Growing signs that Hollywood’s Zionist narrative is crumbling
A new feature film has taken the UK by storm. “Palestine 36” is the latest work by seasoned director Annemarie Jacir. The movie can be described as an antidote to “Exodus,” the...
Don’t let science and tech monopolize humanity’s future
Not every human problem has a solution yet, but almost all now seem to have an app, a dashboard or an artificial intelligence “assistant.” Men and women, young and old, are turning to...
Lebanon, the party and the crisis
Benjamin Netanyahu has his way of dealing with those he perceives as Israel’s enemies. He may have accepted the Gaza ceasefire, but that does not mean that he has to suspend what...
Can AI be Asia’s next growth engine?
Two decades after globalization fueled a global economic boom, growth has shifted to a more subdued path, where it is likely to remain for the foreseeable future. Beyond the immediate shock of...
Voting with their feet: Why more Israelis are leaving
There is hardly any long-standing ethos dear to the country and society that the current Israeli government has failed to damage or destroy. Recent data released by the country’s Central Bureau of...
Azerbaijan a strategic addition to the C5
At a meeting in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, last Sunday, the leaders of the five Central Asian states — Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan — made an important decision that could have geopolitical...
Global challenges must be a priority at G20 Summit
The 2025 G20 Summit, to be hosted by South Africa on Saturday and Sunday, offers a critical opportunity for global leaders to coordinate action on several significant and systemic challenges that are...
A historic day for Saudi Arabia and the US
The reception that greeted Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Washington was exceptional even by American standards. Full state honors, a 21-gun salute, mounted guards on horseback and fighter jets overhead signaled...
The sin of omission in the court’s Sde Teiman investigation ruling
The justices opened the door to political intervention in criminal investigations, leaving out the larger context that warns how democracies die
Exceptional, extreme, unprecedented, complex,...
UN climate summit sends a message of global ‘mutirao’
About 50,000 delegates from more than 190 countries descended on the Brazilian city of Belem earlier this week for COP30, the annual UN climate change conference, with the two-week negotiations likely to...