menu_open Columnists

The Times of Israel

We use cookies to provide some features and experiences in QOSHE

More information  .  Close

Alleged IRGC operative charged with plotting to kill German Jewish leader

Alleged IRGC operative charged with plotting to kill German Jewish leader

Prosecutors say Ali S. was arrested in Denmark in June for plots against Josef Schuster, as well as two Jewish grocers and pro-Israel politician;...

latest 0

The Times of Israel

Ap

Texas Dem’s vow to castrate Zionists highlights anti-Israel turmoil in US politics

Texas Dem’s vow to castrate Zionists highlights anti-Israel turmoil in US politics

Congressional candidate’s call to imprison ‘American Zionists’ draws outrage from other Democrats, as lines continue to blur between right and...

latest 3

The Times of Israel

Luke Tress

Six-month-old Israeli startup is bought by cyber unicorn Cyera for about $50 million

Six-month-old Israeli startup is bought by cyber unicorn Cyera for about $50 million

Genie Security’s two founders and five employees develop technology to detect efforts to leak sensitive data from employee devices, as they...

latest 9

The Times of Israel

Sharon Wrobel

Israel deports some 430 foreign flotilla activists, holds one Israeli participant

Israel deports some 430 foreign flotilla activists, holds one Israeli participant

MFA says all foreign detainees deported; condemnations of activist humiliation video continue as Italy asks EU for sanctions on Ben Gvir, Poland looks...

latest 9

The Times of Israel

Agencies

Demand soars for Israel’s weapons tech, even among countries claiming to boycott Jewish state

Demand soars for Israel’s weapons tech, even among countries claiming to boycott Jewish state

Sales of battle-tested Israeli arms more than doubled over past 5 years, hitting record of nearly $15 billion in 2024, including to states that...

latest 10

The Times of Israel

Ap

Israel has list of all Oct. 7 participants, aims to kill or arrest each one — WSJ

Israel has list of all Oct. 7 participants, aims to kill or arrest each one — WSJ

Report says IDF used videos filmed by Hamas operatives during the attack and facial recognition tech to track down terrorists, has crossed...

latest 20

The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Iranian sources say regime has decided to keep highly enriched uranium in Iran, defying Trump

Iranian sources say regime has decided to keep highly enriched uranium in Iran, defying Trump

Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said to refuse to give up stockpile of near-weapons grade nuclear material, which US and Israel have demanded be...

latest 20

The Times of Israel

Reuters

Iran said recovering military abilities faster than expected, producing drones again

Iran said recovering military abilities faster than expected, producing drones again

China and Russia helped Islamic Republic blow past US intelligence community predictions, sources tell CNN; Pakistani field marshal in Tehran, as...

latest 20

The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Daily Briefing May 21 – Royal Commission: Antisemitism soars across Australia

Daily Briefing May 21 – Royal Commission: Antisemitism soars across Australia

Nomi Kaltmann weighs in from Melbourne on Australia’s emotional, ongoing Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion

latest 20

The Times of Israel

Nomi Kaltmann

Antisemitism in Germany ‘worse than any time since the Holocaust,’ annual figures show

Antisemitism in Germany ‘worse than any time since the Holocaust,’ annual figures show

The number of attacks fell 13% in Berlin in 2025, but a ‘societal climate’ of attacks on Jews pervades in the country, government report finds

latest 20

The Times of Israel

Zev Stub

AOC, leading Dems condemn Texas candidate who said she’d put ‘Zionists’ in ICE jail

AOC, leading Dems condemn Texas candidate who said she’d put ‘Zionists’ in ICE jail

Maureen Galindo, running in Democratic primary to represent San Antonio in DC, says most ‘American Zionists’ are probably pedophiles; PAC backing...

latest 30

The Times of Israel

Grace Gilson

San Diego mosque shooters, who met online, called for genocide of Jews and Muslims

San Diego mosque shooters, who met online, called for genocide of Jews and Muslims

Holocaust-denying teens praised Hitler, called all women ‘evil,’ in violent writings; terrorists killed beloved security guard Amin Abdullah as he...

latest 20

The Times of Israel

Ap

US Treasury removes anti-Israel UN envoy Francesca Albanese from sanctions list

US Treasury removes anti-Israel UN envoy Francesca Albanese from sanctions list

A week after federal judge nixed Trump administration’s sanctions on firebrand UN special rapporteur on free speech grounds, she is quietly taken...

