Admit it, you didn’t see this coming: the prime minister decided to green‑light resuming discussions on the draft exemption law. Was it direction from Dov Lando, the most influential figure among the Lithuanian ultra‑Orthodox, pushing the…
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Mali’s fuel blockade Is a regional time bomb – and a direct threat to American interests.
There is nothing theoretical about the crisis now choking Bamako. What began as guerrilla hits on supply convoys has become a strategic blockade: fuel convoys burned on the roadside, schoolyards emptied, hospitals running on dwindling generators,…
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Hadrian’s Curse returns – Palestine is Judea
Dr. Michael Wise is a founder and investor in numerous technology companies. He is a graduate of YU and holds a PhD in Theoretical Physics from Brandeis U., is the co-author of Israel demography study (BESA).and has published numerous articles…
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Observation: Saudi timeline to Pal. statehood could undermine what we already have
As I write this there’s a convoy of cargo trucks on the way from the Gulf through Saudi Arabia to Israel in a commercial operation for hot cargo too heavy to fly.
Civilian jets are also flying over Saudi airspace on their way between Israel and…
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Trump, Mohammed bin Salman lead the Middle East’s new AI axis
That emphasis reflects a broader strategic campaign. Former President Donald Trump is operating on a timetable aimed at 2027, a year many experts describe as the decisive point in the global race for AI. They say that by then, the advantage in…
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Falafel economics: Israel’s prosperity illusion
Once upon a pita, falafel was the great equalizer. For five shekels, you could buy lunch, identity and a small taste of equality. Twenty years later, that same meal costs twenty-five. This is not just food inflation; it’s an X-ray of the…
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Netanyahu’s Opportunistic Duo Buoys the Boss, but When’s Their Next Betrayal? – Opinion
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Christian mothers beheaded while nursing babies? The West yawns
It feels like reading the intrepid Soviet writer and journalist Vassily Grossman, who, after the Red Army reconquered Kyiv from the Nazis, described what he saw the German forces had done.
“Two-year-old children massacred… Eighty-year-olds…
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UNSC debunks International Law myths
The US backed Resolution 2803 (Resolution) regarding Gaza was adopted by United Nations Security Council (UNSC), on November 17, 2025. The vote of 13 to 0 in favor is astounding. It included Arab and Muslim countries (and was supported by a host…
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F-35 sales put the lie to Zionist-AIPAC conspiracies
So much for the dreaded “Zionist lobby.”
US President Donald Trump, who is unquestionably the most pro-Israel President to ever sit in the Oval Office, upended more than four decades of American foreign policy this week by announcing that not…
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