First phone call in seven years: what’s behind Sweden’s new approach to Israel

Read More STOCKHOLM – In what could be labeled a new start for bilateral relations between the two countries, Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid tweeted Monday that he had spoken to his Swedish counterpart Ann Linde, calling it the first conversation in seven years between the respective foreign ministers. According to Lapid, the conversation “symbolizes […]

Struggling to explain the Palestinian prison escape to my child

Read More I’m an Israeli-American lawyer, Jewish, married to a Palestinian resident of Ramallah, and author of the Hebrew-language book “Maqluba – Upside-Down Love,” which describes how we met and fell in love. This blog is about raising our two children, 7-year-old Forat and 3-year-old Adam, in the West Bank and more recently in the […]

Iran may be behind cyberattack on company serving major names in Israeli tech, experts say

Read More A supposed ransomware attack against the Israeli call center service company Voicenter earlier this week point to motives beyond money, experts said, including possible Iranian involvement. In a widely distributed text message, the company said that on Saturday “a cyberattack on our systems was discovered which was executed by a group of foreign […]

Taiwan August Export Orders Seen Rising for 18th Consecutive Month: Poll

Read More Trucks drive near containers at Keelung port, northern Taiwan on Oct. 30, 2015. (Pichi Chuang/Reuters) TAIPEI—Taiwan’s export orders likely rose in August for the 18th consecutive month, a Reuters poll showed on Wednesday, buoyed by sustained demand for technology products during the COVID-19 pandemic and ahead of the year-end holiday shopping season. The […]

Brexit caused huge drop in Great Britain to Ireland exports in 2021

Read More Brexit Brexit caused huge drop in Great Britain to Ireland exports in 2021 Irish government figures come days after M&S says it is scrapping 800 lines due to ‘excessive paperwork’ @lisaocarroll Wed 22 Sep 2021 08.27 EDT First published on Wed 22 Sep 2021 08.25 EDT Exports from Great Britain to Ireland fell […]