alaikum!" New Zealand's...

China’s bids to improve food safety and welfare for its people are just empty words – until the leadership has skin in the game

Food safety in China can be a highly emotive and incendiary issue because of the country’s appalling record over the past decade, including a...

Urgent action needed to halt suicides due to school bullying

Distressing cases of suicide due to bullying underscore the need for schools and other organizations to step up their commitment to tackling this...