The revelation of a “secret trip” by the Taiwanese deputy foreign minister to Israel is not only a diplomatic detail. It is a strong signal: In a world where polarization is on the rise, medium-sized governments are looking for new allies as the…
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A discreet diplomacy towards a strategic shift
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Amnesty, October 7, and human-rights NGOs gone wild
In a new report on Hamas, Amnesty International has stopped pretending to be committed to real human rights values. It's about time.
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Rafael delivers Spyder air defense system to Georgia – report
Ukraine’s “Militarnyi” website reports that Rafael has flown a Spyder system to Georgia as the countries around Russia deploy Israeli air defense systems.
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Israel and Bond Market Buster Bomb: How Europe’s Fury at Washington Spills Over
The great transatlantic melodrama of 2025 has taken an unexpected turn. Europe — furious that Washington has cut a Ukraine–Russia understanding over its head — is threatening to retaliate not with tanks or tariffs, but with its most potent…
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Pay the Band, You Parasites: The Global Humiliation of Live Musicians
There is a quiet little scandal happening in bars, restaurants, and “live music venues” across the world — a scandal so normalized that most people don’t even notice it. Live musicians, the human engines of atmosphere, emotion, and…
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The GOP’s Transactional Recast of the US–Israel Relationship
The “special relationship” between Israel and the US, a concept coined by President Kennedy during a conversation with Israel’s then Foreign Minister Golda Meir in 1962, stemmed from a combination of shared values, common interests, and…
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How Viruses Make Us Ill
From Lab to Life Ever wonder how those sneaky viruses penetrate our cell walls, use the cell’s own DNA factory to reproduce – and make us ill? During the Corona COVID virus pandemic, we became aware that viruses penetrate our cells (in order…
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The Human–AI Hybrid Analysis Prototype
A next‑generation approach to Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) The hybrid analysis prototype is an emerging analytic model that combines the strengths of a senior human analyst with the complementary capabilities of multiple advanced AI…
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Ego Is Killing Israel Advocacy
Where did our fight for Israel go? Where did our courage, common sense, and decency , the things that should bind us, evaporate into ego, petty competition, and calculated silence? I’ll be blunt: the pro-Israel movement is bleeding out from…
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Hanukkah 2025: Why I Didn’t Realize I Was a Zionist Until Now
Hanukkah is approaching — the holiday where we spin dreidels, give gifts and eat latkes and fried donuts until our bellies hurt. But mostly, Hanukkah is a celebration of Jewish pride. It’s a time to place our brightly lit menorahs in our…
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