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May 13, 2013
10:31 pm

Saturday Night Fever

One couldn't help but be swept by a wave of nostalgia during last Saturday's protest. The sight of thousands of people marching through Rothschild Boulevard chanting "here comes the......

May 8, 2013
11:28 pm

Are we there yet?

Not since the outing of Hogwarts' headmaster Albus Dumbledore by author J.K. Rowling has the international Gay community been a buzz as in the past few weeks following two......

April 29, 2013
6:24 pm

Deja Shoe

It was a shoe thrown at former US President George W Bush in December of 2008 that would forever mark his final visit to the Middle East. While holding......

April 22, 2013
11:29 pm

One out of every five Israelis

One out of every five Israelis did not watch last week's televised broadcast of Israel's official independent day ceremony. One out of every five Israelis did not identify......

April 5, 2013
3:39 pm

Pyongyang’s Madmen

Contrary to common belief, it is not Matthew Weiner, executive producer of the superb television show Madmen, who invented the notion of the madman but rather former US president......

April 2, 2013
10:31 am

Netanyahu’s Diplomacy of Absurdity

As the dust settles after President Obama's charm offensive, Israeli and American diplomats are set to begin working together on a wide range of issues discussed between the US......

March 14, 2013
8:55 pm

Yesh Atid?

Following the recent 2013 elections, I vowed to ignore Israeli politics. Frustrated by the results of the elections I decided to lead a life of relative solitude. No more......

January 17, 2013
9:04 pm

Calling Netanyahu’s Bluff

Less then one week before the upcoming elections there seems to be a consensus among Israeli political analysts that Benjamin Netanyahu will head the next Israeli government. Most analysts......

January 12, 2013
7:31 pm

We’re here, we’re queer, don’t mind us

If there is something that distinguishes the 2013 Israeli elections from previous ones, it is the amount of politicians which have addressed the issue of LGBTs' (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,......

January 5, 2013
8:18 pm

Lapid is the weakest link

On November the 27th 2012, the Likud party presented Israelis with its vision for the next four years. The results of the party’s primaries that took place that......

November 16, 2012
11:39 am

Operation Go Get Them

It was a confession by US President John F. Kennedy, who admitted that the spy novel “From Russia with Love” was one of his favorite books that catapulted British......

November 13, 2012
2:12 pm

Netanyahu’s Indecision

Several weeks ago, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took to the stage of a modest hotel in Jerusalem in order to announce the temporary unification of the Likud and Israel......

September 3, 2012
4:25 pm

The True Crisis of Zionism

Last week, many Israelis moved about restlessly in their American Comfort sofas after hearing that three tweens aged 11-13 were arrested under suspicion that they had thrown a Molotov......

August 29, 2012
10:17 am

Where is the leader of the free world?

As a young man growing up in Israel during the late 1990’s, my view of the world was profoundly influenced by Hollywood.......

August 24, 2012
12:11 am

Bring back the monarchy!

As the images from Syria continue to dominate television screens throughout the world, one can’t escape the reality that we are witnessing a defining moment in the history of......

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