Japan, China need to step up dialogue on bilateral disputes

Building a healthy relationship with China is a priority for Japan that goes a long way toward determining the nation’s future course. Japan needs...

Report: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman was not informed of Netanyahu visit

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman was reportedly kept out of the loop about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s secretive trip to the kingdom this week...

For Asia's airlines, financial strife is only just beginning

Next three months critical as risk tolerance deadlines approach

Michael Horowitz, Israeli prosecutor of Nazi guard Demjanjuk, dies aged 69

Yes, Michael Horowitz’s biggest claim to fame was his work as a top prosecutor in the famed Israeli war crimes trial against John Demjanjuk, the...

Russian Military Aggression or ‘Civil War’ in Ukraine?

This is an excerpt from Crisis in Russian Studies? Nationalism (Imperialism), Racism and War by Taras Kuzio. Get your free download from E-...

(POGLED) Covid, ki je ukradel božič

Želel sem dan začeti prijetno, a sem vklopil televizor ravno v trenutku, ko je jedka gledalka v oddaji Dobro jutro po telefonu nahrulila Ano...

Israelis flood reopened malls as taskforce warns of clear rise in virus cases

There were long lines on Friday morning at stores inside the 15 malls that were permitted to reopen as part of a pilot plan, as a military...

15 malls to reopen Friday under plan to evaluate social distancing rules

Some malls were set to reopen Friday as part of a pilot plan approved by the high-level coronavirus cabinet, amid signs that new COVID-19...

Lebanese singer: Border talks prove it’s a lie by officials that Israel is enemy

One of Lebanon’s most notable recording artists said in an interview earlier this month that she supports peace with “any country” and said the...

America’s Political Crisis and the Way Forward

For some ultra-Orthodox Jews, virus forges path to a very different lifestyle

AFP — For many, the pandemic has been a time of devastating isolation, but for some ultra-Orthodox Israeli Jews it has pushed them to integrate in...

Iranian diplomat goes on trial in Belgium for plot to bomb opposition rally

BRUSSELS (AFP) — An Iranian diplomat goes on trial in Belgium on Friday accused of plotting to bomb an opposition rally outside Paris, in a case...

New TLV art space aims to elevate Israeli art aesthetic

It’s been a dark period for the art world, as museums, galleries and art spaces have been shuttered for most of the last eight months. A new Tel...

What the Middle East can expect from President Biden

Not since George H.W. Bush, whose career in public service had included stints as CIA Director, Ambassador to China, and two terms as Vice...

Reuven’s gift

The question is asked: How do we know that Yaakov Avinu (the patriarch Jacob) wore a kipah (or shtrayml, or black hat, or baseball hat, for that...

The End of the Age of Politics

Biden’s Modest Multilateralism

CAMBRIDGE – Like the Joni Mitchell song puts it, “You don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone.” For example, classroom education was...

Coronavirus is helping African economies compete

When all is said and done in 2020, African economies will probably have outperformed the rest of the world during the coronavirus pandemic....

Javno-zasebno partnerstvo po madžarsko

Tridesetletne izkušnje z javno-zasebnim partnerstvom (PPP) v svetu so pokazale bistvene prednosti in slabosti tega koncepta za izvedbo predvsem...

Canada police identify person of interest in deaths of billionaire Jewish couple

Toronto police said Wednesday that they have identified a person of interest in the killing of Canadian drug company billionaire Barry Sherman and...

This week in Turkey's hate speech parade

From 90s pop stars to TV hosts, opposition politicians to publishers, everybody in Turkey has someone they like to hate. Unfortunately, every...

Is ANYONE actually surprised that rioting comrades Antifa & BLM are seeking a divorce as racial tensions come to the fore?

If there are two organizations that can be held most responsible for the riots that have scarred America throughout 2020, it is Black Lives Matter...

On global health, Biden needs to achieve more than just a reset

Earlier this year, Joe Biden won praise in mainstream policy circles in the United States for making the case for “why America must lead again”....

Australia’s war crimes in Afghanistan show the cost of celebrating the military

Australia has fought alongside the United States in every major American military action of the last century, from World War I to the Middle East....

Stop platforming ‘as-a-Jew’ wolves in Jewish-sheep’s clothing

Is anyone else furious that the co-chair of Jewish Voice for Labour (JVL), Jenny Manson, was given a prominent platform on Newsnight on 17th...

