Netanyahu’s Perpetual War: Between Power and Collapse
JERUSALEM — More than four in five Jewish Israelis — 82 percent, according to a June Haaretz poll — now say they support expelling Gazans from the Strip. The figure is overwhelming, and it...
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Germany’s Self-Inflicted Wounds: How War and Sanctions Upended Europe’s Anchor
BERLIN — The turbulence in Germany’s politics cannot be separated from the choices its leaders have made since 2022. What some analysts describe as a “political tsunami” is also the result of self-inflicted wounds:...
Venezuela Under Siege: America’s Dirty War in the Caribbean
Washington’s Shadow War on Venezuela: Bounties, Battleships, and the Long Siege CARACAS — The gray silhouettes of U.S. warships have reappeared in the Caribbean, a show of force not seen with such intensity since...
Europe’s Death Knell: From Nord Stream to Siberia’s Eastward Turn
Russia has now turned its back on Europe. It has signed an agreement with China to build a new pipeline that will carry Siberian gas straight into the Chinese heartland — and, in time,...
The Unquiet Country: Jeremy Corbyn, Zarah Sultana and the Bid to Build a Party for Unequal Britain
LONDON — On the afternoon of 24 July 2025, a bare-bones website suddenly lit up with traffic. Its message was stark: “It’s time to build a new kind of political party — one that...
U.S. Broadens Naval Armor, Deploying More Ships to Shield Israel as Iran Retaliates
Middle East A cluster of American guided-missile destroyers has shifted into the Eastern Mediterranean, adding a sea-based layer to Israel’s missile defense while Washington weighs the risk of deeper entanglement. By Jaffa Levy WASHINGTON...
Venezuela Denounces U.S. “Imperialist Escalation” as Warships Gather in the Caribbean
By Jaffa Levy CARACAS — President Nicolás Maduro appeared on national television this week flanked by his defense minister and closest lieutenants, warning that Venezuela was facing its most serious external threat in decades....
Indian Media Sees Britain’s Immigration Upheaval Through Students, Diaspora, and Asylum Abuse
NEW DELHI/LONDON — As Britain’s asylum system creaks under record numbers and Labour’s government pursues reforms, Indian newspapers are watching closely. Their coverage reflects both practical concerns — warnings to Indian students, exposure of...
Immigration Crisis and Digital ID Proposals Ignite Britain’s Online Tempest
LONDON — Immigration is once again Britain’s most combustible political issue, and this week it spilled into the streets and across X — the platform once known as Twitter — with hashtags like #StopTheBoats...
Musk and Rowling Posts Drive Twitter Storm Over Arrest of Father Ted Creator
LONDON — The arrest of Graham Linehan, co-creator of the sitcom Father Ted, has erupted into a global flashpoint after Elon Musk and J.K. Rowling used their platforms on X to denounce the move....
Arrest of Father Ted Creator Sparks Free Speech Storm in Britain
LONDON — Graham Linehan, the Irish writer and co-creator of the cult sitcom Father Ted, was arrested at Heathrow Airport this week on suspicion of inciting violence through social media posts. What might once...
Britain’s Borrowing Costs Surge to 27-Year High, Reviving Old Fears of Fiscal Strain
LONDON — Britain’s long-term borrowing costs have surged to their highest level since 1998, rattling the Treasury and intensifying the pressure on Chancellor Rachel Reeves ahead of her first full Budget. The yield on...
At SCO Summit, Asia’s Newspapers See Multipolar Choreography, Local Stakes
When the leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization gathered in Tianjin this week, it was meant to be a grand performance — and across Asia, newspapers described it as such. But while Chinese state...
In Tianjin, Putin Finds Old Friends and New Alignments
When Vladimir V. Putin stepped onto the red carpet in Tianjin last weekend, the choreography was as carefully managed as any in the long history of Sino-Russian relations. The Russian leader’s arrival for the...
Beijing Readies Grand “Victory Day” Parade: A Choreographed Display of Power and Precision
BEIJING, Sept. 3, 2025 — At dawn tomorrow, Beijing’s storied Tiananmen Square will awaken to a spectacle of steel and stride, as the People’s Liberation Army stages its largest military parade in nearly a...
Blocking a U.N. Delegation Won’t Hide Gaza
As Gaza slides into documented famine and the International Court of Justice’s provisional measures remain in force, the United States has blocked visas for a Palestinian delegation to the United Nations—an act that collides...
Researchers Probe Rare Cardiac Events After mRNA Covid Vaccines in South Korea
South Korean researchers have documented rare but serious cardiac events following mRNA Covid-19 vaccination, though health authorities stress that the benefits of vaccination still far outweigh the risks. One peer-reviewed case study, published in...
Israel’s New Common Language: We Are All Post-Traumatic
Take the case of a young reservist — let’s call him Daniel R. — who fought in Operation Defensive Shield more than two decades ago. In recent months, he has begun to speak publicly...
Flags, Protests and a Fractured Identity: Inside England’s Weekend of Patriotism and Anxiety
By Jaffa Levy An impulse—to reclaim a sense of belonging—echoed in England this weekend, where flags and protests occurred in the open air. A surge of English and British flags across town centres and...
A Flotilla, 44 Nations and a Message Delivered at Sea
By Jaffa Levy BARCELONA, Aug. 31, 2025 — A fleet of around 20 small vessels slipped from the city’s harbour on Sunday, laden with food, water and medicine, and carrying a mission beyond mere...
Sex-for-Rent Scandal: Landlords Exploit Britain’s Broken Housing Market
By Elizabeth Wang Britain’s rental crisis has spawned a chilling new trend: landlords quietly trading rooms for sexual favours, targeting the most vulnerable and flouting criminal law. Britain’s rental crisis has spawned a chilling...
Last Week in Sanaa: A ‘Decapitation’ Airstrike Assassinations by Another Name
By Jaffa Levy in London and Abu Rashid in Sana’a Last week — Thursday, August 28, 2025 — an airstrike hit the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, killing Prime Minister Ahmed al-Rahawi and several cabinet colleagues....
Trump drives India into the arms of China
By Jaffa Levy Tianjin, August 31, 2025 — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged on Sunday to improve relations during their first face-to-face meeting in seven years, held on...
Europe’s New Dependency State
How sabotage, austerity and Trump’s shadow left the continent exposed By Jaffa Levy Europe has slipped into a brittle bargain. In Berlin, ministers say the welfare state is “too expensive,” even as they prepare...
Digital ID: Britain’s Next Step Towards a Watched Society
By Jaffa Levy Man is free. He does not need to be surveilled, categorised, or indexed. That principle has always been central to British life. From Magna Carta to the rejection of continental-style identity...
Europe’s Dilemma: Paying for War, Cutting Back at Home
By Jaffa Levy August 30, 2025 Europe finds itself at a crossroads. As the war in Ukraine grinds on into its fourth year, Western capitals are under pressure to sustain the flow of weapons...
Modi in China: India at the Crossroads of a Shifting World Order
By Jaffa Levy Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived in China for his first visit in seven years, a trip that underscores India’s pivotal role in the changing global order. Modi will attend the...
This Island Was Our Moat. Now It’s a Target Grid. How to Stop Fighting the Last War
By Jaffa Levy — London They came first in small boats. Julius Caesar, peering across the narrow water, lashed together a flotilla of timbered hulls and tested the Channel twice, in 55 and 54...