Security cabinet to review terms of US-proposed maritime deal with Lebanon

Israel’s high-level security cabinet was set to convene Thursday to discuss the terms of the US-proposed deal for a maritime border with Lebanon....

US said to believe Ukraine behind assassination of Putin aide’s daughter

United States intelligence agencies believe that some elements in the Ukrainian government approved plans to carry out the August car bombing in...

Will Putin pull the trigger? Nuclear analysts try to get into Russian leader’s head

PARIS (AP) — Will President Vladimir Putin pull the nuclear trigger? For Kremlin watchers trying to figure out whether the Russian leader’s...

Lebanon years away from gas riches even if it closes border deal with Israel

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — Lebanon is nearing agreement with Israel over a maritime dispute involving offshore gas fields, but the cash-strapped...

Israel rejects Lebanese changes to maritime border proposal, putting deal in doubt

Prime Minister Yair Lapid rejected on Thursday Lebanon’s requested modifications to a proposed maritime border deal, according to a senior...

Zelensky says Putin wouldn’t survive nuclear strike on Ukraine

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday it was “hard to say” whether the risk of nuclear war had...

A Prayer for Republicans Before The Midterms

O Lord, let them remember the taste of liberty won by their relatives on bloody fields of Gettysburg O Lord, let them recall when they stood up...

Russia’s war hawks are no longer marching in lockstep

Now we know: Even in a country as tightly controlled as Russia, a string of military defeats will be followed by public squabbling and personal...

India should reconsider its stance against IPEF trade talks

Outlook for export growth dim unless New Delhi keeps up with competitors

Ubil te bom, ker te ljubim

Zdaj, ko se popolnoma trezni ljudje ob Ukrajini vprašujejo, ali je treba za mir na svetu vreči nekaj jedrskih bomb, se postavlja preprosto...

Man, 24, stabbed to death during brawl in Netanya

A 24-year-old resident of Netanya was stabbed to death Wednesday night during a brawl in the city. Paramedics who arrived on the scene rushed the...

Need for gender ministry

Time to reconsider government reorganization plan The Yoon Suk-yeol administration announced a government reorganization plan on Thursday to...

Stopgap measures won't work

Find fundamental solutions to ease midnight cab shortage The Yoon Suk-yeol administration has unveiled a set of measures to ease the nighttime taxi...

Iran reportedly charges former soccer star in absentia for ‘leading’ protests

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has charged former soccer star Ali Karimi in absentia for his support for protests over Mahsa Amini’s death in morality...

1 killed in Russian rocket attack on Ukrainian residential area near nuclear plant

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Seven Russian rockets slammed into residential buildings in the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia before dawn...

In both Iran and Russia, backlashes against tyrants grow

When authoritarian regimes strip away the humanity of their own people, blowback invariably follows. That is now happening in both Iran and Russia,...

Jews are Still a Part of the Polish Story

Krakow – Poland used to be the epicenter of European Judaism, home to more than three million Jews before the Holocaust. The Shoah decimated...

Perfect Justice

Parshat האזינו is also known as the “Shira,” the song. It describes the future of the Jewish people in a poetic form. One of the verses...

Now What: The Day After Yom Kippur

“On Rosh Hashanah it is written, and on Yom Kippur it is sealed. …. Who shall live and who shall die. …. But teshuva (repentance, return),...

Jonah and the mission of the soul

“Arise and go to Nineveh, that great city, and declare against it, for its wickedness is come up before me. Jonah 1:2. Reviewing the story of Jonah...

Episode 2: The parties and the people

As someone who lived the majority of her life as a voter in a presidential system, if there was one thing I have always known about the...

Playing with fire

By Donald Kirk It's getting harder all the time to think that Kim Jong-un is just play-acting when he rams through a law saying North Korea can...

All the king's games

By Kaushik Basu NEW YORK ― A specter is haunting Russia ― the specter of dissent. Anti-draft protests have broken out in Moscow, St. Petersburg,...

Kippur’d and Fermented

So we’ve emerged. And “emerged” is the  mot juste, without sounding too stagy about it, for of all Jewish holidays that one is the most...

The Right of Return?

Having immigrated to Australia, I am no stranger to adjusting to a different way of life and understanding the process and challenges of crossing...

Korea's first laver farm, Taeindo

By Kim Jin-heon From coastal areas spanning the Southern part of South Jeolla Province to the Western part of South Chungcheong, mudflats are well...

