A Stain Upon Israel

The government’s declaration of civil society organizations in the West Bank as terrorist organizations is a destructive folly that tarnishes all...

IAF to start training for strike on Iran nuke program in coming months

The Israeli Air Force will begin practicing for a strike on Iran’s nuclear program beginning next year, having set aside funding and updated its...

Man killed when hit by truck while changing tire on side of road

A 42-year-old man was killed Monday morning when he was hit by a truck as he changed a tire on his vehicle at the side of the highway. The incident...

Diversify battery portfolio

Time for Korean companies to stave off Chinese offensive Tesla has unveiled a plan to shift to a less expensive battery for its electric vehicles....

Antiparty toward contenders

Stop mudslinging and present better policy options More and more people are found to have an unusually higher level of antipathy toward the leading...

Haaretz Cartoon

Lacking linguists, Facebook said to overpolice some posts yet spread hate speech

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — In Gaza and Syria, journalists and activists feel Facebook censors their speech, flagging inoffensive Arabic...

Changing Africa population narrative

By Hippolyte Fofack CAIRO ― Economic policy debates about Africa are too often clouded by calls for population control and lower fertility rates....

Blocking CA forest management risks more climate disasters

In the scramble to evacuate all of South Lake Tahoe in late August, there was a palpable fear among fleeing residents that the destructive Caldor...

Israel And Russia Strike An Upbeat Note

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s first face-to-face meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Black Sea resort town of Sochi...

My thoughts on 'Thoughts of the Times'

By Sho Chang-young Nov. 1 marks the 71st anniversary of The Korea Times, Korea's longest-running English-language newspaper. As a longtime reader...

The Eternal Jew’s Tale, #11, Muslim armies arrive

In this scene our hero meets the Caliph Omar who is leading the Muslim armies as they surge out of Arabia. The Eternal Jew’s Tale Fifth Era, Part 1....

Sweden is rethinking aid to the Palestinians, why isn’t the US?

Last week, the United States took a step closer to giving the Palestinian Arabs $225-million in aid regardless of their behavior. Also last week,...

The State of the Department

Once more the settlers have hit the headlines. Moving in to a land inhabited by people who had lived there for many, many generations, they did not...

New blood

By Deauwand Myers "Strong government…should mean effective, fair administration - in other words, 'good governance.'" - Raghuram Rajan I wrote...

US returns to UN's Human Rights Council

By John J. Metzler The United States has been elected to the United Nations' Human Rights Council, the controversial human rights assembly that the...

Ancient and Unique Uzbekistan: Samarkand region I

Samarkand region is located in the heart of Uzbekistan, and the center of the region is the city of Samarkand, which is included in the UNESCO...

Can you be both an alien and a resident?

After Sarah’s death, when Avraham goes to buy a burial plot in Chevron, he tells the sons of Chet (Breisheet 23:4): “I am a foreigner (ger) and...

Mark Zuckerberg is no angel but….

Mark Zuckerberg is no angel.  Back in the ought’s, he founded the online platform as a tool to judge the attractiveness of his fellow students....

High Oil Prices Can Help the Environment

CAMBRIDGE – Prices of fossil fuels increased sharply in October. European prices for natural gas hit a record peak. Prices for thermal coal in...

The Sacred and the Secular: Four Role Models of Integration

The four rabbinic leaders who have greatly shaped my perspective on life are Rabbis Shimshon Raphael Hirsch, Avraham Yitzchak HaKohen Kook, Joseph...

Time indeed to limit Haredi ‘political sway’!

The Torah is hailed by its followers as “Its ways are ways of pleasantness, and all its paths are peace”, but the conduct of the ultra-Orthodox...

Women in the Armies of the East

Whether a woman can be a soldier or her primary purpose is to care for children and provide comfort at home when their men are at war is still a...

VOX POPULI: First ‘kogarashi’ wind of autumn signals the quick change of season

What's fun about playing the seeker in hide-and-seek is that the world has changed dramatically when you open your eyes. The many friends who were...

China, Taiwán y nuestros acuerdos comerciales

Según Barak Obama, el propósito de la Asociación Transpacífico (conocida como TPP, por sus siglas en inglés, y compuesta por 12 Estados de la...

