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Netanyahu calls UK an ‘Islamic republic,’ jokes it would be first one with nukes

Netanyahu calls UK an ‘Islamic republic,’ jokes it would be first one with nukes

PM echoes 2024 Vance crack during Army Radio podcast reportedly filmed at studio of a Likud vendor rather than the station’s military base

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Why Gaza Is Waiting on the Strait of Hormuz

Why Gaza Is Waiting on the Strait of Hormuz

This is the third in a series on the Board of Peace Road Map for Hamas Disarmament Every week now brings at new dispatch on the Gaza disarmament...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

William Keenan

Let’s Not Forget Multilateral Institutions

Let’s Not Forget Multilateral Institutions

SANGUINETTO, ITALY—Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Finnish President Alexander Stubb recently laid out a roadmap for middle-power action in...

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Project Syndicate

Anne-Marie Slaughter

It Ain’t Over Until It Is Over

It Ain’t Over Until It Is Over

For the first time in a long while, someone looking at Israel and the Middle East from a distance might be tempted to believe that the worst is...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sabine Sterk

Iran’s Pause May Be Tactical, Not Strategic

Iran’s latest message on the Strait of Hormuz is revealing. The Head of Iran’s National Security Council Mohsen Rezaei, former commander of...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Rajeev Kumar

Netanyahu’s takedown of Barkat: A chronicle of a political elimination foretold

Netanyahu’s takedown of Barkat: A chronicle of a political elimination foretold

The economy minister plotted to oust Netanyahu after October 7. Now he’s facing the wrath of a prime minister who neither forgets nor forgives

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The Times of Israel

Shalom Yerushalmi

The Arctic breakthrough: how Russia is redrawing the map of global maritime transport

The Arctic breakthrough: how Russia is redrawing the map of global maritime transport

The Arctic breakthrough: how Russia is redrawing the map of global maritime transport The Northern Sea Route, promoted by Russia as an effective and...

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New Eastern Outlook

Simon Westwood

Testing Prophecy (Shoftim, Covenant & Conversation)

Testing Prophecy (Shoftim, Covenant & Conversation)

In his enumeration of the various leadership roles within the nation that would take shape after his death, Moses mentions not only the priest/judge...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jonathan Sacks

East Asian aging economies can thrive and grow

East Asian aging economies can thrive and grow

Due to the technical or legal reasons, readability mode is not available for this article. Thank you for your kind understanding.

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Nikkei Asian Review

Chris Oberoi

The Making and Remaking of Chinese Totalitarianism

The Making and Remaking of Chinese Totalitarianism

STANFORD—The Thucydides Trap has become a popular lens for understanding US-China relations. Its logic is simple: when a rising power challenges an...

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Project Syndicate

Chenggang Xu

Vance: Preventing nuclear Iran is the ‘number two’ US goal, after ensuring cheap oil

Vance: Preventing nuclear Iran is the ‘number two’ US goal, after ensuring cheap oil

Trump cabinet members say US could keep its Hormuz blockade indefinitely, Iran to face ‘never before seen’ economic isolation; Iran demands...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

Listen to the Rabbis

The Torah gives us clear instructions that it is our obligation to follow the teachings of the Rabbis. They were empowered to transmit the Oral Law....

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Kenneth Cohen

Documentary film fest to open at National Library for 11th year

Documentary film fest to open at National Library for 11th year

Docu.Text, running August 16-20, will feature 25 films, with premieres, filmmaker talks and live performances by Aviv Geffen and other Israeli artists

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The Times of Israel

Jessica Steinberg

Why Gaza's Latest 'Breakthrough' Is No Breakthrough at All

Why Gaza’s Latest ‘Breakthrough’ Is No Breakthrough at All Without a credible political solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, Gaza...

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New Eastern Outlook

Abbas Hashemite

Driven by prolonged conflict and ideological shift, more Israelis seek quiet life abroad

Driven by prolonged conflict and ideological shift, more Israelis seek quiet life abroad

Emigrees cite political drift rightward, social stagnation, ‘endless and pointless wars’ as they depart Jewish state in droves; experts...

