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Jerusalem municipality shuts down Shabbat coffee stand near cafe that caved to Haredi protests

Jerusalem municipality shuts down Shabbat coffee stand near cafe that caved to Haredi protests

Inspector tells volunteers from Hitorerut that they ‘received orders from higher up’ to close stall; head of liberal group: ‘Violence closed...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

German far-right AfD party’s projected win puts Jews between the left and a hard place

German far-right AfD party’s projected win puts Jews between the left and a hard place

Populist Alternative for Germany faces accusations of antisemitism as it’s poised to win big in Sunday’s elections in state of Saxony-Anhalt. What...

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The Times of Israel

Joshua Schultheis

UAE president pardons son of Muslim Brotherhood’s late spiritual leader

UAE president pardons son of Muslim Brotherhood’s late spiritual leader

Abdul Rahman al-Qaradawi was extradited from Lebanon to UAE and sentenced to 10 years in jail for activities that ‘undermine public security’

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The Times of Israel

Afp

The Syria Option: Rethinking Middle Eastern Oil Exports Beyond Hormuz

The Syria Option: Rethinking Middle Eastern Oil Exports Beyond Hormuz

President Donald Trump’s endorsement of Syria as a possible alternative to the Strait of Hormuz has pushed an old energy-security problem back to...

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Middle East Monitor

Dr Umud Shokri

The Decline of the World Is Visible on X

The Decline of the World Is Visible on X
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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sabine Sterk

Qiyamah El Ninos For Dajjal, Mahdi and Messiahs At Work

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Allen S. Maller

Huckabee urges severe consequences for settler violence: ‘Crime is crime, terror is terror’

Huckabee urges severe consequences for settler violence: ‘Crime is crime, terror is terror’

Visiting West Bank Palestinian town, US envoy says it’s in Israel’s interest to take action, and a ‘few hundred’ violent settlers are ‘too...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Democracies proscribe weapons sales to Israel

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Steve Kramer

Trump sends Kushner, Witkoff to Moscow and Kyiv with new plan to ‘end war’

Trump sends Kushner, Witkoff to Moscow and Kyiv with new plan to ‘end war’

Report says pair to meet Putin before traveling to Ukrainian capital; Zelensky suggests ceasefire for duration of trip, despite unprecedented strike...

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The Times of Israel

Afp

The Doolow Strike: Türkiye’s Intervention in Somalia

The Doolow Strike: Türkiye’s Intervention in Somalia

The reported drone strike in Doolow targeting former Somali Custodial Corps commander General Mahad Abdirahman Shub has brought a much larger...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Gulaid Yusuf Idaan

Gaza: Voluntary Relocation in Name Only

Gaza: Voluntary Relocation in Name Only
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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

William Keenan

Creating Unity: Benign Dominance Theory and Israel’s Future

Creating Unity: Benign Dominance Theory and Israel’s Future

The terror and struggles we are experiencing as a nation are entirely environmental. By environmental, I do not mean weather or slogans. I mean the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Whimsy Anderson

Iran Has Every Condition for an Uprising. No Guarantees Yet.

Iran Has Every Condition for an Uprising. No Guarantees Yet.
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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Celeo Ramirez

Tibor Nagy Exposes the Contradiction in Egypt’s Red Sea Strategy

Tibor Nagy Exposes the Contradiction in Egypt’s Red Sea Strategy

As Cairo insists that Red Sea affairs belong to coastal states while demanding recognition of its downstream interests on the Nile, a former senior...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Nassir Hussein Kahin

Sleep is the mini trial for death with ads

Sleep is the mini trial for death with ads
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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ibrahim Mukherjee

Socialism: Are We There Already?

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Clifford Rieders

First. Stand. Go.

First. Stand. Go.
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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sara Matathias

There won’t be another Lionel Messi, and that’s a good thing

There won’t be another Lionel Messi, and that’s a good thing

Ever since Diego Maradona’s forced exit from the national team after he was banned at the 1994 World Cup for doping, Argentine football had been...

