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Vegan by Nature: Israel Leads the World in Plant-Based Consumption Trend

By Lior Ben-Ami ~ On a breezy afternoon in Tel Aviv, it’s not unusual to stumble upon a sidewalk café serving shawarma made from seitan, artisanal cashew cheeses, or a creamy tahini-based cheesecake that...

A Gastronomic Odyssey: Israeli Cuisine Paves the Way

By Lior Ashkenazi ~ Golden afternoon sun shines through Tel Aviv's rainbow-colored Carmel Market, intense with scents—pungent za'atar overpowers, wood spit broils hissing over shish-like lamb chunks browning, and damp foresty flushes from freshly...

Green Revolution: Israel’s Eco-Innovation Locks into the Road to a Greener Planet

By Eitan Barak ~ Over the Negev desert line, solar panels glint in the sunlight like lakes silently transforming light to life. Tel Aviv and...

Meltlng Together with Heart: The Construction of Israel’s Gastro-Cultural Melting Pot

By Yael Cohen ~ Israeli food is living evidence of its multiculturality and multihistoricity. It is a melting pot, relying on the immigrants' immigration and emigration, the spices, food, and traditions they had brought with them from Yemen, Morocco, Iraq,...

Israel’s ‘refuseniks’: a growing number of soldiers are refusing to serve in Netanyahu’s war on Gaza

Leonie Fleischmann, City St George's, University of London The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has ordered the Israel Defense Forces to step up the offensive on Gaza City, despite internal and international condemnation. Amid accusations by the International Association of Genocide Scholars that Israel is committing genocide, some 40,000 reservist soldiers were called-up to report for duty on Tuesday, August 2. An additional 90,000 are due for mobilisation by the end...

Global Backing for Trump’s Gaza Peace Plan: A Potential Turning Point?

International leaders express support amid hopes for an end to the conflict Washington — U.S. President Donald J. Trump has unveiled a comprehensive peace plan...

Abraham accords: Israel’s latest push to improve Arab relations could stall over Palestinian statehood

Simon Mabon, Lancaster University - Mohammed bin Salman wants to bring Saudi Arabia into the Abraham accords, the network of agreements to normalise relations between Israel with other countries in the Middle East...

Spice & Soul: How Israeli Street Food Defines the Taste of a Nation

By Yael Cohen ~ Tel Aviv's Za'atar Za'azar Carmel Market smells of hot falafel fried to order and the acrid...

Ancient Legacy Abounds with Life: Israel’s Cultural Revival Glimmers

By Noa Koren ~ Down Jerusalem's weathered cobblestone Old City streets and down hip beachfront...

Child famine has reached the highest level in Gaza, with tens of thousands of kids affected – new study

Michael Toole, Burnet Institute - More than 54,000 children aged under five in Gaza...