The end of the Saudi era

As we approach the second anniversary of the state-sponsored assassination of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi Arabia continues its retreat,...

UAE’s first-ever kosher restaurant launches in world’s tallest building

Following the United Arab Emirates’ signing of a normalization accord with Israel last week, the UAE’s first-ever certified kosher restaurant...

(POGLED) Zakaj Maribor brišejo iz oddaje Dobro jutro

Še en četrtkov večer preživljam doma in nekako me iz primeža noče in noče izpustiti misel o težkem mariborskem boju, del katerega sem zdaj...

Pro-China nationalists are using intimidation to silence critics. Can they be countered without stifling free speech?

Last month, the University of New South Wales came under harsh criticism after its media team deleted an article and tweet in which Elaine Pearson,...

How will Japan's new leader handle growing China-US tensions?

After years warning others to be wary of Beijing, Tokyo is now adopting a low profile

Gov’t announces fresh NIS 10.5 billion virus aid package, pay cuts for lawmakers

The cabinet approved an NIS 10.5 billion ($3 billion) aid package late Monday to try and assist those affected by Israel’s second national...

US and UAE seek to ink F-35s agreement by December — report

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Tuesday’s developments as they unfold. US President Donald Trump, who prefers speaking to boisterous crowds,...

CDC changes, then retracts, web posting on how virus spreads

NEW YORK (AP) — The top US public health agency stirred confusion by posting — and then taking down — an apparent change in its position on how...

‘Churchill’s favorite spy,’ a Polish-Jewish woman, honored with UK ‘blue plaque’

A Jewish woman from Poland who became a top British spy during the Second World War has been honoured with a Blue Plaque in Kensington. Christine...

„Enjoy the ‘seger’!”

“Enjoy the ‘seger’!”, “Enjoy the lockdown!” – the most common sentence I heard in Tel Aviv, in the last two days of 5780, just before...

The EU Stands With the UN

BRUSSELS – In any normal year, I would be in New York City now for the annual opening of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). The event...

Claim that villagers were thrown from helicopter shakes Turkey!

Despite severe oppression, censorship, detentions, arrests and threats, the Mesopotamia News Agency (MA) recently marked its third anniversary,...

These Are the Israeli RBGs

The New History Wars

PRINCETON – The contest over national symbols and stories is shifting into higher gear as the drive to topple statuary and rename institutions...

Italy has opted to slash the size of parliament by a third, as voters turn on politicians. Bloated Britain should follow suit

So the Italians have decided that, while you cannot have a surfeit of la dolce vita, you can certainly have too much political representation:...

Lebanon's oil in exchange for negotiating with the occupation 

The Trump administration is pressuring Lebanon to open a line for direct negotiations with Israel before the elections. It seems that wishful...

Join ToI Community for best-selling author Micah Goodman on global polarization

Please join us this Wednesday, September 23, for the latest in our Behind the Headlines video series, exclusively for the ToI Community. Just ahead...

Coalition whip: I regret not firing renegade virus panel head, hope PM ousts her

A key ally of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that he regretted not having moved forward with plans to fire a Likud official who...

Israeli study: Rate of sea warming, not just temperature, linked to fish deaths

An Israeli study suggests that the rate at which sea temperatures rise — and not necessarily the peak heat they reach — can play a central role...

Who’s a hypocrite? GOP, Dems debate past comments on US Supreme Court

WASHINGTON (AP) — The “H” word — hypocrisy — is suddenly in vogue at the Capitol as lawmakers debate how quickly to fill a vacancy on the US...

Sex solicitation charge against Patriots owner Robert Kraft likely to be dropped

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (AP) — Florida prosecutors said Monday that they won’t appeal a court’s decision blocking video that allegedly shows...

Australia state leader welcomes Israeli decision to extradite Malka Leifer

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An Australian state leader on Tuesday described an Israeli court decision to extradite a former teacher wanted in...

Tight club: What the press is saying on September 22

1. The lackdown: Several days into Israel’s new lockdown, the media is watching closely as the government appears set to possibly impose even...

Normalization: A Product of Arab Discontent

A startling number of people, including some in Canadian media outlets, have weighed in on the Abraham Accords by vilifying the United Arab Emirates...

A Chance Not To Pass Up (Hosea 14:2-10 Micah 7:18-20)

Shabbat Shuva takes its name from the first word of the special haftarah for the Shabbat between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur: “Return (Shuva), O...