latest 20

The Times of Israel

Agencies

Down an alley past police barricades, visitors throng to London’s unsettling Nova exhibition

Down an alley past police barricades, visitors throng to London’s unsettling Nova exhibition

At Wednesday’s opening of Oct. 7 memorial display, locals come to bear witness despite — and because of — security fears and a hostile climate...

latest 30

The Times of Israel

Lianne Kolirin

‘ZOG’: Antisemitic graffiti at Arsenal stadium after UK team unveils Israeli-founded sponsor

‘ZOG’: Antisemitic graffiti at Arsenal stadium after UK team unveils Israeli-founded sponsor

Vandals use ‘Zionist Occupied Government’ conspiracy theory in targeting US company Deel, founded by a French-Israeli, after soccer club clinches...

latest 30

The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

While anti-Israel sentiment rising, Massie’s primary loss shows Trump still the main force in GOP

While anti-Israel sentiment rising, Massie’s primary loss shows Trump still the main force in GOP

Chris Rabb wins Democratic nomination for US House seat in Pennsylvania, underscoring view that staunch opposition to Israel is arguably most potent...

latest 30

The Times of Israel

Ami Eden

Pennsylvania’s Jewish governor, Josh Shapiro, faces GOP state treasurer in reelection bid

Pennsylvania’s Jewish governor, Josh Shapiro, faces GOP state treasurer in reelection bid

Democratic incumbent to run against Stacy Garrity, who has invested heavily in Israel bonds and accused him of not taking antisemitism seriously...

latest 30

The Times of Israel

Joseph Strauss

West Bank and Gaza antiquities bill advances as gov’t okays NIS 250M heritage plan

West Bank and Gaza antiquities bill advances as gov’t okays NIS 250M heritage plan

Knesset committee working to finish controversial legislation, which critics say would mark an unprecedented step toward annexation, for final votes...

latest 40

The Times of Israel

Rossella Tercatin

US Treasury removes anti-Israel UN envoy Albanese from sanctions list

US Treasury removes anti-Israel UN envoy Albanese from sanctions list

State Department watchdog reportedly investigating spending of Gaza Humanitarian Foundation * EU foreign policy chief: Israeli treatment of flotilla...

latest 40

The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

High Court nixes NGOs’ petition against new security regulations on aid

High Court nixes NGOs’ petition against new security regulations on aid

Judges rule that requirement for aid groups to provide information on their employees has ‘clear security purpose,’ rejecting proposal for...

latest 40

The Times of Israel

Jeremy Sharon

10 soldiers, including brigade commander, hurt in separate Hezbollah drone attacks

10 soldiers, including brigade commander, hurt in separate Hezbollah drone attacks

Two separate drone attacks on troops in south Lebanon cause range of injuries, commander of 401st Armored Brigade seriously hurt; IDF strikes...

yesterday 20

The Times of Israel

Stav Levaton

Army complains of manpower shortage as Knesset restarts work on draft exemption bill

Army complains of manpower shortage as Knesset restarts work on draft exemption bill

‘We will very soon reach the region of ​​80,000-90,000 draft dodgers,’ IDF official tells MKs, as PM launches last-ditch campaign to pass law...

yesterday 20

The Times of Israel

Sam Sokol

US Jewish groups urge Senate to back $1 billion bipartisan antisemitism bill

US Jewish groups urge Senate to back $1 billion bipartisan antisemitism bill

Law would require US Education Department to adopt strategy to combat online antisemitism, triple allocation of security funds for security at houses...

yesterday 30

The Times of Israel

Philissa Cramer

Coalition nominates Netanyahu’s lawyer as next state comptroller

Coalition nominates Netanyahu’s lawyer as next state comptroller

Likud lawmakers said to face pressure from PM to back Michael Rabello in June 3 secret-ballot vote, despite support among some for opposition pick,...

yesterday 20

The Times of Israel

Ariela Karmel

Meta begins job cuts in Israel as global layoffs in the name of AI mount

Meta begins job cuts in Israel as global layoffs in the name of AI mount

Silicon Valley tech titan that owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp is letting go of about 90 employees in Israel as part of round of layoffs to cut...

