Israel youth soccer squad defeats Ireland to win spot in European championships

An Israeli national youth soccer team qualified for the under-21 European Championships by beating Ireland in a shootout in Tel Aviv on Tuesday....

Vladimir Putin’s war has come home to Russia

The so-called partial mobilization announced by Vladimir Putin last week has changed the character of the Ukraine war for Russians in a matter of...

The High Stakes of Climate-Risk Accounting

NEW YORK – Economists are supposed to be good at understanding risk. Decision-making in the face of uncertainty, after all, is the discipline’s...

Rus­sia’s war is a crime, but all sides face le­gal ques­tions

The United Nations General Assembly has condemned in the strongest terms Russia’s aggression against Ukraine in violation of the UN Charter,...

US envoy says Allenby crossing from West Bank to Jordan to open 24/7

The Allenby Bridge border crossing between the West Bank and Jordan will begin a pilot in which it will operate 24 hours a day, every day of the...

Mayor won’t remove far-right party poster calling to ‘banish enemy’ Arab faction MKs

The mayor of Ramat Gan said Wednesday that despite outrage over a campaign poster by far-right party Otzma Yehudit calling for banishing some...

Tutankhamun’s tomb may conceal fabled beauty Nefertiti, says archaeologist

Hidden hieroglyphics found in the tomb of Egyptian king Tutankhamun have given further strength to a theory that Queen Nefertiti is buried in a...

Hardline Iran lawmaker denounces ‘prostitute’ protesters opposing mandatory hijabs

A hardline Iranian lawmaker Tuesday slammed female protesters who have taken off mandatory headscarves as prostitutes, doubling down on the...

Israel tells nuclear watchdog that Iran is source of Middle East instability

Israel’s nuclear chief told the International Atomic Energy Agency conference on Wednesday that Iran is “the leading factor” in instability in...

Late Iranian shah’s son hails protesters: ‘A revolution for and by women’

AFP — The son of the late Iranian shah hailed the country’s mass protests as a landmark revolution by women and urged the world to add to the...

Allenby crossing to Jordan to remain open 24/7 beginning next month, says US envoy

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Wednesday’s events as they unfold. Two people are killed in Iranian cross-border strikes against military bases...

Senate Republican leader backs revisions to elections law after Trump-fueled ‘chaos’

WASHINGTON (AP) — US Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday he will “proudly support” legislation to overhaul rules for...

Will this time be different? Iranian women are ‘seeking a revolutionary change’

AP — A young woman climbs to the top of a car in the middle of Mashhad, a conservative Iranian city famed for its Islamic shrines. She takes off...

Japan: A nation split dangerously down the middle

The man would have loved it.  The 19 gun salutes, the attendance of the imperial family, the foreign VIPs and the two-hour ceremonies testify to...

US, Israel to launch strategic dialogue aimed at boosting tech cooperation

Israel and the US will launch a strategic dialogue aimed at boosting technological cooperation at the White House on Wednesday. The initiative was...

Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi: A man for all seasons

Like millions of other Muslims, I was deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Dr Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi. He truly was one of the greatest of...

Cambodia genocide must not be forgotten

Past mistakes need to be explained clearly to future generations

SCO shows the limits of Chinese-style international organizations

Group silent even as members engage in deadly clashes during summit

Kids said separated from adult Lev Tahor members in Mexico raid over fears of harm

Authorities separated young boys and girls from adult members of an extremist Jewish cult during a raid in Mexico due to fears their lives could be...

A Dark Horse, Painted White

Yair Lapid’s speech at the UN was not addressed to Meretz or Labor, who are deep in his pocket. His objective was to sow confusion and disarray in...

Gantz’s Plus, Lapid’s Minus

One of the natural assumptions of this election campaign is that Benny Gantz is a relevant candidate for prime minister. Yet how can someone who...

Parkland shooter searched online for Nazi flags, info on Hitler, detective says

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (AP) — Prosecutors in the trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz began their rebuttal of the defense case Tuesday...

Down With Occupation, Viva Apartheid

Oh, the hysteria that gripped the proud Jewish nation. Prime Minister Yair Lapid dared say the forbidden words “two states for two peoples.” It...

Daily Briefing Sept 28: Iran stars in US-IDF drill; Israel condemns Russia referenda

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,...

Suspecting Nord Stream sabotage, EU vows ‘robust’ response to energy network attacks

BRUSSELS — The European Union suspects that damage to two underwater natural gas pipelines was sabotage and is warning of retaliation for any...

