Prominent activist who implied Netanyahu deserves death apologizes to protesters

A prominent anti-government activist on Monday walked back a social media post in which he appeared to justify the potential assassination of Prime...

Ex-Pink Floyd partner brands Roger Waters antisemitic, lip-synching Putin apologist

Pink Floyd star David Gilmour and his wife Polly Samson on Tuesday stepped up a long-running feud with former bandmate Roger Waters with a scathing...

Google announces release of ChatGPT rival named Bard

SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Google said Monday it will release a conversational chatbot named Bard, setting up an artificial...

New department in Negev and Galilee Ministry to bolster illegal West Bank outposts

The government approved on Sunday the creation of a new body to ease the path toward legalizing about 70 illegal outpost settlements in the West...

(BORZNI KOMENTAR) So dobre novice slabe novice?

Reuters - V ZDA so v petek objavili poročilo s trga dela, ki je preseglo pričakovanja. V januarju so v zasebnem sektorju dodali 517 tisoč novih...

In petition, leading academics warn judicial shakeup will harm Israel’s security

Over 240 leading academics from Israel and abroad have signed a petition warning that the government’s plans to radically reshape the judiciary...

Israeli man who snuck into Lebanon in fog is a repeated border crosser, IDF says

The Israel Defense Forces on Tuesday wrapped up an initial investigation into an incident earlier this week in which an Israeli man crossed the...

Jewish ‘monuments man’ on what Philly’s famous Rocky Balboa statue says about memory

JTA — Paul Farber was shocked when he first watched “Rocky” and saw a Star of David on the grave of Rocky Balboa’s coach, Mickey Goldmill. As...

When Jew-haters call themselves Christian

The Church of England has banned the Israel-hating vicar Stephen Sizer from Anglican ministry for 12 years. It took them long enough (the Board of...

VOX POPULI: Chinese balloon shootdown eerily similar to Soviet U-2 crisis in 1960

On May 1, 1960, U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969) received a phone call from a senior Pentagon official reporting that one of their...

Sergei Guriev on Putin, populism, Chinese repression, and more

'Move away from hypocrisy': Global South demands energy justice

Rich countries should stop throwing up roadblocks to poorer ones trying to secure energy supplies and do more to help them make the green...

India's rise is beyond doubt

Investors should welcome country's extensive to-do list

Snowfall in northern Israel and parts of West Bank as winter storm thunders on

Parts of northern and central Israel received a dusting of snow on Tuesday as a powerful winter storm dubbed Barbara continued to lash the country....

Daily Briefing Feb. 7: IDF rescue forces in Turkey for Operation Olive Branches

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,...

Coalition party vows settlement building will continue, despite US request for pause

The coalition’s far-right Religious Zionism party insisted that West Bank settlement construction will continue, after a Tuesday report revealed...

(PISMO BRALCA) Odprto pismo podžupanu MO Maribor, gospodu Gregorju Reichenbergu, MS MO Maribor in širši javnosti

Spoštovani, na drugi seji MS MO Maribor, 26. 1. 2023, kjer so, med drugimi točkami dnevnega reda, člani MS obravnavali tudi OPPN (TA1-C) za...

Netanyahu's Legal Reform Aims to Boost Israel's Economic Freedom

The Israeli economy is part of the world economy, and when the global economy is threatened by a slowdown and crisis, in addition to the...

The siege of Aqabat Jabr is a sign of Israel's bankrupt politics and security 

The Impact of Gender on the Study and Practice of International Security

Paragraph 38 of the 1995 Beijing Declaration, which followed the Fourth World Conference on Women, called for governments to include a gender...

Palestinian teen killed as gunmen clash with IDF in Nablus

A Palestinian teenager was killed as gunmen clashed with Israeli troops early Tuesday in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, Palestinian health...

We Must Stop Putting Sky-High Healthcare Profits over Human Lives!

For time immemorial, the doctors have played an indispensable part in Jewish life. We know that when Maimonides wasn’t changing the world as a...

Bilateral ties between Tokyo and Manila at a crossroads

In just over seven months since taking office, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has conducted as many as eight foreign trips. He kicked...

Neo-Nazi pair planned power grid attack to ‘completely destroy’ Baltimore

A neo-Nazi pair planned to “completely destroy” Baltimore as part of a plot involving an attack on the city’s power grid, according to a...

For third week in a row, tech workers in Israel rally against judicial overhaul

For a third consecutive week, tech sector workers took to the streets on Tuesday in 10 locations including Tel Aviv, Yavne, Rehovot, and Haifa to...

