2 terror group fighters killed in clashes with IDF during raid of Jenin refugee camp

Two Palestinian terror group fighters were killed in heavy clashes with Israeli troops that broke out during a pre-dawn IDF raid of the northern...

‘Do not come’: Security for Herzog’s trip to Gulf said boosted due to online threats

The Shin Bet has reportedly decided to boost President Isaac Herzog’s security detail when he travels to the Gulf next week following an online...

Palestinian who filmed Hebron soldier taunting activists barred from home for a week

An Israeli military court on Wednesday barred a Palestinian activist from returning to his neighborhood in Hebron for one week after he recorded a...

UN General Assembly votes in favor of commemorating Palestinian ‘Nakba’

NEW YORK — The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday voted to adopt a pro-Palestinian resolution to commemorate the “Nakba,” the...

UNRWA condemns subterranean opening found beneath Gaza school

The UN agency for Palestinians said on Wednesday that it had discovered a “man-made cavity” underneath a school in Gaza, calling the excavation...

Deal gives far-right homophobe Maoz authority over outside programming in schools

A coalition deal signed by Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party will give a far-right Knesset member known for strident...

Patagonia’s 1st new synagogue in decades reveals growing Argentine-Jewish community

JTA — Patagonia, Argentina’s famously beautiful southern region, has been a haven for Israeli backpackers, vacationers from Buenos Aires, and, in...

Report: Ex-army officer’s spy firm sent phone hacking tools to Sudanese militia

An intelligence firm owned by a former senior Israeli military intelligence officer has transferred high-end phone surveillance equipment to a...

He campaigned for Soviet immigration. Now Avi Maoz is poised to fight against it

Avi Maoz, now the head of the one-MK Noam party, first made a name for himself in the fight to secure the release of Natan Sharansky from Soviet...

Tel Aviv Metro: The Height of Folly

It’s happening again: The launch of the Tel Aviv Metro’s Red Line has been postponed for the seventh time (!), to April 2023. So says a harsh...

Argentina, Australia advance to World Cup final 16 as Tunisia upsets France

DOHA, Qatar (AFP) — Lionel Messi’s Argentina booked their place in the final 16 of the World Cup on Wednesday with a 2-0 victory over Poland as...

US Loan company SoFi pulls ad after criticism it features an antisemitic stereotype

JTA — Rhonda Moore was alarmed when she saw the ad for a student-loan refinancing company that featured what she believed was a stereotypical...

VOX POPULI: Remembering Jiang Zemin’s gift of friendship of 2 ‘toki’ birds

“Toki-iro” (pale gentle pink) is named after the color of the beautiful wings of the “toki” Japanese crested ibis. The bird was mentioned in...

Four Palestinians killed in one day is ‘self-defense’ to Israel

Report. The occupation is being felt at every moment of the daily life of the occupied, and it led to four more victims on Tuesday. written by...

New York activist for yeshiva education reform to launch Haredi news organization

JTA — Naftuli Moster, the founder and former executive director of Yaffed, the advocacy group focused on improving secular education in Haredi...

Real estate appraisals fall short of superheated prices, locking out buyers

Three years ago, Miriam Levy (a pseudonym) made a life-changing decision. She and her family left Canada for Israel and headed for her dream...

Cluster feeding

‘You cried and I didn’t know how to soothe you’ – the raw poetry of a new mother’s struggle to breastfeed her baby - by Aeon Video Watch at...

Daily Briefing Dec. 1: Netanyahu tries to rein in Smotrich; chess games reflect life

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,...

Officials said bracing for Gaza rocket fire after top Islamic Jihad terrorist killed

Security officials were concerned Thursday that terror groups in the Gaza Strip could launch rockets at Israel after two senior terrorists were...

Eisenkot calls for a million-strong rally if Netanyahu harms democracy

National Unity MK Gadi Eisenkot, a former IDF chief of staff, called for a million Israelis to take to the streets to demonstrate if Likud leader...

Religious unit with reputation of rights abuses to exit West Bank for first time

The Israeli military has said it will temporarily remove a unit of ultra-Orthodox soldiers — which has been at the center of several...

Israel Is Heading to the Netanyahu War

At the height of the settler riots in Hebron November 18-19, Itamar Ben-Gvir came to the Tomb of the Patriarchs and tried to bring in his pistol....

It became even extra urgent to reduce eating meat

Not just cows die when one eats plenty of meat It is known that cows eat seven times more protein in their lifetime than can be harvested from them...

