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EU roundtables focuses on desertification, food security across Middle East
Representatives from the European Union, the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation, and Frontier RNG met on Tuesday as part of “Regional Climate Innovation Roundtables” on food security in the face of desertification with...
Israeli defense minister’s house cleaner arrested on suspicion of espionage
An individual who worked as a cleaner at Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz’s home was arrested earlier this month on suspicions of espionage, it was cleared for publication on Thursday.
According to the Israel Security...
Reigning ‘Miss Universe’ rejects calls to boycott Israel-hosted pageant
The reigning “Miss Universe” came out on Wednesday against the pressure on contestants to boycott the beauty pageant, which is being held for the first time in Israel next month.
“Everyone with different beliefs, with different backgrounds,...
Qatar, Egypt agree to supply fuel, basic building materials to Gaza Strip
Qatar and Egypt have signed agreements “to supply fuel and basic building materials for the Gaza Strip,” Qatar’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
Qatar’s Foreign Minister Sultan bin Saad Al Muraikhi made the announcement during...
Owner of controversial Nazi tattoo kit to donate it to Holocaust museum
The anonymous owner of a tattoo kit said to have been used on prisoners in the Auschwitz death camp informed an Israeli court on Thursday that he plans to donate it to the Haifa...
Israeli couple jailed in Turkey on suspicion of espionage return to Israel
The Israeli couple detained in Turkey last week on suspicion of espionage touched down in Israel early Thursday morning, after being freed from jail in Istanbul. The couple, Natalie and Mordy Oknin, returned to...
100-plus House Republicans introduce bill to block reopening of US consulate
More than 100 Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives introduced a bill on Wednesday that aims to block the Biden administration’s efforts to reopen the U.S. consulate for Palestinians in Jerusalem.
The bill, known...
Israeli conviction of Spanish citizen in terror-funding case could be ‘game-changer,’ say observers
A Spanish citizen who admitted to raising funds for a Palestinian NGO that were diverted to a terrorist organization agreed to a plea bargain on Nov. 10 in an Israeli military court. Observers say...
Counter-Terrorism, Martyrdom and the ‘Hunger of Immortality’
“Nothing is real that is not eternal.”
Miguel de Unamuno, Tragic Sense of Life (1921)
Though inconspicuous and easily misunderstood, there is no conceivably greater power in world politics than power over death. On its face, this preeminent form of...
The Iliad is an army of warlike miracles disguised as men who sing...
The philosophy of Immanuel Kant is useful to knit literary readings. With some Kantian principles and without ancient erudition we have attained hermeneutic conclusions on Homer, conclusions which coincide with the Homeric opinions of...