Defying Macron, Hezbollah says it will continue to fight Israel

Lebanon’s Hezbollah terror group on Monday rejected criticism from French President Emmanuel Macron Monday after he panned its political...

Moon's low-key response to NK

President should take stronger stance toward Pyongyang President Moon Jae-in came up with an official response Monday to the death of a South...

Haaretz Cartoon

Justice minister cleared

Officials should rise to challenge to set examples Prosecutors have cleared away questions regarding whether Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae exercised...

China's conditions to US (II)

By Lee Seong-hyon Around the same time that China's Politburo member Yang Jiechi had an article printed, Foreign Minister Wang Yi articulated...

Trump's rum, cigar sanctions are meaningless

By Fabiola Santiago No hotel stays. No bringing home all the rum and cigars you can carry, Trump has mandated. But with little U.S. travel to the...

Educating Koreans about Che Guevara

By Richard Pennington At Seoul's sprawling Dongdaemun Market, among the thousands of items on sale are T-shirts of Ernesto "Che" Guevara wearing a...

Chosun Hotel turns 50

By John C. Stickler Even before annexing Korea in 1910, the Japanese began constructing a railway line from Busan to Seoul and Pyongyang and on to...

Hey EU! Lay off Hungary’s Viktor Orban simply because he rejects modern liberal ideas in favor of a different democratic route

The EU loves a bogeyman. The officials from the European Commission, along with the diverse collection of Euro MPs, like nothing more than...

A new Japanese Government has Taken Shape

So, on September 16th, after separate votes were taken in both chambers of the Japanese parliament, Yoshihide Suga was approved as the new Prime...

With schools short-staffed, Italian educators take the streets

Reportage. In the rain in Rome, a broad social alliance of parents, teachers, students and trade unions gathered by the ‘Priority to school’...

Ombudsman refuses to rule on complaints against Netanyahu prosecutor

The presiding official tasked with investigating misconduct allegations against public servants said he would not get involved in complaints...

Bank of Israel defers loan returns until end of year

The Bank of Israel announced Tuesday that all Israelis who have taken mortgage and credit loans will be able to delay the return payments until the...

El COVID-19 y el desarrollo sostenible en Perú

La humanidad se encuentra en este momento enfrentando un enemigo inesperado y letal, y aparentemente nos acompañara de manera permanente. El...

The etrog has disappeared in the golden box

The 4 species as a social parable: “The etrog who thinks he does not need the other species represents liberalism, enlightenment and pluralism....

Hunker mentality: What the press is saying on September 29

1. Are we there yet (no): With Israel finding its place among the world’s leaders in not effectively dealing with the coronavirus outbreak, the...

The Social Dilemma: For, Against, or Change from Within

After having watched the movie “The Social Dilemma” and having moved uncomfortably in my seat dozens of times during and since, I came to...

All Ayes on Judge Amy Coney Barrett

If the Senate Democrats were smart, they would show up and vote unanimously to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett.   They won’t make disgusting...

Does Israel have a Trump IOU?

If not, better watch out. He’s in hock, bigly, to some unsavory others. Earlier this month, I warned (in the context of the much-ballyhooed...

Up the Maoris, Mr Kinnock

Stephen Kinnock MP and the TUC are not happy. They want goods produced in Israeli settlements on the West Bank banned as imports, and the...

Life on a Circular Staircase

As we gathered in person and via Zoom for the first day of Rosh Hashanah, two things gave me pause and helped me think about ba-yamim ha-elu...

COVID-19 and Institutionalized Denial

On the eve of Yom Kippur, it seemed that the coronavirus must have gone away. That was my observation as a social and combat psychologist. I live in...

Night Visions (a photo essay with music)

The night sky of Jerusalem is full of wonder and infinite variety. In this photo essay I have tried to capture its seasonal cornucopia of forms and...

The spiritual and energetic doors that open in these 10 terrible days

Embed from Getty Images In the Jewish world, the ten terrible days that run from the New Year (Rosh Ha Shana or head of the year) to the day of...

Ain't going home

By Park Moo-jong If not for the stubborn COVID-19 pandemic, people could have been jubilant as is the case every year for their traditional Chuseok...

Realidades y rupturas

“Todas las generaciones sin duda se sienten destinadas a cambiar el mundo”, comenzó diciendo Albert Camus en su discurso al obtener el premio...

