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How Israel has transformed from orange groves to a science and high-tech powerhouse

The country has moved far from its arid, poor beginnings in 1948 to become one of the world's most advanced economies

6 min read

April 4, 2023 12:36

How Israel has transformed from orange groves to a science and high-tech powerhouse

Israeli International Relations

Israel's bitter political divisions of today are nothing new

As Israel’s celebrates its 75th birthday this month, we examine the triumphs and the challenges of an extraordinary nation

6 min read

April 4, 2023 12:34

Israel's bitter political divisions of today are nothing new

Will the protesters take a break? Not right now

With Netanyahu's judicial legislation on hold and the next weeks filled with Pesach dinners, holidays, remembrance days for the Holocaust and IDF Fallen Soldiers, then Israel’s 75th Independence Day, will 'The Protest' at least take it down a few notches?

4 min read

April 4, 2023 12:28

Israelis protest against the Israeli government's planned judicial overhaul, utside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's residence in Jerusalem, on March 26, 2023. Photo by Yossi Zamir/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** הפגנה דמוקרטיה בית הנשיא ירושלים מהפכה משפטית מעון ראש הממשלה שמאל מעצר בעד נגד

Obituary

Nigel Lawson, former Chancellor and Tory grandee dies at 91

The Jewish Hampstead-born former Chancellor is credited for overseeing the economic boom of the 1980s

2 min read

April 4, 2023 12:04

LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 23: Chairman of the 'Vote Leave' campaign, former cabinet minister Nigel Lawson speaks to guests at Chatham House on February 23, 2016 in London, England. Chatham House is hosting a series of members events aimed at presenting the central themes of the 'In or Out' of Europe campaigns. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Supporting Ukraine

Maidenhead Synagogue's pet project answers Ukrainian SOS

Shul dispatches a truck-load of pet food for dogs and cats left behind by refugees with family and friends

1 min read

April 4, 2023 11:18

Maidenhead Synagogue's pet project answers Ukrainian SOS

Wish a final farewell to Jeremy Corbyn, the god of tiny rooms

After Labour's decision to ban him from standing for the party in Islington North, his followers can convince themselves of anything except their complicity in their own failure

3 min read

April 4, 2023 10:45

Labour Party

Witness in Al Jazeera film expelled by Labour

Local activist Damian McCarthy - who was allegedly behind a Twitter account that claimed Zionists collaborated with the Nazis - is kicked out of party

1 min read

April 4, 2023 10:35