Opinion


Grapevine February 6, 2026: Mixed feelings over Herzog’s visit down under

Bank Hapoalim’s public committee (from L): Amram Mitzna, Naama Halevi-Peer, Noam Hanegbi, and Sharona Tarshish.

Middle Israel: What Putin’s war on Ukraine revealed about Russia, four years later - opinion

ALMOST FOUR years into the Ukraine-Russia war, Russian President Vladimir Putin has proved the adage that Russia was not as weak as some thought, but not as strong as some assumed. Here, Putin chairs a meeting with members of the government via video link at the Kremlin, in Moscow last month.

People, not products: Ehud Barak’s 'quality control' aliyah comment is a moral failure - editorial

Ehud Barak and Jeffrey Epstein