Not only turpitude: Host of issues could still torpedo Netanyahu plea deal

Amid reports that opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit’s demand that a plea deal in his...

Bennett offers UAE ‘security and intelligence support’ after attack by Houthis

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Tuesday offered Israel’s “security and intelligence support” to the United Arab Emirates following a missile...

Afghan refugees saved by Israelis finally meet their rescuers

A group of Afghan refugees, rescued by Israel-based humanitarian group IsraAID in October, finally got the chance to meet their rescuers on Monday...

Israel Conquered the Negev, Again

With no new targets in sight, the Negev remains the ultimate goal for the occupation junkies. The days of the great conquests are over: Egypt,...

Facebook threatens to delete page of pro-Israel UN watchdog chief

Facebook has threatened to delete the personal account of the director of a prominent pro-Israel lobbying group at the United Nations, saying he...

US synagogues face tough COVID questions (again) as Omicron surges

JTA — As she sought an image to illustrate how her synagogue has fared recently, during the worst case counts of the COVID-19 pandemic, Rabbi...

Tel Aviv greenlights construction of one of Israel’s tallest towers

The Tel Aviv local planning and building committee gave the green light earlier this month for the construction of a 91-story or 350-meter...

Mass distribution of free home COVID tests to begin next week

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Tuesday’s events as they unfold. Do you appreciate The Times of Israel's non-partisan coverage of Israel and...

Showing no remorse, Norwegian mass murderer appears before parole hearing

SKIEN, Norway (AP) — Anders Behring Breivik, the right-wing extremist who killed 77 people in bomb-and-gun massacres in Norway’s worst...

Let’s do a Ziyara!

Let’s do a Ziyara. During the days between Rosh Hashana (Jewish New Year) and Yom Kippur (the day of atonement), it has become a custom to go...

Putin wants to use Ukraine to remake the world

Russia’s relations with the West have plummeted, reaching their lowest point since the annexation of Crimea in 2014. Some observers worry that...

The West shouldn't dismiss Xi Jinping’s WEF speech

Chinese President Xi Jinping gave a keynote speech on January 17 during the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) latest online summit, sharing an...

What might this year have in store for the Palestinians?

The summaries of the Palestinian Strategic Report for 2020-2021, launched recently by Al-Zaytouna Centre for Studies and Consultations, do not...

Daily Briefing Jan. 18 – Colleyville attack plays into oldest antisemitic trope

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...

Morda pa so to res bili le delovni posveti

Takoj po razglasitvi uredbe o strogi omejitvi srečanj, ki je dovoljevala le shode posameznikov iz dveh različnih gospodinjstev - pa še ta dva...

IDF finds problems, but no blame, in senior officer’s apparent fatal heart attack

An Israel Defense Forces investigation into the sudden death of Col. Sharon Asman, who collapsed while exercising on a military base last year,...

Pop star Noa Kirel releases latest single, with smartphone company Samsung

Pop star Noa Kirel is still be serving in the army, but she’s finding ways to promote her third English language single, “Thought About That.”...

Jewish National Fund's 120th Birthday Is an Excellent Opportunity to Say ‘Enough’ The Jewish National Fund's 120th Birthday Is an Excellent Opportunity to Say ‘Enough’

Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund is celebrating its 120th birthday. This vast organization is involved in many conflicting areas of our...

Ideological boxing: Dame Maureen Lipman versus Dame Esther Rantzen

A Jewish woman’s boxing ring. In the left corner, Maureen Lipman. In the right corner, Esther Rantzen. Two unlikely opponents. Two great Jewish...

For African Hebrews, the deportation nightmare continues

For eight months the small community of African Hebrews in Israel has been engaged in a bureaucratic battle with the Ministries of Interior and...

Israel carries out test of Arrow anti-ballistic missile system

The Defense Ministry said Tuesday that it had carried out a “pre-planned flight test” of the Arrow anti-ballistic missile system. The terse...

Hostage: Attacker chose synagogue, thinking Jews powerful enough to free ‘sister’

COLLEYVILLE, Texas — Malik Faisal Akram chose to hold synagogue worshipers hostage in Colleyville, Texas Saturday because he believed in...

