Samuel Gilbert
The Bitcoin of Israel Is Set to Tackle the Country's Banking Monopoly
The alternative cryptocurrency was created so it could be traded between Israeli citizens without the need for institutional middleman.
It’s Been a Deadly Winter Along Israel’s West Bank Border
An Israeli soldier shot and killed a 15-year-old Palestinian boy, the sixth Palestinian killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank this year.
Abbas Meets With Obama as Palestinians Vent Frustration
Ahead of Monday’s meeting, thousands of Palestinians held rallies throughout the West Bank in a dramatic display of solidarity with Abbas.
The Inconceivable Atomic Legacy of New Mexico
New Mexico is the "only state in the US supporting the entire cradle-to-grave nuclear economy," hosting uranium mining, nuclear weapons design and testing, the largest single arsenal of nuclear weapons, and—to the consternation of many—the country's...
This Palestinian Taxidermist's Stuffed Animal Zoo Is Heartbreaking
I’m at Qalqilya's zoo to see an exhibition of stuffed animals that Dr. Khader has created from the beasts that were killed in the Second Intifada, the four-year period of fighting that claimed the lives of 4,000 Palestinians and more than 1,00...