The end of the Saudi era

As we approach the second anniversary of the state-sponsored assassination of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi Arabia continues its retreat,...

UAE’s first-ever kosher restaurant launches in world’s tallest building

Following the United Arab Emirates’ signing of a normalization accord with Israel last week, the UAE’s first-ever certified kosher restaurant...

(POGLED) Zakaj Maribor brišejo iz oddaje Dobro jutro

Še en četrtkov večer preživljam doma in nekako me iz primeža noče in noče izpustiti misel o težkem mariborskem boju, del katerega sem zdaj...

God, What Terrible Sin Did We Commit to Deserve Netanyahu?

A prime minister who capitulates to every pressure group and views the long-term as the 8 P.M. news broadcast is not fit to lead Israel

Boris Johnson’s £100bn Operation Moonshot needs to be shot down – fast

You can do an awful lot with £100 billion ($127.8 billion). If you were a smoker, you could puff your way quite happily through the world’s most...

The Meaning of 200,000 COVID-19 Deaths

JACKSON HOLE – COVID-19 has now killed 200,000 people in the United States. Many Americans – including US President Donald Trump – play down...

Ruth Bader Ginsburg's legacy of empathy and courage

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's life embodies the best of America. Her experiences of being a first-generation American, a religious minority, and a...

How will Japan's new leader handle growing China-US tensions?

After years warning others to be wary of Beijing, Tokyo is now adopting a low profile

Pro-China nationalists are using intimidation to silence critics. Can they be countered without stifling free speech?

Last month, the University of New South Wales came under harsh criticism after its media team deleted an article and tweet in which Elaine Pearson,...

Gov’t announces fresh NIS 10.5 billion virus aid package, pay cuts for lawmakers

The cabinet approved an NIS 10.5 billion ($3 billion) aid package late Monday to try and assist those affected by Israel’s second national...

Cabinet mulls new restrictions as treasury warns of ‘irreversible’ economic harm

With the cabinet set to convene to consider further tightening of the coronavirus lockdown amid runaway infection rates, Israel’s top treasury...

Explosion rattles Hezbollah stronghold in Lebanon; casualties reported

A loud explosion rocked a Hezbollah stronghold in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, sending up a billowing cloud of black smoke and recalling the deadly...

6 weeks after UAE’s normalization bombshell, Palestinians still have no strategy

It has been nearly a month and a half since the surprise announcement that the United Arab Emirates was establishing open ties with Israel. But...

Judge tipped to replace Ginsburg on court accused of mixing faith and law

Judge Amy Coney Barrett, the leading contender for Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s US Supreme Court seat, is a darling of conservatives for her religious...

CDC changes, then retracts, web posting on how virus spreads

NEW YORK (AP) — The top US public health agency stirred confusion by posting — and then taking down — an apparent change in its position on how...

„Enjoy the ‘seger’!”

“Enjoy the ‘seger’!”, “Enjoy the lockdown!” – the most common sentence I heard in Tel Aviv, in the last two days of 5780, just before...

The ‘Trump is Good for Israel’ illusion

As most readers of these lines know, I have played a significant role in opposing BDS campaigns in the United States. In numerous essays on this...

Is the world ready for a Trump re-election?

“Their eyes fixed on the ballots to be counted starting Nov. 3,” wrote Sylvie Kauffmann of Le Monde for The New York Times, “Western European...

International law under assault — from unexpected directions

The promise (and premise) of international law is that of a global order based on principles, rationality and the peaceful resolution of disputes....

Don’t give up on recycling plastics

Is plastics recycling a lie? That’s the question at the heart of a new investigation into whether Americans have been filling up their blue bins...

International law and political necessity

By Robert Skidelsky LONDON ― Whenever the great and the good unite in approval or condemnation of something, my impulse is to break ranks. So, I...

Poet for good life

By Bernard Rowan My column concerns the newly published volume of poems by Professor Choi Yearn-Hong, entitled "Snows of Kilimanjaro." I came to...

Sedition laws are the last resort of weak governments

U.S. Attorney General William Barr can’t seem to get out of the headlines. Maybe he doesn’t want to. Just last week, the Wall Street Journal...

Ditching Private Seo

By Choi Sung-jin A single "military-related" issue dominated four days of interpellation during the 21st National Assembly's first regular session...

Is Russia Preparing for ‘First Strike’ from ‘Best Friend Trump’?

