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Alexander Lutsenko

Jun 10, 2026, 10:09 PM

The Party That Adds the EU and Ukraine to Its Platform May Win in Fall 2026

The political force in Israel that first puts a new security formula into its election platform — the United States as Israel’s main ally, the European Union as a strategic partner, and Ukraine as an important direction — may...

Itai Eithan Shamir

Jun 10, 2026, 9:47 PM

Eurovision 2026: United By Music, After All

Fans celebrating in the arena at the Eurovision Song Contest Final.

A few weeks have passed since the confetti was swept from the arena floor in Vienna, which hosted the 70th Eurovision Song Contest — the world’s biggest live televised music event, drawing more viewers annually than the Super Bowl....

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Jun 10, 2026, 7:57 AM

Dear President Aoun

Dear President Aoun, My name is Jose Lev. I am an American-Israeli scholar, veteran, and member of a people that has buried too many of its sons because leaders mistook delay for wisdom. I write not as an enemy of...

Jun 9, 2026, 6:59 PM

When Pride Meets Prejudice

June, International Pride Month, is traditionally associated with struggles for equality, liberty, inclusion, and the protection of minorities. For decades, these values also formed part of the shared language connecting Israel and Europe. Yet in 2026, Pride Month arrives...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Jun 9, 2026, 6:14 AM

America’s New Anti-Israel Left-Right Consensus

Fifteen years ago, both major American political parties treated Israel as a strategic asset in the Middle East. Gallup’s 2011 surveys showed clear majorities sympathizing more with Israelis than with Palestinians across Democratic and Republican ranks. By February 2026,...

Jun 8, 2026, 8:18 PM

Trump Turned the White House into a Licensing Desk for Foreign Powers

In the European Parliament, Qatargate 2022 showed foreign influence arriving through intermediaries and ending in raids, cash and criminal files. In Trump’s Washington, it walked through the front door, shook the president’s hand, licensed his name, entered his family...

Sofia Afonso Ferreira

Jun 6, 2026, 12:19 AM

Confronting antisemitism in a turbulent Europe

Portugal has experienced a notable week of initiatives aimed at supporting the Jewish community and countering antisemitism, amid a broader rise in such incidents across Europe since the Hamas attacks on Israel on 7 October 2023. The surge in antisemitism...

Jun 5, 2026, 7:11 PM

Modi’s Busy: From Myanmar, UAE to Cyprus and Italy, Building India’s IMEC Future

As Hormuz Remains Closed, India Accelerates the Economic Corridors of the Day After. As the war between Iran and the United States has yet to reach a final resolution and the Strait of Hormuz remains closed, preparations for the day...

Daniel B. Birnbaum

Jun 3, 2026, 10:33 PM

From Brussels to Abu Dhabi

Israel Must Shift Its Strategy For decades, Israel has lived with a strange contradiction. It is located in the Middle East while trying, in many ways, to be accepted as part of Europe. It played in European sports competitions, sang...

Jun 2, 2026, 6:45 AM

Edgar Morin (1921–2026): A Complex Mind

Photo/collage: Atmane Tazaghart, Global Watch Analysis

I learn of his death in my home, 3,500 miles away from Paris. To speak about the French-Jewish Edgar Morin, it would be good to go a little back in time. The thread that began in Spain –the West...– of...

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