Head of Iran’s nuclear weapons program said assassinated near Tehran

The alleged head of Iran’s nuclear weapons program was assassinated Friday near the capital Tehran, according to multiple reports in Iranian media....

Israeli ex-envoy fumes over Thailand’s release of Iranians jailed for bomb plot

Israel’s former ambassador to Thailand fumed over the release of three Iranians arrested over a 2012 bomb plot in Bangkok targeting Israeli...

Amazon says investigating anti-Semitic conspiracy theory responses from ‘Alexa’

Tech giant Amazon said on Thursday it was investigating after its smart speaker was found to give anti-Semitic responses to questions about the...

Heavy rainfall causes flooding, damage in coastal cities

Heavy rainfall on Thursday caused extensive flooding and damage in several Israeli coastal cities, with the continued downpours making this...

Israel's growing strategic threat to our freedom of speech

There is an old saying that you should not put the fox in charge of the hen house. It makes perfect sense, and yet that's exactly what Western...

Tiers of a clown: Boris Johnson’s tier system is just national lockdown under a more palatable name

England officially moves out of a ‘national lockdown’ next week, but with 98 percent of the population placed in the toughest Tiers 2 and 3,...

Lessons learned from COVID-19 can help us fight climate change

The pressing need to develop a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine and make it available to everyone everywhere to bring an end to the ongoing...

Saudi Arabia must free its Uyghur detainees

The authorities in Saudi Arabia have arrested two Uyghur Muslims who face persecution and torture if they are deported to China. Such a move by the...

Jordan warns against changing status of Temple Mt., after Netanyahu’s Saudi trip

Jordan said it opposes any effort to change the status quo at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City, following Prime Minister Benjamin...

No progress on Israel-Saudi normalization until ‘King Salman has gone’ — report

An Israeli source familiar with the details of the normalization talks with Saudi Arabia said that progress on a possible deal would only happen...

Corbyn to start legal action as UK’s Labour denies him parliamentary membership

The former leader of Britain’s main opposition Labour party, Jeremy Corbyn, is to begin legal action against the party after it refused to readmit...

Nazareth mayor announces plan to establish new joint Arab-Jewish political party

Ali Salam, the mayor of the predominantly Arab city of Nazareth, announced plans on Thursday to found a joint Arab-Jewish party to compete in the...

Don’t have a cow: Israel’s Remilk serves up dairy products made without animals

Israeli startup Remilk hopes to be the first company in the world to bring real dairy milk products to market without needing a single cow in the...

Punishment of online sex crimes

Court ruling sends warning to similar perpetrators A Seoul court delivered a heavy punishment against a person involved in one of the nation's...

The Real Task of Benny Gantz’s Panel

Cartoonist Takao Yaguchi, like his characters, was force of nature

Muteki (Invincible), a sumo wrestler masked like a pro wrestler whose winning streak cannot be stopped, is the protagonist of the first work of...

The god of soccer has departed this world

New York – Diego Maradona has died, and with him dies one of the greatest soccer players of all time. Daniel, a manager at Ground Support, a...

Beersheba man indicted for killing partner when she tried to end relationship

An indictment was filed Thursday against a Beersheba man who was arrested last month for allegedly bludgeoning his partner to death with a hammer...

Europe’s Populist Showdown

Korea's Sexual Exploitation Runs Deeper than One Man

By David Tizzard South Korea breathed a sigh of relief after the Seoul District Court found a 25-year-old male named Cho Ju-bin guilty of running...

Japan’s ‘misunderstanding’ about a Biden administration

Now that Vice-President Joe Biden is set to become the next U.S. president in January 2021, attention is turning to the makeup of his cabinet. Key...

The G20 and multilateralism after Trump

The 2020 Riyadh Summit, the 15th meeting of the Group of 20, was hosted by Saudi Arabia on Nov. 21 and 22. Expectations for this year’s meeting...

Relations Between China and South Korea: The Economic Aspects

Having scrutinized the political aspect of relations between the PRC and the ROK, let us briefly examine the economy’s state of affairs. First, a...

The Elections in the United States: a Middle Eastern Perspective

“Donald Trump – the true face of the United States”, “The Arabs and the new American Administration”, “Biden, Arabs, and the Gulf”....

Yavis and Zavis

One of the cruellest elements of the Corona virus has been its effects on the most vulnerable. Like the ancient Amalekite enemy of the Jews, in the...