Donald Trump has announced he will contest the presidential election if he loses, a bizarre statement from someone who may well have taken on a...

Durability of concrete

By Nam Sang-so A local newspaper recently reported a comparison chart showing the durability of concrete in advanced nations. Some 15-year-old...

France is getting Involved in Regional Power Games in Asia - but in What Capacity?

In view of two noteworthy events which occurred in early September this year, it may be interesting to take another look at France’s plans to...

Yemen: are Saudi plans contributing to the fall of Marib?

Nowadays, the Marib governorate is at the forefront of the scenario in Yemen as it is a top target for a comprehensive military operation to gain...

NATO's Slow-Motion Blitzkrieg Eastward

When the US announced it would be reducing the number of its troops stationed in Germany many hoped in vain it would be the beginning of an overall...

The great mother of a singular story

Remembrance. When you’re twenty years old and lucky enough to be in the presence of Rossana Rossanda, Luigi Pintor, Lucio Magri, Valentino Parlato...

Leon Draisaitl the best ice hockey player in the world right now

It's something German ice hockey fans, and the German hockey community, couldn't have imagined just five years ago. The best hockey player in the...

Parents of autistic Palestinian killed by police petition over case delays

The parents of an autistic East Jerusalem man who was shot to death by police in late May filed a petition at the High Court of Justice on Tuesday...

Dani

Danielle Hernandez is 30 and has Stage 4 breast cancer. As she calls her mother Violeta in Florida to deliver an update on her treatment from her...

Prosecution closes case against Maccabi soccer stars accused of statutory rape

The State Attorney’s Office on Monday closed a case involving two Israeli soccer players accused of statutory rape for having sex with two...

Achieving Just Migration Regimes Through Socialist Praxis

The Covid-19 pandemic exposed extraordinary degrees of migrant exploitation in the European Union (EU). While millions of Europeans were locked...

Ginsburg’s style was more than a subtle courtroom statement

WASHINGTON (AP) — The day after Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton to win the 2016 presidential election, US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader...

Vikings in America

Who, besides the indigenous peoples from Asia who crossed the Alaskan land bridge in prehistory, arrived in the Americas before Columbus? The...

The Best of the Abraham Accords

The Abraham Accords story has been unfolding with new developments at breakneck speed since details were first announced last month. The meditative...

Yom Kippur: Remove the Muck

The Baal Shem Tov is said to have once heard a cantor confessing his sins on Yom Kippur to a joyful melody. The Baal Shem Tov asked him why he was...

The Impact of Covid on a child; taking notice

It can’t be ignored. Teddy bears are more needed now than ever before. Yesterday, as I sat outside of the tent set up juxtaposed to the Demarest...

Margaret Atwood, we need you more than ever!

Runaway climate change is happening 24/7, and our stories reflect it. Movies, novels, short stories, poems, stage plays, TV dramas. From sci-fi to...

Review of ‘The Memory Monster’ by Yishai Sarid

Holocaust studies have been mandatory in Israeli high schools since the 1980s and 11th graders are regularly taken on educational trips to the...

Bibi Blames COVID on Haredi and Israelis, Why?

There are a few “universal” truths we have come to accept about COVID, in the US and Israel. 1) COVID was an unstoppable force that would sweep...

Mayim Bialik on what Yom Kippur and the book of Jonah mean to her this year

JTA — Yom Kippur. The Day of Atonement. After a year unlike any we could have anticipated, I have been waiting for this day, not for atonement so...

Haaretz Cartoon

President's fairness

Vow to establish fairness should not ring hollow Hosting the nation's first Youth Day ceremony and the global K-pop sensation BTS at the...

Corrupt politicians

Law to prevent "conflict of interest" should be legislated Korean lawmakers have continued to be the target of criticism for their stubborn...

Pandemic brings out value of ‘mujin’ spirit of mutual support

Unless you are from Yamanashi Prefecture, you probably don’t know what “furo mujin” means. It denotes an arrangement whereby homeowners take...

Trump EPA deals another blow to environment

To help some of the country's dirtiest electric-power plants save a little money, the Environmental Protection Agency is willing to imperil the...

A zaplatia to zasa občania

Dôvody sú „zaujímavé“. Recyklačné poplatky sú u nás nízke, jedny z najnižších v Európe, a preto ich treba zvýšiť, dorovnať....