Can a couple of cyberpunks who can bring down entire nations with nothing more than laptops and an internet connection? It sounds like something straight out of a sci-fi flick, but that’s exactly what two Sudanese brothers have been accused of doing. Federal prosecutors in the United States charged Ahmed Salah Yousif Omer and his […]
Media trainer and communicator Frank Krishner breaks down Coke’s latest foot-in-the-mouth PR gaffe. The Perils of Miscommunication In a world where every word and action can be scrutinised, twisted, and amplified across continents, big brands like Coca-Cola need to tread carefully. A recent PR disaster in Bangladesh has shown just how quickly things can go […]
Yesterday, 13th May, was Israel’s ‘Independence Day’. Frank Krishner in this piece examines the concept of Zionism. As Israel commemorates its 76th anniversary against the grim backdrop of recent violence and unrest, the essence of Zionism stands under scrutiny. In the cacophony of discourse surrounding Zionism, the term has been both distorted and weaponized, painted […]
Chaim Topol, who passed away in Israel on Wednesday, was a beloved, acclaimed Israeli actor, best known around the world for his portrayal of Tevye in the film adaptation of Fiddler on the Roof. He was 87. A few days ago, On the 9th of March, to be precise, the BBC carried the news that […]
During 2016, Israeli authorities demolished or seized 1,089 Palestinian-owned structures throughout the West Bank – including East Jerusalem – thus displacing 1,593 Palestinians and impacting the livelihoods of another 7,101, according to a recently completed United Nations study. Preliminary analysis of the data, gathered by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), […]
Israel: More than 2,000 persons demonstrated on Thursday evening outside the Be’er Sheva (Beersheba) City Hall building instead of marching in the city’s now-cancelled first ever Pride parade. Beersheba is the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel. Often referred to as the “Capital of the Negev”, it is the centre of the […]
India may soon lose its unique Jewish community living in the Northeast, as Israel plans to help their en-masse migration to ‘the promised land’. The Israeli government set aside eight million shekels to settle 712 members of the Bnei Menashe, a religious group from India which claims Jewish roots, in the Holy Land. The decision […]