Newton’s three-body problem

Calculating the trajectories of two gravitating bodies is straightforward mathematics. But introducing even just one more variable into an orbital...

When to break a rule

In a high school in Wisconsin, an African American security guard is dealing with a disruptive student, also African American. While being led away...

Is Judaism a Religion of Life or a Cult of Death?

Remember us for life, Sovereign who delights in life, And inscribe us in the Book of Life, For Your sake, God of life. (Prayer for life, recited...

Their poverty is not the same as our poverty (Daf Yomi Eruvin 51)

“My residence is at the trunk of the tree.”  Sometimes it is remarkable how life mirrors each day’s Daf Yomi reading. I know that it is...

The oldest Jewish tradition of all: Protest

In Israel today, and for several weeks, protest has been rife all over the country – despite and also because of Corona. Much has already been...

Our treehouse minyan taught me about empowerment

This Yom Kippur was so very different. Of course, there are things that were missed. We did not have time for all our favorite tunes as we were...

Beware the UAE’s Financial Corruption

Normalization with Israel has made the UAE's ambitions to become a global financial hub closer than ever, but expansive reforms to its financial...

As Covid crisis adversely affects UK’s white working class, it is the middle class’s self-interest that means there is no easy fix

Last week, a report was submitted to the Commons Education Select Committee on how the poorest children in the UK are being severely disadvantaged...

Rest assured that Palestine remains in the heart of every free Arab

It is claimed that the Arab position towards Palestine has shifted and that they have turned towards normalisation of relations with Israel. We can...

Israel’s virus death toll passes 1,500, with 500 victims added in three weeks

Israel’s coronavirus death toll passed 1,500 on Monday night, the latest Health ministry data showed, with over 500 new deaths recorded in some...

Health minister: No chance lockdown will end after holidays

Health Minister Yuli Edelstein said Tuesday that he expects the national lockdown to last beyond when it is currently set to end — in a week and...

Justice minister: ‘Dangerous’ Likud attempt at unlimited protest ban stymied

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Tuesday’s events as they happen. Justice Minister Avi Nissenkorn from the Blue and White party says that Likud...

Using the settlements to whitewash terrorism

Last Thursday, 24th September, the outgoing Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Palestine and MP for Aberavon, Stephen Kinnock, led a...

Tax bombshell throws Trump on defensive ahead of debate

WASHINGTON (AFP) — US President Donald Trump reeled Monday on the eve of his first televised debate against challenger Joe Biden after a...

US couple’s swanky ‘hotel Rwanda’ brings jobs, sustainable prosperity to Kigali

KIGALI, Rwanda — Fourteen years ago, Jewish humanitarians Josh and Alissa Ruxin moved from New York to the east-central African nation of Rwanda....

Climate Crunch Time

Since 1880, the average global surface temperature has risen by about 1°C, or 1.8°F. Much of that increase has happened in the last 50 years, and...

Multilateralism Will Survive the Great Fracture

OXFORD – At the recent opening of the United Nations General Assembly, UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned that the United States and...

The Tokyo Olympics should not be held amid coronavirus pandemic

Hiroshi Hoketsu, 79, is a Japanese three-time Olympic equestrian. He made his Olympic debut at the 1964 Tokyo Games and became the oldest Japanese...

Devouring their own: Left turns on poster boy of gun control for daring to denounce political violence

Of all the political activists in the United States, I can’t think of many that are as divisive as David Hogg. One of the group known as the...

We cannot stop climate change, but we can be better prepared

Data and digital technology can help deliver more resilient infrastructure

Even Egyptians in rural areas are protesting again

A number of Egyptian villages experienced public demonstrations in the period that followed the army’s takeover in July 2013. However, the tight...

Prayers in a pandemic: Yom Kippur in pictures

Some were in synagogues, others in the street, in yards, at drive-in services or on Zoom, but for all, this year’s Yom Kippur was different from...

Trump wanted Ivanka as running mate in 2016, ex-campaign aide says in new book

US President Donald Trump strongly considered selecting his daughter Ivanka as his running mate in the 2016 election, a new book by a former top...

Over half a million sharks could be killed for COVID-19 vaccine, activists warn

Activists are warning that sharks could end up becoming indirect victims of the coronavirus pandemic, because at least five of the COVID-19...