Effective policy actions needed to tackle growing plastic waste

Environmental groups in Japan recently urged the Japanese government to focus more on creating a society that produces and consumes much less...

Trump Is Bullying Sudan Into Embracing Israel. It Won’t End Well

Trump has zeroed in on Khartoum for another diplomatic ‘win’ before November. But his maximum pressure campaign is a disaster in the making –...

European hypocrisy: empty words for Palestine, deadly weapons for Israel

In theory, Europe and the United States stand on completely opposite sides when it comes to the Israeli occupation of Palestine. While the US...

UAE ministers set to land in Israel for 1st official visit since normalization

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Tuesday’s developments as they unfold. The official meet and greet on the tarmac is to be followed by...

Bruce Springsteen & other celebs are being whiny teenagers, threatening to run away if Trump wins. If only they would

One of the more annoying aspects of the 2016 presidential election was the constant yapping from celebrities about leaving the country if the...

Trump calls Fauci ‘a disaster,’ claims ‘people are tired of COVID’

US President Donald Trump went after top government scientist Anthony Fauci in a call with campaign staffers on Monday, suggesting the hugely...

Enhanced social protection an opportunity Asia-Pacific must grasp

In the fight against COVID-19, success has so far been defined by responses in Asia and the Pacific. Many countries in our region have been hailed...

With anti-Palestinian Hostility Surging, Can Israel’s Peace Camp Find Allies in the Gulf?

US needs new strategy in Venezuela

A year and a half since protesters took to the streets of Caracas, and President Donald Trump warned that "all options are on the table" if...

Selma and the 'Mud-Snail Fairy'

By Bernard Rowan Recently, I listened again to the song "Broken Wings", recorded in the 1980s by Mr. Mister, an American group. The song is a...

Virtual ADB meeting

By Lee Sun-ho In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the second stage of the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Asian Development...

Futile search for duo leadership in Europe

By Josef Joffe HAMBURG ― For decades, France and Germany have been known as Europe's ruling "tandem" or "couple," even its "engine." Together,...

With defiance and perseverance, Iran has once again demonstrated its independence

The 13-year arms embargo imposed on Iran by the UN Security Council expired on Sunday in accordance with Resolution 2231 of the Joint Comprehensive...

Confucius Institutes are wrong target for China frustrations

Little evidence presented to discredit low-cost language instruction

US, Israel, UAE announce establishment of $3 billion regional investment fund

At a ceremony to welcome the first official ministerial delegation from the United Arab Emirates to Israel, the United States announced on Tuesday...

Law Is More Than Just Words (Isaiah 54:1- 55:5)

The return from Babylonian exile was fraught with challenges and the people were in great need of inspiration. In this context, God promised the...

Early voting begins in Florida as US presidential race enters home stretch

MIAMI, Florida (AFP) — Florida voters converged on early polling stations Monday in a pivotal state fought over relentlessly by US President...

Alaska candidate, Jewish doctor who killed a bear, hopes to ride Democratic wave

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Al Gross commands a fishing boat as a narrator describes him prospecting for gold and killing a grizzly bear in self-defense...

Cuomo vs. Chassidim

ORTHODOX JEWS VS. CUOMO. WHO IS RIGHT? If you have been listening to the news as of late, you are well aware of the public relations war between...

Aliyah Journal Part I – Genesis

We’re making Aliyah! My wife and I are leaving behind our life in New York, three kids, three grandchildren, siblings, parents and countless...

Lebanese-Israeli Maritime Border Talks: Not Peace, But An Important Step Forward

Embed from Getty Images On October 14, Israeli and Lebanese working-level delegations met at UNIFIL headquarters in Naqura for one hour to begin...

A Different State of Mind

Last week a TV reporter asked a chassid on the streets of Mea Shearim why he was flagrantly ignoring Corona restrictions. His answer was immediate,...

Of Jewish Mishna Wisdom, Simon Sinek and COVID-19

It has been 3 years since a very special moment occurred in my life. In October 2017, WeWork held its Creator Awards in Tel Aviv. In the event, I...

What are the Nephilim?

The parsha, Noach, actually begins somewhat in the middle of the story of Noah, in Genesis chapter 6, verse 9, whereas the story of Noah seems to...

Attacks Against Gal Have Nothing To Do With Colour

In recent days there has been something of an ‘explosion’ in some sections of the media (social and mainstream) when it was announced that Gal...

