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PM’s office: ‘Action will be taken as needed’ after hostages released looking emaciated

PM’s office: ‘Action will be taken as needed’ after hostages released looking emaciated

A statement released by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office on Saturday said that the emaciated appearance of three hostages freed by Hamas...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Israel frees 183 Palestinian prisoners, including 18 terrorists serving life terms

Israel frees 183 Palestinian prisoners, including 18 terrorists serving life terms

Israel on Saturday freed 183 Palestinian prisoners, including some serving life sentences for terrorism, following the release of three hostages...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

When Individual Needs Challenge Relationship Commitment

When Individual Needs Challenge Relationship Commitment

The importance of timely awareness and renegotiation in relationships.

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Psychology Today

Randi Gunther Ph.d

Why Do We Always Take the Bait? And How to Stop

Recognizing emotional triggers helps us engage when it actually matters.

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Psychology Today

Ian Macrae

A Boy and Transcendent Thinking

A Boy and Transcendent Thinking

Engaging with transcendent thought may aid brain development in young people.

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Psychology Today

Ran D. Anbar M.d

We Can Have an Impact

We Can Have an Impact

A Personal Perspective: Giving someone a hand makes life better.

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Psychology Today

Wendy Lustbader M.s.w

Stop Taking the Bait When Others Express Discomfort

Stop Taking the Bait When Others Express Discomfort

For healthier conversations in your relationships, don't rush to fill in gaps.

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Psychology Today

Leah Marone Lcsw

The Key to Raising Happy Kids

The Key to Raising Happy Kids

3 approaches to teaching children purpose.

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Psychology Today

Jordan Grumet M.d

Reckless, unhinged, ludicrous? It’s hard to find the words for Trump’s latest outburst on the Gaza ‘Riviera’

Reckless, unhinged, ludicrous? It’s hard to find the words for Trump’s latest outburst on the Gaza ‘Riviera’

Over the last fifteen months, I’ve slowly become desensitised to comments and actions that I would once have considered absurd. I’ve seen British...

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Middle East Monitor

Jonathan Purcell

On idle talk and genocide in Gaza

On idle talk and genocide in Gaza

Today, writing feels like planting the proverbial tree in the face of the apocalypse. Decades ago, I started writing to make words mean again. When...

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Al Jazeera

Adnan Mahmutović

التأثيرات الجيوسياسية بعد انسحاب أمريكا من مجلس حقوق الإنسان

التأثيرات الجيوسياسية بعد انسحاب أمريكا من مجلس حقوق الإنسان

يتوقع العالم القرارات الهجومية منذ تولي دونالد ترامب الرئاسة الأمريكية، التي...

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العين الإخبارية

علي الزوهري

Gaunt and frail, hostages Eli Sharabi, Or Levy and Ohad Ben Ami freed after 16 months

Gaunt and frail, hostages Eli Sharabi, Or Levy and Ohad Ben Ami freed after 16 months

Three hostages abducted during the October 7, 2023, attack were released by Hamas on Saturday, with the men looking gaunt and unsteady on their...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Herzog: Emaciated hostages ‘a crime against humanity’; victims group: Evokes Holocaust

Herzog: Emaciated hostages ‘a crime against humanity’; victims group: Evokes Holocaust

The three hostages who were freed from Gaza on Saturday morning are suffering from “severe malnutrition” and lost significant body weight during...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Daily Briefing Feb. 8: Day 491 – Emaciated, 3 released hostages to now learn families’ fates

Daily Briefing Feb. 8: Day 491 – Emaciated, 3 released hostages to now learn families’ fates

Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world....

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The Times of Israel

Amanda Borschel-Dan

4 decades before Trump, ‘Golden Girls’ mulled Greenland for Palestinians

JTA — Is Donald Trump a fan of “The Golden Girls”? The famously progressive women-of-a-certain-age sitcom pilloried him in 1992, so probably...