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The Times of Israel

Deborah Danan

Can You Belong to a Place You’ve Never Lived?

I have never prayed in the synagogue in Dieren, the Netherlands. I don’t know the rabbi. I’ve never attended a Shabbat service there or celebrated...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Lauren Gladstone

IDF confirms killing Hamas commander who held multiple Israelis hostage in Gaza

IDF confirms killing Hamas commander who held multiple Israelis hostage in Gaza

Military says terrorist held Cpl. Noa Marciano and Tsachi Idan, who were killed in the Strip, as well as Ziv Berman, Omri Miran, Ori Megidish, Naama...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

What a Sino-American ‘G2’ would mean for Asian security

What a Sino-American ‘G2’ would mean for Asian security

Grand foreign-policy strategies rarely disappear overnight. More often, they are dismantled gradually through subtle rhetorical shifts, bureaucratic...

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The Japan Times

Brahma Chellaney

The Predictors’ Scorecard

Israel’s elections are but several weeks away – and the press is full of who will win, who will lose, and what does that mean for Israel. Not to...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sam Lehman-Wilzig

Wars Do Not End the Way Trump Thinks They Do

Wars Do Not End the Way Trump Thinks They Do

The demand is documented and can be stated precisely. In June 2025, during the twelve-day war in which American bombers struck three Iranian nuclear...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Celeo Ramirez

Cynická obluda: Velebenie fašistov za naše peniaze

Cirkev si ide svoje hnedé čoraz intenzívnejšie a nevyzerá to, že by veriaci protestovali.

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SME.sk

Cynická Obluda

Hopes fade in Colombia as critical window to find quake survivors shuts

Hopes fade in Colombia as critical window to find quake survivors shuts

Death toll reaches 281 after 7.4 magnitude tremor, with 379 people still missing; thousands of families sheltering in makeshift camps after some...

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The Times of Israel

Afp

Farage beats Count Binface to win back parliamentary seat in widely mocked election

Farage beats Count Binface to win back parliamentary seat in widely mocked election

Leader of anti-immigration Reform gets 22,239 votes to Binface’s nearly 9,500; Farage had quit seat amid probe into $6.7 million gift from overseas...

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The Times of Israel

Ap

Standardizirane pričeske: Severna Koreja preganja zasebne frizerje in brivce

Standardizirane pričeske: Severna Koreja preganja zasebne frizerje in brivce

Oblasti v severnokorejski provinci Južni Hamgjong zaostrujejo nadzor nad zasebnimi frizerji in brivci, vendar povpraševanje po njihovih storitvah...

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Dnevnik

Jk

O dobe tekutých informácií, čurillovcoch a poloslepej spravodlivosti

Každý človek sa považuje za nevinného, pokiaľ súd právoplatným rozsudkom nevysloví jeho vinu. Štát môže svojho občana trestne stíhať...

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Pravda.sk

Martin Bezák

Nudný konzervatívny prezident Čile

Nie je ako Trump, dodržiava pravidlá, klesá mu popularita.

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SME.sk

Andrés Velasco

Behind the Scenes: Unveiling Paradiplomacy in the Climate Conference of the Parties

Behind the Scenes: Unveiling Paradiplomacy in the Climate Conference of the Parties

*Originally published in 2024 and preserved as part of our archive project.Get E-International Relations delivered to your inbox, free of charge. As...

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E-International

Ana Almeida-Dias

Z Číny prichádza nový rizikový hit. Tentoraz sú to peptidy

Aj sivý trh s peptidmi vytvára reputačné, regulačné a geopolitické riziká.

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SME.sk

Juliana Liu

Karikatúra dňa: Úplné zatmenie

Kreslí Rosie Naive Art.

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SME.sk

Rosie Babicová

South Korea bets on industrial policy again

South Korea bets on industrial policy again

SEOUL – Around the world, governments are again using the tools of industrial policy — subsidies, tax incentives, public finance, trade measures...

