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Oct 5, 2026, 12:09 PM

The World Must Condemn the Flydubai Attack

The survival of everyone aboard Flight FZ1073 was a relief, not a reason for international complacency. Governments can demand answers, respect an ongoing investigation and condemn violence against a civilian airliner at the same time. A Near-Catastrophe the World Cannot...

Oct 5, 2026, 11:59 AM

The best educational system in the world — at 34,000 feet

Asaf Rajuan pumps his fist in the air, informing passengers of the success in subduing the terrorist copilot and taking control of flydubai's Flight 1073. (Screencapture, social media)

The passengers who saved Flight 1073 showed an Israeli talent for acting fast and working together — a hidden curriculum learned from childhood

Oct 4, 2026, 2:40 PM

Flydubai 1073 – The Fate of the Terrorist

It had everything. Terror, extraordinary bravery and a plane seconds from catastrophe. It has received huge attention but one small detail has largely overlooked: once the attacker was restrained, he was given medical treatment. Flydubai Flight 1073 has become one...

Oct 4, 2026, 12:52 PM

Flydubai: Luck is not a security policy

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Yaniv Hayun, one of the Israelis who helped subdue a flydubai copilot who allegedly sought to crash a plane full of Israelis, on the passengers' return to Ben Gurion Airport on September 30, 2026. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

A bathroom trip, a wounded captain and a few brave passengers prevented a catastrophe. That should trigger an investigation, not a photo op

Oct 4, 2026, 11:47 AM

October 7: What I wrote then, and what I know now

PALMAR rescue in the rain. (Photo ©️ Tuvia Book, 2026)

Three years later, I look back at Kfar Aza and Be'eri, the soldiers beside me, and what this war has taught me about courage, loss and who we are

Sergio Restelli

Oct 4, 2026, 9:15 AM

The Silence After FZ1073: Saudi Arabia Should Be Careful of the Company It Keeps

There are moments when silence is diplomacy. There are others when silence becomes a political statement. Flydubai Flight FZ1073 should have produced one of the easiest statements any government is ever required to make. An aircraft carrying more than 170...

Kostis Konstantinou

Oct 3, 2026, 1:37 PM

Another Myth Falls Apart: Our Slain ‘Colleagues’

It was one of the most powerful narratives of the Gaza war: first dozens, then hundreds, of “journalists” were killed. Names on lists, photographs in tributes, numbers in headlines — and the same conclusion: Israel had made journalists targets. Except...

Lawrence Maximo

Oct 3, 2026, 10:15 AM

Lula, the Patron Saint of Antisemitism in Brazil

Brazil awaits Sunday's elections, the 4th, amid one of the worst moments in its history. Beyond the crises and scandals plaguing national politics, the country is living through a diplomatic darkness. It is also a moral and ethical darkness,...

Oct 2, 2026, 10:52 PM

Inches to Metric: The Clique

Camp is a social incubator We are a Camp Ramah family and have been involved with camp for decades. However anyone who ever attended camp or middle school and survived/thrived knows, social dynamics are tricky. Not easy to navigate. Often...

Oct 2, 2026, 6:34 PM

India and Israel: No More Terror Double Standards

Chat GPT generated sketch of an original picture of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Narendra Modi, prime minister of India, in 2026. Credit: Ma’ayan Toaf/GPO. New image available for commercial and non-commercial use.

An alarming aviation scare on the Dubai–Tel Aviv route raises urgent questions about international security, the fight against terrorism and the West’s willingness to confront the networks threatening India and Israel. An Indian pilot’s reported act of extraordinary courage aboard...

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