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After America's failures at home and abroad in 2021, we can only hope that Israel, and the world, will see better from it in 2022.

Following the general success of the agreements signed with Israel by four Arab countries a year ago, there are one or two good candidates to follow suit.

The extreme concentration of wealth makes Oswald Spengler's "The Decline of the West" look alarmingly relevant, 100 years on.

The Intel unit's advanced driver assistance systems are just the start. The Israeli company is also quietly developing a platform for a smart electric car.

"The Economist" survey did not include housing prices, just services and products, many of which should not be more expensive if the shekel is strong.

The Israeli company may not continue operations but as long as intelligence agencies need surveillance technologies, there will be cyberattack companies.

Forecasts about a coming world war don't stand up to scrutiny, and the dangers to Israel in any case lie elsewhere.

Factual refutation is helpless against deliberate disinformation. We need different tactics against this plague of our time.

We still know nothing about the obscure American NGO, which brought together 300 prominent Iraqi Sunni and Shia leaders to urge Iraq to normalize relations with Israel.

The failures of Joe Biden's administration so far make even Donald Trump look good - a miracle if ever there was one.

The Covid-19 pandemic could be the spur for a move that should have taken place a long time ago.

The Afghanistan debacle follows decades of bad US policy, but the blame for the current chaos lies squarely with the Biden administration. Israel take note.

All seems well, but one hears dire predictions on every side.

Insufficient attention is being paid to cyber terrorism, and to the debt time-bomb that will not spare even the most thrifty country.

Under Avi Simhon, the Council gave up on dealing with our fundamental problems.

US-based Israel Bonds wastes public money on fat salaries and political perks and pays bondholders interest rates that Israelis can only dream about.