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A road by any other name: Umm Kulthum
One way that countries stake out their values and mold their identities is through symbols: monuments, seals, memorials, holidays, and, of course, names. The names ...
Briefing: $50 billion and the world’s oldest man
The JPost Podcast's briefing provides an overview of the big stories in Israel and the region to keep you up to date. This past week, US ...
Biden mediating ‘high-stakes game of chicken’ between Obama, Netanyahu
This week, The Veep himself, US Vice President Joe Biden, was in Israel part of a regional trip that includes meetings in the UAE, Jordan, ...
The Spark-up Nation
Israel has developed a reputation around the world as the Start-up Nation, a place where innovation flourishes. But when people talk about Israel’s high-tech, they often overlook ...
Briefing: Biden, the Oscars and the collapse of the PA
US Vice President Joe Biden will arrive in Israel Tuesday for a two-day visit. Biden will discuss, among other things, the status of a new Memorandum ...
Why Iran’s election could (eventually) be a big deal
Last week, Iranians went to the polls, and reportedly elected moderates to represent them in their parliament, the Majlis. But in Iran, nothing is quite as ...
What Israel can teach the US about guns
In the heated debate about guns in America, US President Barack Obama himself has noted that the US has 33 times the number of gun ...
Do Tel Aviv lives matter more than Jerusalem ones?
Friday's attack on Dizengoff Street in Tel Aviv has been the center of news coverage for several days, even as a attacks continue around the ...
Why are these captive Israelis different from all others?
Israel lifted a 9-month-old gag order on the case of two Israelis who crossed into the Gaza Strip and were taken by Hamas. One of ...
The missing Israelis: strategic implications
Kobi Michael, a senior research fellow at The Institute for National Security Studies and a senior lecturer in the Department of Political Science at Ariel University, discusses ...