Britain must stop enabling hate to be taught in Palestinian classrooms

This month, Palestinian children and young people will begin a new school year in which they will be taught from a curriculum which incites...

Avoiding a Climate Lockdown

LONDON – As COVID-19 spread earlier this year, governments introduced lockdowns in order to prevent a public-health emergency from spinning out...

Why environmental justice is an anti-colonial struggle

In the mesmerising context of a global pandemic, a Black-led mass uprising against systemic racism, a "heated" election in the United States, and...

‘More than a team, it is an entire people’: 100 years of Palestinian football in Chile

While some Arab countries were celebrating their normalisation deals with Israel and Google was removing Palestine from its maps, Club Deportivo...

Anatevka

“My little bird, my little Chavaleh, last night I couldn’t fall asleep, so you know what I watched on the TV? “No, I haven’t a clue.”...

Hamas, Fatah delegations in Istanbul for another attempt at reconciliation talks

The rival Palestinian movements Fatah and Hamas are set to meet in in Istanbul, Turkey for the first direct talks since 2017, aimed at ending the...

Ditching Private Seo

By Choi Sung-jin A single "military-related" issue dominated four days of interpellation during the 21st National Assembly's first regular session...

Is Russia Preparing for ‘First Strike’ from ‘Best Friend Trump’?

Donald Trump has announced he will contest the presidential election if he loses, a bizarre statement from someone who may well have taken on a...

NATO's Slow-Motion Blitzkrieg Eastward

When the US announced it would be reducing the number of its troops stationed in Germany many hoped in vain it would be the beginning of an overall...

The great mother of a singular story

Remembrance. When you’re twenty years old and lucky enough to be in the presence of Rossana Rossanda, Luigi Pintor, Lucio Magri, Valentino Parlato...

Prosecution closes case against Maccabi soccer stars accused of statutory rape

The State Attorney’s Office on Monday closed a case involving two Israeli soccer players accused of statutory rape for having sex with two...

World sees record weekly number of COVID-19 cases, but deaths down

GENEVA (AFP) — The coronavirus pandemic appears to be accelerating worldwide, with new cases soaring last week to a new seven-day high of almost...

Yom Kippur: Remove the Muck

The Baal Shem Tov is said to have once heard a cantor confessing his sins on Yom Kippur to a joyful melody. The Baal Shem Tov asked him why he was...

Amb. Friedman hints at new Palestinian, US paradigms

The US Ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, is an interesting personality – a bankruptcy lawyer turned diplomat by a thoroughly eccentric US...

The Impact of Covid on a child; taking notice

It can’t be ignored. Teddy bears are more needed now than ever before. Yesterday, as I sat outside of the tent set up juxtaposed to the Demarest...

The Best of the Abraham Accords

The Abraham Accords story has been unfolding with new developments at breakneck speed since details were first announced last month. The meditative...

Review of ‘The Memory Monster’ by Yishai Sarid

Holocaust studies have been mandatory in Israeli high schools since the 1980s and 11th graders are regularly taken on educational trips to the...

She wasn’t just Notorious — she was one of us

My father, of blessed memory, was born in the same era Ruth Bader Ginsburg was. They both went to high school in the same swath of southern...

The Israelis remember Al-Aqsa Intifada and fear another uprising

On the 20th anniversary of its outbreak, Israelis still remember Al-Aqsa Intifada and recall the guerrilla operations that shook the pillars of...

Remembering the Bentalha Massacre

Where: The town of Bentalha, about 15 kilometres south of Algiers, Algeria When: During the night of 22-23 September 1997 It took one night to...

World powers set to take the stage, virtually, as UN General Assembly opens

UNITED NATIONS — The UN’s first virtual meeting of world leaders was set to start Tuesday with pre-recorded speeches from some of the planet’s...

Holocaust thriller had a Jewish protagonist, but Israeli director made her Roma

JTA — When Israeli director Yuval Adler saw the script for “The Secrets We Keep,” a thriller about a woman who kidnaps a man she believes was...

Meet the 3 Jewish candidates on Trump’s Supreme Court shortlist

JTA — For the past decade, Jews have made up a third of justices on the US Supreme Court. And while that streak appears likely to end when US...

He Wants a Visa to Europe? Let Him Do Research in Gaza

Redefining anti-Semitism on Facebook

With its 2.7 billion users, Facebook is the world's largest and arguably most influential social media platform. Therefore, it comes as no...