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The Times of Israel

Philissa Cramer

Trump revokes Biden’s security clearance in apparent payback move

Trump revokes Biden’s security clearance in apparent payback move

PALM BEACH, Florida (AP) — US President Donald Trump said Friday that he’s revoking former President Joe Biden’s access to government secrets and...

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The Times of Israel

Darlene Superville

Jewish actor Tony Roberts, who often starred in Woody Allen movies, dies at 85

Jewish actor Tony Roberts, who often starred in Woody Allen movies, dies at 85

NEW YORK (AP) — Tony Roberts, a versatile, Tony Award-nominated theater performer at home in both plays and musicals and who appeared in several...

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The Times of Israel

Mark Kennedy

What to Do When Your Worries Feel Imminent

How can you deal with worry when your fears are realistic?

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Psychology Today

Jennifer Gerlach Lcsw

The Silent Sexual Revolution

The Silent Sexual Revolution

Technology's increasing, yet overlooked impact on intimacy.

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Psychology Today

Marianne Brandon Ph.d

Yalta 1945 – Between Cooperation and Rivalry: What Lessons for Today’s World Order? Part 2

Yalta 1945 – Between Cooperation and Rivalry: What Lessons for Today’s World Order? Part 2

As global tensions mount, is a new Yalta-style agreement within reach? This second part of the article examines why great power cooperation remains...

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New Eastern Outlook

Ricardo Martins

Trump’s ‘innovations’ are antagonising many Americans and US allies

Trump’s ‘innovations’ are antagonising many Americans and US allies

The US press, loyal to the Democratic Party, underlined that the first executive orders and steps of the 47th US President caused shock in the US...

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New Eastern Outlook

Vladimir Mashin

From militants to politicians: Can Hamas follow Syria’s Islamist reinvention?

From militants to politicians: Can Hamas follow Syria’s Islamist reinvention?

Since last December, many feared the repercussions of the power vacuum left by the fall of the Bashar Al-Assad regime. Regionally and...

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Middle East Monitor

Sara El Khatib

North Korean soldiers: the future protectors of China’s belt and road?

North Korean soldiers: the future protectors of China’s belt and road?

Far from the caricatures of malnourished soldiers distracted by online pornography, these troops have shown remarkable combat proficiency and...

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South China Morning Post

Alessandro Arduino

Poll: 70% of Israelis support second phase of hostage-ceasefire deal

Poll: 70% of Israelis support second phase of hostage-ceasefire deal

Seventy percent of the Israeli public is in favor of continuing to the second phase of the hostage release and ceasefire deal with Hamas, according...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Slain Hamas deputy chief Marwan Issa given Gaza burial

Slain Hamas deputy chief Marwan Issa given Gaza burial

Hundreds of Hamas operatives and onlookers gathered in the Gaza Strip’s Bureij camp on Friday for the funeral of Marwan Issa, the slain deputy...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

US State Department informs Congress of $7.4 billion arms sale to Israel

US State Department informs Congress of $7.4 billion arms sale to Israel

The US State Department on Friday formally told Congress that it plans to sell more than $7.4 billion in weapons to Israel, including thousands of...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

The Political Decision That Health Matters

The Political Decision That Health Matters

On centering health as a value that informs politics, in divided times.

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Psychology Today

Sandro Galea M.d

The Powerful Alchemy of Relationship Synergy

It's the relationship you always wanted, but didn't have the words to describe.

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Psychology Today

Gary W. Lewandowski Jr. Ph.d

Is the Fear of Death Behind Your Health Anxiety?

Is the Fear of Death Behind Your Health Anxiety?

Tackling the fear of death can work wonders for your health anxiety.

