Likud said to offer to back Sa’ar for president in bid to get Knesset majority

Likud officials have offered to back New Hope leader Gideon Sa’ar for the soon-to-be-vacant position of president in the hopes of pulling...

Don’t Cooperate With Ariel

The last excuse given for Education Minister Yoav Gallant’s decision not to award the Israel Prize in mathematics and computer science to...

Israel set to come to standstill to remember 23,928 fallen

Israelis will pay tribute to the country’s 23,928 fallen soldiers and terror victims starting on Tuesday evening, bowing their heads for a minute...

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Israel okays Jordanian request for water after several weeks’ delay

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved this week Jordan’s request for additional water from the Jordan River after several weeks of delay....

So, You Think Israel’s in the post-COVID Era? Think Again

If the entire world was Israel, all would be fine. Shops, malls and restaurants have been open for more than a month and at least the consumer bit...

J Street to present Carter with peacemaker award for brokering Israel-Egypt deal

JTA — J Street, the liberal pro-Israel group, is presenting Jimmy Carter with a peacemaker award at its conference, recognizing the former...

Central Asia’s Afghan Route to Prosperity

BISHKEK – For the first time in centuries, there is an opportunity to connect Central and South Asia via modern transport and energy corridors...

Attack on Iran’s Natanz plant overshadows renewed US, Iran nuke talks

WASHINGTON (AP) — The attack on Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility is casting a major shadow over Tuesday’s resumption of indirect talks between the...

US recommends pausing J&J vaccine distribution over rare blot clots

WASHINGTON (AP) — The US is recommending a “pause” in administration of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to investigate...

Will the sun never set here? Enjoy it while you can

Israel turns 73 this week with much to look back fondly on. The country is in many ways a mind-blowing success. But it is dying, by suicide no...

Amid spiraling tensions, Israel and US to convene strategic group on Iran

Israeli and Biden administration officials will hold the second session of a bilateral strategic group on Tuesday aimed at collaborating in the...

‘Colorful, romantic’ drama of pre-state Israel to air this summer

“The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem,” an ambitious, historical, multigenerational costume drama series distributed by Yes Studios, the Tel Aviv...

Defense Ministry vows to do more for veterans after ‘shocking’ self-immolation

The Defense Ministry on Tuesday pledged to improve its services for disabled army veterans, after an ex-soldier suffering from post-traumatic...

As Scrabble goes woke & bans 400 words, it’s clear kids’ playtime is the new battleground in the culture war

Just when you imagined that the woke-inspired culture war could not get any crazier, you realise that they are desperately serious about turning...

Sacrifice: The first Yom Hazikaron as the mother of a soldier

Yom Hazikaron starts in a few hours. This year it feels particularly poignant as it’s the first one for me as the mother of a serving soldier. We...

Natanz blast caused by remote-detonated bomb, took out power and backup – report

A blast at Iran’s Natanz nuclear enrichment facility that has been attributed to Israel was caused by a bomb smuggled into the plant and then...

Israeli-owned ship said attacked off UAE coast amid sky-high tensions with Iran

An Israeli-owned ship was attacked on Tuesday near the United Arab Emirates, according to an unconfirmed Arabic media report. The Lebanese Al...

A Dishonorable Prize Given on a Day That Is All Hypocrisy

There is no glory in receiving a prize that the Israeli government awards to Israelis whose accomplishments speak for themselves. There is no honor...

Using his immunity, Labor MK smuggles Torah for women to read at Western Wall

Freshman Labor party MK Gilad Kariv on Tuesday used his parliamentary immunity to bring a Torah scroll to the Western Wall plaza, where he handed...

Patriot’s Julian Edelman, only Jewish Super Bowl MVP, announces retirement

BOSTON  — For more than a decade Julian Edelman lived the ultimate NFL underdog story, going from undersized college quarterback to a favorite...

Iran’s Zarif: Israel made ‘a very bad gamble’ with blast at nuclear plant

Iran’s foreign minister said Tuesday that Israel made a “very bad gamble” if it believed its alleged sabotage at the Natanz nuclear plant would...

Ex-IDF intel chief questions Netanyahu’s authority to order attacks on Iran

Amos Yadlin, a former IDF chief of Military Intelligence, said  on Tuesday following a blast at a key Iranian uranium enrichment site that...

Israel to let tourists in for 1st time since pandemic began, starting May 23

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Tuesday’s events as they unfold. President Reuven Rivlin sends a letter of condolence to Britain’s Queen...

Prince Philip’s death has been the perfect excuse for the global elite to remind the rest of us of our place in the world

If we take the death of an elderly man, husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather out of the equation, it is clear that the latest royal...

