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This is the most difficult thing I’ve ever had to write. There’s so much to say, and then there’s nothing really, except, “I love you.” My...
The recently announced Iran-Saudi Arabia deal isn’t good for Israel. The Americans might be trying to undersell it, but behind closed doors, they’re panicking. The optimism...
But how do you pay tribute to a giant of a man whose heart and mind spoke volumes, even though he was often quiet and reticent?...
Naftali Bennett made Israeli history this week when he announced the collapse of his government on Monday, 20 June. Serving barely a year in office, no...
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s reputation is as divided among Israelis today as it was a year ago when he scraped together a surprising government coalition....
It was never going to be an innocent Friday funeral procession in Jerusalem. And, from the moment the news broke last Wednesday that Shireen Abu Akleh,...
Two Israeli fears have come to pass. The rioting and demonstrations of last April and May in mixed Jewish-Arab cities is seemingly back. As are attacks...
There’s a Jewish “joke” in Belarus that the Jews cried when Ukraine was born. They understood it would lead to bloodshed. Not only has that prophecy...
This has turned out to be one of those articles for which more people declined to be interviewed than agreed. The Russian Jewish community numbers about...
I know I’m sticking my neck out by writing this and I know a lot of readers will disagree. So let me be quite clear at...
The pictures coming out of Ukraine are devastating, heartbreaking, and beyond justification. No-one supports war. At least I don’t. I’ve seen it up-close and in the...
Russian peacekeeping troops have been dispatched in eastern Ukraine while more than 100 North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) aircraft are on high alert and 120 allied...
It’s noteworthy that two days after British Interior Minister Priti Patel announced that she was banning the Palestinian militant group, Hamas, Eliyahu David Kay was shot...
The COVID-19 pandemic coughed up some unusual situations. For 24-year-old Kelly Odes, it was serving in the Israeli army in her pyjamas. Granted it was only...
Foreigners are being urged to leave Ethiopia immediately while commercial flights are still operating. Israel, Britain, and the United States have advised against all travel to...
From the moment COVID-19 started spreading across the world, extremist groups wasted no time in encouraging their supporters who tested positive for the virus to spread...
Israelis are being asked again whether or not they support a proactive strike on Iran, even at the risk of starting a war. The overwhelming majority...
The current violence in Arab-Israeli cities is a greater threat to the state of Israel than Hamas and Hezbollah. The comparison might sound dramatic, but since...
This week a year ago, Ebrahim Dahood Nonoo switched on his television set and like the rest of the world, heard the surprise announcement that Bahrain,...
Israel is bracing itself for renewed terrorism from the fundamentalist Taliban Sunni Muslim insurgency in Afghanistan. Hamas was quick to praise the group’s takeover of the...
Not many people know first-hand that Jewish anti-apartheid activist Albie Sachs “made the worst butter and jam sandwiches on brown bread”. It’s these personal memories that...
In a world first, Israel has begun administering third doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to Israelis 60 years and over. Those eligible are receiving phone calls...
Israeli diplomat Paul Hirschson and I agree to meet up for an easy exchange. I’ll give him a packet of biltong I brought back with me...
After 12 consecutive years of Benjamin Netanyahu, Israelis are coming to terms with the fact that the magician, as his fans like to call him, has...
When Donald Trump was elected president of the United States, I remember some people being so flummoxed that they said anyone could now run for the...
“I heard the boom, and then the pressure came, and that was it. I was out,” is how former Kaizer Chiefs striker, Ibezito Ogbonna, remembers the...
I write this with an overwhelming sense of sadness. The past two weeks have been difficult for everyone. Quite a few people have messaged me in...
It’s just gone 03:00 in the morning on Wednesday, 12 May. I’m hunkering down in a bomb shelter which doubles up as my study in Tel...
“Citizens of Israel – thank you!” wrote Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Hebrew on Twitter shortly after Israeli polls closed on Tuesday night, 23 March....
English-Jewish actor/comedian Sacha Baron Cohen was asked by an Israeli television outlet if he knew Israel was headed for another election. His reply summed up the...
Three former Israeli ambassadors to South Africa have put their names and faces to an online campaign supporting left-wing Israeli political party Meretz. Circulated via Facebook...
The recent decision by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to allow an investigation into possible war crimes committed by Israel isn’t a surprise. But that doesn’t...
Israel is reporting promising initial results from its COVID-19 vaccine rollout, the fastest in the world. The first official findings released by the health ministry show...
For most of us, next year can’t come soon enough! Here’s a look at what’s in the pipeline for Israel and the broader region. Coronavirus The...
Veteran Palestinian negotiator and politician, Saeb Erekat, died on Tuesday at the age of 65, weeks after testing positive for COVID-19. I first met Erekat about...
For weeks, Israelis have been taking to the streets in increasing numbers demanding Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s resignation. They’re angry with the government’s handling of COVID-19...
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