How Abiy Ahmed’s Ethiopia-first nationalism led to civil war

Earlier this month, a simmering political and ideological conflict between Ethiopia’s federal government and the northern region of Tigray...

Abe’s lies about banquet funds finally come back to haunt him

We now know that a sitting prime minister repeatedly lied in the Diet and elsewhere, blatantly ignoring the legislature’s supervisory function...

ToI editorial panel sounds off on the US elections and what they mean for Israel

This Thanksgiving week, The Times of Israel’s founding editor David Horovitz, senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur, and US correspondent Jacob Magid...

Reasons for Gulf normalisation with Israel

The meeting in Saudi Arabia between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman is the most important and...

Pompeo’s ‘Made in Israel’ cannot also be labelled ‘Sold as Seen’

The term ‘slash and burn’ seems like the most accurate description of the purpose and impact of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s visit to...

Yamina will support opposition’s proposal to disband Knesset, MK Shaked says

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Wednesday’s developments as they unfold. Iran has warned against “all interference” by Sweden after...

Active coronavirus cases surge back over 9,000

The number of active coronavirus cases in Israel has risen to 9,064, a level not seen in nearly three weeks, according to Health Ministry figures...

Holy smoke, the Pope’s gone woke… but that’s not what Christians want or need from a spiritual leader

I’m not a Catholic, but like every other Christian on Earth, I tend to keep an eye on what the Pope is doing. With so much of the world Catholic,...

‘Who’s not going to go?’: NY Hasidic Jews continue to hold large weddings

JTA — After one massive wedding that was scaled back under pressure and another that went off in secret, one of the most important leaders of the...

7 things to know about Biden’s latest senior appointments

NEW YORK — US President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday introduced his nominees for key members of his national security and foreign policy team,...

Being abused won’t get you a divorce in Israel’s rabbinic court

This story is about one woman, but it is also about every woman. A few months ago, Nitzan Caspi-Shilony, an attorney at the Center for Women’s...

US experts: Ongoing coronavirus health crisis taking toll on kids’ mental health

NEW YORK — On the first morning of her first vacation in five months, Christine Buividas woke up eager to spend time simply being “Mom” to her...

French court backs closure of Muslim group for ‘inciting hatred’

PARIS, France — France’s highest administrative court on Wednesday rejected appeals against the dissolution of a Muslim NGO and the six-month...

Yamina will back bid to disband Knesset, party MK says

Yamina MK Ayelet Shaked said Wednesday that her right-wing religious party would support Opposition Leader Yair Lapid’s bill to disband the...

‘We feel emptiness’: Air force plane crash victims buried as cause probed

The air force pilot and a cadet in training were buried Wednesday in emotional ceremonies, a day after they were both killed in a fiery plane wreck...

Who’s your daddy? Here’s why European leaders are swooning like giddy submissives over Biden’s warmongering ‘back to normal’ team

Their rushing to congratulate him, even before the presidential result is certified, speaks volumes of their delight that ‘daddy’ is back in the...

Women journalists are facing a growing threat online and offline

On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, it is important to throw light on a growing threat women journalists are...

Joe Biden's Cabinet picks — cause for optimism

President-elect Biden has introduced his first Cabinet picks. His nominees have a wealth of expertise but, above all, they also reflect, at long...

The story of a man who lost everything

Report. Mario Porreca was 30 years old on the night of the earthquake and lived in Castelnuovo with his wife and three children. Forty years later,...

Argentinian soccer legend Diego Maradona dead at 60

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Diego Maradona, the Argentine soccer great who was among the best players ever and who led his country to the 1986...

Thanks to you, we can cope with increased demand

Thirty years ago, The Big C was barely ever called by its full name but that narrative changed when my mother Frances Winegarten z”l together...

This Year We Need Thanksgiving More Than Ever

As Thanksgiving approaches, many Americans are experiencing the dilemma that we Jews experienced this past Pesach, Rosh Hashana and Sukkot. And...

International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women Should Be Everyday

Since 1981, women’s rights activists have been observing November 25 as a day against gender-based violence. The date was selected to honor the...

A very odd Thanksgiving

As it does every year, Thanksgiving is coming, but it’s so very different this year. Normally, I know from reading, many families have to gird...

Vayetze: Misunderstanding God

 The business of a seer is to see; and if he involves himself in the kind of God-eclipsing activities which make seeing impossible, he betrays the...

Is Israel a Miracle?

