Opinion: Hotels and travel companies have done their best to compensate for the ban on incoming tourists due to COVID-19 restrictions by marketing to domestic tourists; but this solution is only partial and is not suitable for all tourism businesses

Opinion: Lebanon's post-civil war honeymoon quickly evaporated largely due to greed of warlords, but there is a limit to what the world can do to help this former model of coexistence; countries suffer when tribalism prevails, and many in the region have yet to learn concept of power sharing

Analysis: After years of Netanyahu telling Israelis that Palestinians do not matter to anyone, Jerusalem must now deal with an explosive Gaza still under Hamas control and a no less explosive West Bank, where demonstrators protest the regime and demand Abbas' ouster

Opinion: There are rare occasions when it is acceptable to feel negative emotions, but we should not let that become a common occurrence; nor should we expect our leaders to bear the brunt of building a better, more tolerant Israeli society - for that is a burden that we all must share