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Who knew that there were albino wallabies?

Who knew that there was a Gan Garoo Zoo in the Beit She’an Valley?

Who knew there was an Australian-themed animal park in northern Israel?

Who knew that there were two Israelis desirous of stealing…

For forty years, the Sinai Peninsula was not demilitarized out of goodwill. It was stripped of heavy force because history proved that when massed armies sit across from each other in the Middle East, war is not a question of “if” but…

I’ve stood at the edge of the mikveh, the waters of ritual immersion, more than once, accompanying friends and students through the long, serious work of conversion. There is hesitation and anticipation. Then the room exhales.

Someone who…

In the 21st century, wars are no longer fought solely with tanks, missiles, or soldiers on the ground. They are fought with cameras, connectivity, and credibility. Information itself has become a battlefield and in that battlefield, silence…

Do Journalists Think Bibi Listens to Björk?

That is the only way for me to make sense of Björk, and plenty of less notable artists, banning their music in Israel.

I can imagine, “We’re going to make an impact on all the military…

In February 2024, Shaun Thompson was walking home from a volunteer shift with Street Fathers, an organisation that mentors young people and works to get knives off London’s streets. As he passed London Bridge station, a Metropolitan Police…

The military framework agreement signed this week in Cairo between Egypt and Türkiye is not the grand diplomatic masterpiece their state-controlled media suggests. Instead, it is a desperate, cynical consolidation of power by two aging…

Building a bridge between Israel and Somaliland is a fascinating endeavor. While they exist in different geopolitical spheres, both share a narrative of resilience, a drive for democratic governance in complex regions, and a “start-up”…

Most of my Israeli friends are unaware of the political storm their president is currently causing in Australia. They are understandably preoccupied with other things: cleaning bomb shelters ahead of a possible war with Iran, for instance….