yesterday 30

The Times of Israel

Sharon Wrobel

Barney Frank, the Jewish progressive congressman behind landmark finance bill, dies at 86

Barney Frank, the Jewish progressive congressman behind landmark finance bill, dies at 86

A lifelong liberal Zionist and the first openly gay member of Congress, Frank campaigned for rights for gay soldiers, using the IDF as proof that it...

yesterday 30

The Times of Israel

Ron Kampeas

Man stabbed to death in synagogue in Bnei Brak in front of his son

Man stabbed to death in synagogue in Bnei Brak in front of his son

Authorities arrest suspect who is said to suffer from mental illness and who reportedly threatened victim after being passed up for ritual honor at...

yesterday 30

The Times of Israel

Charlie Summers

Smaller prey, not bigger brains, drove prehistoric tech revolution, Israeli researchers say

Smaller prey, not bigger brains, drove prehistoric tech revolution, Israeli researchers say

New study by Tel Aviv University scientists posits disappearance of megaherbivors in the Levant drove humans to develop smaller, more sophisticated...

yesterday 20

The Times of Israel

Rossella Tercatin

Rare charges filed for Jewish terror attack targeting Palestinians in West Bank

Rare charges filed for Jewish terror attack targeting Palestinians in West Bank

Defendant accused of participating in brutal beating of Palestinian poultry farmer, who remains in coma as result of violent ambush south of Nablus

yesterday 20

The Times of Israel

Charlie Summers

Netanyahu’s union with Haredi parties pushing draft evasion risks PM’s reelection

Netanyahu’s union with Haredi parties pushing draft evasion risks PM’s reelection

Bill legalizing exemptions for ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students faces pushback from within the coalition, while Haredi factions desert PM over failure...

yesterday 30

The Times of Israel

Melanie Lidman

Iran jails former goalie on national team after post bashing slain supreme leader

Iran jails former goalie on national team after post bashing slain supreme leader

Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri described Ali Khamenei as ‘only a dark and passing chapter’ in history; Iranian media says he was detained after trying...

yesterday 30

The Times of Israel

Afp

Trump gifts Syria’s Sharaa cologne after spraying him in viral Oval Office clip

Trump gifts Syria’s Sharaa cologne after spraying him in viral Oval Office clip

Syrian leader posts photo of present, harkening back to White House meeting where Trump had given him a similar gift before asking him how many wives...

yesterday 30

The Times of Israel

Afp

Left empty for over 2 years, Israel said weighing closure of Istanbul consulate

Left empty for over 2 years, Israel said weighing closure of Istanbul consulate

Source says Israel is spending a lot of money on premises that have been left vacant since late 2023, after relations with Ankara soured again over...

yesterday 20

The Times of Israel

Afp

Netanyahu needs to fire Ben Gvir after his flotilla provocation, but of course he won’t

Netanyahu needs to fire Ben Gvir after his flotilla provocation, but of course he won’t

PM once recognized the damage the far-right Jewish supremacist would cause as a minister. But he gave him a key job nonetheless and Israel is now...

yesterday 30

The Times of Israel

David Horovitz

In shock decision, National Security Council stops work on climate change

In shock decision, National Security Council stops work on climate change

NSC says pair of panels established during previous gov’t to monitor effects of climate change on national security have ceased operating, sparking...

yesterday 30

The Times of Israel

Sue Surkes

In posthumous interview, progressive stalwart Barney Frank issues final warning on Israel

In posthumous interview, progressive stalwart Barney Frank issues final warning on Israel

Long supportive of Israel, Jewish ex-congressman urged Democrats to condition arms sales to Netanyahu government, though he opposed other litmus tests...

yesterday 30

The Times of Israel

Andrew Silow-Carroll

Did medieval Jews hide a ‘secret synagogue’ in tarot cards? Boston exhibit turns over clues

Did medieval Jews hide a ‘secret synagogue’ in tarot cards? Boston exhibit turns over clues

‘Torah in the Tarot,’ named for researcher Stav Appel’s book of the same name, runs through June at the Vilna Shul, makes claim the deck was...

