Honduras to move embassy to Jerusalem by end of 2020, Israel says

Honduras will move its embassy to Jerusalem this year, and Israel will open an embassy in the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa, the Prime...

Advent of battery biz

LG Chem's spinoff battery unit should mark first step LG Chem decided to spin off its battery business in a board meeting last Thursday. The...

Good and cheap Chinese eatery in Ginza falls victim to virus crisis

Four factors--quick, cheap, tasty and plentiful--define an ideal dish for me, a person with a big appetite. This type of fare was typically served...

Japan-U.K. trade deal: Cheer amidst the gloom

London – Amidst continuing gloom over the pandemic and uncertainty over the post-Brexit transition, a ray of light and optimism comes shining...

The rise of Covidnomics

ITHACA, New York – Boundaries between academic disciplines are always artificial creations intended to facilitate analysis, given our limitations....

The post-pandemic recovery’s missing link is trust

PARIS – Trust will be key to the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and recession. Yet over the past ten years, people’s trust in governments,...

Failed political solutions to healthcare problems

During the 2014 Ebola virus epidemic, physician named Dr. Craig Spencer, who had recently returned to New York from treating Ebola patients in...

What ‘Left Out’ has left out

In their recently published and much acclaimed exposé Left Out: The Inside Story of Labour Under Corbyn, journalists Gabriel Pogrund and Patrick...

Rosh Hashanah and that hideous green dress

When I think back to my youth, some of my most treasured memories are of the chagim, which in my case meant Rosh Hashanah (RH) and Yom Kippur (YK)....

Jewish Education – More Crucial Today than Ever 

C.S. Lewis was almost prophetic when he wrote, “The great thing, if one can, is to stop regarding all the unpleasant things as interruptions of...

¿Cambio en la política estadounidense hacia América Latina?

En agosto pasado la Administración Trump hizo público un documento titulado “Marco Estratégico para el Hemisferio Occidental”. En la primera...

Mitzpe Ramon woman stable after weekend stabbing attack 

A woman who was stabbed several times Friday night in a suspected domestic abuse incident regained consciousness and was in stable condition,...

6 Maccabi Tel Aviv players test positive for coronavirus

Soccer team Maccabi Tel Aviv announced that six of its players have tested positive for the coronavirus, along with seven staff members and its...

Trump says he’ll announce replacement for Ginsburg by week’s end

US President Donald Trump said he expects to announce his pick for the Supreme Court on Friday or Saturday, after funeral services for Ruth Bader...

Deadly Weapon: Our Words

When I came to Israel in 1981, to make the Jewish state my home after growing up in New York, I was exhilarated, like so many others who make the...

RBG rose above discrimination to become a role model for women

Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Jewishness was intrinsic to her standing as a great judge and an upholder of justice. The 6th Jewish US Supreme Court...

Nuclear deal with world powers worth preserving, Iran tells IAEA summit

BERLIN (AP) — The head of Iran’s nuclear agency said Monday that the landmark 2015 deal between Tehran and world powers on his country’s...

How Turkey Has Failed the Palestinians

The real problem Erdogan has with the UAE and Bahrain’s normalization deals with Israel is how little Turkey now matters

Flooded by cases, hospitals in Jerusalem and Ashdod stop taking virus patients

Hospitals in Jerusalem and Ashdod on Monday announced they could no longer take in additional coronavirus patients due to overload, as medical...

Anyone but Nafatli Bennett

It’s Time for Arab States to Drop Another Bombshell on Israel

Saudi Arabia should revisit its surprise 2002 initiative by pushing the four Arab states who have normalized relations with Israel to lobby for a...

Realizing Second Lockdown Ruined Their Future, Liberal Israelis Will Flee the Country

Reopening the Peace Factory

MADRID – The Sperry Corporation was an American manufacturer of electronic components, information-technology equipment, and defense systems that...

International Law and Political Necessity

LONDON – Whenever the great and the good unite in approval or condemnation of something, my impulse is to break ranks. So, I find it hard to join...

Celebrating 75 Years of the United Nations

NEW YORK – As the United Nations marks its 75th anniversary, the world is in turmoil. The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in nearly one million...

The League of Shame (Part 2)

The rejection of the Palestinian draft resolution by the Arab League was not a self-inflicted coup de grâce, but rather the last nail in its...

Planning new sanctions, US said to claim Iran can make nuke in months

The US will reportedly place sanctions on more than two dozen people and entities tied to Iran’s nuclear and conventional weapons program,...

Gantz to take off for Washington to discuss F-35 sales to UAE

Defense Minister Benny Gantz will travel to Washington, DC, Tuesday for a series of meetings with US Defense Secretary Mark Asper and other senior...

Leifer accusers express relief at long-awaited extradition ruling

Accusers of child sex offender Malka Leifer hailed a ruling by a Jerusalem court that she should be extradited to Australia to face charges Monday,...

Leak: Israel aerospace giant paid $155m to opaque firms linked to Azeri elites

Israel’s largest aerospace and aviation manufacturer transferred at least $155 million to two companies that were reportedly used as a secret...

High Court orders disciplinary action against Safed’s acerbic chief rabbi

The High Court of Justice on Monday ordered disciplinary action taken against the chief rabbi of Safed for making a series of offensive comments...

Gantz orders IDF to build field hospital for virus cases as hospitals fill up

Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Monday ordered the military to prepare to establish a field hospital for coronavirus cases as hospitals overflow...

US Space Force blasts off to… the Arabian Desert

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The newly formed US Space Force is deploying troops to a vast new frontier: the Arabian Peninsula. Space Force...

Coronavirus may force Israeli tech sector out of ‘white boys club,’ VC guru says

The spread of the coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the deep social disparities that have evolved in Israel over the years, and has brought to...

Kosher supermarket cashier to testify on the ‘most horrible 4 hours’ of her life

PARIS, France (AFP) — It was a Friday afternoon, and Zarie Sibony was at her checkout counter at the Hyper Cacher supermarket on the eastern edge...

Jewish tennis whiz beats Nadal to advance to Italian Open finals

JTA — Tenth time is the charm: After previously losing to Rafael Nadal nine straight times, Diego Schwartzman stunned him in straight sets on...

Biden to Republican senators: Don’t jam through Ginsburg replacement

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Joe Biden on Sunday slammed US President Donald Trump and leading Senate Republicans for trying to jam through a replacement...

Ginsburg’s impact on women spanned age groups, backgrounds

NEW YORK (AP) — Sure, there were the RBG bobbleheads, the Halloween getups, the lace collars, the workout videos. The “I dissent” T-shirts,...

Bulgarian court jails duo for life in absentia over 2012 Burgas bus bombing

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AFP) — A Bulgarian court on Monday sentenced two men to life in prison over a deadly 2012 bus bomb attack on Israeli tourists at...