It is not easy to demonstrate miracles, but here are three things about the modern state of Israel that make one wonder: The people who created the...

Defense Ministry rejects Hebron shooter’s appeal for disability status

The Defense Ministry on Tuesday rejected the request of a former Israeli soldier convicted for killing an incapacitated Palestinian attacker in...

Liberman: Netanyahu endangering state by keeping security matters to himself

MK Avigdor Liberman, the leader of the opposition Yisrael Beytenu party, criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for his recent secret trip to...

America’s Captured Courts

WASHINGTON, DC – Any objective observer of the American political system must wonder why, when the United States confronts the world’s highest...

There can be no ‘going back to normal’ in Iraq

Earlier this year, there was much hope among politically active youth in Iraq that the fall would reignite the revolutionary fervour of last...

Thanksgiving – A Jewish American Holiday

On Thursday, November 28, 2013, there was a lot of discussion about the connection between Thanksgiving and Hanukkah because the two holidays...

Iran-backed Houthis say missile that hit Saudi Arabia will also target Eilat

An official from the Iran-backed Houthi group fighting in Yemen on Tuesday said a long-range missile fired at Saudi Arabian oil facilities a day...

CP Group takeover of Tesco's Thai unit raises alarming questions

Regulator's green light for hypermarket deal damages competitiveness

Burger-printing startup SavorEat holds IPO, becomes first alt-meat firm on TASE

Israeli startup SavorEat, a maker of 3D-printed, plant-based meat alternatives, held an initial public offering of shares on the Tel Aviv Stock...

With school out for months, hundreds of thousands of kids face food insecurity

With most schools shut for months due to the coronavirus, hundreds of thousands of needy school-age children have not been getting the hot meals...

2021 Grammy Awards: All the Jewish nominees

JTA — This year’s Grammy Awards will almost certainly be different from past years, thanks to the coronavirus pandemic. But despite the lack of...

Raje o ugledu kot o nacionalnem interesu

Predsednika vlade obtožujejo, da uničuje ugled Slovenije v svetu. Najprej je čestital Trumpu za zmago na volitvah. Res je, to je bilo...

US-Russia naval game of chicken off Vladivostok is more dangerous than it seems

On Tuesday, November 24, Vladivostok, the main city of the Russian Far East, was still coping with the aftermath of a cataclysmic ice storm that...

Why the vaccine is a common good

Commentary. The issue of ‘common good’ poses a fundamental problem that must be positioned clearly, so that we do not miss this opportunity to...

Biden, Durable Peace Requires Integrating Hawkish Religious Leaders

As President-Elect Biden’s team prepares to craft a policy toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict it should make a strong effort to consult with...

Israel demands UN Security Council action against Iranian presence in Syria

Israel’s UN Ambassador Gilad Erdan on Tuesday night demanded that the Security Council take action against Iranian military entrenchment in...

Oral insulin, by Israeli mom-son team, starts final trials to become world’s 1st

An Israeli company has started final-stage tests of its oral insulin, bidding to become the first to make the product available on the...

Ancient rock etchings on remote Negev plateau evoke the Bible, draw new interest

Superimposed onto the barren landscape of the Negev desert is a sweeping canvas of human history, culture and worship — if you know where to look....

Columbus Jewish couple say they were victims of anti-Semitic attack by neighbor

JTA — A Jewish couple in Columbus, Ohio say their neighbor yelled anti-Semitic threats at them and threw rocks through their window on the day...

Oil tanker damaged off Saudi Arabia in mine explosion

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A mine in the Red Sea off the coast of Saudi Arabia near Yemen exploded and damaged an oil tanker Wednesday,...

(POGLED) Sojenje Rudiju Rizmanu ali zakaj že imamo Pen

Član upravnega odbora slovenskega Pena in podpredsednik mednarodnega Pena Boris A. Novak je ob sojenju Rudiju Rizmanu pripravil protestno izjavo....

There Has Never Been a Thanksgiving Like This One

We need this night. How is this night different from all others we have known? This Thanksgiving, America is wounded to the core

Shame on You, Sotheby’s

Israel Should Normalize Ties With Qatar Too

Ties with Qatar would not necessarily be at the expense of Israeli relations with the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia

Border Police cop injured in alleged car-ramming by settler at extremist outpost

A Border Police officer was lightly injured early Wednesday when a resident of the hardline settlement of Yitzhar hit him while trying to force his...