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Buenos Aires Herald

Fernando Romero Nuñez

Tehran’s Dangerous Illusion of Control

Tehran’s Dangerous Illusion of Control

When Iran launched salvoes of drones and missiles at American bases, the message was clear. Strikes hit facilities in Kuwait, Jordan, and the United...

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Middle East Monitor

Dr Jannus Th Siahaan

U.S. Midterms: What Has Started to Move

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Bernard P. Markowicz

NY Hasidic rabbis reportedly ask Trump to intervene in Israel’s draft crisis

NY Hasidic rabbis reportedly ask Trump to intervene in Israel’s draft crisis

Leaders of several Jewish movements in New York region appeal to president for help with federal prisoners, schools and housing

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Harvard’s Israel Exception

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Robert Huebscher

Iranian media says US strikes oil tanker at key export hub Kharg Island

Iranian media says US strikes oil tanker at key export hub Kharg Island

Tehran has vowed strong response to attacks on Kharg, which further jeopardize economy; Vance: US probing wedding attack that killed 5 women and...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Star Trek: 60 years to the most gloriously nerdy enterprise

Star Trek: 60 years to the most gloriously nerdy enterprise

ToI’s movie maven and deputy editor boldly go where no staff have gone before and explore all that is Jewish behind the beloved franchise

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The Times of Israel

Amanda Borschel-Dan

Putin–Pashinyan: A Dialogue on Charting the Path on the SCO Sidelines

Putin–Pashinyan: A Dialogue on Charting the Path on the SCO Sidelines

Putin–Pashinyan: A Dialogue on Charting the Path on the SCO Sidelines On the margins of the 2026 SCO Summit in Bishkek, Armenia’s government once...

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New Eastern Outlook

Stepanida Safonova

Gal Gadot-backed mac-and-cheese brand to be bought by Italian pasta giant Barilla

Gal Gadot-backed mac-and-cheese brand to be bought by Italian pasta giant Barilla

Terms of deal not disclosed but brand holds 7.8% of the US market and was valued at $88 million in 2023; founded in 2020 as a healthier take on the...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

3 said killed in IDF strikes in Lebanon after Hezbollah drone attack on troops

3 said killed in IDF strikes in Lebanon after Hezbollah drone attack on troops

23 people wounded; IDF says strikes were on Hezbollah members, infrastructure after drone targeted troops in south Lebanon; IDF says UAV was...

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

Between Two Mountains: Ki Tavo and the Day the Judges Are Judged

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Mikhail Salita

The Ogaden Question and a New Horn of Africa Security Test

A disputed troop movement reveals how clan geography, state sovereignty, and regional rivalry intersect. Across the Horn of Africa, clan geography...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Mohamed Osman

We Are Closer Than You Think

We Are Closer Than You Think

Ever since I watched Rabbi Dov Huff teach a new song to our eighth graders at our weekly kumsitz several years ago, there is a phrase in Parshat...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Yaakov Green

Will Ben Gvir’s Extreme Views Result in a Public Relations Catastrophe?

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Joseph M. Bianchi

Blasts heard near Iran’s oil hub Kharg Island amid reported US strikes

Blasts heard near Iran’s oil hub Kharg Island amid reported US strikes

Members of US military’s Joint Staff reportedly polygraphed over leaks on munition shortages caused by Iran war * Police reportedly authorize Bnei...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Thinking Global Podcast – Arne Westad

Thinking Global Podcast – Arne Westad

Professor Arne Westad (Yale University) talks with the Thinking Global team about what it is to 'think globally' when it comes to...

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E-International

Arne Westad Talks About What It Is To 'Think Globally

After Iran, Is Israel Now Targeting Turkey? Ankara Quickly Moves to Hedge Itself

After Iran, Is Israel Now Targeting Turkey? Ankara Quickly Moves to Hedge Itself

After Iran, Is Israel Now Targeting Turkey? Ankara Quickly Moves to Hedge Itself Israel’s strategy in the Middle East is changing: the country is...

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New Eastern Outlook

Ricardo Martins

Did Pakistan Defeat India in the Chittagong Hill Tracts?