FBI memo: Bay Area Soviet Jewry protest leaders secretly sought Jews for Jesus’ help

JTA — Organizers of protests on behalf of Soviet Jewry in San Francisco in the early 1970s might have bolstered crowds by secretly recruiting...

Kultura, dekla vseh gospodov

Jutri bo kulturni praznik. Ljudje imajo ta praznik radi. V prvi vrsti, ker je dela prost dan. A v veliki meri tudi zato, ker so muzeji ta dan...

From Rio to Paris: International Climate Change Treaties Between Consensus and Efficacy

This is an excerpt from Global Climate Justice: Theory and Practice. You can download the book free of charge from E-International Relations....

60% of Jewish Israelis fear struggle against judicial overhaul will end in violence

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Tuesday’s events as they unfold. The United Nations’ cultural agency says it has undertaken a preliminary...

Head of tiny Jewish community in Turkey’s Antakya feared dead; Torah scrolls saved

The head of a small Turkish Jewish community and his wife were feared dead after their apartment building collapsed during the devastating...

Baby said born under rubble in Syria, is rescued while mother dies

A baby who was born under the rubble of a building that collapsed in the recent earthquakes in Syria was pulled to safety Tuesday, according to...

Iran unveils underground airbase tasked with responding to potential Israeli assault

Iran unveiled what it said was its first underground air force base on Tuesday, with the head of the Islamic Republic’s military saying the site...

Haifa hospital doctor arrested on suspicion of indecent act outside a preschool

A senior doctor was arrested Monday on suspicion of carrying out an indecent act outside a preschool. According to police, the man is suspected of...

Report: Cybersecurity giant Wiz to pull cash out of Israel due to judicial shakeup

Cyber tech company Wiz intends to move its money from Israel to foreign bank accounts due to the government’s efforts to weaken the judiciary,...

US university that fired teacher who reported antisemitism settles with him for $1m

JTA — A university in Oregon that fired a Jewish professor after he reported several incidents, including purported antisemitic remarks made by...

In the Knesset and in the streets, the leaders of the Israeli center-left are MIA

“Mistakes happen. We’re all people,” National Unity party chief Benny Gantz tweeted on January 23. It was an apology of sorts. Gantz’s party...

Another Israeli aid delegation takes off for southern Turkey after deadly quakes

A delegation of dozens of Israeli doctors, medics, rescue operators and psychotrauma specialists took off for southern Turkey on Tuesday afternoon...

Rescuers dig through rubble in Turkey, Syria as earthquake death toll passes 4,300

AFP — Rescuers in Turkey and Syria dug with their bare hands through the freezing night Tuesday, hunting for survivors among the rubble of...

US federal jury says Ohio magistrate was fired for being Jewish

JTA — An Ohio woman who alleged six years ago that she had been fired because she was an observant Jew has won $1.1 million in damages after a...

Knesset law committee to begin votes on judicial overhaul legislation in coming days

The government’s contentious judicial overhaul legislation is swiftly advancing toward its first reading in the Knesset plenum, after a coalition...

Environment minister goes diving to save coral

Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman took a hands-on approach to her job Monday as she went diving to help with the preservation of coral...

Quake toll passes 5,000 as rescue efforts in Turkey, Syria hampered by aftershocks

ADANA, Turkey (AP) — Rescuers raced Tuesday to find survivors in the rubble of thousands of buildings brought down by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake...

CIA director: Current Israeli-Palestinian tensions resemble Second Intifada

The director of the United States Central Intelligence Agency expressed his concern last week that the current period of tensions between Israel...

2 years after extradition from Israel, Malka Leifer trial set to begin in Australia

The trial of Malka Leifer, a former Haredi girls’ school principal accused of sexually abusing her students in Melbourne, is set to start on...

State lawmaker vows legislative action after antisemitic flyers hit Atlanta suburbs

ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) — A continuing wave of antisemitic flyers has hit parts of suburban Atlanta, including the home of Georgia’s only Jewish...

Failed experiment: Three reasons why Israel fears a major war on Gaza

Though Israel's past wars on Gaza have often been justified by Tel Aviv as a response to Palestinian rockets or, generally, as acts of...

Egypt is a ticking time bomb

Last week, Saudi writers and media professionals criticised the Egyptian regime, especially what they called the army's "escalating domination over...

Welfare for senior citizens

It's time to discuss how old is old enough Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are fools. ― George Chapman, English...

Peace – at what cost?

Giving land to the Palestinians does not bring peace, as we learned from the Gaza Strip. Israelis were pulled out of Gaza by force, even requiring...

Parshat Yitro: An echo from Bereishit, and the verbosity of the Tenth Commandment

The concept of  אין מוקדם ומאוחר בתורה (Torah narratives are not necessarily in chronological order) is nowhere more glaringly...