Netanyahu pushes 9/11 style probe, facts prove otherwise

INTO THE FRAY: How Bibi ruined Israel

Netanyahu is not above all reproach. Indeed, for all his manifest merits, he is a leader with profound faults, who has not done many things that he should have, and done many things that he shouldn’t have.

Shaping a brighter AI future through openness and inclusion

Shaping a brighter AI future through openness and inclusion

As the Chinese Ambassador to Israel, I sincerely hope that China and Israel will seize this opportunity, adhere to the principle of joint contribution and shared benefits, enhance international cooperation in scientific and technological innovation, and work together to advance AI governance, ensuring that innovative development truly benefits the peoples of both nations.

Iran's Trump card is the Gulf states' nightmare scenario

INTO THE FRAY: Helvetian Hypocrisy and Iran - A glimpse behind the 'chocolate-box' image

Picturesque Switzerland's murky history with unsavory regimes is not a recent phenomenon. Indeed, it can be traced back as far as the mid-1700s. However, its international attraction began to emerge at the turn of the 20th century, when Swiss financiers became a magnet for foreign investors wishing to stash their increasingly mobile wealth in what was perceived as a politically neutral state.

Egypt increases Sinai military presence, violates peace treaty

Egypt's manufactured refugee crisis

Egypt’s refugee numbers scheme is not an isolated distortion. It fits the same pattern of duplicity Cairo has displayed on Gaza, the Muslim Brotherhood, and US-led peace efforts: publicly posturing as a partner for stability while quietly undermining American interests and manufacturing crises to preserve its leverage and lifeline of aid.

This is what a US attack on Iran would look like

INTO THE FRAY: Iran-Why the war must be won

As the conflict in Iran drags on, perhaps longer than its initial supporters expected, it seems that a sound understanding of the founding rationale for its conduct has become increasingly obscure. Accordingly, it is crucial to underscore what the stakes in this conflict are, and why nothing less than the total capitulation of the theocrats in Tehran will suffice as an acceptable outcome.