Calls to ban guns on movie sets grow after Baldwin shooting

LOS ANGELES (AFP)  — Calls were growing Sunday to ban the use of firearms in movie-making, as Hollywood struggled to come to terms with Alec...

To love like Avraham Avinu, part 2

“If I am me because I am me, and you are you because you are you, then I am me and you are you. But if I am me because you are you, and you are...

Should You Buy a Home in the US?

NEW HAVEN – A few days ago, I got an email from a man who chastised me for my skepticism about investing in housing today. He identified himself as...

Commemoration of Rabin's assassination amid more hatred and incitement

Israelis commemorate the 26th anniversary of the assassination of former Prime Minister, Yitzhak Rabin. This commemoration comes amidst an...

International rules make US-China conflict more likely

Cross-border principles governing conduct only exist if they are accepted by states

Telenor in Myanmar: Norway’s Human Rights Reputation Is On the Line

Norway is a global leader when it comes to protecting human rights defenders. It leads related negotiations at the United Nations Human Rights...

In landmark visit, UAE air chief in Israel to observe ‘Blue Flag’ exercise

OVDA AIR BASE — The head of the Emirati air force arrived in Israel this week in a landmark first visit to observe the military’s massive...

Apparent Sudan coup draws international concern; UN calls arrests ‘unacceptable’

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Monday’s events as they unfold. The chairman of Sudan’s ruling body General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan announces...

An Appeal to Pope Francis

Most Holy Father, Inspired by your messages on interdependence and sharing, we humbly bring to your attention the issue of vaccine inequality...

On shemitah and smelting

Part of the third-grade curriculum for my Jewish day school was learning about steel production. Growing up in Pittsburgh in the ’80s, the...

Social justice warriors are woke Western imperialists and just as arrogant and patronising as the colonisers of the 18th Century

Can you imagine being from a unique, distinct culture but then forced to adopt the ideologies and values of others? This was exactly what I asked...

Philippines's COVID-19 situation is improving, ambassador says

»Pukni zoro« in ko nekomu poči film

Te dni je na vrsti za turbulence spet Bosna. In Hercegovina. Zdi se, da Milorad Dodik, najnovejši najboljši prijatelj madžarskega premierja...

Israeli missiles said to target Syrian forces near Golan Heights border

An Israeli aircraft fired two missiles at Syrian forces based near Israel’s border on the Golan Heights early Monday, Arabic reports said....

Swedish agency suggests exercise in which students argue Holocaust didn’t happen

JTA — Sweden’s National Agency for Education recommended that teachers should make students try to prove that the Holocaust never happened, as...

Sudan military fires on anti-coup protesters, killing 3 — medics

CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s military seized power Monday, dissolving the transitional government hours after troops arrested the prime minister....

Iran’s excuses to avoid nuclear talks are ‘wearing thin’ – US official

US Special Envoy for Iran Robert Malley on Monday said Iran’s explanations for for staying away from nuclear talks in Vienna are “wearing thin,”...

Israel to be represented at Glasgow climate talks by 120-strong delegation

Israel will be represented at the United Nations COP26 Climate Talks in Glasgow, Scotland, by a delegation of 120 people drawn from the Knesset,...

International rules make U.S.-China conflict more likely

Cross-border principles governing conduct only exist if they are accepted by states

Sen o definitíve

Keď hlava štátu hovorí, že novela otvára priestor na odvolanie zamestnanca z riadiacej pozície bez uvedenia dôvodu, a teda iba...

Health Ministry says new Delta mutation AY4.2 appears to be 15% more infectious

Israel’s Health Ministry said that the recently discovered subvariant of the Delta coronavirus, known as AY4.2, appears to be 15 percent more...

Prepare for a stock market crash and take stock of a golden opportunity

Among traders, there have through the decades been two bits of perennial advice, “sell in May and go away” after the bulk of the year’s returns...

Daily Briefing Oct. 25 – Is Israel facing a new set of PR blunders?

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...

Israel’s ‘inefficient’ kashrut system costing taxpayers millions — study

Israel’s kosher certification system is riddled with inefficiencies and non-transparent processes that are costing taxpayers an approximate extra...

Kaj pa kultura?

Pred trinajstimi leti mi je nekdanja šefica v javnem zavodu s področja kulture, kjer sem začasno delala kot administratorka ("deklica za vse"),...