Online Tools Of Tyranny And Tools Of Revolution
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’Sometimes we fixed more games than we could bet’
In an exclusive interview with Play the Game, a former match-fixer tells how effectively criminal…
Hezbollah’s Lebanese Allies Can Be Contained
The group’s local partners balked when U.S. officials warned them to back off a recent…
Remembering Alex Alexiev, 1941-2019
Alexander Rayko Alexiev was named for his father, the famous painter, caricaturist, and satirist Rayko…
The Israelification of Israeli Arabs
Contrary to prevailing conceptions, it turns out that the Arab public yearns to participate in…
Sex as the Coin of Corruption
Its not about sex. You might think that it was all about sex if you…
Why Iran Supertanker Took A Much Longer Route To Reach Syria?
File photo – The Suez canal, which is the short way for Iran to send…
An Empty Zionist Bluff Appears in Galilee
Since its founding, Nazareth Illit’s name has been tied to that of the Arab city.…
“Phoenicia”, between historical reality and political exploitation
One hundred years after the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, which set the terms for…
Israel’s left is like the right
Anyone who aspires to lay a foundation for a genuine left must reject this separation.…
Russia has unexpected message for Iran on Syria
Opinion: The fight over control of strategic assets in Syria has gone up a notch…
A police force of and for all citizens
There needs to be public discussion of the relations between the police and Arab citizens.…
Trump’s ‘Deal of the Century’ Is Another Tragic Farce in the Making
All eyes will be on the best show in the Middle East in the coming…
Conservatives want Catholic bishops to denounce pope as heretic
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – A group of 19 Catholic priests and academics have urged bishops…
The Stunning Revenge of Sudan’s Former ‘Janjaweed’
The fall of the nearly 30-year regime of Sudan’s president Omar al-Bashir was almost entirely…
Bye Bye Bashir
Just by getting rid of a dictator, Sudan’s protestors (as well as Algeria’s) have ended…
After Bashir’s Fall, What’s Next for Sudan?
To forge a better future, the country must break the vicious cycle of military rule…
Good night, Blue and White
The most the Arabs can aspire to is to provide indirect help in forging a…
US targets inner circle of Hezbollah ally classed as ‘Iran’s man’ in Lebanon
Exclusive: Parliament speaker Nabih Berri’s links with Iran are focus of White House ire …
Iran’s Allies Feel the Pain of American Sanctions
A mural for the 40th anniversary of the Islamic revolution in Iran was installed in…
Translators aim to bring Richard Dawkins’s books on atheism and evolution to a Muslim audience
In the introduction to his 2006 book “The God Delusion,” author Richard Dawkins boldly declares his…
Hebrew University adds new manuscripts to Einstein archive
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Hebrew University announced Wednesday that it had obtained a “magnificent” collection…
Moscow May Ditch The Astana Format For The Russian-Israeli One
Ng.ru’s military “observer” Vladimir Mukhin posted an article titled “Moscow Is Changing the Astana Format…
Israeli musician with Iraqi roots finds fans from Tel Aviv to Baghdad
Dudu Tassa’s new album, El-Hajar, (Exile) is winning over listeners in Iraq, where his grandfather…
The Joint List has no right to exist
Let’s pause for a moment to recall the circumstances that led to the establishment of…
Why We Are a Republic, Not a Democracy
Hillary Clinton blamed the Electoral College for her stunning defeat in the 2016 presidential election…
The Pope: “Sex is a gift from God, we must talk about it also in schools”
Francis’ words on the flight back from his trip to Panama: “We need an objective…
Americans Crave Group Sex
And other findings from the largest domestic study of sexual desire ever conducted Most Americans…
Russian Expert Shumilin: ‘Iran Is No Longer The Ally Of Russia’
Tehran’s harsh policy in the Syrian conflict is increasingly at variance with the interests of…
Exciting Election? Israel Is Snoring
That’s it. The man has opened his mouth and spoken. All expectations of a new…
More smutty than slutty: Japan’s sex industry is becoming less sexual
An ageing population and a protracted economic slump have changed the face of the business…
Iran’s Soleimani Seeks New Balance of Terror With Israel. For Now, He Failed
Netanyahu and new army chief reap benefits from Syria strikes – but who will sound…
Arab MKs must not shy away from seeking power
After the results of the election for the outgoing Knesset were publicized, it transpired that…
Split between Ukrainian, Russian churches shows political importance of Orthodox Christianity
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko stands with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople (center) and Metropolitan…
The Words of the Deep Source Match-Fixers
Last spring, I was fortunate enough to get my hands on a number of documents…
IDF chief reveals Israel’s ‘silent’ war on Iran
In departing interviews, Gadi Eisenkot says IAF struck thousands of targets in Syria, determined to…
F.B.I. Opened Inquiry Into Whether Trump Was Secretly Working on Behalf of Russia
By Adam Goldman, Michael S. Schmidt and Nicholas Fandos WASHINGTON — In the days after President Trump fired James B.…
Ukrainian Orthodox Church gets ‘tomos of autocephaly’ at historic ceremony in Istanbul
ISTANBUL An independent Ukrainian Orthodox church was created at a signing ceremony in Turkey on Jan. 5, formalizing a split…
Iran MP In Unprecedented Speech Calls For Major Change In Foreign Policy
A member of Iran’s parliament says the country’s foreign policy has “a lot of unneeded…
Where did all the Jews from the Arab world go?
The establishment of the State of Israel triggered the end of centuries of Jewish life…
Zombie Organizations: Interpol, WADA and now FIFA
As the New Year dawns across the sports integrity world, there are a number of…
Arabs, boycott the election in droves
The whole existence of these parties, starting from the Arab-Jewish “Mapai” party, otherwise known as…
Benazir awaits justice 11 years on
LONDON: Former prime minister late Benazir Bhutto’s trusted aide Wajid Shamsul Hasan has said that…
Iranian Target Near Damascus ‘Completely Destroyed by Israeli Strike,’ Satellite Images Reveal
An Israeli security official confirmed to AP that Israel carried out the overnight airstrike in…
Jamal Khashoggi’s final months as an exile in the long shadow of Saudi Arabia
By Souad Mekhennet and Greg Miller Jamal Khashoggi had been in the United States for only…
Out We Go
The decision of President Donald Trump to pull U.S. forces out of Syria has, predictably,…
Veysel Donbaz, interpreter of dead languages
The Sumerologist Veysel Donbaz speaks languages almost no one speaks today: Sumerian, Hittite, and two dialects of Akkadian, which are…
Netanyahu and Nasrallah – Two messianic leaders
Indeed, this is a very benighted region. The source of darkness is a life lived…
The Death of ICSS’s Credibility
Its over. It cannot possibly stagger on with any belief. The credibility of that awful…
Book ‘to open Pandora’s Box’ on spying in Turkey: Author
Espionage and intelligence have rather been taboo issues few writers have dared to tackle, says…