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The Japan Times

Lee Jong-Wha

Featured Post

Featured Post

Elul has arrived, which means the Jewish calendar has once again dispensed with gentle encouragement and moved directly to the annual performance...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Talyah Ginsberg

Šampioni niso najboljši le na igrišču, večina blesti tudi ob njih

Šampioni niso najboljši le na igrišču, večina blesti tudi ob njih

Nemec Alexander Zverev je v Cincinnatiju dokazal, da ni le izjemen teniški igralec, ampak tudi velik človek. Po napornem dnevu je nagradil pobiralce...

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Dnevnik

Us

Gospodarska rast v drugem četrtletju z močnim pospeškom

Gospodarska rast v drugem četrtletju z močnim pospeškom

Bruto domači proizvod je bil v drugem letošnjem četrtletju realno za 5,0 odstotka večji kot v enakem obdobju lani. Rast se je tako v primerjavi s...

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Dnevnik

Sta

Kto tu naozaj pomáha pedofilom?

Obete, predátori a ich lovci z pohľadu kriminológie.

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SME.sk

Patrik Ismael Májovský

Sestavina, s katero je risal Da Vinci, danes pa brez nje ni prave črne rižote

Sestavina, s katero je risal Da Vinci, danes pa brez nje ni prave črne rižote

Kremasti riž, nežno meso sip in izrazit okus morja so glavne lastnosti ene najbolj prepoznavnih jadranskih jedi.

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Dnevnik

Iztok Klemenčič

Bjorn Lomborg: Energy, climate, and the fight for a better world

Bjorn Lomborg: Energy, climate, and the fight for a better world

The Iran war emphasized how reliant we are on fossil fuels; a leading Danish thinker explains how we should think about energy needs, global warming,...

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The Times of Israel

Lazar Berman

Yemen’s Houthis say they attacked Saudi Aramco refinery, imperiling strained truce

Yemen’s Houthis say they attacked Saudi Aramco refinery, imperiling strained truce

UN warns of highest risk since 2022 truce of return to war between Iran-backed rebels and Saudi-backed, internationally recognized government, amid...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

‘People were burning’: Crew members of ship hit by Houthis recount attack

‘People were burning’: Crew members of ship hit by Houthis recount attack

Internationally recognized Yemeni authorities say 6 people were killed, at least 9 wounded when Iran-backed rebels launched three missiles at vessel...

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The Times of Israel

Ap

The U.S. ammo crunch is a global disaster

The U.S. ammo crunch is a global disaster

It appears that Donald Trump is livid at Pete Hegseth. Not long ago the president still cooed that his macho secretary of defense “loves war,”...

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The Japan Times

Andreas Kluth

Anthropic reportedly in talks to buy Israeli-founded AI startup at $6B valuation

Anthropic reportedly in talks to buy Israeli-founded AI startup at $6B valuation

Potential acquisition of Decart, which is working to boost chip efficiency and develop generative AI models, would be Anthropic’s first acquisition...

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The Times of Israel

Sharon Wrobel

Eisenkot opens up a lead on Netanyahu in new ToI poll, but both blocs shy of majority

Eisenkot opens up a lead on Netanyahu in new ToI poll, but both blocs shy of majority

Yashar’s margin over Likud grows to 4 seats in Zman Yisrael survey; Shin Bet said weighing armed bodyguards for Eisenkot, who Lapid declines to say...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Small Worlds: Vic Edwards and the Bletchley Park Photograph

UNSW Vic Edwards was a man whose stories you didn’t always believe. He had too many of them, they were too good, and they connected too neatly....

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Vincent James Hooper

Editor's Choice: RIP Okuda-san, and succession plan for Toyota and its founding family

Editor's Choice: RIP Okuda-san, and succession plan for Toyota and its founding family

Due to the technical or legal reasons, readability mode is not available for this article. Thank you for your kind understanding.

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Nikkei Asian Review

Akito Tanaka

3 Ways to Stop Your Over-Apologizing Habit

3 Ways to Stop Your Over-Apologizing Habit

Over-apologizing shrinks you instead of endearing you to anyone.

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Psychology Today

Mark Travers Ph.d

The neverending house

The neverending house The self-built homes of Santiago are precarious and ever changing. They are, always and at once, being and becoming by Consuelo...

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Aeon

Consuelo Araos