Fauci says early reports encouraging about Omicron variant

US health officials said Sunday that while the Omicron variant of the coronavirus is rapidly spreading throughout the country, early indications...

What Really Matters in the Sino-American Competition?

CAMBRIDGE – The United States and China are competing for dominance in technology. America has long been at the forefront in developing the...

Ankara!

Ankara! This is the house of Muhammed Yalçın, in the old Jewish quarter of Ankara . Mohammed is a very special soul. He loves painting and he...

Mohammed Bin Zayed: peacemaker or warmonger?

Two weeks ago, the Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP) handed over its most prestigious award to Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-...

The unlikely location where the US-China cold war is really heating up

You may not be familiar with the Solomon Islands, but what’s going on in the small South Pacific nation at the moment could have real...

Israel to urge US to act militarily against Iran amid stalled nuke talks — reports

Defense Minister Benny Gantz and Mossad chief David Barnea will push during their meetings this week in Washington with senior Biden administration...

Israeli wounded in suspected West Bank car-ramming, driver shot and killed

An Israeli security guard was seriously wounded in a suspected car-ramming attack at a West Bank checkpoint early Monday morning, security...

Israel orders high alert at all West Bank crossings after overnight ramming

Defense Minister Benny Gantz ordered checkpoints across the West Bank to go on high alert on Monday following a ramming attack earlier in the...

What type of Jews do we want to be?

Over the last few days we have been witness to two key events involving attacks on Jews that were captured with clear video footage. The first was...

Squid Game, Hellbound: will South Korea displace Japan as the new cultural superpower in Asia?

At the beginning of the pandemic, I vowed not to slide into couch-potato mode and crawl out of the television screen looking like Sadako from Ring...

Don’t Forget Who You Are! (Ezekiel 37:15-28)

Ezekiel was a prophet with utopian yearnings. He prophesied about the restoration of the Jewish people to its homeland, likening them to dry bones...

Ehud Barak: It’s not clear that Israel or US have a viable plan to attack Iran

Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak said Sunday that he did not believe that Israel or the US had a viable military plan to strike Iran’s nuclear...

Wounded IDF veteran dies by suicide; family says ministry refused to recognize PTSD

An injured Israel Defense Forces veteran who struggled to get officials to recognize that his mental health issues were related to his service died...

Restore trust with unity

Yoon should show leadership and visions Yoon Suk-yeol, presidential candidate of the main opposition People Power Party (PPP), has inaugurated his...

Forget 1MDB, could Najib Razak be Malaysia’s next prime minister?

D-E-A-D. That was the state of former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak’s political career on May 10, 2018.His party, the United Malays...

Daily Briefing Dec. 6 – Is Omicron affecting Israel yet?

Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 15-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East, and the Jewish...

Couple says they were booted off US flight for refusing to put Jewish items on floor

A US couple is claiming they were kicked off an American Airlines flight in August after they refused to place a bag containing a prayer book and...

The Settler-philosopher Everyone Loves to Love

Dr. Micah Goodman is a man people love to love. Handsome, eloquent, smart, au courant, a bit religious, a bit settler, sometimes wearing a knitted...

Iran accuses France of ‘destabilizing’ Gulf with weapons sales

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Monday’s events as they unfold. Unemployment rates in Israel dropped significantly in the month of November,...

Grade-schooler whose ‘Avinu Malkeinu’ went viral is back with Hanukkah song

JTA — Last year, when he was 6, Bibi Shapiro broke the Jewish internet with his impassioned performance of “Avinu Malkeinu,” the plaintive poem...

In solo show, comic Alex Edelman says life not black and white for US Ashkenazi Jews

New York Jewish Week via JTA — If you click through Twitter, you may come upon a list of some 250 accounts called “Jewish Nat’l Fund Donors.”...

Far-right French presidential candidate Zemmour injured as brawl mars his 1st rally

PARIS (AFP) — French far-right presidential candidate Eric Zemmour was left lightly injured after being assaulted at his first campaign rally on...

Clip shows Palestinian newlyweds openly crossing via gap in West Bank security fence

A video clip showing a Palestinian wedding party strolling through a gap in the West Bank security barrier to enter Israel has highlighted the...

Ayelet Shaked, the Minister of Discrimination

The institution of admission committees is a dubious mechanism by which cooperative communities (“yishuvim kehilati’im”) and nonmember...

