Netanyahu Keeps Trying to Evade Prosecution, Like Some Criminal on the Lam

With Tokyo Olympics up in the air, realistic appraisal needed

More people in and outside Japan are voicing doubts about holding the Tokyo Olympics this summer. In a poll taken by The Asahi Shimbun on Jan. 23...

(POGLED) Reševanje ameriške demokracije

Napad na ameriški Kapitol, ki se je zgodil 6. januarja, in to v trenutku, ko je kongres ZDA potrjeval rezultate zadnjih predsedniških volitev, bi...

(BRANJE) Je mogoče ZDA znova zaupati?

Evropo je preplavilo olajšanje, potem ko je postalo jasno, da bo Donalda Trumpa v Beli hiši zamenjal Joe Biden. Prihod novega ameriškega vodstva...

With or Without the Haredim

What’s working in COVID-19 treatments and what isn’t

The arrival of COVID-19 vaccines has put the focus of the pandemic fight on inoculating as many people as quickly as possible. But outbreaks are...

Behind closed doors, Israel Museum stocks up on art

The Israel Museum was only open for short periods over the last year, but it’s still purchasing new art. The Jerusalem institution recently spent...

Heard immunity: What the press is saying about warning Iran and widening closure

1. Speak loudly about your big stick: The head of the Israel Defense Forces seemingly slammed military action back on the table in a speech Tuesday...

PA official welcomes US support, but realizes Palestinians not first priority

A senior official in Ramallah on Wednesday welcomed the new US administration’s affirmation of its commitment to a Palestinian state and to...

The tragical destiny of a country that saved Jews during the Holocaust

It was a dark night, after a difficult journey in an unforgiving weather. They had crossed the ocean from Hamburg escaping Hitler and they had...

The year of solitude (Daf Yomi Pesachim 67)

Embed from Getty Images “He shall dwell alone.” Today’s discussion of impurity takes us back to earlier readings of this Tractate where we...

30,000 lies: From Holocaust denial to ‘Camp Auschwitz’

The 30,573 lies began with Holocaust denial. Just a week after taking office in January of 2017, on International Holocaust Day, the Trump...

Back to a two-state reality: Israel and Jordan

From hutz l’Aretz, it seems Israel should consider returning with today’s borders to the 2 States of 1948 to 1967; Israel and Jordan. First, a...

Fatal liberations – 1945 and 2021

My father-in-law ate his meals quickly, except once. It was 1945 and the American army liberators had just arrived in Gunskirchen, the extension of...

Biden gets dream team on China: But what if the game is changing?

Biden’s China-related appointments represent a Democratic Party dream team of consummate insiders with a Beltway accent, fluent in the business...

Biden’s Grand Opening

AUSTIN – In the space of less than three months, events have conspired to transform the American political scene. First, the COVID-19 pandemic...

US professor who gave Nazi salute during video conference retires

An archaeology professor has retired from University of Pennsylvania after facing calls that he be fired for using a Nazi salute and greeting during...

US Senator Leahy, set to preside over Trump impeachment, taken to hospital

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy was taken to a hospital Tuesday evening after not feeling well, a spokesman said, hours after the...

Alaska to investigate issue of 3REICH’ license plate, other offensive plates

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska department plans to investigate the issuance of “3REICH” personalized license plates, while a spokesperson for...

The International Holocaust Remembrance Day Does Not Serve Its Purpose

The International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which occurs on January 27, is always a good opportunity for predictions and summaries regarding...

When they go low, anti-Israel activists go lower

Radical activists often twist proven facts to fit their narrative and promote their own depraved agendas. We saw this in full force when far right...

Ghosts and other tales: The year of women filmmakers

Turkey is no different than the West when it comes to diversity and representation in the awards circuit. Antalya Film Festival, the oldest film...

Staff at Jerusalem hospital says it’s collapsing under wave of COVID infections

Medical staff and patients at a Jerusalem hospital said it is collapsing under the strain of the third wave coronavirus outbreak in Israel in a...

