France accuses Iran of staging ‘confession’ video of ‘state hostages’

PARIS, France — Iranian state television aired Thursday what it said were “confessions” by a French couple arrested five months ago, a move...

Paralyzed Nation: Haviv Rettig Gur on three paths to end the deadlock

Welcome to the first episode of Paralyzed Nation, a podcast drilling down into the hard questions facing Israeli voters. This is Israel’s fifth...

Man, 24, stabbed to death during brawl in Netanya

A 24-year-old resident of Netanya was stabbed to death Wednesday night during a brawl in the city. Paramedics who arrived on the scene rushed the...

(POGLED) Vse najboljše zamé

In zgodi se ta torek. Metod me pričaka pred Orto barom, lik je baje zgoraj v klubu, Metodu sledim po stopnicah, skozi okence v vratih vidim, da je...

1 killed in Russian rocket attack on Ukrainian residential area near nuclear plant

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Seven Russian rockets slammed into residential buildings in the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia before dawn...

European official says maritime deal will likely be postponed, but not dead yet

A deal on setting the maritime border between Israel and Lebanon is unlikely to come to fruition in the near term but is by no means off the table,...

Tears of the Sphinx: Anwar Sadat Remembered

I can still recall the gasps, screams, and cries that erupted from the passengers after a public address announcement during the short flight from...

Perfect Justice

Parshat האזינו is also known as the “Shira,” the song. It describes the future of the Jewish people in a poetic form. One of the verses...

In both Iran and Russia, backlashes against tyrants grow

When authoritarian regimes strip away the humanity of their own people, blowback invariably follows. That is now happening in both Iran and Russia,...

Netanyahu released after hospitalization during Yom Kippur

Opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu was released from Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center Thursday morning after being hospitalized overnight...

Security cabinet to review terms of US-proposed maritime deal with Lebanon

Israel’s high-level security cabinet was set to convene Thursday to discuss the terms of the US-proposed deal for a maritime border with Lebanon....

Daily Briefing Oct 6: Lebanon maritime border is no done deal; defrosted ovary birth

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 world,...

More than 30 killed, including 23 children, in Thailand mass shooting

More than 30 people were killed Thursday when a gunman opened fire in a childcare center in northeastern Thailand, police said. Police Maj. Gen....

The Next Yom Kippur War Is on the Way

For the sin we have committed before you by haughtiness and arrogance, for the sin that led to the deaths of more than 2,500 in the Yom Kippur War...

Journey into Paralyzed Nation with our new ToI limited series podcast

Facing Israel’s fifth election in less than four years, The Times of Israel has launched a new limited podcast series in which we ask: How did...

Biden juggles Iran nuke talks as Iranian repression of protests grows

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has hit back at Iran over the government’s brutal crackdown on anti-government protests. He’s praised the...

Zelensky says Putin wouldn’t survive nuclear strike on Ukraine

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday it was “hard to say” whether the risk of nuclear war had...

Finally, Netanyahu can campaign against someone other than himself

It’s a strange new look for Israel’s largest political party. The accusations of infidelity and mental illness leveled against political rivals...

Was Transjordan originally part of Israel?

Moshe’s song (Haazinu) was already introduced in the last verse of Parshat Vayelech (Dvarim 31:30): Moshe spoke the words of his song into the ears...

Japan’s Post-Abe Trust Crisis

India should reconsider its stance against IPEF trade talks

Outlook for export growth dim unless New Delhi keeps up with competitors

Ubil te bom, ker te ljubim

Zdaj, ko se popolnoma trezni ljudje ob Ukrajini vprašujejo, ali je treba za mir na svetu vreči nekaj jedrskih bomb, se postavlja preprosto...

The Erosion of the Nuclear Taboo

August 2022 marked the 77th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Japan by the United States. Up to 135,000 people died in Hiroshima on 6 August...

In the Midst of Protest, Hopes of Reform in Indonesia

Over the past few weeks, tens of thousands of students and labor union activists have held demonstrations across 35 cities in Indonesia to express...

Marge Simpson joins protests outside Iranian consulate in Milan

A mural featuring a troubled Marge Simpson has appeared outside the Iranian consulate in Milan, Italy, holding scissors in her left hand and her...

