How Israel Killed Iran’s Chief Nuclear Scientist, and Made the World a Safer Place
With a one-ton, self-destructing, remote-control gun.
February 11, 2021
Arabs and Israelis Are Fighting a Common Enemy: The Red Palm Weevil
Like many a happy relationship, this one starts with a date.
While much has been made of how the threat of an ascendant and bellicose Iran has fostered better relations between Israel and several Arab states, there are other shared dangers these former foes can best fight together. Among them is a species of weevil that attacks date palms, which has caused much destruction to Levantine agriculture in the past decade. Matti Friedman recently traveled to the United Arab Emirates—home to some 40 million date palms—in the company of a representative of an Israeli firm that produces high-tech sensors for detecting the pest. He describes the exuberant atmosphere of the journey to a country long closed to Israelis, through the airspace of another country, Saudi Arabia, long closed to their planes:
February 11, 2021
Arabs and Israelis Are Fighting a Common Enemy: The Red Palm Weevil
Like many a happy relationship, this one starts with a date.
What the West Can Learn from Lokman Slim, the Lebanese Journalist Who Was Murdered for Standing Up to Hizballah
A man who could not be bought, without fear, and with something to say.
Did Jews’ Genes Protect Them from the Black Plague?
A more compelling explanation than handwashing or Passover cleaning.
One of the Earliest Uses of Symbols by Humans Discovered in Israel
With a “spiritual” meaning.