Israel said to tell US it killed IRGC officer who was deputy head of covert unit

Israel reportedly told US officials that it was behind the assassination of a senior member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps earlier...

Man killed in ‘industrial accident’ at Iran’s Parchin military facility

A man was killed and another was injured in Iran’s Parchin military complex Wednesday night, in what the country’s Tasnim news agency called an...

Son of Holocaust survivors reunites with daughter of rescuer at Yad Vashem

The son of Holocaust survivors reunited on Wednesday with the daughter of Polish citizens who saved his parents — and multiple other Jews — during...

Judge rules against Jews who prayed at Temple Mount, accepting state’s appeal

The Jerusalem District Court on Wednesday ruled against four Jewish teens who prayed on the Temple Mount, reversing a lower court decision, which...

Senior US officials reportedly in Riyadh for talks on deal that’ll need Israeli nod

A pair of senior US officials were reportedly in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday for covert talks on an agreement that could boost Washington’s ties...

Gaza border town of Sderot deploys mobile bomb shelters ahead of Jerusalem Day

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Thursday’s events as they happen. Schoolkids and residents of several apartment buildings are evacuated from...

In Morocco, Israeli innovation minister hails ‘amazing’ opportunities ahead

CASABLANCA, Morocco — Israel and Morocco are set to sign the first government-to-government agreement to facilitate tech and science...

The Lawmaker Who Quit Israel's Coalition Is Another Closet Netanyahu Supporter The Lawmaker Who Quit Israel's Coalition Is Another Closet Netanyahu Supporter

I respect people like MK Amichai Chikli, who from the day they entered public life they announced they were supporters of Benjamin Netanyahu, much...

US Supreme Court rejects petitions against longtime Ann Arbor anti-Israel protesters

MICHIGAN, United States (JTA) – The US Supreme Court has declined to hear two different requests to take up a suit against a group of protesters...

Israel’s untenable political dysfunctionality exposed in a ridiculous Knesset battle

This Editor’s Note was sent out Wednesday in ToI’s weekly update email to members of the Times of Israel Community. To receive these Editor’s...

‘Beauty Queen of Jerusalem’ joins other movies and shows that feature Ladino

JTA — “The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem” has made headlines as one of the Israeli TV industry’s most elaborate and expensive productions ever....

Playing games in NATO, Turkey eyes its role in a new world order

NATO’s spat over Turkish opposition to Swedish and Finnish membership is about more than expanding the North Atlantic military alliance. It’s as...

Levi Gornish is on Fire!

Here’s the inside scoop about how Levi Gornish went from a house fire in 2014 to being “on fire” and winning R U Idol competition at Reichman...

In Asia, Biden’s good work and best intentions can only go so far

By just about every metric, U.S. President Joe Biden’s five-day trip to Japan and South Korea will be judged a success. He confirmed the vitality...

Thalia Wheatley: social neuroscience

How our brains repurpose primitive circuitry to help us grasp abstract concepts, behave socially and navigate the modern world - by Aeon Video...

Imaginology

We need a new kind of approach to learning that shifts imagination from the periphery to the foundation of all knowledge - by Stephen T Asma Read...

It is in ASEAN’s Strategic Interest to Admit Timor-Leste Now

On May 20, 2002, the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste became Asia’s youngest country following a two-year transitional administration by the...

Likud opposes its own lawmaker’s bill to widen tax on plastic bags

The Likud party voted Wednesday against a bill submitted by one of its own lawmakers, following pushback from allied ultra-Orthodox factions...

US says it hasn’t been asked to held in probe of Al Jazeera reporter’s killing

Neither Israel nor the Palestinian Authority has formally requested US assistance in the investigation into the killing of a Palestinian-American...

Daily Briefing May 26: Political minefield at West Bank settlement Homesh

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,...

Israel-born director dedicates film at Cannes Festival to ‘assassinated’ reporter

A movie featured at the 75th prestigious Cannes Film Festival taking place in France this month highlighted the death of American-Palestinian...

With fork, knife and scissors: Man indicted for ‘frenzied’ attack on passersby

An indictment was filed this week at the Haifa Magistrate’s court against a man accused of attacking passersby in the Haifa suburb of Kiryat Yam...

Amid wage dispute, Israelis abroad increasingly unable to get replacement passports

Growing numbers of Israelis overseas may be unable to acquire replacement passports amid an ongoing labor dispute in the Foreign Ministry. Some...

Israel exploits the Palestinian trauma of the Nakba

When Palestinians speak of their ongoing Nakba (Catastrophe), they are imparting a political consciousness which the international community...

Biden’s diplomatic brinkmanship on Taiwan’s ‘strategic ambiguity’

Amid the international upheaval over the Russian invasion of Ukraine, U.S. President Joe Biden reassured America’s allies and friends in the...

