Iran says 4 sentenced to death for alleged collaboration with Israeli intelligence

Iranian media reported Wednesday that four people had been sentenced to death in the country for supposed collaboration with Israeli intelligence...

Likud said to oppose demand to abolish ‘grandchild clause’ in Law of Return

Presumed incoming prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party will oppose a demand from far-right and religious parties to abolish the...

China’s video game ambitions threaten to one-up Japan

Japan’s video game world was rocked recently by news that Yuji Naka, one of the creators of the iconic Sonic the Hedgehog series, was arrested on...

Why Europe and Latin America Need Each Other

70-year-old indicted for ‘brutal’ murder of wife day before divorce finalized

A 70-year-old Herzliya resident was indicted Wednesday for the murder of his wife earlier this month, a day before the two were set to get...

In Tel Aviv, UAE’s largest free trade zone moves to attract Israeli entrepreneurs

In an indication of the potential the UAE sees in its relationship with Israel, the leader of the Emirates’ largest free trade zone made his pitch...

Palestinian killed in clash with military during West Bank arrest raid

A Palestinian man was killed during clashes with Israeli troops in the northern West Bank on Wednesday afternoon, Palestinian health officials said...

Netanyahu, Smotrich said to inch closer to closing deal to form government

After their third marathon meeting in 24 hours, the Likud and Religious Zionism parties are said to have made progress in the distribution of...

Gaza's cancer patients: 'I hope nobody ever has to go to Egypt for treatment'

"August, September, October, November." Ghafra Faraj is recalling how many times she applied to the Israeli authorities for a permit so she could...

The dawn of the cosmos in the eye of the telescope

Interview. We spoke with the astronomer Adriano Fontana, who coordinated the group of Italian researchers who observed galaxies close to the Big...

Rabbi who prayed at Trump inauguration ‘shocked’ by dinner with ‘two bigots’

A prominent US rabbi who delivered a prayer at Donald Trump’s inauguration in early 2017 called on the former president to denounce rapper Kanye...

Four Iranians sentenced to death for collaboration with Mossad — Iran media

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Wednesday’s events as they unfold. Palestinian media are reporting an Israeli military operation in the West...

In new recording, police chief appears to misread tensions ahead of May 2021 war

Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai appeared to believe that tensions would abate right before they boiled over on the eve of the May 2021 conflict...

Gideon Levy, if Israeli Soldiers Are So Deplorable, Then Why Are You Hanging With Bibi?

I’m sorry. I don’t believe one word in Haaretz columnist Gideon Levy’s article, in which he says that it’s okay to detest IDF soldiers. I...

How Bezalel Smotrich rode unfiltered radicalism and unforgiving politics to power

A little over a decade ago, as the 2009 election campaign gathered pace, a little-known but radical right-wing activist secured the respectable,...

Oath Keepers militia boss guilty of seditious conspiracy in January 6 case

WASHINGTON (AP) — Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes was convicted Tuesday of seditious conspiracy for a violent plot to overturn President Joe...

Likud said aiming to pass legislative blitz next week, may delay government creation

Expected incoming prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party is reportedly planning a controversial legislative blitz as early as next week...

How a ‘Mrs. Maisel’ star wound up filming a show about an Orthodox girl in Israel

There was a 10-day window in the filming schedule between the first and second episodes of the fifth season of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” and...

Ben-Gvir, the Soldiers’ Favorite

The combat troops love Itamar Ben-Gvir. Gideon Levy even claims that two out of 10 soldiers voted for his party; after all, they practice what he...

How the EU can help save In­dige­nous lives and the Ama­zon

In the rainforest, where I live, we often see red flames burning bright into the night. When we wake up, there are clouds of smoke from the forest...

Taiwan's ruling DPP needs soul-searching after election loss

Sovereignty, Forum Shopping, and the Case of the Sulu Sultanate’s Heirs

Malaysia has been putting up with a nearly decade-long headache in the form of threats posed by the supposed heirs of the defunct Sulu Sultanate....

Daily Briefing Nov. 30: Anti-Israel UN vote has PM Yair Lapid looking for pen pals

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,...

