At the Center of the Storm: ZIM, Haifa, and the Politics of Ownership
The image freezes a moment that suddenly feels heavier than it did when the shutter clicked. In the foreground, a massive ZIM container vessel sits…
When the Air Turned Unbreathable: Israel Tops the Global Pollution Charts
A heavy, suffocating blanket of smog settled over Israel, and for a few surreal hours it pushed the country into an uncomfortable global spotlight. Real-time…
Year Zero, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Year Zero unfolds like a quiet reckoning with the moment just before everything broke, when culture still believed in continuity and institutions still assumed tomorrow…
IMTM 2026: Recovery Is Still Missing, and the Gaps Are Getting Harder to Ignore
Minister of Tourism, Haim Katz launches the international travel fair IMTM 2026 (International Mediterranean Tourism Market) with the message “The Recovery is Already Here”. Well,…
Milk Reform Standoff in Israel: Why Farmers Are Blocking Supply and Supermarkets Are Rationing
The current disruption around milk in Israel sits on top of a long-standing, very Israeli tension between state regulation, cost-of-living politics, and the survival of…
Moody’s Shifts Israel’s Outlook to Stable: A Signal of Resilience, Not Yet a Rebound
Moody’s Investors Service has decided to raise Israel’s rating outlook from negative to stable, and while that sentence sounds like a clear win, it’s actually…
Cybertech 2026: Resilience at the Core as Tel Aviv Conference Unfolds Amid National Closure and Endurance
Cybertech 2026 closed in Tel Aviv with an atmosphere that no amount of planning or programming could have produced, shaped instead by a convergence of…
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…
BBC, Gaza, and the Selective Morality Israelis Know Too Well
For an Israeli audience, the BBC’s Gaza obsession doesn’t feel like a media anomaly anymore. It feels like a ritual, repeated so often that it…
The Strong Shekel Paradox: Why Israel’s Currency Rises While the Country Is Under Strain
At first glance the strengthening of the Israeli shekel against the US dollar looks almost offensive to common sense. Two years of war, a swollen…
Third Place, Hard Earned: Israel’s Economy Seen From Above
The photo says more than a chart ever could. From above, Tel Aviv stretches outward in layers—old low-rise blocks pressed tightly together, sudden vertical jumps…
Prolonged Power Outage and Huge Column of Smoke Reported in Haifa
The entire Ramat Hadar is reportedly under power outage since about 9am till now 13.00. The huge column of smoke is rising over the Haifa…
Europe’s Boycott Theatre: When Antisemitism, Populism, and Petrodollar Posturing Masquerade as Principle
Watching yet another European government step forward to “boycott” Eurovision 2026 feels like listening to a badly tuned violin: all noise, no music, and the…
Byron Arrives, and the Streets Start Telling the Story
Funny how a storm announces itself long before the real thunder arrives. Sometimes it’s not the sky you notice first but the small casualties scattered…
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,…