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Knesset votes on official dispersal of parliament, wrapping up final legislative blitz

Knesset votes on official dispersal of parliament, wrapping up final legislative blitz

Motion to disperse passes 62-0 with sole coalition backing after it was tacked onto party financing bill; 25th Knesset ‘most challenging’ in...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

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There is a particular Jewish genius for scheduling the worst possible feedback session at the worst possible time, and then calling it mercy. This...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Talyah Ginsberg

Putin Likes His Worst Option in Ukraine

Putin Likes His Worst Option in Ukraine

STOCKHOLM—If Russian President Vladimir Putin were to make a clearheaded assessment of the state of his war with Ukraine, he would seek a ceasefire....

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Project Syndicate

Carl Bildt

The AI jobs crisis no one is talking about

The AI jobs crisis no one is talking about

Spinning a good narrative is critical to selling artificial intelligence these days. But the leaders of today’s biggest labs are giving us whiplash...

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The Japan Times

Parmy Olson

Israel Is Winning Wars, But Losing the World’s Mind

Israel Is Winning Wars, But Losing the World’s Mind

There is a painful reality that many supporters of Israel refuse to admit. Israel is exceptionally good at surviving wars. It is remarkably good at...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sabine Sterk

Nicholas Carl: US and Iran are now in the Battle of Hormuz

Nicholas Carl: US and Iran are now in the Battle of Hormuz

Iran thinks it won the war, which it almost did, argues the Critical Threats Project fellow, saying now is the time for Trump to impose his will as...

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The Times of Israel

Lazar Berman

Architects of Peace, Contractors of War

Architects of Peace, Contractors of War

Diplomacy is sometimes less the art of ending war than the art of transferring responsibility for it. Many agreements born in quiet negotiating rooms...

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Middle East Monitor

Greg Pence

The Dancer and the Algorithm: Sir Ken Robinson in the Age of Agentic AI

Sir Ken Robinson died on 21 August 2020, at 70, after a short battle with cancer. He never saw ChatGPT. He never encountered an autonomous AI agent...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Vincent James Hooper

“Ceasefire Is Over”: Why America Still Cannot Secure the Strait of Hormuz

“Ceasefire Is Over”: Why America Still Cannot Secure the Strait of Hormuz

“Ceasefire Is Over”: Why America Still Cannot Secure the Strait of Hormuz The US’s tactical military successes in the Strait of Hormuz do not...

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New Eastern Outlook

Adrian Korczyński

40-letna skrivnost: Trije zapuščeni otroci na železniški postaji

40-letna skrivnost: Trije zapuščeni otroci na železniški postaji

Aprila 1984 so na železniški postaji v Barceloni našli tri zapuščene otroke. Ker so bili lepo oblečeni, so bili preiskovalci prepričani, da jih...

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Dnevnik

Šf

The legacy of Professor John Esposito: The scholar who refused to turn Islam into an enemy

The legacy of Professor John Esposito: The scholar who refused to turn Islam into an enemy

There are scholars who interpret the world, scholars who flatter it, and scholars who quietly make it less cruel. John L. Esposito belonged...

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Middle East Monitor

Junaid S. Ahmad

As Christopher Nolan revives ‘The Odyssey,’ a scholar links Homer and the Bible

As Christopher Nolan revives ‘The Odyssey,’ a scholar links Homer and the Bible

What do a wily Greek king and the heroes and heroines of Genesis have in common? Academic and author Jacob Howland highlights more than a few points...

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The Times of Israel

Andrew Silow-Carroll

Strait of Hormuz transits drop as US and Iran escalate attacks across Gulf

Strait of Hormuz transits drop as US and Iran escalate attacks across Gulf

Just three commodity vessels cross the vital waterway on Thursday, down from 11 the previous day, while crude carriers and liquefied natural gas...

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The Times of Israel

Reuters

The Middle East’s ‘Babushka Doll’ Syndrome: States within States

A “Babushka Doll” comprises several layers of ever smaller dolls nestled within each other. It turns out that some Middle East countries have a...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sam Lehman-Wilzig

Souring on JD Vance, many Jewish Republicans rally behind Marco Rubio for 2028

Souring on JD Vance, many Jewish Republicans rally behind Marco Rubio for 2028

Prominent GOP figures don’t back a bid by the vice president amid concerns over his invoking conspiracy theories, and silence on right-wing...

