David Grossman: When the plague fades, new possibilities will emerge
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The Dangerous Illusion That Governments Know How to Fight Coronavirus
In extreme situations, know-how is acquired only in the aftermath of events. Right now, we need social and political psychologists who understand theories of crisis management, no less than we need medical personnel
90 Years Could Pass Before We Learn the Lessons of Israel's Coronavirus Crisis
How did Israel manage the coronavirus, we'll ask when it's over. But the data will be under lock and key until the next century
'We Realized We Could Be Stuck in a Coronavirus Lockdown in a Foreign Country, and Things Got Real'
This week at the Tel Aviv airport: A couple who managed to fly home to Israel in the nick of time, and an American who came to Israel because God told her to
Will Coronavirus Change How We Think About Climate Change?
Harvard historian Naomi Oreskes believes the coronavirus may be a 'dress rehearsal' for the climate catastrophe looming on the horizon – and suggests why people want to deny both threats
Coronavirus Reveals What Really Makes the World Go Round, and It's Not Money
The bluff of neo-liberalism must be called out
Coronavirus Ethics: Is It Immoral to Order Food, Putting Delivery People at Risk?
Besides staying home, the most important way of showing solidarity with the Other today is to be mindful of his or her problems
To Find Peace in the Time of Coronavirus, Be Very, Very Pessimistic, Says Philosopher Alain De Botton
The only way to achieve inner peace at times like these is to focus on the worst-case scenario, claims British philosopher and author Alain de Botton
Disrupted by Coronavirus: We Had to Fly Home With a Newborn in the Middle of a Pandemic
This week at the Tel Aviv airport: People whose trips were cut short and had to fly home in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic
'Like a Zombie Movie': My Nightmare Trip Home Across Italy Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic
It’s time to go home, you realize, even if home is in southern Italy, and the only flight from Israel you can find is to France. You must now travel more than 1,200 kilometers through the pandemic
What It's Like to Be Hospitalized With COVID-19, According to 6 Israelis
Confusing rules, ambulance rides, panicky neighbors – but also camaraderie and awe of hospital staffers. Such is the life of coronavirus patients in isolation
How the Coronavirus Pandemic Resurrected the Nation-state
The coronavirus succeeded where other people and events failed: It’s proved that in a time of crisis, rich and poor alike need the nation-state
Can Two Brains Act as One? New Research Illuminates the Biggest Mystery of Human Relations
Are we fated to be solitary for all time, or can we become one with another? New developments in brain research are shedding light on one of our most elusive questions: the nature of human relations
A Letter From Italy's Coronavirus Epicenter: 'Coffins Pile Up in Churches, People in Their 80s Die Alone'
Sirens blaring, bells tolling for the dead, neighbors singing on balconies: This is our sad soundtrack. A letter from Bergamo, Italy
What Drove This Young Swede to Quit His neo-Nazi 'Cult' and Fight anti-Semitism Instead
Against the backdrop of a surge of anti-Semitism in Sweden, a former neo-Nazi and a former Israeli team up to turn the tide
'Trump Is Right About the Coronavirus. The WHO Is Wrong,' Says Israeli Expert
Dr. Dan Yamin has developed models for predicting the spread of infectious diseases, and helped curb the Ebola epidemic. He says the coronavirus could take some 13,000 lives in Israel – but there's cause for optimism
'I Feel Like a Walking Virus. But It Seems People Aren't Stressed'
This week at the Tel Aviv airport: What it's like to be a globetrotter in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic
Analysis How to Stop Netanyahu From Destroying What's Left of Israel's Democracy
The government is doing all it can to fight the coronavirus, while the premier moves to demolish Israel's democracy. Only if the center-left parties are in the coalition will they be able to contain Netanyahu
Human Settlement in Space Is Closer Than We Think. Here's What It Will Look Like
From vast spaceships orbiting close to Earth to tunnels the size of Los Angeles under the surface of the moon
The Dutch Psychiatrist Who Treated Traumatized Holocaust Survivors With LSD
In the '60s, Jan Bastiaans, using breakthrough experimental treatment with LSD, freed Holocaust survivors from their traumas. He became a national hero but was later shunted aside and treated patients in the underground. Is his legacy still worthy?
Time to Put Israel in Mass Therapy
Why does the country find itself in an obsessive political spiral at this precise time? Psychoanalysis might have an explanation
'For the Bulgarians, There’s No Difference Between a Jew and an Israeli'
Last week at the Tel Aviv airport: What it's like to teach non-Jews attending a Jewish school in Bulgaria, and what's the point of taking part in a dog show?
