Current sectionArt & CultureShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeFragment of a relief from Sennacherib's palace at Nineveh, depicting prisoners of war apparently being led into exile, 704-691 B.C.E. The most pacifist exhibition currently on display in the Middle East." Credit: Itay Cohen/The David and Cindy Sofer Collection.Fragment of a relief from Sennacherib's palace at Nineveh, depicting prisoners of war apparently being led into exile, 704-691 B.C.E. The most pacifist exhibition currently on display in the Middle East." Credit: Itay Cohen/The David and Cindy Sofer Collection.Opened days before this year's war with Iran, the Bible Lands Museum's journey through ancient battles asks a question Israel keeps failing to answer: when exactly is 'as soon as the war is over'?September 01, 2026Time is an elusive, hard-to-grasp thing. It advances slowly, surely and at a steady pace, and then, suddenly, it turns out to be circular, repeating itself, changing versions, twisting slightly right and left, and then cheerfully skipping forward again, winking at us so we won't, heaven forbid, miss the irony, and chuckling.In the NewsRothschild Out of Control: What Happened to Tel Aviv's Most Exclusive Boulevard?Palestinian Poetry's Trojan Horse: What Israelis Missed in Taha Muhammad AliIsrael's Best Film Award for 2026 Goes to 'Tell Me Everything'John Malkovich Cancels Israel Performance Over Quotes Falsely Attributed to HimIMDb Replaces the Name Israel With 'The Occupied Palestinian Territories'Remembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMINetanyahu Got an Explicit Warning Before Oct. 7. He Didn't Brief Security ChiefsThink Bibi Is Bad? Meet Sara NetanyahuNetanyahu Says He Will Sue Haaretz Following Oct. 7 ExposéNetanyahu Was Warned About October 7. Will Haaretz's Exposé Change Anything?Water Crisis Triggered by Gaza's Ruin: Israel Is Paying the Price of DestructionThe Question Israelis Refuse to Ask: What Has Netanyahu Done to Our Conscience?