The singer’s protest ended her career, but she was right all along — Sinéad O’Connor was booked as the live musical act of Saturday Night Live at the height of her success. It was October of 92', less than two years after the release of her number 1 album, ‘I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got’, and the song that made her…

Apparently, some believed King Charles had a very bizarre coronation after-party — A few days ago I got a call from a friend, Guy Gold, who wanted to tell me a weird story that happened to him. For the past few months, he has started spending more and more time with AI tools, especially Midjourney. At first as a hobby. Being a…

Not what the people want, but what the monarchy needs — A king, as part of the job description, needs to be held above his people. However, if history taught us anything is that when a king wants to make sure that the crown stays attached to his head, and that his head stays attached to his body, he needs the…

This is what would convince me, an experienced Twitter user, to pay $8 every month — I’m not here to tell you that Twitter is dead. Too many people are saying exactly that at the moment. People have been actually saying the platform is gone for a few years now. I have no idea whether Twitter is dying, is already dead, or will end up thriving…

A story of 2 couples that fought over the same baby — The Judgement of King Solomon One of the most famous stories in the Bible is the Judgement of King Solomon. Two women claim to be the mother of the same child and King Solomon offers to cut the baby into two halves. …

From sexism to childcare, a new system is needed — “Sachar Adom” In the early 2000s, Israel installed an alarm system to alert those living in the southern parts of the country of an incoming missile strike from Gaza. A few seconds before the “Kassam” missile would hit, sirens would be heard across designated areas with a female voice calmly calling out…

And the fascinating debate that followed — An American President’s visit to Israel is always a special occasion. “The eyes of the world are watching”, Eitan Weiss, the Israeli Foreign Office’s visit coordinator told me. …

The recent heat wave is a wake-up call that might have come too late — Even those with regular drastic mood swings will acknowledge how unusual the following scene is. As I’m writing these words, the unprecedented heatwave that only hours ago led Britain to an all-time record-breaking 40.2C (104.3F) has been replaced by pouring rain. Rain! Classical-European-biblical-feet-drenching rain. As the weather is now more…

If politics is no longer a linear line, the far-right is not very far — I interviewed Marine Le Pen twice. The first time was in 2015, shortly after the horrific terror attacks on the “Charlie Hebdo” newspaper, and the Jewish supermarket “HyperCacher”. Back then she was a European Parliament member and we met at her very small office in Strasbourg. Her schedule was very…