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The Times of Israel

Joseph Strauss

America’s war on international justice

America’s war on international justice

There is something revealing about the way Washington talks about international law. When the law moves against an adversary, it becomes the language...

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Middle East Monitor

Jenny Williams

America Now Practices Diplomacy Via Murder and Assassination

America Now Practices Diplomacy Via Murder and Assassination The United States, once a respected diplomatic power, has become a “gang of assassins...

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New Eastern Outlook

Bryan Anthony Reo

As Ukraine’s deep strikes mount, Putin lets his country burn

As Ukraine’s deep strikes mount, Putin lets his country burn

MOSCOW – Karl Marx once wrote that theory becomes a material force the moment it grips the masses. Soviet leaders took that line and ran with it —...

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The Japan Times

Nina L. Khrushcheva

The Tragedy of Capital and the Re-Opening of Futurity

The Tragedy of Capital and the Re-Opening of Futurity

Capitalism’s greatest crisis may be the exhaustion of the system itself, leaving geopolitical fragmentation to define the world that follows.

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E-International

Richard W. Coughlin

Don’t become a casualty in Beijing’s ‘history war’

Don’t become a casualty in Beijing’s ‘history war’

At the recent Shangri-La Dialogue, Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi delivered a blunt rebuttal to Meng Xiangqing, a professor at China’s PLA...

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The Japan Times

Masahiro Matsumura

Cynická obluda: Veľmi selektívny záujem o ekológiu

Nič tak neprezradí čisté úmysly, ako keď sú v tom zapojení Harabin s Bombicom.

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SME.sk

Cynická Obluda

Coalition’s ‘legislative blitz’ designed to shore-up, unshackle right-wing power

Coalition’s ‘legislative blitz’ designed to shore-up, unshackle right-wing power

Raft of contentious laws passed this week increases power of right-wing media, throws off attorney general’s legal restraints, and keeps the Haredim...

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The Times of Israel

Jeremy Sharon

Featured Post

Featured Post

Until this week, I had never heard of an influencer named Clavicular. Then he came to Israel, and Jewish social media erupted. Some were furious that...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Yankie Denburg

Opinion – The Most Personal Propaganda Tool Ever Built

Opinion – The Most Personal Propaganda Tool Ever Built

AI chatbots might be the most personal propaganda tool ever built, quietly shaping how billions think by influencing what they see as balanced, safe,...

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E-International

Jude Althagafi

Tragédia západnej nostalgie - Westalgia

Európa sa tragicky podceňuje

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SME.sk

Mark Leonard

Palestinian terrorist indicted over 2007 West Bank murder of Israeli civilian

Palestinian terrorist indicted over 2007 West Bank murder of Israeli civilian

Shadi Jumaa arrested by Israeli forces in Qalqilya after released from Palestinian Authority prison, indicted on terror charges by military...

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

The Subversion of the International Criminal Court

The Subversion of the International Criminal Court

MADRID—Some institutional failures unfold not through scandal but procedure, with acts of sabotage dressed up in the language of good-faith inquiry...

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Project Syndicate

Josep Borrell

John Esposito transformed how the West understood Islam

John Esposito transformed how the West understood Islam

John L Esposito, a prominent scholar of religion and international affairs at Georgetown University, passed away on July 15, 2026, due to...

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Al Jazeera

Nader Hashemi

Subsidies Do Not Explain China’s Competitiveness

Subsidies Do Not Explain China’s Competitiveness

BEIJING—Chinese firms have achieved global leadership in industries once assumed to be the preserve of advanced economies: electric vehicles,...

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Project Syndicate

Kai Guo

Zabudnite na Pentu, problémom je štát

Predstava, že hlavným problémom zdravotníctva je Penta, je chybná.

