Yad Vashem, Israel's central Holocaust memorial and documentation center, launched on Sunday a new YouTube channel in Persian, attempting to counter Iranian Holocaust denial which has become bon ton under President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Experts speak about the endeavor.

Iran’s intelligence agency has announced that it was able to break up an Israeli spy ring and capture a man who said he had been trained in Israel by the Mossad as part of a ring waging an assassination campaign against Iranian nuclear scientists. Dr. Ronen Bergman, author of “The Secret War With Iran," and an expert on the Israeli intelligence community, says it shows Iran has lost the upper hand.

The International Rescue Committee's Sudan Coordinator Susan Purdin speaks with The Media Line on the humanitarian difficulties for the influx of south Sudanese who have returned to vote in the historic referendum that could see the emergence of the world's newest country.

A tsunami of intolerance and discrimination against Arabs, ultra-Orthodox Jews and African refugees has washed over Israel in recent weeks, causing concern among many that it may be undermining Israel’s democratic character. Ron Gerlitz, the co-executive director of Sikkuy – the Association for the Advancement of Civic Equality in Israel, speaks to The Media Line

Jad Ishak, director of the Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem, explains the growing role of Palestinian expats in supporting their efforts for statehood.

A weather expert tackles the question of whether the sudden change in weather in the Middle East is indicative of permanent change in weather or an isolated storm.

Investors are showing a strong appetite for telecommunications as Wataniya, the second Palestinian mobile phone operator successfully raised 75 million dollars in an initial public offering on the Palestine stock exchange.  Ahmad Aweidah, the chief executive of the Palestine Exchange, tells The Media Line about the prospects.

The devastating wildfire ranging through the Carmel mountain range has killed dozens of people and exposed the weaknesses of the Israeli service in coping with a huge natural disaster.

Voter registration has begun for the long-awaited referendum that aims to end one of Africa’s worst civil wars and could lead to the creation of the newest African state. Justin Alexander of the Economist Intelligence Unit explains the consequenses.