Society

What threat model did the UAE confront, and why should we care? - opinion

Iran’s Velayat-e Faqih was an operational, overt, dangerous sleeper cell; the United Arab Emirates State Security Service took it down

A man fixes the United Arab Emirates’ national flag to the roof of his house in Dubai, after a call by the UAE’s vice president, prime minister, and ruler of Dubai, urging people across the country to hoist the flag as a symbol of unity and pride.
Children at Beersheba’s Hagar bilingual school read together

The language gap – and why it matters - opinion

Arab-Israeli educator Suleiman Suleiman advocates shared responsibility and coexistence.

Arab-Israeli educator Suleiman Suleiman advocates shared responsibility and coexistence

 An illustrative image of a public safe room in Israel, requiring the ability to climb down a narrow flight of stairs.

The frontline is no longer at the border, it's in our living rooms - opinion


Kochavi sends message of hope to IDF soldiers in memory of Yitzhak Rabin

"For a moment, in the midst of controversy and deep sorrow, Israeli society found a way to come together," Kochavi wrote in a letter that was distributed to IDF personnel.

IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Aviv Kochavi marks Israel's Yom Hazikaron ceremony for fallen soldiers, Har Herzl, Jerusalem April 28, 2020

To overcome the coronavirus crisis, Israel needs new leadership

It's not just the virus that's a threat: Israeli society is starting to fracture under the strain.

Israelis protest against Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Habima Square in Tel Aviv on October 03, 2020.

The culture of more

While society has thrown us onto the treadmill of more, with courage, thought and intention we have the power to slow it down.

GERMANY-BASED Palestinian artist Nasrin Abu Baker’s ‘Woman, Cactus, Fish Red Crescent’ treads a fine line between Eastern and Western mindsets, and feminine and masculine sensibilities.

Why do Israeli services treat the public as the enemy? – opinion

If Israel’s national leaders could find a front-of-house way to practice niceness to people we would all feel better.

INSIDE THE Jerusalem central post office: In a controversial decision, the Israel Post has announced it will relocate to Modi’in.

Rabbi Haim Sabato mourns loss of national purpose, moral priorities

The author laments the replacement of Jewish values and unity with partisanship, sectorial interest politics and crass materialism.

Rabbi Haim Sabato

Tisha Be'av: a social tragedy from then to now

Every generation has its own barns, whose stock is the source of its national resilience. We have a supreme obligation to protect them against those who would set them afire to promote their ideology

An ultra-Orthodox jew prays at the Westen Wall July 17, 2002 on Tisha B'Av

What is the impact of online shaming and cyberbullying?

Like any form of bullying, there are deep consequences to this treatment of others and it’s impact on both children and adults.

BULLYING BY online ‘mean girls’ can have a deep psychological, social and emotional impact.

We need competence,not ideology

Many journalists and academics who dominate the public discourse are devoted to ideological slogans and allegiances.

A Likud party election campaign billboard depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seen above a billboard depicting Benny Gantz, leader of Blue and White party, in Petah Tikva, Israel

The battle for free speech on university campuses

There is a coalition of extreme activists, mostly hailing from the international far Left, doing everything possible to ensure voices like those of Col. Kemp and Gen. Kuperwasser are silenced.

Richard Kemp

In Plain Language: Israel is real

If Hollywood is the prime manufacturer of make-believe in this world, Universal is the epicenter of that art.

 A MAKE-BELIEVE conductor poses before an imaginary trip to Hogwarts. .