Analysis Sowing Fear Amid the Coronavirus Outbreak, Netanyahu Is in His Element
The coronavirus pandemic has provided an embarrassment of riches for Netanyahu, who's using the chaos to his best political benefit while Gantz grapples with the sourpusses who are slipping away from Kahol Lavan
Gideon Levy The Israeli Army's Plunder in the Service of the Occupation
Soldiers seized tens of thousands of shekels in a West Bank village last week. One man had to cancel his wedding and another lost the payment for a machine he’d sold. Little matter that they had proper documentation
Israel Needs to Let Go of the Natural Gas Fantasy
Israel is building gas-fired power plants, tying the country’s economy to an energy source that will soon be obsolete
This Tiny Island Has 1,400 Residents and No Cars. But Its Real Story Lies Underground
A visit to the remote German isle of Heligoland
To Stay Younger for Longer, Make This Change to Your Diet
Recent research suggests that if we fast for 16 hours out of the day, we can expect a dramatic increase in lifespan. Still, the long-term implications of confining our calorie intake to an eight-hour period are still not clear. Israeli scientists weigh in
Netanyahu's Worldview? All Means Sanctify the Pursuit of Power
The Netanyahu era has seen a dramatic shift in Israel’s perception of the nation-state: no longer a democracy that operates for the sake of its citizens, but a military-economic entity striving relentlessly to augment its might
'42 Knees in One Day': Israeli Snipers Open Up About Shooting Gaza Protesters
Over 200 Palestinians were killed and nearly 8,000 were injured during almost two years of weekly protests at the Israel-Gaza border. Israeli army snipers tell their stories
This Israeli Artist Wants Americans to Disarm (And for Women to Run the World)
Artist Yael Bartana invites viewers on a journey that ends with a mass burial of weapons. Critics may label her an outsider preaching to Americans, but she's unafraid to call them out on a fascist agenda
Gideon Levy Gazan Girl Fighting Cancer Died Without Her Father by Her Side. She Won't Be the Last
Miral, a 10-year-old Gazan cancer patient who had to fight bureaucracy to have her mother by her side in a Nablus hospital, died last weekend without seeing her father since December. Now Israel is keeping another young Palestinian, who has leukemia, from receiving vital treatment
A Comedian Confronts Holocaust Denial. Seriously
David Baddiel offers a timely glimpse into a truly troubling phenomenon
Gideon Levy The IDF Jeep's Door Swung Open. A Single Bullet Hit the Palestinian's Neck
The family of Bader Harashi, who live in a peaceful West Bank village, used to work in Israel. But after he was shot dead at a protest, the authorities have revoked their permits, denying them of a livelihood as well as their kin
Women Run Finland. Israel Has a Lot to Learn
This Nordic country has a history of trafficking in women and is in second place in the EU in the level of violence against women. But Finland also has a progressive welfare policy and approach to education – and its government features a group of ambitious young women. The story of a revolution
Algorithms Can Now Recognize Emotions. Here's Why That's Terrifying
Soon there will be no place left to hide
Analysis Netanyahu's Willing to Burn Israel Down for a Couple of Knesset Seats
Final polls show that 'anything goes' is an effective campaign strategy for Netanyahu
An Israeli Finds Out What's on Jordan's Side of the Dead Sea
It’s within floating distance from us, but few Israelis go there
Tinder, Parties and No Morality Police: An Israeli Reporter's Journey Through Saudi Arabia
Dating, freedom to divorce, women in the labor market and behind the wheel, foreign tourists, coed leisure – Saudi Arabia is becoming a society that wants to resemble the West. How do people live with all this sudden freedom, yet no hope of democracy?
Hummus... With Octopus? How Israeli Food Became All the Rage in Saint Petersburg
The food may not be kosher, but St. Petersburg’s Israeli restaurants have a lot of blue-and-white flags and Mediterranean music. Israeli-style falafel, shakshuka and shawarma, it seems, have become a big hit in Russia’s northern capital
Gideon Levy Israeli Soldier Kills Palestinian Cop at His Own Station. No Explanation Is Offered
An IDF soldier shot a Palestinian police officer standing 100 meters away, at the entrance to his station, talking to other members of the force. Sgt. Tarek Badwan, a father of two with a family of police officers, was killed