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Psychology Today

Brittney Chesworth Ph.d

Freed hostage Eli Sharabi was reportedly unaware his wife, daughters were killed on Oct. 7

Freed hostage Eli Sharabi was reportedly unaware his wife, daughters were killed on Oct. 7

Released hostage Eli Sharabi’s first request when he was back in Israel was to see his family, because he was unaware that his wife and two...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Family of freed hostage Keith Siegel says there were ‘moments when he lost all hope’

Family of freed hostage Keith Siegel says there were ‘moments when he lost all hope’

After 484 days in Hamas captivity, Keith Siegel’s first question as he boarded the helicopter back home was whether his mother was still alive....

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

5 Thai hostages released from hospital, 10 days after they were freed by Hamas

5 Thai hostages released from hospital, 10 days after they were freed by Hamas

The five Thai hostages who were released by Gazan terrorists last month were discharged from the hospital on Saturday after undergoing 10 days of...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Almog, 3, to his dad, freed hostage Or Levy: ‘It took you a long time to come back’

Almog, 3, to his dad, freed hostage Or Levy: ‘It took you a long time to come back’

After their release from Hamas captivity in Gaza, freed hostages Or Levy, Eli Sharabi and Ohad Ben Ami were reunited with their families on...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

IDF says it carried out airstrike on Hamas arms depot near Damascus

IDF says it carried out airstrike on Hamas arms depot near Damascus

Israeli Air Force fighter jets struck a weapons depot belonging to the Hamas terror group near the Syrian town of Deir Ali, south of the capital...

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

Lebanon forms first government since 2022; Hezbollah to lack ‘blocking third’ veto

Lebanon forms first government since 2022; Hezbollah to lack ‘blocking third’ veto

Lebanon on Saturday formed its first full-fledged government since 2022, following unusually direct US intervention in the process and in a step...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

Trump orders cut to funding for South Africa over land policy, ICJ case against Israel

Trump orders cut to funding for South Africa over land policy, ICJ case against Israel

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order to cut financial assistance to South Africa, the White House said on Friday, citing disapproval...

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The Times of Israel

Reuters

Tanner Banco Digital obtiene autorización para operar en Chile

Tanner Banco Digital recibió la autorización definitiva de funcionamiento por parte de la Comisión para el Mercado Financiero  (CMF) de Chile,...

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América Economía

América Economía

Netanyahu will return to Israel on Saturday night after 6 days in Washington

Netanyahu will return to Israel on Saturday night after 6 days in Washington

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his entourage will leave Washington, DC, on Saturday night to return to Israel aboard the official Wing of...

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The Times of Israel

Lazar Berman

Like the Sun Shining

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Kenneth Cohen

Relationship Pain: How to Stop Shooting Yourself in the Foot

Relationship Pain: How to Stop Shooting Yourself in the Foot

A pair of innocent mistakes put enormous strain on relationships.

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Psychology Today

Steven Stosny

God is an Impassioned Lover of Believers

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Allen S. Maller

How Spiritual Practices Can Bolster Mental Health

Evidence supports the use of spirituality-based techniques in clinical practice.

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Psychology Today

Sebastian Salicru

What General Eisenhower Would Say Today

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Inna Rogatchi

Embracing the Future of Connection

Embracing the Future of Connection

Can you say what you mean and mean what you say?

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Psychology Today

Sara Nasserzadeh Ph.d

INTERVIEW/ Ema Yamazaki: Documentary highlights the pros and cons of Japanese schools

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The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun

The Problem With Weight Loss Compliments

The Problem With Weight Loss Compliments

We need to take a deeper look at this commonplace cultural trend.

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Psychology Today

Sophie S. Whynacht Ph.d

Letter from Nikkei Asia's editor: Chinese are flocking to Japan -- and not just for tourism

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Nikkei Asian Review

Shin Nakayama

Reclaim Your Anger as Self-Love

How mindful self-compassion can help women advocate for themselves.

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Psychology Today

Carissa Gustafson Psyd

Ecuador heads to the polls with wave of violence as top concern

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Buenos Aires Herald

Amy Booth

Seeing is More Than Believing

Seeing is More Than Believing

How your brain—and heart—shape perception.

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Psychology Today

Aseem D. Desai M.d