1,000-strong multifaith crowd rallies around Jewish community at post-standoff vigil

SOUTHLAKE, Texas — Roughly one thousand people of various faiths and backgrounds gathered for a vigil at a church five miles north of...

As a socialist, here’s why BLM and ‘Defund The Police’ do the left no favors

Black lives do, and should, matter. Only the most foolish or the most ignorant would agree that people of a certain race are less worthy of life....

As serious COVID cases near 500, finance minister calls for end to Green Pass

New data from the Health Ministry Tuesday showed that 498 people with COVID-19 were hospitalized in serious condition in the country, up from 446...

Satellite images show damage to Abu Dhabi oil site following attack

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Satellite photos obtained by The Associated Press on Tuesday appear to show the aftermath of a fatal attack on...

Texas shul siege compels us to confront uncomfortable truths

Last weekend’s hostage taking at the Beth Israel Synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, appears at first sight to be fairly straightforward: it was an...

Absence of Jewish legacy at LA’s Academy Museum of Motion Pictures spurs outcry

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, which aims to enshrine a century of movie-making in Hollywood, is facing criticism because...

Health boss says shortening isolation risky, with 500 serious cases

Health Ministry Director General Nachman Ash cautioned Tuesday morning about the risk of the government’s decision to shorten COVID-19 quarantine...

Convinced they’re also targets, Colleyville residents stand with Jewish neighbors

COLLEYVILLE, Texas — The 11-hour Sabbath hostage crisis at Congregation Beth Israel, did not appear to shake anyone out of their routines in the...

Israel worked magic in cybersecurity. Can it do the same for climate tech?

In 1999, Prof. Isaac Ben-Israel, at the time the head of R&D at Israel’s Defense Ministry, wrote a letter to prime minister Ehud Barak warning...

The Cold War that Wasn't

Fresh reports claim talks for Netanyahu plea deal have stalled

Negotiations for a plea deal between former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the state prosecution have stalled, according to Tuesday reports....

Former state attorney calls potential Netanyahu plea deal ‘shameful’

A former state attorney on Tuesday panned a potential plea deal for former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, amid reports Netanyahu could be...

White House says it believes Russia could attack Ukraine ‘at any point’

WASHINGTON — The White House said Tuesday that Russia is ready to attack Ukraine at “any point,” upping its threat assessment ahead of a...

Turkish president Erdogan says Israeli counterpart Herzog may visit Turkey soon

Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday that President Isaac Herzog may visit Turkey soon. Erdogan also told reporters there was a...

Kto je tu agresor?

Keď sa pre štyrmi rokmi objavila v médiách správa, že Rusko v Kaliningradskej oblasti rozmiestnilo nové rakety, vyvolalo to paniku najmä...

Polish chief auditor seeks to question leader over NSO-aided illegal surveillance

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s chief auditor said Tuesday that he plans to initiate an audit of the state’s supervision of the secret...

Living on This Side of Jerusalem in Winter – and Without a Boat

Every winter, it’s the same nightmare: Kafr Aqab, where I live, on the other side of the separation barrier in Jerusalem, is flooded. Really...

The Infamous Wannsee Conference

The Holocaust was set in motion not by one single momentous decision, but by several key events. The Wannsee conference of January 20, 1942 was one...

They Never Learn

Some time ago, 1989 to be exact, US President Bill Clinton was impeached. His crime was not that he had slept with a White House intern, Monica...

Pandemic blues

The other day I talked eye to eye with my rheumatologist who, upon hearing my plea for advice, i.e. whether to take the fourth “shot”, said,...

Male and female energies

Basic life principles from the Bible that guide our lives, sometimes come from many different sources in our tradition (with their source always...

Supermarkets in Israel – Know Before You Go

INTRODUCTION Going to the supermarket. One of life’s recurring basic tasks. And compared to some of the other tasks that make their way onto our...

Schlepping the Past

My father is 92. The last time I went to visit him, in his home in Washington, DC, he handed me a box filled with what he called “your stuff.”...

Respect for Jewish Historians

Mike Moskow is from Kingston, Pennsylvania.  His father served in the military and Mike now lives in the Philadelphia area.  Aside from Mike’s...

The Holocaust experience through generations?

Speaking with people about their relationship to the Holocaust in their families is not a simple matter. Whether a survivor, a child, or a...