Opinion Lebanon Is Headed Toward Economic Collapse. Should Israel Worry?
Beirut’s dysfunctional politics make it unlikely it will tackle its problems, and as Hezbollah takes blame, it could look for a convenient distraction
David Rosenberg
Opinion How Could Rashida Tlaib Get Caught Using Israeli Technology?
The Palestinian-American congresswoman isn't the only BDSer with a spotty boycott record, partly because Israeli tech is too ubiquitous, but partly because of plain old hypocrisy
Opinion Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal Is Surest Way to Lose War on Climate Change
Its backers have added so much ideological baggage to their plan that it would make it harder to deal with the threat
Opinion How 40 Years of Mullah-nomics Have Failed Iran
War and sanctions did a lot of damage, but nothing compared to the inefficiency, corruption and revolutionary stubbornness of the country’s leaders
Opinion How Erdogan Got Egypt Into Bed With Israel
The only reason the whole east Mediterranean is working with Egypt, not Turkey, is Erdogan's bloody-mindedness and penchant for making enemies
Opinion Could an Israeli Supermarket King Become a Palestinian Hero?
Rami Levy wants to bring cheap chicken and shopping mall ecstasy as part of his vision of co-existence. His vision is both flawed and hopeless
Opinion Nokia Revisited? The Dark Side of Israel Having 'Intel Inside'
The giant U.S. company has become as a major factor in Israeli high-tech and this week it presence looks to be getting bigger still. That’s not all good news
Venezuela Didn't Disgrace Socialism, Only Itself
Chavez and Maduro had no strategy beyond taking oil profits and giving them to the poor. Even in the best of times it couldn’t work, and it didn’t
Opinion Why the Rebuilding of Syria Isn’t Going to Happen
The Russians hope to recruit the West for the $250 billion-plus effort, but it’s a non-starter and Assad's allies can’t do it alone
Opinion The Women’s March and the End of American-Jewish Liberalism
It’s a funny business that U.S. Jews are so rich and powerful yet tend to join ranks with the oppressed, but demographics suggest this phenomenon is doomed.
Opinion Are Israel and Egypt Now in a Marriage Made on Gas?
The regional gas forum launched this week could create a real relationship after years of cold peace, but don't count on it
Opinion On the Arab Spring's 8th Anniversary, Is the Mideast Poised for Breakthrough?
There’s no shortage of optimism, but the region seems to be sinking deeper into malaise
Opinion How a Failing Trump Could Get Re-elected in 2020
The populist wave has crested for now, but if the U.S. and European economies sink this year or next, it will be back, stronger than ever
Israel Will Have to Choose Between America and China
America's emerging pressure on Israel to cool its love affair with China may not have such terrible consequences
Analysis The BDS Movement Just Issued More Fake News
The claim that HSBC divested its holding in Elbit in support of Palestinian rights doesn’t stand up to the bank’s own statement
Opinion The Real Israel Isn’t Startup Nation, It’s Poverty Row
Only 8% of our labor force is employed in high-tech, but a fifth of the country lives under the poverty line
Opinion Don't Expect Netanyahu to Shout 'Make Israel Great Again'
Israel's headed for an economic cliff, but don't expect Trump tactics this election season: it isn't the economy yet, stupid, though it will be
Opinion Trump’s Economics Pose a Real Threat to Israel
Israel doesn’t need a U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem, it needs a responsible leader in Washington, but now the Donald's substance is prevailing over his style.
Opinion Recession in Turkey May Spell the End for Erdogan
But there could be a silver lining for Israel if the Turkish president decides to cozy up to America, inter alia by a thaw with Israel
Opinion Israel’s Yellow Vest Wannabes Are Rebels Without a Cause, for Now
The Israeli protesters' rage at Netanyahu and the system blinds them to the fact that Israeli consumers are doing better than ever – but that may be about to change
Wave of Price Hikes Gives Moshe Kahlon His Worst Week as Israel's Finance Minister Ever
Kahlon had one ray of light to savor: The Central Bureau of Statistics reported that income inequality has been getting better
Opinion The Myth of the Brainy Israeli
Nobel Prizes and Startup Nation notwithstanding, the average Israeli has a pretty poor set of basic skills. The tech sector is starting to feel the absence
Opinion Let’s Hope China Loses the Tech War With America
A world dominated by Chinese tech companies would be a world with far less privacy and far more censorship – Facebook’s abuses pale in comparison
Opinion Haredi Poverty: The Same Threat in Both New York and Israel
The controversy over secular studies in the state’s yeshivas are the tip of an economic iceberg
Analysis OPEC: The Monster That Never Was
Qatar’s decision to leave the cartel shows how little power the once-feared organization actually has over the oil market
Opinion Just What Does Israel Need Ties With Chad For?
Or with other Muslim countries in fact? Not very much. The political benefits are usually minimal and the prospects for doing business even poorer
Analysis The Bank of Israel Just Voted Against Bibi
The timing of the Israeli central bank's first rate hike in seven years is strange and there's no clear economic case for it: The bank seems to have been sending a political message
Opinion Wall Street Comes to Grips With the Mess Trump Has Wrought
Selloff on the Street signals that the U.S. economy may be brisk now but has pretty poor prospects, and the man in the White House isn’t up to dealing with them.
Opinion Airbnb's Ban on Israeli Settlements Is Big Win for BDS, Not Necessarily for anti-Semites
It won't even scratch the Israeli economy, or even that of the settlements, but it did drive the government into hysterics
Opinion Early Elections in Israel: It’s Not Just Hamas, Stupid
Bibi has retained his hold on power thanks to a strong economy. He should be grateful to Lieberman for forcing an election before it all goes bust