Social media companies need to turn down the heat

By John L. Micek Baseless attacks by online trolls ― whether anonymous or by well-known politicians and public figures ― have created a cascade...

'A political horizon' where there is none in sight

When the Palestinian Authority announces that talks have been held with US officials, it does so with the intent of portraying itself worthy of...

VOX POPULI: Confusion still exists regarding the romanization of Japanese

The Edo Period (1603-1867) was in its final decade when American physician and Christian missionary James Curtis Hepburn (1815-1911)--better known...

The State Is Taking Back Energy

LONDON – Although uncertainty prevails in today’s global energy market, one thing has become clear: Governments are reasserting their central...

How sincere is London in its desire to normalize relations with Beijing?

On September 29, in an interview with Channel News Asia, British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly, who was appointed by new Prime Minister Liz...

The Challenges of Epistemic Communities in Shaping Policy in the Age of Post-Truth

This is an excerpt from Global Politics in a Post-Truth Era. You can download the book free of charge from E-International Relations. The scope and...

What happened on Iran’s ‘Bloody Friday,’ when dozens were said killed in Zahedan?

PARIS, France (AFP) — Iranian security forces massacred dozens last week in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan when they opened fire on...

The Next Yom Kippur War Is on the Way

For the sin we have committed before you by haughtiness and arrogance, for the sin that led to the deaths of more than 2,500 in the Yom Kippur War...

Suspected arson attack causes severe damage to Jordan Valley settlement farm

A fire at a farm in a West Bank settlement on the night of Yom Kippur, which destroyed an estimated NIS 12 million ($3.4 million) worth of produce...

Tears of the Sphinx: Anwar Sadat Remembered

I can still recall the gasps, screams, and cries that erupted from the passengers after a public address announcement during the short flight from...

Many Libyans are enraged by HMS Albion's visit to their country

The British warship HMS Albion docked in Libya's Abu Sitta port on 28 September, just east of the capital Tripoli, for a routine courtesy visit....

Liz Truss vs. the Bank of England

Iran jails over 1,200 protesters and several foreigners as universities on strike

Report. On Sunday night, students at Tehran's Sharif Polytechnic were brutally attacked with gunfire and tear gas. Students from 111 universities...

In the Midst of Protest, Hopes of Reform in Indonesia

Over the past few weeks, tens of thousands of students and labor union activists have held demonstrations across 35 cities in Indonesia to express...

Iranian Kurds exiled in Iraq scapegoated by Tehran amid protests over Amini’s death

SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq — As protests flare across Iran over the death of young Iranian Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini, the Kurdistan region of neighboring...

Vatican cardinal seems to compare German church reform plans to Nazi theology

ROME (AP) — The German Catholic Church’s reform process is again under fire from the Holy See, with a Vatican cardinal seemingly comparing its...

Israel's Arab Voters Hold Netanyahu's Fate in Their Hands. But There's a Big Catch

Over coffee, a friend asked if I have any hopeful insight for the anti-Netanyahu parties in the upcoming Israeli elections, now less than a month...

Netanyahu: Only pressure from me stopped Lapid surrendering to Lebanon

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Thursday’s events as they unfold. This year’s Nobel Prize in literature is awarded to French author Annie...

Two-state Supporters, How Deep Is Your Repression?

You, who applauded Prime Minister Yair Lapid during his United Nations General Assembly speech late last month and said to yourselves “finally.”...

(GLOBALNA ARENA) Kako je Zahod zastrupil svoj denar

Socializem za bančnike in varčevanje za večino drugih ljudi sta izničila dinamizem kapitalizma in ga pahnila v stanje pozlačene stagnacije...

Sabra may get Marvel role, but she’s a superficial character, say comic book artists

Israeli comic book artist Uri Fink does not have much faith in Marvel’s planned portrayal of Sabra, a female Mossad agent with superhuman speed,...

Scientists: Planned concert facility bad for Ramon crater’s wildlife, view of stars

Senior scientists from the Israel Nature and Parks Authority and the Environmental Protection Ministry are warning that plans to build a concert...

Daily Briefing Oct 6: Lebanon maritime border is no done deal; defrosted ovary birth

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,...

Victim of Yom Kippur assault recalls: Jewish mob screamed ‘Arabs! Arabs!’

An Arab Israeli man who was assaulted in the coastal city of Bat Yam on the evening of Yom Kippur said Thursday that the attack was racially...