US says it’ll amp up pressure on Iran if it does not start cooperating with IAEA

The US warned Thursday it could raise the stakes in international pressure on Iran if the Islamic Republic continues to hinder efforts by the UN...

The Future of Non-Work

Lately, Israel and America seem to be suffering from a highly unusual economic complaint: not enough workers, even when unemployment is at...

Strukturni primanjkljaj in nova finančna kriza?

Državni zbor je prejšnji teden sprejel rekordna proračuna za leti 2022 in 2023. Iz proračunov v oči najbolj bodeta podatka o velikanskem...

Cyprus said to arrest man who aided ‘kidnapping’ of boy orphaned in cable car crash

An Israeli man who reportedly assisted in the alleged kidnapping of a boy whose parents died in a cable car crash in Italy, has been arrested in...

Europe scrambles for COVID control with boosters, shots for kids

PARIS (AFP) — Europe scrambled Thursday to regain control over a resurgent coronavirus as governments urged adult boosters and shots for young...

Israel bars travel from most of Africa in effort against ‘worrying’ new COVID strain

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Friday ordered that most of Africa be labeled “red,” heavily restricting entry from the region, following the...

Europe moves to halt flights from southern Africa over worrying COVID variant

Germany and Italy on Friday joined Britain in banning most travel from South Africa as governments scrambled to prevent the spread of a new...

Egypt unveils renovated 3,000-year-old ‘Avenue of the Sphinxes’ in Luxor

LUXOR, Egypt (AP) — Egyptian authorities unveiled Thursday a renovated ancient promenade in the city of Luxor dating back 3,000 years, the latest...

Meeting between Erdogan and MBZ points to a new, pragmatic regional order

This week saw events play out in Ankara that would have been unthinkable not too long ago: Mohamed Bin Zayed, Abu Dhabi’s powerful crown prince...

Santa Claus is gay? Of course he is

Santa is gay. But you knew that already, right? How could he not be in this, the modern era, the age of woke? I admit, I’d always presumed there was...

Friday night at the Nicer Borowitz

Friday evening found old friends Jenna Brilliantine and Kalani, who goes by one name only, welcoming the weekend at their favorite pub, the Nicer...

Expanding Democracy is important for Israel’s fight against climate change

Last week’s return to Israel from Turkey of the couple held for taking a selfie with President Erdogan’s palace highlighted an important trend...

The Failure of ‘Head and Stomach’

The “Head and Stomach argument” is an ideology that has penetrated every level of establishment Zionism since its inception. The dogmatic idea...

Prove that you don’t have a sister

The Hebrew expression “prove that you don’t have a sister” is commonly used to describe situations where an allegation is made without any...

Hag Thanksgiving Sameach

Thanksgiving is my favorite Jewish holiday. If it were up to Benjamin Franklin, the United States would be a Hebrew-speaking country and the turkey...

Thanksgiving kindness (Parshat Vayishlach)

If anyone remembers Sarah Josepha Hale today, it is most likely because of her campaign which led to establishing Thanksgiving as a national...

The true costs of government spending

STANFORD, California – U.S. President Joe Biden insists that his $3.5 trillion ($5 trillion without the budget gimmicks) “human infrastructure”...

Did AstraZeneca keep Britain safer from COVID-19 than Europe?

Pascal Soriot knows how to make a headline. The AstraZeneca PLC chief executive officer gave a rare interview to the BBC to mark the opening of a...

What can the Pope do in North Korea?

Moon Jae-in visited the Vatican on October 29, 2021, when he met Pope Francis to discuss the possibility of a visit by the pontiff to North Korea,...

Biden's childish vendetta against an EU leader

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has expressed concerns that the United States will attempt to interfere in next year’s general...

Washington Unleashes Biological Warfare in Syria

The US crimes in Syria have already been repeatedly reported by the Western media, the Syrian Arab News Agency SANA, as well as various...

Israel's Strategy Against Iran Will Hurt Its Alliance With the U.S.

The diplomatic dialogue that endangers Israel isn’t between the six powers and Iran on the nuclear agreement, but the one that is leading Israel...

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1 killed in crash on Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway; driver suspected to have been drunk

A man was killed and two others were hurt in a car crash on the Route 1 highway linking Jerusalem and Tel Aviv overnight Thursday-Friday, with...

It has a name: New COVID variant causing global alarm dubbed ‘Omicron’

The World Health Organization on Friday declared the recently discovered B.1.1.529 strain of COVID-19 to be a variant of concern, renaming it...

Survivor found in Siberia coal mine after accident, as dozens presumed dead

MOSCOW, Russia (AP) — Rescuers have found a survivor in a Siberian coal mine where dozens of miners are presumed dead after a devastating methane...

Jewish doctor who loves The Beatles created America’s only museum devoted to them

(Jewish Press of Pinellas County via JTA) — Bobby Entel didn’t watch The Beatles’ February 9, 1964 performance on the Ed Sullivan Show. He was...

Xi's Backward Odyssey

BERLIN – Momentous changes are casting a long shadow on China. The country’s political system will soon undergo a profound reform, pending...

Emirados Árabes Unidos, a babel da tolerância.

Vez em quando aparecem oportunidades em nossas vidas que nos marcam para sempre. Após quase dois anos de pandemia, boa parte trancados em casa e...

The light that the Shamash emits

“And no office is more blessed than that of a servant of light.” This is how Herzl concludes an essay he called The Menorah . It begins, “Once...

How a menorah may lead to bring about a ‘Christian nation’

In America, Jews have long championed the separation of religion and state, and for good reason. That proverbial Wall of Separation has protected...

Austria’s Dangerous Assault on Personal Freedom

In recent days it has been announced that, next year, Austria will become the first country in the world to make COVID vaccinations mandatory...

Reimagining bad as good

 You thought greed, brutal kingdoms, and even the inevitable, death and taxes, were bad. Give them another chance. The discussion stems from a...

Living in dreidel land

I stepped outside last night for my evening walk and saw my town square festooned with giant glowing dreidels – a festival of whimsy, color and...

Parshat Vayeshev: If We Only Knew

Watching TV comes with a certain level of comfort. In “E Unibus Pluram: Television and U.S. Fiction,” David Foster Wallace describes one of...

A post-lockdown pandemic of violence is spreading through our schools

Forget the academics for now; educators need to address COVID trauma     You did not have to be a genius to realize that this was about to happen....

A digital Singapore dollar may be too much of a good thing

The world may be going crazy over digital currencies, but tiny Singapore is swimming against the tide. The central bank has decided against offering...

Local manufacturing is important for currency management in Turkey

The current currency crisis in Turkey has led many citizens to demonstrate against the AK Party government over the past couple of days. Before...

VOX POPULI: Living up to our climate rhetoric means accepting higher oil prices

Gasoline was "as vital as blood in the coming battles," declared French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau (1841-1929) during World War I. With...

What are the consequences of sectarian killings?

I have the right to wonder about the value of the moral, material and historical cost that the nation is still paying with the continuation of...

Japan must keep supporting Afghan friends PREMIUM

In April this year, the United States announced it would soon withdraw its troops from Afghanistan. Instantly upon hearing this, I had three...

“Marlborough Has Left for the War,” or Would Britain Take Up Arms?

It is no secret that Britain, which has long lost its former imperial image and therefore its own political face, has found itself in the back of...

English Channel migrant deaths a disgrace to Europe

At least 27 people died as they were attempting to cross from France to England in a rubber dinghy. This tragedy is the result of a collective...