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. “Everything needs to be perfect, we are planning every move and rehearsing every step according to protocol”, he added while giving instructions…

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words, the unprecedented heatwave that only hours ago led Britain to an all-time record-breaking 40.2C (104.3F) has been replaced by pouring rain.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…

Besides Denzel, Denzel was great — I’m a child of the ’90s, meaning I’m a “Fresh Prince” child. I admire Will Smith. I even liked some of his — how should I put it — less than critically acclaimed movies; OK, OK, I admit. I liked Hancock. Guilty as charged. …

The road to Ukraine passes through the Democratic party — Joe Biden is a weak president. According to most polls, at this point in his candidacy, the only past president in the last century to have a lower approval rating is President Trump. In some polls, Biden’s ratings are even lower than those of Trump. 62% of adults say President…

The virus changed, facts didn’t — On October 4, 2020, three experts in the field of medicine signed a declaration calling for a complete change in the way of battling the Covid-19 pandemic. The Great Barrington Declaration, which was written at the American Institute for Economic Research in Great Barrington, MA, called for a ‘focused protection’. …