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SME.sk

Peter Schutz

Likud minister reclassifies crocodile as ‘tended,’ paving way for Ben Gvir’s prison plan

Likud minister reclassifies crocodile as ‘tended,’ paving way for Ben Gvir’s prison plan

Flouting her ministry’s legal adviser, Silman grants herself authority to permit prisons to surround facilities with crocodiles, despite opposition...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

The Question My Mother’s Memory Asks of Me

Thirty-two years ago this week, on July 18, 1994, my mother was murdered in the terrorist bombing of the AMIA (Asociación Mutual Israelita...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Claudia Kreiman

Andy Burnham postal novi voditelj britanskih laburistov

Andy Burnham postal novi voditelj britanskih laburistov

Britanski laburisti so danes na izrednem kongresu za novega voditelja stranke imenovali Andyja Burnhama, 56-letnega donedavnega župana Manchestra z...

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Dnevnik

Sta

Španski selektor Vinčiću poslal sporočilo, kaj bo njegova naloga v finalu

Španski selektor Vinčiću poslal sporočilo, kaj bo njegova naloga v finalu

Selektor španske nogometne reprezentance Luis de la Fuente je pred nedeljskim finalom svetovnega prvenstva proti Argentini dejal, da mora njegova...

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Dnevnik

Ma

Opinion – What does the US’ anti-bribery retreat mean for the global struggle against corruption?

Opinion – What does the US’ anti-bribery retreat mean for the global struggle against corruption?

Longer term consequences will only foster a permissive environment for corrupt business dealings worldwide, especially for those connected to...

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E-International

Rachel A. Schwartz And Lauren Cargal

What Inequality Does to Electoral Democracy

What Inequality Does to Electoral Democracy

PRINCETON—In a new polemic that aims to serve as a manifesto for our times, the economists Julia Cagé of Sciences Po and Thomas Piketty of the...

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Project Syndicate

Harold James

Bruselj Slovenijo poziva k dodatnim ukrepom za pregon korupcije in zaščito novinarjev

Bruselj Slovenijo poziva k dodatnim ukrepom za pregon korupcije in zaščito novinarjev

Evropska komisija je v danes objavljenem letnem poročilu o vladavini prava Sloveniji podala dve priporočili, v katerih jo je pozvala k sprejetju...

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Dnevnik

Sta

Iranians beset by uncertainty, financial woes amid stepped-up hostilities with US

Iranians beset by uncertainty, financial woes amid stepped-up hostilities with US

Facing soaring prices and escalating airstrikes, many Iranians feel their future is in flux but nevertheless reluctant to leave the country, citing...

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The Times of Israel

Reuters

The Truth About Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya

Over the past week, an international campaign calling for the immediate release of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya from Israeli prison has gained renewed...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Hanan Amiur

Haló, Kongres. Je to už 138. deň vojny, a je načase ju zastaviť

Takto vyzerá americká porážka.

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SME.sk

Bloomberg

PlayStation may regret ejecting the disc

PlayStation may regret ejecting the disc

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

Lu-Hai Liang

Transit of wonder

Every 122 years, Venus crosses the Sun as a black and fleeting teardrop, kindling the awe of all those who dare to know by Ananya Palivela  BIO The...

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Aeon

Ananya Palivela

The Evidence on Two Therapies Boost Women’s Sexual Desire

The Evidence on Two Therapies Boost Women’s Sexual Desire

Two psychological therapies, not drugs, boost female desire and arousal.

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Psychology Today

Michael Castleman M.a

Cynická obluda: Rozmaznaným umelcom nevyhovieš

Pani ministerka sa tak snaží, ale hentá kultúrna obec furt nevie, čo vlastne chce.

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SME.sk

Cynická Obluda

Čo znamenala zvrchovanosť v roku 1992 a čo z nej zostalo dnes

Od ústavného princípu k politickému sloganu.

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SME.sk

Peter Weiss

Sacha Baron Cohen brings Ali G character back to life at Wimbledon

Sacha Baron Cohen brings Ali G character back to life at Wimbledon

Video shows the British Jewish actor clad in white tracksuit emblazoned with ‘official Ganja dealer’ arguing with police over whether or not he...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff