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Artists strike to protest Israeli participation ahead of Venice Biennale

Artists strike to protest Israeli participation ahead of Venice Biennale

Some 12 pavilions closed or partially shuttered, while others fly Palestinian flags; police clash with demonstrators trying to reach Israeli...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Benny Gantz Was Never the Antidote to Netanyahu. He's a Symptom of the Disease

Benny Gantz Was Never the Antidote to Netanyahu. He's a Symptom of the Disease

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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Haaretz

Carolina Landsmann

Brides of Contention: Forced Conversions in Pakistan

If you are a Hindu citizen of Pakistan and the parent of a girl, one of your greatest fears is that your daughter could be forcibly converted to Islam...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Hasan mujtaba

Russia Is the Outskirts of Ukraine

Russia Is the Outskirts of Ukraine

Note: This article is a translation of my Russian-language piece «Россия — это окраина Украины» (“Russia Is the Outskirts...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ivan Bassov

They Didn’t Control the Markets — They Explained Them

In 2009, the Anti-Defamation League found that 31 per cent of Europeans blamed Jews for the global financial crisis. They were blaming the wrong Jews...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Vincent James Hooper

The war on Iran will likely end in American retreat

The war on Iran will likely end in American retreat

The war against Iran that the United States and Israel launched on February 28, 2026, will likely end in an American retreat. The United States cannot...

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Al Jazeera

Jeffrey Sachs

Winning Isn't Enough. Israel's Next PM Must Oust Netanyahu's People

Winning Isn't Enough. Israel's Next PM Must Oust Netanyahu's People

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Haaretz

Mickey Gitzin

UK Jews’ fears grow as Green, Reform surge elects candidates accused of antisemitism

UK Jews’ fears grow as Green, Reform surge elects candidates accused of antisemitism

Local elections see a host of candidates elected from anti-Israel Green Party and the hard-right Reform, who have espoused antisemitic and anti-Israel...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Who wore it better: Bradley Cooper or Maestro Leonard Bernstein?

Who wore it better: Bradley Cooper or Maestro Leonard Bernstein?

ToI’s movie maven and deputy editor consider the depiction of the troubled genius in Hollywood biopic ‘Maestro’ versus the master’s own voice...

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The Times of Israel

Amanda Borschel-Dan

A Call to American Jews on a Path Forward: On Israel, Values, Pride and Responsibility

For most American Jews, support for Israel has never simply meant support for a government. It has meant support for the idea that there should exist...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Marc Overbeck

Catholic-Jewish Relations in the Pope Leo Era

Cardinal Robert Prevost’s election as the first American pontiff last May was a welcome surprise, and one that I suggested at the time, bodes well...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Noam e. marans

Trump’s threats against Iran are historically illiterate

US President Donald Trump’s threats against Iran since the war began have targeted not just the country’s military capabilities, but its entire...

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South China Morning Post

Amin Saikal

Beyond Sides Toward Shared Peace

Beyond Sides Toward Shared Peace

Public discussion about the Middle East is often reduced to a false choice. People are told they must either support Israel or support civilians in...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sabine Sterk

Masada and Bar Kochba: Israel's Heritage of Violence

Masada and Bar Kochba: Israel's Heritage of Violence

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Haaretz

Chemi shiff

Každý skončil tam, kam patrí: Fico u Putina, Orbán u Dopemana

Dvaja premiéri na nesprávnej strane dejín

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SME.sk

Beata Balogová

Fascism Should Be Destroyed

Fascism Should Be Destroyed

Fascism Should Be Destroyed It is the third decade of the 21st century, yet the fascist hydra has raised its heads once again. What thoughts come to...

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New Eastern Outlook

Ksenia Muratshina

The IDF's West Bank Chief Runs a Sophisticated, Sociological Engine of Violence

The IDF's West Bank Chief Runs a Sophisticated, Sociological Engine of Violence

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Haaretz

Yagil Levy

Israel's Financial Chokehold on Palestinians Is the Twin of Settler Terrorism

Israel's Financial Chokehold on Palestinians Is the Twin of Settler Terrorism

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Haaretz

Amira Hass

The Israeli Justice Minister's Extinction Campaign Against the Supreme Court

The Israeli Justice Minister's Extinction Campaign Against the Supreme Court

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Haaretz

Haaretz Editorial

Yonit, Jonathan — here are true Jewish American heroes

Yonit, Jonathan — here are true Jewish American heroes

There was a fun diversion this week on the podcast Unholy (always excellent, hosted by Yonit Levy of Israel’s Channel 12 and The Guardian columnist...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

James Inverne

Anti-Israel Greens win 2 mayoralties, 4 councils in UK local elections; hard-right Reform is big winner

Anti-Israel Greens win 2 mayoralties, 4 councils in UK local elections; hard-right Reform is big winner

Farage’s Reform projected to be largest party in Parliament; Polanski’s Green Party, engulfed in antisemitism scandals, wins mayoralty and council...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

The Slow Normalization of the Unthinkable

We are all busy living our lives—busy with our parenting, communal, and everyday obligations, absorbed by everything around us. So busy, perhaps,...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ariana Mizrahi

Netanyahu's Pet Mossad Boss Runs Cover on Qatargate

Netanyahu's Pet Mossad Boss Runs Cover on Qatargate

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Haaretz

Uri Misgav

Surfers in war-torn Gaza find rare moments of relief taking to the waves

Surfers in war-torn Gaza find rare moments of relief taking to the waves

The handful of Gaza surfers are challenged in their passion by a lack of equipment, Israeli military restrictions and a dearth of good waves

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The Times of Israel

Wafaa Shurafa

US-Israel War on Iran: What Price for a Lasting Peace

The military campaign conducted by Israel and the United States against Iran—inaugurated in June 2025 and intensified in February 2026—constitutes...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Mohamed Chtatou

When the Body Does Not Sound the Heat Alarm

When the Body Does Not Sound the Heat Alarm

Why heat vulnerability is also a neuroscience and sensory issue.

