The Arab League and regional leaders will forget Arafat's warning at their peril

I miss Yasser Arafat. Like many revolutionary leaders he was flawed but he had guts, determination and a courage that reflected the Palestinians he...

‘What Killed Michael Brown?’ is the new must-see documentary that eviscerates the mainstream narrative on race in America

‘What Killed Michael Brown?’ is the most important documentary of the year. The film, which is exquisitely directed by Eli Steele and...

Ahilova peta ustavnega loka

Povsem razumem in podpiram mnoga prizadevanja za spremembo sedanjih razmer, v katerih mediji (po oceni trenutne oblasti seveda pristranski in...

The peace with Sudan and its discontents

The folk of the Far Left must have become  frum.  The vociferous militants and supporters of Yachad, who tweet almost every day, have become...

Tax reform should take into account longer-term challenges

Discussions have begun in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s Research Commission on the Tax System on fiscal 2021 tax reforms, which will be...

Damage from Trump's trade wars won't heal quickly: analysts

After four years in office, Donald Trump has failed to achieve his promise to eliminate the U.S. trade deficit, and dealt a lasting blow to the...

Moon's troubled green energy policy

By John Burton While President Moon Jae-in has been praised for his handling of the COVID-19 outbreak, his efforts to address another global issue...

Multilateralism in US election

By Javier Solana MADRID ― When Donald Trump became the U.S. Republican Party's presidential nominee in 2016, many predicted that he would tone...

True or false?

By Robin Rhee The attempts which are made to establish the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, are akin to launching quests to capture a...

The Anniversary of Gaddafi’s Death and the Current Reality in Libya

“Security problems, political discord, oil blockades, corruption, and Libya’s foreign debt, which has reached 270% of its GDP, all torpedo...

Pien, queen of the bees

Pien is 10 and having treatment for cancer. After learning that crop pesticides and other human activities pose a mounting threat to bees and, by...

Erdoğan vs. Macron: Round two

Here we go again. Few spats and a couple of phone calls later, we are back at square one on the Erdoğan-Macron front. Or even worse perhaps this...

Court-packing isn’t the issue

Republicans and Democrats over the last couple of years have been busy trying to bend the courts into their own direction. Republicans have been...

New venture seeks to pave way for Israeli businesses in UAE

With Israeli companies’ interest in doing business in the United Arab Emirates increasing following the signing of a peace deal between the two...

Democrats ask Pence to skip Barrett vote over COVID-19 risk

WASHINGTON (AP) — A deeply torn US Senate is set to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, but Democratic leaders are asking Vice...

Kosher Movies: The Dancer Upstairs

Terrorism is very much a part of the world’s landscape at this point in history. Terrorist attacks occur not only in Israel, but in the United...

An Encounter with a Sudanese Military Official

Many years ago, when I conducted my PhD research on Rwandan foreign policy, I had the fortunate opportunity to visit the Rwandan Peace Academy....

Is America Great Enough for You Yet?

For the vast number of American Jews, Donald Trump and his followers have become the repository of bullying, intimidation, racism, anti-semitism,...

Longing for Israel on #InternationalArtistsDay

  One of the things on my bucket list is to attend the Jerusalem Biennale.   According to their website http://jerusalembiennale.org, “The...

Animal Abuse – A Matter of Party Loyalty? Seriously?!

Recently, there was a vote in the Knesset to institute a law that would demand harsher punishment towards animal abusers. What is wrong with our...

The need to touch

Touch is the first sense by which we encounter the world, and the final one to leave us as we approach death’s edge. ‘Touch comes before sight,...

COVID-19: Why is Lockdown Necessary?

[Bahauddin Foizee] The best option available against COVID-19 is the full, strict and early lockdown, together with testing the suspects, and...

Why do so many Asian nations want to be in China's debt?

Beijing's debt-trap diplomacy likely to cost it dearly over the long term

The hypocrisy of the Taliban’s mantra of inclusion has been exposed during the intra-Afghan negotiations in Doha.

The Afghan peace process entered a pivotal phase with the start of the long-awaited intra-Afghan negotiations in Doha on September 12. Shortly...

‘Thank you Rabbis,’ Trump tweets after support letter from 13 Orthodox leaders

JTA — “BREAKING,” tweeted Mishpacha, a magazine for Orthodox Jews, Saturday night about a letter signed by 13 leading Orthodox rabbis...