Historic Correction Needed

Hallel Rabin, Prisoner

The ‘prince of Persian music’ passed away on October 8, leaving Iranians in and outside their homeland in mourning.

“Khosrow-e avaz-e Iran par keshid!” “The prince of Persian music flew to heavens!” Iran is in mourning. Mohammad Reza Shajarian has passed...

Palestinians are suing Britain, and why not?

More than a hundred years after the Balfour Declaration, and the tragedies that befell the Palestinian people under the British Mandate government...

After Yamina chief Bennett backs gay rights, party’s Smotrich vows opposition

Yamina MK Bezalel Smotrich vowed Monday to oppose granting gay couples the same rights as heterosexual ones, days after Yamina leader Naftali...

International online archaeology conference is free tasting menu of lectures

Over 40 of the best scholars and archaeologists in the field of Ancient Israel are coming together — virtually — from October 25 to October 28 in...

Ministers to discuss easing lockdown, reopening stores but not schools

Ministers were set to meet on Tuesday ahead of the second stage of Israel’s lockdown exit strategy, with discussions to be held on switching the...

Senior UAE delegation lands in Israel; Netanyahu: ‘Today we are making history’

In another major milestone for Israel-Gulf relations, a delegation of senior United Arab Emirates officials arrived in Tel Aviv on Tuesday for a...

‘Trump Heights’: A symbol of US shift on Mideast policy

On a dusty plain in the Golan Heights, a golden-lettered sign with Israeli and American flags stands before a rusty wire fence as the gateway to...

When Biden met Golda: New details emerge of storied 1973 encounter

US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s 1973 meeting with then-Israeli prime minister Golda Meir is a tale he often recounts when speaking...

Israel to sign visa exemption agreement with UAE, its first with an Arab state

Israel and the United Arab Emirates are set to sign a visa exemption treaty Tuesday, in what will be the Jewish state’s first such agreement with...

Top Sudan cleric: There is no general Islamic opposition to salaam with Israel

Last month, amid reports that Sudan could soon normalize relations with Israel, the northeast African Arab country’s leading governmental agency...

Hard lives of delivery workers

Countermeasures needed to prevent deaths caused by overwork There have been a series of heartbreaking deaths of parcel delivery workers recently,...

Independent probe needed

Minister should not try to control prosecution Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae has triggered controversy over her "apparent" attempts to control the...

It’s hard to make predictions, especially about the future — but it’s not impossible

Psychologist Philip Tetlock’s warning that “the average expert is roughly as accurate as a dart-throwing chimpanzee” has assumed Talmudic weight...

Time for 'Korea First' policy

By Choi Sung-jin There seems to be nothing in common between Korean Ambassador to the U.S. Lee Soo-hyuck and the world-famous boy band, BTS. For...

There’s a silver lining for returning office workers

Perhaps no part of the economy has a more uncertain future right now than office buildings. The pace of workers coming back into offices is more of...

An Interview with Carl Manlan

Piate koleso

Toľko sa hovorí o ozelenení ekonomiky, o oživení upadajúcej výroby potravín, a keď dôjde na lámanie chleba, zostanú mimo zorného poľa...

Singapore and Fiji: the Strongest Relationship in Oceania

Singapore is a thriving island city-state located in Southeast Asia next to Indonesia and Malaysia. A bit fewer than 6 million people live in the...

The psychologist who sparked the gay rights movement

‘What is called this year “evil” and whatever, next year may constitute the blessing of the human race.’ Throughout much of the 20th century...

Won’t Allow Any Foreign Group to Interfere in Afghanistan: Taliban

Dr Muhammad Naeem Wardak is the Spokesperson for Taliban political office in Doha. Political talks are undergoing between Afghan government and...

Facebooks unveils Instagram Lite, developed by Tel Aviv team

Facebook said Tuesday it has started to test a new, lightweight version of its popular Instagram App, with improved speed, performance, and...

The Internet Governance Paradox

Global Internet governance is a rising and relatively new subject. Although an extensive literature has already discussed processes such as the...

Kan launches ‘Valley of Tears,’ TV show about Yom Kippur War

Viewers were gripped  Monday night by the first episode of “Valley of Tears,” or “She’at Neilah” in Hebrew, a fictionalized retelling of...