yesterday 40

The Times of Israel

Rich Tenorio

Getting mobbed by far-right teens at Flag March was distressing, but no surprise

Getting mobbed by far-right teens at Flag March was distressing, but no surprise

Flag March in Muslim Quarter, once more fringe, now casts bleak shadow over Jerusalem Day as increasingly violent parade eclipses other festivities

yesterday 20

The Times of Israel

Charlie Summers

With Trump conflicted and Iran emboldened, vital bid to end regime’s nuclear drive is being botched

With Trump conflicted and Iran emboldened, vital bid to end regime’s nuclear drive is being botched

The Islamic Republic retains its highly enriched uranium stockpile, has 10 tons of lower-enriched uranium that nobody’s even asking for, and is...

yesterday 30

The Times of Israel

David Horovitz

Ben Gvir posts video of himself taunting bound and detained Gaza flotilla activists

Ben Gvir posts video of himself taunting bound and detained Gaza flotilla activists

Clip shows minister waving Israeli flag as activists forced to kneel on ground and national anthem blasts over loudspeaker; Italy, France summon...

yesterday 40

The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

IRGC threatens war will ‘spread far beyond the region’ if US renews attacks on Iran

IRGC threatens war will ‘spread far beyond the region’ if US renews attacks on Iran

Military force says its ‘devastating blows will crush’ its ‘American-Zionist enemy’ if Trump resumes strikes, as Pakistani interior minister...

yesterday 30

The Times of Israel

Agencies

Reducing deep stomach fat can improve your brain function, Israeli scientists find

Reducing deep stomach fat can improve your brain function, Israeli scientists find

Researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Leipzig and Harvard, say visceral fat reduction even for 18 months can decrease cognitive...

yesterday 30

The Times of Israel

Diana Bletter

Daily Briefing May 20: Drama at Knesset as coalition plows ahead with legislation

Daily Briefing May 20: Drama at Knesset as coalition plows ahead with legislation

Political correspondent Ariela Karmel discusses judicial overhaul legislation, while reporter Amy Spiro reflects on Noam Bettan’s second place at...

yesterday 30

The Times of Israel

Jessica Steinberg

MKs advance bill to dissolve Knesset, potentially trigger slightly earlier elections

MKs advance bill to dissolve Knesset, potentially trigger slightly earlier elections

Netanyahu absent from preliminary vote, which left-wing leader calls ‘beginning of end of worst government in Israel’s history’; bill does not...

yesterday 30

The Times of Israel

Sam Sokol

White House pans Tucker Carlson for telling Israeli TV Netanyahu dragged US into war

White House pans Tucker Carlson for telling Israeli TV Netanyahu dragged US into war

Administration calls right-wing podcaster a ‘low-IQ person’ after he tells Channel 13 Trump folded to pressure from Israel lobby, accuses...

yesterday 50

The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

South Korea says Israel’s detention of flotilla activists ‘way out of line’

South Korea says Israel’s detention of flotilla activists ‘way out of line’

South Korean’ president says citizens are detained for reasons not valid under international law, and ICC warrants against Netanyahu will be judged...

yesterday 30

The Times of Israel

Agencies

NYT: Israeli-developed plan sought to have Ahmadinejad run Iran after Khamenei killed

NYT: Israeli-developed plan sought to have Ahmadinejad run Iran after Khamenei killed

Assessing that bombing and expected Kurdish invasion would collapse regime, Israel reportedly used airstrike to free Holocaust-denying ex-president...

yesterday 40

The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Bullying crows attack children, parents at Tel Aviv kindergarten

Bullying crows attack children, parents at Tel Aviv kindergarten

People say birds swooping down and assaulting them, with some drawing blood; municipality cites annual phenomenon of adults protecting chicks as they...

yesterday 30

The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

US acting AG doesn’t rule out Trump payouts to Capitol rioters who assaulted police

US acting AG doesn’t rule out Trump payouts to Capitol rioters who assaulted police

Todd Blanche, leading US Justice Department after Pam Bondi’s firing, defends $1.8bn fund for victims of federal ‘lawfare,’ as angry Democrats...

yesterday 40

The Times of Israel

Dan rosenzweig-ziff

Sally Rooney to publish novel in Hebrew with ‘BDS-compliant’ Israeli publisher

Irish literary star says publishing ‘Intermezzo’ in Hebrew through November Books is compatible with the boycott campaign, after declining to...

yesterday 30

The Times of Israel

Andrew Silow-Carroll