Five years on: How #MeToo shook the world

By forcing the world to wake up to the daily sexual abuse suffered by women, the #MeToo movement became a social revolution of historic importance....

Sabra may get Marvel role, but she’s a superficial character, say comic book artists

Israeli comic book artist Uri Fink does not have much faith in Marvel’s planned portrayal of Sabra, a female Mossad agent with superhuman speed,...

Lebanon years away from gas riches even if it closes border deal with Israel

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — Lebanon is nearing agreement with Israel over a maritime dispute involving offshore gas fields, but the cash-strapped...

Netanyahu: Only pressure from me stopped Lapid surrendering to Lebanon

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Thursday’s events as they unfold. This year’s Nobel Prize in literature is awarded to French author Annie...

US said to believe Ukraine behind assassination of Putin aide’s daughter

United States intelligence agencies believe that some elements in the Ukrainian government approved plans to carry out the August car bombing in...

Iran reportedly charges former soccer star in absentia for ‘leading’ protests

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has charged former soccer star Ali Karimi in absentia for his support for protests over Mahsa Amini’s death in morality...

Will Putin pull the trigger? Nuclear analysts try to get into Russian leader’s head

PARIS (AP) — Will President Vladimir Putin pull the nuclear trigger? For Kremlin watchers trying to figure out whether the Russian leader’s...

Vatican cardinal seems to compare German church reform plans to Nazi theology

ROME (AP) — The German Catholic Church’s reform process is again under fire from the Holy See, with a Vatican cardinal seemingly comparing its...

Israel's Arab Voters Hold Netanyahu's Fate in Their Hands. But There's a Big Catch

Over coffee, a friend asked if I have any hopeful insight for the anti-Netanyahu parties in the upcoming Israeli elections, now less than a month...

A Prayer for Republicans Before The Midterms

O Lord, let them remember the taste of liberty won by their relatives on bloody fields of Gettysburg O Lord, let them recall when they stood up...

Many Libyans are enraged by HMS Albion's visit to their country

The British warship HMS Albion docked in Libya's Abu Sitta port on 28 September, just east of the capital Tripoli, for a routine courtesy visit....

The Boltzmann brain paradox

Are you a person in a universe or brain in a void? How logicians, cosmologists and philosophers tackle Boltzmann’s paradox - by Aeon Video Watch...

Ever more land and labour

Centuries of capitalism saw the global countryside ruthlessly converted into cheap commodities. But at what cost? - by Sven Beckert & Ulbe Bosma...

Victim of Yom Kippur assault recalls: Jewish mob screamed ‘Arabs! Arabs!’

An Arab Israeli man who was assaulted in the coastal city of Bat Yam on the evening of Yom Kippur said Thursday that the attack was racially...

(GLOBALNA ARENA) Kako je Zahod zastrupil svoj denar

Socializem za bančnike in varčevanje za večino drugih ljudi sta izničila dinamizem kapitalizma in ga pahnila v stanje pozlačene stagnacije...

Scientists: Planned concert facility bad for Ramon crater’s wildlife, view of stars

Senior scientists from the Israel Nature and Parks Authority and the Environmental Protection Ministry are warning that plans to build a concert...

Iranian Kurds exiled in Iraq scapegoated by Tehran amid protests over Amini’s death

SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq — As protests flare across Iran over the death of young Iranian Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini, the Kurdistan region of neighboring...

Why it’s a big deal that ‘tsarina of Russian pop’ came out against war in Ukraine

THE CONVERSATION via AP — Days before Russian President Vladimir Putin announced hasty referendums in the occupied regions of Ukraine and the...

'A political horizon' where there is none in sight

When the Palestinian Authority announces that talks have been held with US officials, it does so with the intent of portraying itself worthy of...

Liz Truss vs. the Bank of England

The State Is Taking Back Energy

LONDON – Although uncertainty prevails in today’s global energy market, one thing has become clear: Governments are reasserting their central...

Suspected arson attack causes severe damage to Jordan Valley settlement farm

A fire at a farm in a West Bank settlement on the night of Yom Kippur, which destroyed an estimated NIS 12 million ($3.4 million) worth of produce...