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Oct 7, 2024, 7:47 AM

Judaism through deeds

This past year has been the most painful for the Jewish people since the Holocaust. It is a year we all wish could be erased. A year where not a day went by without me thinking how little it...

Apr 23, 2020, 2:01 PM

The $180-million question: Who should profit from the Dead Sea?

Israel was blessed with natural resources in the Dead Sea which sell for over 2.5 billion dollars annually. While the Dead Sea Works, which extract the resources, was founded as a government-owned corporation, it was gradually privatized in the...

Mar 8, 2020, 11:36 AM

In fact, tycoons definitely DO drive up prices.

In his recent opinion piece, business analyst Michael Klahr argues that Sue Surkes’s recent article about economic concentration is inaccurate and misleading. He accuses Surkes of supporting price controls and increased regulations, as opposed to the free market economy...

Mar 2, 2020, 6:40 PM

Why should you and I give the gas monopoly NIS 325 million?

View of the Israeli Leviathan gas processing rig as seen from Dor Habonim Beach Nature Reserve, on January 1, 2020 (Flash90)

Taxpayers are slated to foot half the bill for a new pipeline to carry gas that's already absurdly overpriced. Let's stop it.

Oct 11, 2019, 11:26 AM

10 Points to Understand Events in Syrian Kurdistan

Syrian Kurdistan is on the brink of a humanitarian disaster which will have negative long term effects on all the Middle East. These including the increased risk of a resurgent ISIS and a strengthening of Iran's position in the...

Aug 19, 2019, 2:34 PM

Standing up to Israel’s Gas Monopoly

Israel currently pays one of the highest natural gas prices in the world. While spot prices in Europe have dropped below 4$ - for gas imported from Russia and the US - the Israel Electric Company pays over 6$...

Jul 7, 2019, 9:09 PM

Iran: Has the Time Come for Action?

The tensions between Iran on the one hand, and the United States and its allies on the other, seem to be at their highest, since the US withdrawal from the nuclear deal in 2018. After an Iranian attack on...

Dec 20, 2018, 6:30 AM

Jews, Now is the Time to Speak up for the Kurds

The U.S. decision to pull out of Syria is a disaster for The Kurds and for Syria. It’s also bad for the U.S. and for Israel. Before this happens, we must raise our voices and call upon the Trump...

Jul 19, 2018, 12:04 PM

Diaspora Jews: A Call to Action, a Call to Vote

It seems like not a day goes by without giving liberal Zionism a reason to despair. Yesterday was particularly grim: the passing of the Jewish State Law, increasing the marginalization of Israel’s minorities; the Hungarian prime minister receiving a...

Jan 29, 2018, 1:48 PM

The story of Arnold

A view of the Lvov Ghetto on the outskirts of the city (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)

If calling the Poles complicit in killing Jews is criminal, then I'm guilty

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About Me

Ariel Paz-Sawicki is the head of research at Lobby 99, a crowd-funded organization dedicated to promoting public interest with a focus on economic issues. Ariel is currently pursuing a Ph.D. at the Hebrew University, specializing in the political economy of energy markets. An American-Israeli, Ariel also holds the rank of Major (res.) in the IDF Intelligence Corps.

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