Top UAE adviser makes rare trip to Iran, seeking to boost strained ties

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The national security adviser of the United Arab Emirates met Monday with his Iranian counterpart and the country’s...

Is the pro-Israel lobby lining up Scotland's Nicola Sturgeon for 'the Corbyn treatment'?

A pro-Israel charm offensive has seen some Scottish government ministers distancing themselves from the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS)...

Calculate but don’t shut up

The cliché has it that the Copenhagen interpretation demands adherence without deep enquiry. That does physics a disservice - by Jim Baggott Read...

What China Learned From the Collapse of the USSR

The geopolitical discourse of our times is dominated by a growing multipolarity, unlike 30 years back, when the world was dominated by two...

Bennett meets new US ambassador, cheers Israel’s return to being bipartisan issue

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met Sunday with new US Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides, thanking the envoy for the Biden administration’s efforts...

Young European lawmakers explore ‘Startup Nation,’ Gaza border

A delegation of young European lawmakers spoke to The Times of Israel about their first visit to Israel last month, pointing to their encounter...

Where is South Africa heading in its response to Israel's brutal military occupation?

How much longer is the South African government going to ignore violations of the Foreign Military Assistance Act by local citizens serving in...

Čarobna moč ogledala

Ob nekih prizorih iz domače politične arene mi je na misel prišla drama ameriškega pisca Tennesseeja Williamsa Noč iguane, prenesena na filmsko...

Leading LGBT activist Gal Uchovsky questioned by police over alleged sexual assault

Screenwriter and producer Gal Uchovsky, one of the most prominent LGBT rights activists in Israel, was questioned by police on Monday over...

Ex-Netanyahu aide says his interrogation was ‘more persecution than investigation’

Kicking off his third week on the stand, a key witness for the prosecution in former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s trial testified Monday...

Zeleno poslovanje po COP26

Kaj je naslednje na globalni podnebni agendi? Letošnja konferenca Združenih narodov o podnebnih spremembah (COP26) v Glasgowu zagotovo ni...

Strengthen cybersecurity rules

Smart home devices in apartments vulnerable to hacking The National Intelligence Service (NIS) confirmed last week that the automatic control...

New Hampshire legislature leaders condemn antisemitism among state representatives

JTA — Leaders of the New Hampshire House of Representatives released a statement last week condemning antisemitism after a lawmaker for the US...

Japan demands COVID tests and tracking

By Pico Iyer This long, strange season of the pandemic has made so many things impossible that it's easy to forget the many things it's made newly...

Donghak's humanistic egalitarianism

By Choe Chong-dae I recently read "Donggyeong-Daejeon" (The Great Scripture of Eastern Learning) vol. 1, "I am Korean," and vol. 2, "We are...

Between Miketz and Vayigash

The break between Miketz and Vayigash is certainly full of dramatic tension. What will happen to the brothers in Egypt? But aside from the...

Calm Down Shoshana, We Haven’t All Been Erased

These days there is a popular perception that Haredi Jews are one step behind the Taliban. No, we don’t wear burkhas — not last I checked but we...

Cry The Beloved Countries

“We need a ‘Churchill’ who inspires faith in the future and a system that makes real change possible.” [Brenda Katten, Public Relations...

Innovation Alley: Chanukah Innovation and Tech

During the pandemic we have seen how companies have helped communities adjust to our new reality. I have followed the growth of temi over the years...

Israel's 'security and military' interests are advancing in its normalisation with Morocco

Morocco has become the first Arab country to sign an open military agreement with Israel. No other Arab country has yet agreed to take such an...

Taliban war booty exceeds most countries military spending

By John J. Metzler When the Taliban forces overran Afghanistan a few months ago, not only did they capture a country continuously in conflict since...

Yemen: Is There a Silver Lining to This Country’s Bleak Future?

The United Nations has warned that if the war in Yemen continues through the end of 2021, the death toll of the conflict will have reached 377,000...

EDITORIAL: Booster rollout plan should be moved up flexibly if necessary

Japan has just rolled out the booster shot program for people fully vaccinated against COVID-19, starting with health care workers. Elderly people...

How My Passion for Writing Has Sustained Me

Myanmar court sentences ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to 4 years in jail

BANGKOK (AP) — A special court in Myanmar’s capital sentenced the country’s ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, to four years in prison on Monday...

Israeli scientists discover how bat moms teach young to navigate

Tiny sensors attached to Egyptian fruit bats have enabled Tel Aviv University researchers to understand for the first time how bat mothers teach...