Trump’s pandering to QAnon should be a deal-breaker

American Jews are participating in a critical presidential election next week. In most presidential elections, 25-30% of Jews vote for the...

Last Call for Transatlanticism

BERLIN – Many Americans have already voted, and many more will soon go to the polls in what will be the world’s most important political event of...

Can Covid Reduce Global Inequality?

Virus cabinet deliberates further easing lockdown measures

The high-level coronavirus cabinet convened Monday to discuss further easing lockdown measures in place to curb the spread of COVID-19, a day after...

The politicisation of civilisations and ideologies: Macron, Charlie Hebdo and blasphemy in France 

The reproduction of Charlie Hebdo’s cartoons of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) recently was no surprise. What was frustrating though was...

Did a Lebanese reporter go to jail for talking to me?

The setting was the 1991 Middle East peace conference in Madrid. It was before the Oslo process between Israel and the PLO – the Palestine...

Naming new cardinals, Pope Francis appoints first Black US prelate

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday named 13 new cardinals, including Washington DC Archbishop Wilton Gregory, who would become the first...

Wary of angering public, Iran has few ways to contain virus

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — As coronavirus infections reached new heights in Iran this month, overwhelming its hospitals and driving up...

The Azedarach Tree

Chill autumn gusts whipped the gaunt branches of the azedarach tree across the road and the wind above propelled ragged clouds across the sky. A...

Israel mulls action as virus cases suspected of being imported from West Bank

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Monday’s events as they unfold. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan calls on Turks to boycott French goods...

Pittsburgh congregations mark 2 years since shooting under shadow of COVID-19

PITTSBURGH (Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle) — Two years after 11 loved ones were ripped from their families, multiple bodies and minds were injured and...

If nothing else, Trump has toppled the iron wall

Britain’s Jewish community, in line with its American counterparts, is encouraged by Israel’s series of peace deals with Arab states. In the...

The integration of the Arabs in Brazil is at the expense of their language and culture

In Brazil today you can see Arabic dishes alongside local fare on the menu; you might hear occasional Arabic names and words; and someone may even...

I lost multiple friends to opioids, and the deaths won’t stop while the system creates crises to sell ‘solutions’

American communities are being ravaged by so-called “deaths of despair” as the life expectancy of Americans is beginning to drop. Young people...

Over 58 million ballots cast in early US vote, surpassing 2016

AP — With nine days before Election Day, more people already have cast ballots in this year’s presidential election than voted early or absentee...

Cabinet appoints high-level committee to rule on future of Haifa Bay area

The cabinet on Sunday appointed a committee of top officials to examine the future of Haifa Bay, long home to some of the country’s worst...

UAE-based Israeli businessman Koen said bidding $50 million for Israir Airlines

A Dubai-based company is offering to buy Israir Airlines, one of Israel’s largest carriers and tourism companies, for some NIS 170 million ($50...

Russia strikes kill at least 78 Turkey-backed rebels in Syria, monitor says

BEIRUT, Lebanon — Airstrikes by Damascus regime ally Russia killed 78 Turkey-backed rebels in northwestern Syria on Monday, a monitor said, in...

Trump’s Last Stand for Apartheid America

NEW YORK – The ferocity of the 2020 presidential election in the United States is not about Donald Trump per se, but about what he represents:...

Sudan confirms it agreed to talk to Israel for terror delisting, economic aid

Sudan on Sunday confirmed that it had agreed to normalize ties with Israel in exchange for being removed from the US terror blacklist,...

Western Histories of ‘Russia’ and Ukraine

This is an advance preview from Crisis in Russian Studies? Nationalism (Imperialism), Racism and War by Taras Kuzio (forthcoming soon from E-...

Golan Druze town of Majdal Shams to be cordoned off as infections mount

Ministers voted late Sunday to impose a five-day closure in the northern Druze town of Majdal Shams, which has seen virus cases jump in recent...

State comptroller cites ‘significant shortcomings’ in Israel’s pandemic response

After eight months in pandemic mode, Israel is underprepared for winter, is quarantining the wrong people, and has frustrated businesspeople who...

Netanyahu said to ban ministers from visiting UAE until he makes trip first

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly banned his government ministers from visiting the United Arab Emirates until he personally makes...

Four startups join Visa’s innovation center in Tel Aviv

Four new startups will join Visa’s innovation center in Tel Aviv in a bid to get the startup and development community working in tandem with the...