Three Reasons Yair Lapid Will Lead Israel's Center-left

A breakthrough in Libya, or just too much ado about nothing?

Slovakia's former Foreign Minister Jan Kubis was approved as the United Nations' new Libya envoy almost one year after the last envoy, Ghassan...

Qatar could replace Saudi Arabia as an important ally of the US in the Gulf

The former administration of Donald Trump has widened the political divide in the US, leaving behind unprecedented political challenges for the...

Unpacking First Fruits On Pioneers

On Pioneers: agricultural, philosophical and historical. The painting First Fruits hangs at the Israel Museum. It was painted by artist Reuven...

The ‘people’s lawyer’ has presided over three coalitions and ripped Salvini to pieces

Commentary. Conte’s governments implemented the anti-migrant decrees and then began to dismantle them. His majorities announced the...

Satirical portrayal of top rabbi sparks outrage, debate over freedom of speech

A popular satirical television show sparked outrage on Wednesday with its portrayal of a top ultra-Orthodox rabbi, with politicians and members of...

UK’s vaccine success as EU flounders shows what ‘taking back control’ means. It’s no exaggeration to say Brexit is saving lives

The foot-stamping blame game currently playing out in Brussels over the bungled roll-out of a vaccine is proof beyond all doubt that Britain’s...

Rise of anti-Semitism, other extremism has German Jews questioning their future

FRANKFURT, Germany (JTA) — When this country’s main far-right movement entered parliament in 2017, it was a life-changing wakeup call for...

The secret maritime route that brought Holocaust survivors to pre-state Israel

LONDON — In the early hours of June 19, 1946, the Wedgwood, a former Canadian naval ship disguised as a banana boat, stole quietly away from Vado...

Coronavirus lockdown extension uncertain amid enforcement spat

As infection rates remained high and nearly 100 people died in a day of COVID-19, coalition infighting over fines for those who flout regulations...

Will China overthrow US dollar hegemony in East Asia?

Dependence on the dollar has long been a thorn in Beijing's side

Leader of far-right Proud Boys group was government informant, records show

AP — The leader of the Proud Boys, who was arrested in Washington shortly before the Capitol riot, previously worked undercover and cooperated...

(POGLED) "Pejmo se mal‘ hecat"

V vsaki državi z razvito demokracijo bi zaradi takšne izjave gospod javni govorec odstopil sam. Pri nas pa se opraviči in za nagrado ga premestijo...

German Chancellor participates in historic Torah scroll refurbishing ceremony

JTA — Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel observed the finishing of a refurbished Torah scroll in an event marking Holocaust Remembrance Day in...

How many variants of the coronavirus are there?

AP — How many variants of the coronavirus are there? There are many circulating around the world, but health experts are primarily concerned with...

Treasury reaches deal to fund privately owned hospitals amid virus crisis

The finance ministry announced Wednesday that it had reached a deal to support 7 privately owned hospitals, which have warned they face economic...

Africa’s Opportunity

What are Palestinian voters asking for?

When Hamas won the 2006 elections, Israel imposed a siege on Ismail Haniyeh's government. The siege was supported by the US, the EU and Arab...

Israel, America and the Iranian nuclear deal crisis

The Israeli government is preparing for a new phase in its relationship with America under the new US administration headed by Joe Biden. It will...

Senator Ossoff’s bible

Late on inauguration day, Jon Ossoff was sworn in as a United States senator for the State of Georgia, holding a worn-out copy of Pentateuch &...

Towards a strategic integration in East-Med and Gulf geopolitics

The dispute in the Gulf led Turkey’s military engagement in this region with a military base and presence, the dispute between Turkey and Greece...

Dozens said to attend Netanya Hasidic wedding in violation of virus rules

Dozens of people reportedly attended a wedding for the scions of two major Hasidic dynasties in Netanya on Wednesday night, in violation of...

India Gained Nothing From Modi's Toxic Affair With Trump

Israel sells old F-16s to US, Canada to use as training planes

Twenty-nine retired Israeli F-16 fighter jets were sold to a North American company on Wednesday in a major arms deal worth tens of millions of...

Ultra-Orthodox COVID extremists betray Judaism’s emphasis on sanctity of life

It is almost impossible to comprehend how certain young ultra-Orthodox men brought up in a community whose core value is the study of Judaism, a...

