Amal Asad, Druze Play Important Role in Israel's Regime of Separation

Trump mulling pardons for 3 eldest kids, Kushner, Giuliani and himself – report

US President Donald Trump has discussed granting preemptive pardons to his lawyer Rudy Giuliani, his three oldest children and his son-in-law Jared...

LISTEN: Medieval poop chute exposed in renovations at Jerusalem’s Tower of David

This week The Times of Israel Podcast is taking you on a journey through thousands of years of history and archaeology at the Tower of David Museum...

NHK needs to clean up its act before thinking about surcharges

A panel of experts, appointed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, has proposed that Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK) be allowed...

Will Oslo shoot itself in the foot again with Peace Prize choice?

When U.S. President Barack Obama was named the recipient of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, I went through overseas news clips, looking for reactions...

A Pathbreaking Novel

The single life in Daniel Ross Goodman’s new novel belongs to Eli Newman, a rising Talmud scholar with an interest in world literature, a star...

UN Security Council said uninterested in action over killing of Iran scientist

The United Nations Security Council is unlikely to take action over the assassination of leading Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh,...

China's AI unicorns reveal fatal flaw in rush to go public

UK becomes 1st country to approve Pfizer vaccine, to be available from next week

Britain on Wednesday became the first country to approve Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for general use and said it would be introduced next...

Disputing Trump, US attorney general says no widespread election fraud

WASHINGTON (AP) — US Attorney General William Barr said Tuesday the Justice Department has not uncovered evidence of widespread voter fraud that...

BTS marks another milestone

Boy band hoped to keep challenging and achieve far more K-pop boy band BTS has achieved another milestone with its song "Life Goes On," the lead...

Justice minister should resign

President Moon needs to apologize to people Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-youl returned to work Tuesday immediately after the Seoul Administrative...

Biden: US will rejoin Iran nuclear deal if Tehran returns to strict compliance

US President-elect Joe Biden said that the US would rejoin the nuclear deal with Iran if Tehran went back to strict compliance with the agreement,...

A roadmap for stabilizing Sino-American relations

CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA – Devising an effective strategy to compete, cooperate, and co-exist with China will be one of U.S. President-elect Joe...

Wiser heads must prevail after killing of top Iranian nuclear scientist

Last week, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a prominent Iranian nuclear scientist, was reportedly ambushed and killed outside Tehran by “a highly trained hit...

Biden's challenge: Restoring US as leader against global warming

The election of Joe Biden as president signals a return to sanity in the federal government's approach to climate change. For starters, Biden at...

Who Still Loves Trump?

NEW YORK – Apart from 74 million voters in the United States, who still approves of President Donald Trump? Most Europeans are overjoyed to see...

You'll never walk alone

By Hyon O'Brien The other day, while I was driving to do some errands, the car radio played "You'll Never Walk Alone," the well-known show tune...

Dark winter

By Deauwand Myers "I can taste the tin of the sky ― the real tin thing. / Winter dawn is the color of metal, / The trees stiffen into place like...

Taiwan is crucial to the global fight against cybercrime

By Huang Ming-chao Since emerging in late 2019, COVID-19 has evolved into a global pandemic. According to World Health Organization statistics, as...

Biden's presidency will likely be similar to Obama's

By Michael McGrath Barring an unprecedented legal shock, Biden will become president of the United States on Jan. 20. What will a Biden presidency...

On the Visit made by the Australian Prime Minister to Japan

In a series of notable recent events taking place in the Indo-Pacific region, a prominent spot was occupied by the visit made by Australian Prime...

Iran is Once Again Under Terrorist Attack

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called for “final punishment” for those behind the assassination of nuclear scientist Mohsen...

On Jewish Unity and Anti-Semitism – The Rise and Fall of the First Temple

(Article No. 4 in a series) In the previous article, we described Israel’s formation into a nation and how they were given the task to be “a...

In Israel, Bahraini minister says peace deal a ‘case study for others to follow’

Bahrain wants to open a direct airlink to Israel soon, the country’s industry, commerce and tourism minister said Wednesday during a visit to...

Just Listen to This

Some years ago, well, quite a few years ago, when I was at school, our music teacher decided to form a choir. He stood in front of the class and...

