By Burak Bekdil, Gatestone Institute— It has been more than a decade since Turkey and Israel, once strategic partners, broke up badly, with an angry Ankara passionately vowing to isolate Israel internationally. It has also been exactly four years since the two countries decided to give peace a chance once more and appointed ambassadors. They…
By Times of Israel Staff— Amid fears of Iranian revenge attacks on American and Israeli targets for the killing a year ago of top Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani, authorities in the United Arab Emirates have reportedly arrested a number of Iranians in Dubai and Abu Dhabi in the past few days on suspicion that…
By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press— After down-to-the-wire negotiations, United Nations members have adopted a budget for 2021 that was higher than Secretary-General Antonio Guterres proposed and was strongly opposed by the Trump administration for including money to commemorate the outcome of a 2001 conference in South Africa that it called anti-Semitic and anti-Israel. The…
By Yonah Jeremy Bob, Jerusalem Post— Two former Mossad chiefs and a former national security council chief all said on Sunday that Iran had failed to avenge the assassination of one of its most senior officials in 2020 and likely would not do so prior to US President-Elect Joe Biden taking office. However, they all…
By Caroline Glick, JPost— The rift between Israeli and American Jews is palpable almost everywhere you turn today. The most glaring disparity surrounds how they view President Donald Trump. The vast majority of Israelis adore Trump. The vast majority of American Jews despise him. But Trump isn’t the only thing or even the main thing…
By Arlene Bridges Samuels— On December 21, 2020, the longest day each year, Saturn and Jupiter converged in the skies in a celestial phenomenon not observed with the naked eye since the year 1226. My husband Paul and I saw it with and without our binoculars as Saturn and Jupiter presented the earth with their…
The Advent season is upon us. In my family, we celebrate advent with a regular lighting of candles, carols, and family devotions. Like all family worship with young kids, sometimes it is a really sweet moment that our family separates the sacred from the profane. Other times, it is chaotic and dissolves quickly. And in…
By Amy Zewe— With Chanukah having just finished eight days of celebration, Christmas Eve just one day way, a new year about to begin, and the world optimistic as COVID-19 Vaccines are rolling out for distribution. One would think some level of good will and cheer would manifest in every corner of society. But, the…