Ankara proudly enables Hamas and its endeavors, with terrorists enjoying the privilege of Turkish citizenship – and the ability to travel internationally and evade sanctions – to plot attacks against Israel.
Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko is afraid of anything with a whiff of Belarusian to it, pushing his own country’s culture aside in favor of Russian influence and nostalgia for the Soviet Union.
On the eve of his departure, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi warns against political meddling in the military, and talks about the ongoing threats Israel faces in multiple theaters. Kochavi notes that the IDF has three different contingency plans for Iran that would "neutralize" its nuclear program.
In a phone interview conducted from Tbilisi, Professor Giuli Alasania said her son, Mikheil Saakashvili, the imprisoned former president, is dying because the authorities have taken their revenge on him over his policies that brought Georgia closer to the West.
Is the wave of Muslim tourism that has recently been sweeping over Rachel’s Tomb an act of innocent faith or of deliberate provocation? The Palestinians, who in the past did view the site as that of the matriarch Rachel, now identify it with a Sufi saint, the first mu’azzin of Muhammad, and consequently as a mosque.
Macron shares details with atypical interviewers about his teenage romance with his married high-school teacher, who became his wife.
The measure was harshly criticized by the ultra-Orthodox community for whom plastic tableware provides a great convenience given the higher number of children per household and tradition to host guests. Israel Hayom speaks to experts about alternatives that might boost sustainability practices in the sector.
There was no shortage of historic events in 2022: the death of a beloved monarch; the overturning of Roe v. Wade; and the first World Cup held in the Middle East, just to name a few. Yet, they all pale in comparison to what unfolded in eastern Europe.
The People's Republic of China's envoy to Israel, Ambassador Cai Run, spoke with Israel Hayom on the official relations between the countries – which marked 30 years in 2022 – and the special bond between the two nations.
A Gaza resident who worked to defend political prisoners eventually became one himself after criticizing Hamas. "The dangers are well known to anyone who leaves," he says, recalling that one escapee said to him, "I am dead here in Gaza anyway, so what do I care?"