Your Majesty: Say sorry to mark your Platinum Jubilee and help end that poisonous history

The British Empire once ruled over a quarter of the world's population, from North America to India and from interior Africa to the Middle East....

Jejhata, ta rdeči gredo!

Prav zabavno je opazovati odzive na napovedano obdavčitev premoženja in druge ukrepe, s katerimi namerava levosredinska koalicija oblikovati...

Iranian ‘Tehran’ actor says he got death threats after criticizing Israeli forces

Sia Alipour, an Iranian actor in the hit Israeli TV show “Tehran,” responded on Wednesday to an outcry sparked when he posted an Instagram...

Mother of 18-year-old Texas school shooter says he ‘wasn’t a violent person’

The mother of Salvador Ramos, the 18-year-old who killed 19 children and two teachers in a mass shooting in a Texas elementary school, has...

Toward gender equality

More steps needed to prompt advancement of women President Yoon Suk-yeol has been the target of criticism for his apparent lack of conviction and...

Heard-Depp trial not just a media spectacle; it's an opportunity to discuss intimate partner violence

Strip away the celebrity intrigue and media frenzy, and the high-profile court battle between actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard involves issues...

Jewish Racists Also Cry, but They Don't Condemn – Just Look at This 'Centrist' MK Jewish Racists Also Cry, but They Don't Condemn – Just Look at This 'Centrist' MK

Our Meravy was very insulted. Ahmad called her scum. And why, for heaven’s sake? What did she do to deserve that horrid slur? After all, she’s...

California's water shortage requires updates in technology, law - and mindset

Californians responded to Gov. Gavin Newsom's request for voluntary water conservation earlier this year by using more, not less. On Monday, Newsom...

The futility of seizing a Palestinian flag

Among the disturbing scenes to come out of the funeral of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh were images of Israeli police seizing Palestinian...

On Washington’s Request, Ukraine has Now Turned against Turkey as Well

As the Russian proverb says: “You can give the wolf the best food, but he would hanker for the wood.” This folk wisdom has a disapproving,...

West Decries Philippine’s New Government - US-backed Protests Begin

Recent general elections in The Philippines appear to signal the island nation’s continued but gradual move out from under US subordination and...

At Davos, Zelensky calls on Europe for more weapons and money

Report. ‘This is the moment when it is decided whether brute force will rule the world,’ he said. At the center of the World Economic Forum is...

We're Losing Part of Our Summer This Year

Prospects for a new Turkish military intervention in Syria

Contrary to its precedents, the prospects for a new Turkish intervention into Syrian territory seem linked to more diverse and complex...

US leak fingering Israel in Iranian colonel’s death could harm trust, official warns

Israeli officials were infuriated Thursday by a leak to The New York Times about the assassination of a senior member of Iran’s Islamic...

Jewish groups share horror over Texas shooting, but remain split on gun control

WASHINGTON (JTA) — After the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that killed at least 19 children and two adults on Tuesday, an array of Jewish...

US Embassy bans employees from Old City during Jerusalem Day, and previous Friday

The US Embassy in Jerusalem has issued restrictions to its employees and their families on entering the Old City ahead of Sunday’s contentious...

Top Abbas adviser al-Sheikh to lead PLO’s executive committee – report

Senior Palestinian Authority official Hussein al-Sheikh is set to be appointed secretary-general of the executive committee of the Palestine...

Iraq and the options for its political crisis

It does not seem that either of the sides in the Iraqi crisis, the Sadrist Movement or the Coordination Framework, have the desire to put an end to...

There is a sick­ness in Amer­i­ca

Like the country he leads, Joe Biden looked and sounded exhausted. The United States president was obliged, yet again, to “address” the nation in...

Top Iran diplomat says IRGC listing not holding up nuke deal, but ‘Zionist lobby’ is

Iran’s Foreign Minister said Thursday that the continued US designation of its Revolutionary Guards Corps as a terror group was not holding up...

Price Controls Are Bad for Israel Price Controls Are Bad for Israel

This happens every year or two in a fairly regular cycle. Something happens, and bread producers demand that the Economy Ministry raise the prices...

How Australia’s New Leaders Really See Israel and the Palestinians How Australia’s New Leaders Really See Israel and the Palestinians

Last week in Australia, Anthony Albanese led a center-left Labor government to victory, ending almost a decade of rule by the conservative Liberal...

#EndJewHatred

April 29 has been proclaimed #EndJewHatred Day in the 38th State Senate District of New York. Most years – this one included – April 29 lands...

Uvalde school mas­sacre: The Amer­i­can night­mare

In his official remarks on the May 24 elementary school massacre in Uvalde, Texas – during which 18-year-old gunman Salvador Ramos killed 19...