The Haredi sector in Israel has a pirate alternative to taxis. Press a button, and within minutes a car arrives, at a price that undercuts the market. Behind the innocent-sounding term “driver” lies an industry that evades taxes and could exact a deadly price. Insurance? License checks? Don’t make them laugh.
The New York Times reports that Iran is preparing for a "short and intense" campaign, which would include launching dozens to hundreds of missiles a day at energy facilities in the Gulf. If the Iranian regime feels that its control of Hormuz is in danger, it could order the Houthis to block the Bab al-Mandab Strait.
A tech entrepreneur claims he has founded a new “state” on a tropical island in the Philippines, with a government made up of AI-based historical figures such as Churchill and Gandhi. Some 12,000 people have already applied to become residents. The founder himself admits, “I’m not sure this will end well.”
New York hosts inaugural "Coming Home to Jerusalem" event, bringing Israeli developers and 1,000 Jewish community leaders together to showcase the capital's construction boom.
The arrest of a senior Iranian operative shows that Tehran directed nearly 20 attacks on European and US soil in just three months. Despite the direct threat to synagogues and Jewish institutions, major European capitals still refuse to designate the Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organization. While Washington is working to deal with the head of the snake, France and Spain are choosing a line of panicked appeasement.