The Godfather of Haran

You could say a lot of nasty things about Laban, but he was not a stupid man. Once Laban laid his eyes on his nephew Jacob, he saw dollar signs....

Rebuilding the Jewish People: A New Option

Imagine taking a trip on one of those huge luxurious cruise ships unbeknownst to you the course is altered by a few degrees.  While you are...

Exodus and Contemplation of the New Heaven

When, with blossoming Souls, we establish ourselves on the New Earth, we will be able to contemplate the New Heaven, which is the reality of the...

Jiang leaves mixed legacy of economic gains, wide disparity

While Jiang Zemin gave the impression of being a grim politician in public, behind the scenes, he showed a more friendly side in meeting with...

Rishi Sunak’s Daunting Challenge

The soccer world must protect Iran’s team

As the ref blew the final whistle at Doha’s Al Thamama Stadium to confirm their 0-1 loss to the U.S., several members of the Iranian team were...

What has the EU done for Libya so far?

The European Union (EU) is supposed to have a common regional policy, particularly in relation to its immediate neighbourhood, which includes the...

The Climate Crisis Is Also a Health Crisis

Moon Jae-in Under Attack: the North Korean Issue

In a previous article, the author described how the authorities were closing in on Moon Jae-in. However, the most serious anti-Moon allegations are...

Is North Korea’s crypto-funded nuclear programme at risk amid FTX collapse?

With problems in the cryptocurrency world, which North Korea’s hackers steal huge amounts from, Kim Jong-un may need to find other ways to pay for...

5G y Nube Híbrida: una sinergia que transformará los negocios

5G, o la quinta generación de redes de acceso móvil, traerá una revolución superior a las ya vivenciadas en la tercera y cuarta generación...

Geopolitics is for losers

The concept of geopolitics comes from German and Russian attempts to explain defeat and reverse loss of influence - by Harold James Read at Aeon

Baby daughter drowns, wife of Chabad emissary critically injured in Virgin Islands

A Chabad emissary’s 4-month-old baby girl drowned and his wife was critically injured apparently trying to save their daughter from the water in...

IAF drone fleet returns to service after faulty part that caused crash replaced

The Israeli Air Force on Thursday said it had returned a fleet of armed drones to service following a crash in southern Israel last month. The...

Anti-LGBT incoming Jewish identity czar vows to nix Jerusalem Pride Parade

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Thursday’s events as they unfold. The United Nations says it is asking member states for a record $51.5 billion...

Anarchists and enemies of the Open Society

In 1945, when philosopher Karl Popper published ‘The Open Society and its Enemies,’ his landmark critique of historicist philosophy, he probably...

The Crypto Emperor’s New Clothes

Dirty tricks, lies and collusion with lawmakers are employed to protect Israel at any cost

In April last year, Israel reeled and railed against a Human Rights Watch report in which the Zionist State was revealed to be committing the...

The Napoleons of Big Tech

Zero-COVID in a fix

Beijing should shift to exit strategy ― quickly Just over a year ago, the Chinese government was so proud of its success stamping out COVID-19...

Road Rage? Shame Them

Over the past two years, there has been a 20 percent increase in violent incidents on Israel’s roads. A few days ago, a couple crossing the street...

Bibi calls Trump’s soiree with Kanye and Fuentes a ‘mistake’

When Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s former and future Prime Minister, called former US President Donald Trump’s evening soiree with Kanye West and...

There is nothing like Jerusalem

Oh, JERUSALEM! Yerushalayim. The city that we Jews pray to return to, to rebuild our holy Beit Hamikdash. I myself don’t live in Jerusalem, and I...

Evolution of America's China strategy

By Joseph S. Nye CAMBRIDGE ― In its new national security strategy, U.S. President Joe Biden's administration recognizes that Russia and China...

Putin will carpet-bomb Ukraine unless the West acts

By James Stavridis The strategically vital city of Kherson is back in the hands of Ukrainians, albeit under threat of Russian shelling and attacks...

Protests in China, Iran

By Donald Kirk Protests in China and Iran come as a surprise. One would have thought those bastions of authoritarian rule would have been almost...

Protest emerges as a mixed blessing for World Cup host Qatar

By James M. Dorsey Protest on the soccer pitch has proven to be a mixed blessing for World Cup host Qatar, exposing double standards in the Gulf...