Arab Israeli Leader Should Take Things Step by Step

The leader of the Arab parties’ Joint List, MK Ayman Odeh, has stated that he would consider recommending Kahol Lavan leader Benny Gantz as the...

Tzvia Greenfield

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Amazon fires

By Gwynne Dyer The Amazon is not on fire. There are fires in the Amazon rainforest, as there are every year in July-September, because this is the...

Gwynne Dyer

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How coffee helped a Vietnamese war veteran raise his family

Vietnam is the world’s second-largest coffee producer – exporting an estimated US$3.5 billion of the commodity in 2018. They are second only to...

Karim Raslan

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US should back South Korea in talks with North

By Troy Stangarone With the conclusion of military exercises between the United States and South Korea there is an expectation that working level...

Troy Stangarone

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Israel's War of Attrition Could Get Out of Hand

In recent weeks Israel has broadened its cycle of attacks on military targets linked to Iran, and has operated several times in Iraq, which is not...

Haaretz Editorial

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Haaretz Cartoon

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Amos Biderman

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Earth's future is being written in fast-melting Greenland

This is where Earth's refrigerator door is left open, where glaciers dwindle and seas begin to rise. New York University air and ocean scientist...

Japan Today

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Hong Kong police fire first gunshot, water cannon in protest clashes

HONG KONG police used water cannon for the first time and at least one officer fired his sidearm during pitched battles with protesters Sunday, one...

Asian Correspondent

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200,000 Rohingya rally to mark ‘Genocide Day’ in Bangladesh camps

SOME 200,000 Rohingya rallied in a Bangladesh camp Sunday to mark two years since they fled a violent crackdown by Myanmar forces, just days after...

Asian Correspondent

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China and India

By Mahmood Elahi China is the world's largest autocracy and India is the largest democracy, and yet China has not used its military to crush Hong...

Mahmood Elahi

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We Must Choose the Lesser of Two Evils

I thought the poet Nizar Qabbani’s statement, “The secret of our tragedy is that our shouts are louder than our votes,” applied only to Arabs....

Odeh Bisharat

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Yes, I’m Going to Vote in the Israeli Election

One of the magnificent chapters in Arab-Islamic history took place in the cultural-scientific revolution that came in the wake of the establishment...

Abed L. Azab Opinion

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False road rage rumor shows risk of spreading info without thought

Which spreads faster on the Internet, false or true information? A team of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology studied the...

Vox Populi

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Talks needed for legally binding regulations on robot weapons

International efforts are entering a crucial stage for setting rules on whether machines should be allowed to make decisions on their own to take...

Editorial

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Toxická správa pre pacientov

Pokiaľ napríklad človek chorý na leukémiu nepochádza zo zámožnej rodiny, kde asi tak vezme navyše 2 165 eur na udržovaciu látku, ktorá...

Martin Krno

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US-Japan trade deal is bright spot at chaotic G-7 summit

William Pesek

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Kashmiris are living a long nightmare of Indian colonialism

INDIA'S decision to revoke the special status of Jammu and Kashmir in early August, and the repression and communications blackout that followed,...

Goldie Osuri

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Hong Kong’s currency peg to the US dollar isn’t an Achilles’ heel – it’s an Achilles’ shield

Apparently, Hong Kong has an “Achilles’ heel”. According to one Zhou Luohua, vice-president at the Chongyang Finance Research Institute of...

Tom Holland

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Expansion of inland wind power

It's doubtful if Korea's natural environment befits wind energy Regulations governing inland wind power generation will be eased in line with the...

Editorial

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South Korea as peaceful actor

By Mehmet Fatih Oztarsu Korean institutions organize significant programs for foreigners who are engaged in peace and conflict issues. One of...

Mehmet Fatih Oztarsu

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Israel: A Democratic State?

The issue of the democratic character of Israel is not only challenging from an academic perspective but also of high political relevance. During...

Martin Beck

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Inaction on China and India's crimes emboldens Myanmar

On August 25, Rohingya refugees and survivors in refugee camps, as well as their diasporic communities, commemorate the second Rohingya Genocide...

Maung Zarni

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Japan continues to help Myanmar whitewash the Rohingya crisis

Braving the sweltering summer heat, more than 100 businesspeople gathered in central Tokyo on Aug. 6 to get the latest update on Myanmar’s...

Teppei Kasai

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If India Rethinks Nuclear No First Use, It Won’t Surprise Pakistan or China

Islamabad and Beijing have long doubted India's stated nuclear no first use policy.

Ankit Panda

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Anyone but Cowardly, Warmongering Kahol Lavan

Vote left, vote right, just don’t vote nothing. The nothing of Kahol Lavan isn’t merely nothing, it’s an actively destructive nothing. It...

Gideon Levy

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Under Trump, US arms sales to Taiwan could be the new normal

The Trump administration’s green light for the sale of 66 fighter jets to Taiwan will not make much operational military impact. But it delivers...

Cary Huang

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Dermer or Friedman – Does It Even Matter?

Donald Trump’s remark that Jews who vote Democratic are either ignorant or disloyal was interpreted as an accusation of “dual loyalty.” That is,...

Carolina Landsmann

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Minimize economic fallout

Contingency plan needed to avoid any crisis The escalating Seoul-Tokyo standoff over historical and trade issues is expected to cast a darker cloud...

Editorial

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Widening income gap

Time to change policy to realize inclusive growth Income inequality among South Koreans has widened to its worst level in 16 years. This shows that...

Editorial

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Urgent appeal to save nuclear agreements

HIROSHIMA – The Hiroshima Round Table held its seventh annual meeting last Wednesday and Thursday. For the first time, in recognition of the...

Ramesh Thakur

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Federal government should not bring back executions

The Trump administration's decision to start executing federal death row prisoners after a 16-year lull is a bad idea that reeks of politics rather...

Guest Column

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Foreign aid is a hindrance to Rohingya repatriation

Local and international NGOs have been working hard to provide relief to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. But their efforts are proving to be...

Khaled Muhiuddin

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Federal government should not bring back executions

The Trump administration's decision to start executing federal death row prisoners after a 16-year lull is a bad idea that reeks of politics rather...