Responding to IDF chief, Iran says it’s ‘serious’ about defending itself

A senior Iranian official on Wednesday dismissed as psychological warfare remarks by the Israeli chief of staff regarding the preparation of plans...

PODCAST: Yad Vashem head cries for truth to be sole guide for Holocaust research

This week on Times Will Tell, the weekly podcast from The Times of Israel, we join the global community in honoring and remembering the six million...

Modi’s Unconstrained Adulation of Trump Won Nothing for India

Modi’s relentless endorsement of Trump earned India few tangible benefits. And now he faces the mother of all political hangovers with a U.S....

‘Put Them in Cattle Cars’

Free vaccines and India’s humanitarian diplomacy

Large parts of the world are still reeling from the spread of the coronavirus, with renewed lockdowns in effect in many places. With every stricken...

Republican senators mostly vote against holding Trump impeachment trial

WASHINGTON — US Democrats’ efforts to convict Donald Trump at his impeachment trial suffered a fresh blow Tuesday when almost all Republican...

The social media myth about the Arab Spring

In the aftermath of the January 6 right-wing insurrection on Capitol Hill in Washington, the role social media played in these events came into the...

Enfeebled and enraged, Haredi society feels forsaken on all sides

Monday afternoon in the Knesset. MK Moshe Gafni of United Torah Judaism heads to the dais to speak about a bill advancing through parliament that...

Three weeks into lockdown, rampant mutated strains keep infections sky-high

Some three weeks into Israel’s tightened nationwide lockdown, with more-infectious mutated coronavirus strains running rampant, the outbreak was...

Cost of tech decoupling much higher than it appears

Reviving the multilateral trading system would be in everyone's interests

Experts say serology tests unreliable, as immunity doesn’t require antibodies

A professional opinion submitted to the Health Ministry has recommended against using COVID-19 antibody tests to determine whether a person is...

PM for PM? The panic-spreading pro-lockdown TV host Piers Morgan is part of the problem and definitely not the solution

Where Neil Clark goes in April, the Daily Star follows in January. Back on April 1, 2020 (and, no, it wasn’t an April Fool jest), I actually...

Four Italian Holocaust survivors tell how they escaped death on ‘Black Saturday’

MANTUA, Italy — Four Italian Holocaust survivors who cheated death during an infamous Gestapo raid on the Rome ghetto have dedicated their final...

Poll: 61% want a coalition without Haredi parties, Huldai slips below threshold

A poll published Tuesday indicated that 61 percent of Israeli voters would prefer a governing coalition that does not include ultra-Orthodox...

3 cases of South African strain found in random sampling, sparking concern

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Wednesday’s developments as they unfold. Leader of the center-left Tnufa faction Ofer Shelah, who broke away...

Hashtagging the Holocaust: How COVID Gave Death Camps New Life Online

Pandemic lockdowns pushed Holocaust memorials to produce innovative, immersive and interactive ways to engage with a distanced audience, from Zoom...

No, Sweden’s Coronavirus Model Hasn't Failed. Here's Why

An Africa Roadmap for Biden

CAMBRIDGE – In recent decades, the US-Africa relationship has disappointed both sides. Republican and Democratic US presidents alike have treated...

Yewande Biala’s ‘outrage’ over the mispronunciation of her name is just proof of her attention-seeking, not other people’s racism

These days, reality television celebrities earn extra kudos when they perform outrage. And Yewande Biala is certainly outraged. ‘Mispronouncing...

The New START extension is welcome, but it won't deliver stability. The last thing the US wants is improved relations with Russia

This is because the Biden team is unwilling to understand that arms control treaties further strategic stability between the great powers only if...

Sanofi’s $125 million Israeli drug buy could be a three-pronged cancer buster

The anti-cancer drug developed by Biond Biologics, which the Israeli startup will now try on humans in clinical trials with France-based...

The weaponisation of the Cambodian justice system must stop

On January 17, I made my second attempt to return to my country, Cambodia, where I have been summoned to stand trial on treason charges. Like the...

Stepping up efforts, Facebook debuts fact check box to combat Holocaust denial

JTA — People who search for information about the Holocaust on Facebook will now be prompted to visit a website on the genocide curated by the...