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Daniella Peled

Affairs

Desert storm

The Israeli Defense Forces base of Ir Habahadim is at the heart of the government’s vision to settle and develop the Negev desert – but it’s a plan that’s also controversial.

  • Issue #124
  • 10 min read
Desert storm
Affairs

Give peace a chance

After Donald Trump’s views on Jerusalem left many feeling hopeless, powerful campaigners are breaking the Israeli-Palestinian divide with a new message of peace and a refusal to give up on the city.

  • Issue #111
  • 11 min read
Nadim Sheiban, director of the Museum of Islamic Art in Jerusalem, stands outside the museum's entrance.
Affairs

Action station

How are officials in Mexico, Israel and the UK making their cities safer? We explore security measures, from heavy-handed tactical forces and state surveillance to security hidden in plain sight.

  • Issue #100
  • 7 min read
Action station
Affairs

Upward mobility

As some borders tighten, many cities are opening their doors to lure ambitious businesses. We profile the global hubs holding their doors open and meet the entrepreneurs who accepted the invite.

  • Issue #96
  • 22 min read
Upward mobility
Affairs

Willing and able

We meet the volunteer firefighters in Tokyo, coastguards in Stockholm and medical workers in Jerusalem who provide their enthusiastic and expert services for the common good, keeping their fellow citizens safe.

  • Issue #95
  • 10 min read
Willing and able
Economics

Business

Animated planning in China, a caffeine hit in Indonesia and material gains in Italy.

  • Issue #79
  • 4 min read
Business
Affairs

Promised landing

No other national airline is as closely aligned with its country’s identity as Israel’s El Al. But without a change in the company culture, how can Zionism and pragmatism co-exist?

  • Issue #74
  • 5 min read
Promised landing
Politics

Defence

We talk to the head of the Israeli Defense Force about women, religion and recruitment and look at China and Japan's move to streamline their military decision-making.

  • Issue #70
  • 4 min read
Defence
Diplomacy

Diplomacy

We meet Indonesia's ambassador to Japan, report on Israel's new "digital embassy" and Seoul embarks on a soft-power offensive.

  • Issue #67
  • 4 min read
Diplomacy

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