World leaders react to deadly Sri Lanka blasts

RELIGIOUS and world leaders have condemned a series of blasts in Sri Lanka that killed more than 150 people on Sunday, including dozens of...

Key to East Java: How tradition, Nusantara Islam and the religious grass roots helped secure Joko Widodo’s win in Indonesia

Muhammad Rofiqul A’la is a jovial, portly 39-year-old farmer and kyai (Islamic scholar) from Jember in the densely populated province of East...

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Who’s Invited to the Mammal Party?

‘Hawkins of Arabia’

I have a venerable comrade in the foreign ministry of Australia. His name is Neil Hawkins, and he was the only non-Japanese boss that I ever had...

Better PR efforts needed in light of WTO ruling on Japanese seafood

A World Trade Organization appeals panel has thwarted Japan’s quest to remove South Korea’s ban on Japanese seafood that was imposed following...

Now China is joining the rush for Arctic riches

WASHINGTON - I recently wrote a column on the challenges posed by China both in the South China Sea and globally on the deep seabed. But there is...

We should let China spy on us

NEW YORK - Even as the United States and China seem headed toward a truce on trade, their rivalry is heating up in other areas. The threat of...

It’s time for a green EU deal

BRUSSELS - A “Green New Deal” has become the talk of the town in many of the world’s capitals. Having recently emerged in the United States, the...

The Emotion of Notre Dame

PARIS – People were chanting, praying, and crying, or just frozen in total disbelief, as the flames engulfed “their” cathedral of Notre Dame,...

Bipolar Markets in the “New Mediocre”

NEW YORK – Financial markets tend to undergo manic-depressive cycles, and this has been especially true in recent years. During risk-ons, investors...

Breakdown of nuclear negotiation

By Tong Kim At this point, the prospect of denuclearization appears gloomier and more distant than ever. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un,...

Trump’s moves to sabotage Russia probe should shock everybody

If a movie has a gory climax, red should not be used in the scenes that lead up to it. I read somewhere that this is a basic filmmaking technique...

Ukraine votes for fresh start with comedian

Volodymyr Zelenskiy made light work of incumbent Petro Poroshenko in the presidential polls. Ukrainians have voted for a fresh start, but that also...

Understanding Japan’s southwest islands buildup

NIIGATA - First, Yonaguni. Then, Amami Oshima and Miyakojima. Next is Ishigaki. Each of those southern islands have seen or will see expansion of...

Australia's struggling youth may decide election

Why the US Needs to Revisit Its Negotiating Approach to North Korea—And Soon

Weeks after the collapse of the summit between Kim Jong-un and U.S. President Donald Trump in Hanoi, Vietnam, the North Korean leader finally broke...

What influences South Koreans’ support for North Korean resettlement?

South Koreans use various terms for those arriving from North Korea, from defector to refugee to new settler. The post What influences South...

Forget the hype: why 5G is about to disappoint you

In case you hadn’t noticed, media commentators and industry analysts are locked in a fierce competition to come up with ever more extreme...

Israeli Soldiers Shot Bound Palestinian Teen Because Live Fire Is Their Only Language

Canadian Jews Love Israel. Out of Love, We Must Learn to Criticize It

A landmark survey shows Canadian Jews have a far stronger sense of religious and cultural identity than their U.S. Jewish neighbors. But it also...

The spectre of a new Maoist conflict in Nepal

About a decade ago it seemed as if Nepal was marching into a new era. After a devastating decade-long war between Maoists and the government, an...

Canada's political compass is veering far right

Recently, Canadian politicians have taken a rebar-hard, right-wing turn in pursuit of victory.  This fact may come as unsettling news to scores of...

How Abortion Hypocrisy Kills Women

KISUMU, KENYA – Opposition to abortion is so intense that even where women have the legal right to terminate their pregnancy, it can be extremely...

Where does Malaysia stand on China’s Belt and Road?

AMONG the central narratives that swept the Mahathir Mohamad-led coalition into power in 2018 were two intricately interwoven accusations levelled...

Israeli Soldiers Speak Just One Language: Live Fire

All the training, all the equipment, all the prestige of a commando unit ultimately led to a schoolboy, blindfolded and bound, being shot dead

American Jews, Resist Netanyahu Like He's Trump

Netanyahu's new government - even more predatory and defiant than before - must usher in a fundamental shift in American Jews’ activism against...

Yes, the Media Are Also to Blame for the Sorry State of Israeli Politics

To Listen to Palestinian News Every Morning Is Torture

Healing the Health Care System

A cancer patient with an active illness who sees his oncologist once every two months for 15 minutes “because that’s what’s allocated”;...

Libya at Threshold of Monumental Events

Western media outlets are once again in throes of panic as they report on the latest developments in Libya. According to French newspaper Le Monde,...

This Is My Farewell Column. I Salute My Brave Colleagues in Israel and Around the World

This will be my last weekly column for Haaretz. It's time for me to retire. Not at all at the initiative of Haaretz. Solely at my own. Not at all...

My Sister Voted for Israel's Fascists. I Still Love Her

I still care for my sister, West Bank settler and supporter of Israel's most dangerous, tribalistic and virulent racists and fascists. Just hating...