Did Pakistan Defeat India in the Chittagong Hill Tracts?
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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Purna Lal Chakma

Report: PM didn’t leave his home for army HQ until 2 hours after Oct. 7 invasion began

Report: PM didn’t leave his home for army HQ until 2 hours after Oct. 7 invasion began

Israeli TV cites unpublished minutes from Netanyahu’s diary suggesting he stayed in Caesarea until at least 8:30 a.m., notes he didn’t consult...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Rescuers in Nepal pull 2 people alive from the debris 10 days after devastating floods

Rescuers in Nepal pull 2 people alive from the debris 10 days after devastating floods

Chinese man and a woman found in separate operations, day after 2 Nepalese hydropower workers were found, but thousands are still missing

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The Times of Israel

Ap

Dreams about Gaza: Israel’s ethnic cleansing proposals

Dreams about Gaza: Israel’s ethnic cleansing proposals

Let’s be done with the pretence of decency and soggy references to just resolution in the face of extreme circumstances.  Be done with the...

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Middle East Monitor

Dr Binoy Kampmark

‘Doing the minimum:’ IDF said angry at Shin Bet for not taking settler violence seriously

‘Doing the minimum:’ IDF said angry at Shin Bet for not taking settler violence seriously

Army official tells Israeli TV that the security agency is ‘not providing us with intelligence or early warnings,’ suggests political leaders...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

The Silence After Tartus

When I read Ehud Olmert’s recently published account of the operation that assassinated Muhammad Suleiman, the operational details were remarkable:...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Brosh Momi

Trump taking Qatari Air Force One to Ireland despite questions over plane’s security

Trump taking Qatari Air Force One to Ireland despite questions over plane’s security

US president says aircraft, which he secretly switched out of in July in Turkey, and reportedly doesn’t have anti-missile security systems, will go...

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The Times of Israel

Afp

Who really benefits from the CIA chief’s Moscow trip?

Who really benefits from the CIA chief’s Moscow trip?

Ratcliffe’s hush-hush visit may be less about Moscow than helping turn Baltic alarm and Brussels money into new business for US arms makers

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RT.com

Rachel Marsden

George Clooney Defended a Right Nobody Threatened

George Clooney Defended a Right Nobody Threatened
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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jaclyn S. Clark

Gloria Steinem Was a Feminist Icon – and "Wherever There's Antisemitism, a Jew"

Gloria Steinem Was a Feminist Icon – and

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Haaretz

Dahlia Lithwick

Will More Arguments Make You More Persuasive? It Depends

Will More Arguments Make You More Persuasive? It Depends

Consider your audience during persuasion attempts.

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Psychology Today

Ronald E. Riggio Ph.d

El-Sayed and Vance call each other ‘evil,’ while both handling antisemitism the same way

El-Sayed and Vance call each other ‘evil,’ while both handling antisemitism the same way

The Republican US vice president and Democratic Senate candidate in Michigan each show reluctance to disavow inflammatory supporters, in sign of...

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The Times of Israel

Ben Sales

Naj ta cirkus malo zariba

Naj ta cirkus malo zariba

V Sloveniji že dolgo ni bilo pravega cirkusa. Razlog je preprost. Nihče ne bi plačal vstopnine, ker lahko cirkus dnevno spremljamo zastonj. Od...

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Dnevnik

Leon Magdalenc

Diskriminacija romskega učenca že na prvi šolski dan

Diskriminacija romskega učenca že na prvi šolski dan

Na Osnovni šoli Šmihel v Novem mestu je prvi šolski dan minil v znamenju šolskega incidenta. Osnovnošolci so namreč takoj ob prihodu v šolo...

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Dnevnik

Špela Ferlin

Mansour Abbas is betting on a Zionist to make Palestinian votes count

Mansour Abbas is betting on a Zionist to make Palestinian votes count

When Raam leader Mansour Abbas appeared alongside former Yesh Atid lawmaker Yoav Segalovich this week and announced that Segalovich would run second...

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Al Jazeera

Ehab Jabareen