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Psychology Today

Hari Srinivasan

Trump says expecting Iranian response to latest US proposal ‘tonight’

Trump says expecting Iranian response to latest US proposal ‘tonight’

US Treasury sanctions 10 people and firms for aiding Islamic Republic’s production of Shahed drones * Russian FM tells UAE counterpart ‘to focus...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Palestinian journalist recounts Israeli food rations after losing 130 pounds in jail

Palestinian journalist recounts Israeli food rations after losing 130 pounds in jail

Ali Samoudi, who was released last week without charge after yearlong administrative detention, says he never questioned about sraeli allegation of...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Poll: 42% of Likud voters weighing or have decided to back different party in fall

Poll: 42% of Likud voters weighing or have decided to back different party in fall

Plurality who voted for Netanyahu’s party in 2022 but won’t or may not this time say chief reason is failure to prevent Oct. 7, followed by...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

The quiet frontier? With minefields cleared, Golan Heights readies for construction boom

The quiet frontier? With minefields cleared, Golan Heights readies for construction boom

Despite local volatility, residents brace for speedy growth and bolstered infrastructure as part of recently approved 5-year plan allocating NIS 1...

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The Times of Israel

Diana Bletter

How Attachment Patterns Shape Eating Disorders

How Attachment Patterns Shape Eating Disorders

Understanding the emotional roots beneath the symptoms of eating disorders.

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Psychology Today

Carolyn Karoll Lcsw-C

Pop-up stop for soldiers on Gaza border draws volunteers from across the globe

Pop-up stop for soldiers on Gaza border draws volunteers from across the globe

Begun by a handful of brothers eager to help fellow Israelis on October 7, 2023, Shuva Achim has become a second home for soldiers and a magnet for...

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The Times of Israel

Sue Surkes

How a Changing Body in Perimenopause Carries Mental Weight

How a Changing Body in Perimenopause Carries Mental Weight

Validation, self-advocacy, and social support protect women’s mental health.

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Psychology Today

Lisa Liggins-Chambers Ph.d

US judge rules DOGE’s cuts to Jewish humanities grants were unconstitutional

US judge rules DOGE’s cuts to Jewish humanities grants were unconstitutional

Ruling accuses government of terming a grant ‘because it sought to empower and amplify the voices of Jewish women who were victims of Nazi...

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The Times of Israel

Andrew Lapin

Naša ladja plove v neznano z znanimi častniki

Naša ladja plove v neznano z znanimi častniki

Pred dobrega pol stoletja je Radojka Šverko pela pesem Kud plovi ovaj brod, v prevodu Kam plove ta ladja. Ljubezenska pesem je imela na koncu refren,...

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Dnevnik

Leon Magdalenc

May 9, 1945 – May 9, 2026: Russia is Standing Tall Again.Part 2: double standards: the West exposed

May 9, 1945 – May 9, 2026: Russia is Standing Tall Again.Part 2: double standards: the West exposed The so-called “free world” is an oxymoron....

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New Eastern Outlook

Mohamed Lamine Kaba

Palestinian man and young son reportedly attacked by settlers in southern West Bank

Palestinian man and young son reportedly attacked by settlers in southern West Bank

Palestinian media reports two were attacked by several settlers wielding sharp instruments, wounded taken to hospital for treatment

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The Times of Israel

Noam Lehmann

Pokojnine in delo kot socialni vprašanji, 2.

Pokojnine in delo kot socialni vprašanji, 2.

Anja Juhant iz Komende (Dnevnik, 6.maja) je zadela, kot se reče, žebljico na glavico. Točno tako, rekel bi kar prostaško, je kapitalizem smatral...

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Dnevnik

Pisma Bralcev

We Will Treat AI as Conscious Regardless of Whether It Is

We Will Treat AI as Conscious Regardless of Whether It Is

Personal Perspective: Why 300,000 years of social cognition will prevail.

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Psychology Today

Mike Brooks Ph.d

Russia and Ukraine agree to 3-day ceasefire, prisoner swap brokered by US

Russia and Ukraine agree to 3-day ceasefire, prisoner swap brokered by US

Trump hopes truce can be the ‘beginning of the end’; ahead of WWII Victory Day parade in Moscow, Zelensky says ‘Red Square matters less to us...

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The Times of Israel

Darlene Superville

Opinion – Brazil’s Dramatic and Consequential 2026 Presidential Election

Opinion – Brazil’s Dramatic and Consequential 2026 Presidential Election

Six months before one of Brazil’s most consequential elections, current prospects suggest a landscape stalled in time.

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E-International

Rafael R. Ioris

Did the U.S. founders create a Christian nation? No, but religion did shape their thinking

Did the U.S. founders create a Christian nation? No, but religion did shape their thinking

When he talks about the role of religion in the founding of the United States, historian Gregg Frazer does not attract eager audiences. “Neither...

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Japan Today

Peter Smith