Israeli innovation lab backed by pharmaceutical, biotech giants mints 1st AI startup

An Israeli biotechnology innovation lab set up last year and backed by some of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies like Pfizer and Merck...

Italian women and LGBTQ advocates raise the alarm after far-right election win

ROME (AP) — Swept away by Italian elections that are expected to see Giorgia Meloni soon form the nation’s first far-right-led government since...

Woman died after ‘blow to the head’ in Iranian police custody, says cousin in Iraq

SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq (AFP) — Iranian Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini was visiting Tehran with her family when she encountered the notorious morality...

Shaked calls for expelling relatives of terrorist in 2017 deadly ramming-attack

Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked on Wednesday called for the expulsion of several relatives of a terrorist who killed four Israeli soldiers in a...

Dear Representatives Omar and Tlaib: Are Muslim Women People Also?

United States Congresswomen Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and others of the leftist Democratic “Squad” are some of the most...

A full-circle journey: Bringing Ethiopian Jewry home

The first time I encountered the Ethiopian Jewish community, I was surrounded by darkness. As the leader of one of Israel’s elite combat units,...

If Jeremy Corbyn is vindicated of anti-Semitism allegations, do working-class Brits even care anymore?

Al Jazeera’s new documentary, ‘The Labour Files,’ enabled by thousands of leaked documents, emails, and WhatsApp screenshots, is an in-depth...

We need to implement the terms of the Lebanese constitution to move forward

A semi-orchestrated campaign has been seen in Lebanon over the past week calling for the terms of the 1989 Taif Agreement to be implemented. It has...

Firefighters, planes mobilized to battle flames near Jerusalem and in Upper Galilee

Firefighters were battling several large fires on Wednesday that broke out in northern Israel and just outside Jerusalem. Some 35 teams and an...

Jan. 6 sedition trial gets going for leader of extremist Oath Keepers

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jury selection began Tuesday in the trial of the founder of the Oath Keepers extremist group and four associates charged with...

Hurricane Ian wipes out power in Cuba, takes aim at Florida

CONSOLACION DEL SUR, Cuba (AFP) — Powerful Hurricane Ian left a trail of destruction and caused a widespread blackout in Cuba on Tuesday, while...

Jerusalem film school lab, Netflix single out 2 promising TV scripts

The first round of the Sam Spiegel Series Lab supported by Netflix and Paramount’s VIS Social Impact studio wrapped with two winning Israeli...

In Ramle, copper art and a canoe ride reveal a complicated past and present

Smadar Sheffi, a well-known art curator, takes a 20-minute train ride from Tel Aviv to Ramle several times a week. Her destination is the...

What's happening in the Western Balkans?

By Lee Jae-woong It has been more than seven months since the war in Ukraine broke out. Europe is suffering from the most tragic conflict since...

Between Nitzavim and Vayelech

Parashat Vayelech opens with the following verse: “Moses went and spoke these things to all Israel.” (Devarim 31:1) The previous chapters do...

The Police Commissioner Is Right, Blame the Internet Administrator

In an interview, of which selected parts were published on Wednesday in Yedioth Ahronoth, Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai said that it will be...

The Cost of the Fed’s Challenged Credibility

EDITORIAL: Kishida widens rift in society by staging state funeral for Abe

The government opted not to hold an appropriate ceremony to quietly mourn for a former prime minister who was tragically assassinated during an...

Melonomics so far is just a continuation of Draghi policy

Commentary. Meloni’s vague economic promises leave the impression of a mainstream liberal with minor nationalistic tendencies. The first test will...

The Challenge of Monetary Tightening

Why Populists Don’t Concede

Na obzore ruský utečenec

Vojna je šachová partia len z pohľadu globálnych záujmov; z pohľadu „človeka milión“ prebieha najhoršia vojna na poli, kde sa zápasí...

Sri Lanka’s Worrying Exodus

The country I grew up in, Sri Lanka, is undergoing profound change. In the space of a few years, Sri Lanka has gone from one of the region’s most...

Containing China’s Maritime Power: A Question of Capability and Intent

Capability and intent are the two fundamental lenses that can best predict risk and conflict. While there is ample space for misjudgment on the...

‘Don’t leave me’: Palestinian survivor recounts Lebanon boat sinking that killed 94

BOURJ HAMMOUD, Lebanon (AP) — Jihad Michlawi struggled to make ends meet as a chef in crisis-hit Beirut. The Palestinian had never considered taking...