Netanyahu Government Engineers a Quiet Collapse of the Social Contract
Something in the tone of recent political statements feels like watching a crack spread across a windowpane — slow, deliberate, and pretending not to be…
The Vanishing Middle: How a Government Chose One Community Over an Entire Country
Latet’s latest Alternative Poverty Report opens with a stark headline number: a 10% spike in Israel’s cost of living in just one year. The findings…
Rain-Washed Week Ahead Across Israel
Raindrops scattered on the window already hint at what’s coming — a week wrapped in soft greys and quiet greens, the kind of weather where…
Frank Gehry’s Legacy Touches Israel More Quietly Than People Realize
Frank Gehry’s passing sends out a kind of hush before the tributes begin — the sort of silence that follows the fall of a giant…
Eurovision Boycotts: The Curious Politics Behind the Outrage
The sudden moral awakening of the Netherlands, Spain, Slovenia, and Ireland over Israel’s participation in Eurovision lands with the subtlety of a dropped cymbal —…
Cloudy Skies Over Israel as Storms Build Through the Day
A restless sky settles over Israel today, carrying that familiar heaviness that hints the day won’t stay quiet for long. Morning hours begin with scattered…
Why Fly “Low-Cost” When It’s No Longer Low-Cost? The easyJet Farce
Watching easyJet tiptoe back into Israel with all the enthusiasm of a cat approaching a bathtub would almost be amusing if the price list didn’t…
Israeli Water Technology Wins in India: IDE Secures Major Mumbai Desalination Project
The announcement arrived with a certain sense of inevitability, almost like watching a long-established specialist finally receive the scale of recognition that matches its track…
Axon Vision–Leonardo DRS Strategic Cooperation Deepens AI-Driven Defense Capabilities
Axon Vision (TASE: AXN), the Israeli defense-AI company that’s been steadily carving out a reputation for operational-grade autonomy, just locked in a major strategic cooperation…
Wizz Air Sets Its Sights on Israel
Something about this announcement feels like one of those turning-point moments in a travel market that’s been stuck in slow motion. Wizz Air’s chief executive,…
DefenseTech Week, December 1–2, 2025, Tel Aviv University
Sometimes you catch an event title and it just sticks — short, clipped, direct, and a bit electric. DefenseTech Week feels like that. It signals…
Equality, Optional
Funny how the idea of equality before the law feels solid and permanent until the moment someone powerful decides it isn’t convenient anymore. The headline…
Karma, Haifa — A Strange Experience Before You Even Sit Down
A funny detail keeps repeating itself on my walks through Merkaz HaCarmel. Karma Restaurant sits there glowing in bright turquoise signage, tables neatly arranged, plants…
Utopia Orchid Park & Attractions, Sharon Region, Israel
The moment you step inside Utopia, you feel the shift — from the dry Mediterranean air outside to warm, fragrant humidity that softens everything. It…
Why Iran Fears the Bahá’ís — and Why Their Holiest Places Stand Peacefully in Israel
It’s hard to ignore the contrast. One place — Iran — treats the Bahá’í community as a threat, a target, something to erase. The other…
Draft Exemption Law: A Broken Covenant Reshaping Israel’s Future
There’s a strange heaviness in the air lately, harder to ignore with every headline. Maybe it’s because the uniforms are everywhere again — kids still…
Dabbah Brings Christmas Mood to Haifa
There’s something quietly charming about walking up to a supermarket on an ordinary weekday evening and suddenly feeling like you’ve crossed into a holiday movie…
Thank You, Mano Cruises
There’s something quietly remarkable about a company that doesn’t flinch when everyone else walks away. It’s easy to stay in a market when the sun…
The Gaza Lie — And the Quiet Collapse of Manufactured Outrage
There’s something almost surreal about watching narratives unravel in real time. For months, timelines have been flooded with tear-stained posts from supposed “Gaza residents,” typing…
Oligo Security: When an Israeli Startup Becomes the Firewall for the AI Era
Sometimes a press release reads like marketing, and sometimes it reads like a warning flare — this one feels closer to the second category. Oligo…
UNraveling UNRWA – A Documentary Built for a Moment When the World Can No Longer Look Away
Every once in a while, a film arrives not as entertainment but as a reckoning—something that feels less like cinema and more like a mirror…
Names in Stone, Names Remembered
Sometimes history doesn’t move forward in straight, neat lines — sometimes it loops back with a sting so familiar it feels like an echo. That’s…
A Shadow Fleet Docking in Broad Daylight — Haifa, November 23, 2025
Something about the scene below my window doesn’t sit right. Two tankers — huge, steel-black, purposeful — are moored at Haifa’s oil terminal, their decks…