Expert: 6 vaccine hurdles mean we’re ‘nowhere near’ Israel-wide immunity in 2021

Even a full year after the first COVID-19 vaccinations arrive in Israel, “nowhere near” all citizens will have immunity, a leading epidemiologist...

Appeasement of Iran is a serious danger

In a tweet, the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei described the death of Dr Mohsen Fakhrizadeh last Friday, as a martyr who was killed by “brutal...

Water Conflicts

The conflict between Egypt and Ethiopia escalated in recent times due to the construction of the Renaissance Dam (RD) over the Blue Nile. Whether...

Don’t gloat over the SCOTUS ruling about Gov. Cuomo’s synagogue restrictions

Last week, in a five to four decision, the United States Supreme Court granted requests from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn and two...

Hold Tufts University Accountable

Tufts must defend democracy and reject the chaos brought by anti-Israel activists Tufts University has experienced intense pressure to undermine...

Is Hong Kong Heading Toward a Russian-Style Electoral System?

The passage of Hong Kong’s national security law has marked the end of the city as we once knew it. However, Beijing is not seeking to turn Hong...

Iranian-Swedish academic will likely be executed by Iran on Wednesday, wife says

Imprisoned Iranian-Swedish academic Ahmadreza Djalali, accused by Iran of spying for Israel, could be executed in Iran as soon as Wednesday, rights...

Iranian media claims newly freed Australian-British academic was Israeli agent

Iranian media claimed on Tuesday that an Australian-British academic freed from Iran on spying charges last week was an Israeli intelligence agent....

Bus hits 7 Palestinian workers in Bethlehem, killing one; driver flees

In an apparent hit-and-run, a bus hit seven Palestinian workers Wednesday morning near a crossing between the West Bank city of Bethlehem and...

Left-wing Meretz said to reject becoming Jewish-Arab party

Senior members of Meretz have rejected a new initiative to transform the left-wing party into a Jewish-Arab slate, citing small public support for...

US probing potential bribery, lobbying scheme for White House pardon

The US Justice Department is investigating whether there was a secret scheme to lobby White House officials for a pardon as well as a related plot...

Why Mossad’s Yossi Cohen, shadow warrior against Iran, is PM’s chosen successor

In August 2019, people close to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu heard him utter a startling sentence. “There are two people I consider fit to...

Haaretz Cartoon

This Time, Netanyahu (Accidentally) Did the Right Thing

Active virus cases in Israel pass 11,000 for first time in over a month

Health Ministry data on Wednesday morning showed 1,182 new cases of coronavirus diagnosed in Israel a day earlier. The number of active cases in...

China’s Path to Net Zero

BEIJING – China is aiming to halt the rise in its carbon dioxide emissions before 2030 and to achieve carbon neutrality before 2060. If it...

China's TPP ambition should be viewed with caution

Members must avoid sacrificing standards to expand pact

In the time of pandemic, debt relief efforts need to go further

In the last few months, due to the devastating effect the coronavirus pandemic has had on the global economy, the fiscal clock has been ticking...

Sprinterka na maratonski progi

Doktorica Bojana Beović je pri delu odločna in hitra, prava sprinterka. Težko ji je slediti. Stopnjuje. Ne pogleduje nazaj. Ohranja hitrost. Ne...

Combating Workplace Burnout/Fatigue Through COVID-19: Part 2

The following was shared with me and I was given permission to use it for my blog. In having to deal with the uncertainty of the world in light of...

A Global Town Hall Welcomes America Back

On November 20, 8,300 people in 83 countries attended a virtual Global Town Hall to watch and hear 66 speakers in multiple countries discuss “...

The message of Islamist beheadings

New Delhi – In October, an 18-year-old Chechen immigrant stalked, stabbed and decapitated a history teacher, Samuel Paty, in a Paris suburb near...

Language and lockdowns amid the pandemic

ITHACA, New York – Our recent experience with COVID-19 and the word “lockdown” once again illustrates the power of language to influence our...

An America in decline and the dangers that entails

During the Donald Trump presidency, the United States began to withdraw from the world. This withdrawal was accompanied by destructive chaos,...