Popular dating show ‘Love Island’ headed to Israel

The popular dating game show “Love Island” is coming to Israel and will soon be available on the new broadcast platform FREE TV. Israel will...

26-year-old Rahat man killed in shooting linked to family dispute, police say

A man was shot to death in the Bedouin city of Rahat early Wednesday in an incident police said was motivated by a family property dispute. The...

12 men trained in Ethiopia as kosher meat slaughterers in first for the country

A dozen Ethiopian Jewish men received certification as ritual slaughterers this week, becoming the country’s only officially recognized kosher...

Zero COVID Unrest in China:How Will Things Unfold?

The widespread protests in China against Zero COVID policy in recent days – – some of which have called for political reform and even for...

The Case For the failure of Zionism

Zionism, the fundamental political philosophy of the state of Israel, was established as a political movement in 1897 by Theodor Herzl in response...

Le Terrorisme

It was Shabbat and I was in Paris so I decided to go to the Grand Synagogue of Paris (also known Synagogue de la Victoire) with a family member.  ...

People-to-people Solidarity for the Survival of Kurdish and Jewish communities

The Iranian and Turkish regimes, as well as their Shia and Sunni-Islamist proxies in Syria and Iraq, have intensified their political and violent...

The Nazi Founder of Palestine

Kill the Jews wherever you find them. This pleases God, history, and religion. These were the words of the man, who Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) sees...

Are China’s ‘COVID-zero’ protests a game changer?

Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s “COVID-zero” policy has been pushing the country’s citizens to their breaking point for months, with large-scale...

India must embrace foreign financing to meet investment needs

Clearing path for overseas bond buyers will support infrastructure and business

Boy, 16, dies month after being shot by police officer in Arara on election night

A 16-year-old boy died Wednesday during surgery at Beersheba’s Soroka Medical Center, almost a month after he was shot by a cop and seriously...

PM, IDF back officer targeted after he jailed soldier who taunted Hebron activist

Prime Minister Yair Lapid and the Israel Defense Forces on Wednesday backed a military officer who sentenced a soldier to 10 days in military...

Project offers free DNA kits to Holocaust survivors to help them find lost relatives

NEW YORK (AP) — For decades, Jackie Young had been searching. Orphaned as an infant, he spent the first few years of his life in a Nazi...

Netanyahu vows to keep far-right in check: ‘Israel won’t be governed by Talmud’

Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu pledged the right-religious coalition he is cobbling together won’t impose “Talmudic law” on Israel,...

Israeli Navy tests long-range anti-cruise missile interceptor from advanced corvette

The Israeli Navy conducted a successful test of a long-range interceptor missile against an “advanced” cruise missile, the military and Defense...

Israel to fund training schemes to lure tech talent from overseas

Israel has been subsidizing dozens of programs amid a shortage of tech professionals to help train skilled workers for the high-tech industry. Now...

After booting identifiable Jews off plane, Lufthansa said to pay them $20,000 each

JTA — Nearly seven months after they were denied boarding in Frankfurt, a group of more than 100 Hasidic Lufthansa passengers are getting paid...

Largest study of ancient DNA shows medieval Ashkenazi Jewry was surprisingly diverse

Circa the 14th century, Ashkenazi women in Erfut, central Germany, carried a breast and ovarian cancer-indicative BRCA 1 mutation in their DNA....

In first, new Alzheimer’s drug modestly slows progress of disease, researchers say

AP — An experimental Alzheimer’s drug modestly slowed the brain disease’s inevitable worsening, researchers reported Tuesday — but it remains...

Landmark same-sex marriage bill wins Senate passage with bipartisan support

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate passed bipartisan legislation Tuesday to protect same-sex marriages, an extraordinary sign of shifting national...

Walmart pulls $40 Jewish prayer shawls sold as ‘elegant sunscreen scarves’

JTA — “Why wear a tallis to shul when you can wear a very real product from Walmart?” Ilan Kogan, an Orthodox rabbinical student, asked on...

For many Arab fans, the US-Iran World Cup match mirrored regional rivalry

BAGHDAD (AP) — The US team’s victory over Iran at the World Cup on Tuesday was closely watched across the Middle East, where the two nations have...