It is time to fix South Sudan’s broken healthcare system

At the height of the pandemic last April, I saw Facebook posts from friends and relatives in South Sudan showing top-level government officials...

What is behind the growing tensions in Ukraine?

Over the past few weeks, Russia has been amassing troops at the Ukrainian border, triggering alarm in Kyiv and European Union capitals. Kremlin-...

Rethinking Chinese School of IR from the Perspective of Strategic Essentialism

This article is based on insights from ‘Reappraising the Chinese School of International Relations: A Postcolonial Perspective’. Review of...

Bennett meets with Netanyahu again amid intensive coalition talks

Naftali Bennett met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the second day in a row on Tuesday, after the Yamina leader said his party supports...

Daily Briefing Apr. 13 – Return to Sinai: Bureaucratic blunders and beach bliss

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...

Memic raises $96 million to commercialize FDA approved robotic arm

Memic Innovative Surgery, a medical device company, said it has closed a $96 million Series D funding round, led by Israel’s Peregrine Ventures...

Is the Nile still king in Egypt?

In the 5th century BC, the great historian and traveller Herodotus said that Egypt is the gift of the River Nile. Four hundred years later the...

China Still Needs Expansionary Economic Policy

BEIJING – The Chinese economy grew by 6.5% in the fourth quarter of 2020, providing a strong indication that it has recovered from the COVID-19...

The Return of the Taliban

Project Syndicate · The Return of the Taliban | Ashley Jackson Transcript Elmira Bayrasli: Welcome to Opinion Has It. I’m Elmira Bayrasli. Could...

Valuing Resilience After the Pandemic

STOCKHOLM – If the COVID-19 pandemic has taught the world one thing, it is the high price we pay – in lost lives, damaged economies, and wasted...

With Natanz sabotage, will Iran’s powerful Guards finally face scrutiny?

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The recent sabotage at Iran’s main nuclear enrichment facility is just the latest setback for the...

Jews in Ethiopia yearn for life in Israel, as cemeteries fill and family beckons

GONDAR, Ethiopia (AFP) — The hillside Jewish cemetery in northern Ethiopia was never supposed to get so big. The thousands of Ethiopian Jews...

The digital yuan could be just the shake up needed to democratize international commerce and dislodge the dollar from dominance

Right now, it’s only in a limited (albeit national level) test phase but Chinese officials hope to have it fully ready by the 2022 Winter Olympics...

Trisha Paytas can make Aliyah under the Law of Return

The ascendance of Tiktok as a dominant social media platform has seen with it the rise of several new celebrities. Addison Rae, Charli D’Amelio,...

A moonshot of biblical proportions

In the quest for greater knowledge, humanity has always sought to stretch the boundaries of the possible. Over 50 years ago, the Apollo program...

EDITORIAL: Vaccination rollouts still need long-term plan to curb COVID-19

Japan’s vaccination program to contain the new coronavirus entered the second stage on April 12 as people 65 or older began to receive the shots....

Growing need for carbon tax

Surcharge inevitable to address climate change Four government ministries, including the Ministry of Economy and Finance, have recently requested...

AG: Security cabinet can’t hold votes until permanent justice minister appointed

Amid an ongoing rift between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Benny Gantz, Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit issued a legal...

Retract wrong decision

Japan should not dump Fukushima water into sea Japan said Tuesday that it has decided to release more than 1 million tons of treated radioactive...

Rivlin sends condolences to Queen Elizabeth over Prince Philip’s death

President Reuven Rivlin sent a letter of condolence to Queen Elizabeth II over the death of her husband, Prince Philip, who was the first UK royal...

Sudanese delegation said planning first visit to Israel next week

Sudan is tentatively planning to send its first official delegation to Israel next week following the normalization agreement between Jerusalem and...

(POGLED) Evropski obratni hipotetični scenarij za covid-19

Kar predstavljajte si. Saj ni tako težko. Konec februarja 2020, dva tedna prej, preden je Svetovna zdravstvena organizacija razglasila pandemijo,...

Israel's rejection of the ICC war crimes investigation is about politics, not justice

Israel has opted to reject, rather than defer, the International Criminal Court's investigation into war crimes in the occupied Palestinian...

How to stream Israel’s Memorial Day services from home

JTA — Yom Hazikaron, Israel’s Memorial Day, begins Tuesday night and lasts until Wednesday night, when the country transitions into Israel’s...

How to prepare for the Korea-US summit?

By Ahn Ho-young The Federation of Korean Industries (FKI) and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C. jointly...