Why Indonesia’s new Christian police chief is no game-changer in a Muslim-majority nation

Four years ago, public protests involving hundreds of thousands of Indonesian Muslims succeeded in pressuring the country’s judiciary into...

Where does the Policy of Balancing out Major Players Lead India?

Multidirectional policies have become a characteristic feature of Indian foreign policy in recent years. New Delhi actively seeks to establish...

Midnight Blue, The Days We Prayed Outside

I gained a lot of richness from, This year’s outdoor davening, in the open air. For once, women, who stay home, could actually hear, Something,...

The UK’s Global Role Post-Brexit: What is Worth Researching?

Whatever challenges face the UK’s government after leaving the European Union, a shortage of advice is not one of them. An enormous amount has...

Careful policy efforts needed to boost economy during pandemic

Twenty days after a state of emergency was declared for the second time amid surging COVID-19 cases, the situation still requires the government to...

Walking diplomatic tightrope

Korea should strike balance between US, China President Moon Jae-in's phone conversation with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, Tuesday, has...

Israel seen as increasingly corrupt for fourth year in a row, index reveals

Israel remained mediocre in a global corruption ranking released Thursday, joining other industrialized nations seen as falling behind in the fight...

Will the telework boom reverse a century-long building trend?

In the late Meiji Era (1868-1912), a city block consisting entirely of Western-style buildings sprang up in Tokyo's Marunouchi district. A former...

COVID-19's sad anniversary

By Donald Kirk An important anniversary has slipped by. It was in January 2020, while visiting Hong Kong for a few days, that I started seeing...

Biden erases Trump's racism

President Joe Biden issued a flurry of executive orders last week, and some represent positive steps toward history education, anti-discrimination...

Congress has to seize moment to fix immigration

Amid his first wave of actions after his inauguration on Jan. 20, President Joe Biden took direct aim at the nation's dysfunctional immigration...

Worsening US-China ties risks stability in Middle East

This is the last of a two-part article written by Dr. James M. Dorsey, a Middle East expert, about the rivalry in the Middle East between the U.S....

Time for 'Ancora imparo'

By Lee Sun-ho "Ancora imparo" is an Italian phrase meaning "Yet, I am learning." It is often said to have been uttered by the great Renaissance...

Lunch to remember at Bierhof

By Richard Pennington For the past 13 years, Park Dal-bong has owned an unpretentious buffet restaurant known as the Bierhof near Gangnam Station....

Biden amnesty expands US labor market

By Joe Guzzardi If there's one thing that President Joe Biden has made abundantly clear, it's that he will grant an amnesty to an unknown number of...

Ni vsak protestnik drhal, gospod Zobec

Trava je bila zelena, še vlažna v opoldanski rosi. Med špranjami sprhnelega lesa barake so poganjale drobne bele cvetke, kamenčki, nasuti pri...

Israeli firm files for $220 million SPAC on Wall Street, days after Taboola deal

An Israeli special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, filed Tuesday to raise $220 million in an initial public offering on the New York Stock...

Israel’s Elbit wins $172m contract to supply tanks to Asia-Pacific country

Israeli defense firm Elbit said Tuesday it had won a contract worth approximately $172 million to supply light tanks to an unnamed Asia-Pacific...

My Tu B’Shevat Serendipitous Birthday Discovery

I didn’t even know I was born on Tu BiShevat, the Jewish new year celebration for trees, until I went to the Rabbinute in the nearby city of...

Tu Bishvat: Holiday of the Roman Emperor

Arriving in a new yeshiva in Queens as a young student, I remember asking an older student: how is Tu Bishvat observed here, if at all? “We...

Why Tu BiShvat’s spirituality can guide us through COVID-19

A puzzle lies at the heart of Tu BiShvat, falling last night and today: when the new year of the trees is over tonight, it will still be winter....

Antisemitism, Then and Now

As a child in seventh grade at a Catholic  International school in Japan, I was told in no uncertain terms that Hitler would go to heaven but my...

Leyla Güven, Turkish judiciary’s first ‘maternal racist’

The crime invented in the case of Kurdish politician Leyla Güven’s indictment is quite surprising. Güven has been charged with giving “speeches...

Delivery workers' strike

Management, union should avoid catastrophe with dialogue The trilateral agreement on preventing delivery workers' deaths from overwork is facing a...

With Biden, Washington returns to normalcy: But ‘strategic patience’ with China?

A week has passed since U.S. President Joe Biden was sworn in, and Washington is gradually returning to normalcy. One example is the daily press...