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Spike Lee wears pro-Palestinian outfit to NBA All-Star Game featuring 1st Israeli player

Spike Lee wears pro-Palestinian outfit to NBA All-Star Game featuring 1st Israeli player

Mavericks guard Kyrie Irving wears “PRESS” t-shirt dedicated to journalists killed in Gaza, with some pro-Israel fans claiming wardrobe choice...

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The Times of Israel

Philissa Cramer

Why Negative Reinforcement Isn’t a Bad Thing

Why Negative Reinforcement Isn’t a Bad Thing

What negative reinforcement really means and why it can help habits stick.

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Psychology Today

Theo Tsaousides Ph.d

The Rational Myth: Why Great Leaders Lead From the Heart

The Rational Myth: Why Great Leaders Lead From the Heart

Rethinking leadership in light of emerging science

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Psychology Today

Mark C. Crowley

Lebanon says next phase of Hezbollah disarmament to take around 4 months

Lebanon says next phase of Hezbollah disarmament to take around 4 months

Claiming it has completed disarming terror group in country’s south, Beirut says it will now begin focusing on areas north of Litani River *...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Revitalization of Shipbuilding Industry: Counter Chinese, S. Korean Competitors through Technological Innovation

Revitalization of Shipbuilding Industry: Counter Chinese, S. Korean Competitors through Technological Innovation

17:01 JST, February 16, 2026 Can Japan’s shipbuilding industry launch a counteroffensive and regain its position, having been overshadowed by...

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The Japan News

Editorial

GLP-1 Anti-Obesity Rx and Alcohol and Substance Use Disorders

GLP-1 Anti-Obesity Rx and Alcohol and Substance Use Disorders

GLP-1 medications targeting the brain or gut may improve treatment of addictions.

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Psychology Today

Mark S. Gold M.d

Engage Actively With Music to Reap Its Greatest Benefits

Engage Actively With Music to Reap Its Greatest Benefits

Personal Perspective: Playing the ukulele is a fun way to enter the music world

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Psychology Today

Samuel H. Markind

Libya’s Judicial Civil War and the End of the ‘One State’ Illusion

Libya’s Judicial Civil War and the End of the ‘One State’ Illusion

On February 15, 2026, the fiction of a unified Libyan state officially dissolved, not with the roar of artillery, but with the silent fall of a gavel...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Amine Ayoub

Did the founder of Hadassah – Israel’s ‘mother’ – support a one-state solution?

In her biography, ‘Henrietta Szold: Hadassah and the Zionist Dream,’ author Francine Klagsbrun shows how the acclaimed activist fought against...

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The Times of Israel

Rich Tenorio

Artificial Intelligence and In Extremis Decision-Making

Artificial Intelligence and In Extremis Decision-Making

Opportunities to seize and pitfalls to avoid.

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Psychology Today

Michael D. Matthews Ph.d

The Value of Learning in the Era of AI

The Value of Learning in the Era of AI

I just read an article claiming that artificial intelligence is advancing so quickly that it could put half the population out of work within five...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Aaron Zimmer

Cultural Nuances in Apple TV’s "Pluribus"

Cultural Nuances in Apple TV’s

Cross-cultural views on identity, cooperation, and morality in a hive mind.

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Psychology Today

Monk Prayogshala Research Institution

When Africa Led In — Kinship Systems, Constrained Rulers, Sustained Power, Part 17

How African Kinship Systems Structured Power, Constrained Rulers, and Sustained States History is often taught as if political order followed a single...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ed Gaskin

AI Spots Brain Disorders in Seconds From Scans

AI Spots Brain Disorders in Seconds From Scans

First-of-its-kind AI rapidly identifies over 50 neurological disorders.

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Psychology Today

Cami Rosso

The Munich Security Conference 2026: Much hype, little substance, no hope

The Munich Security Conference 2026: Much hype, little substance, no hope

Western Europe remains willfully blind to its own mistakes of the past two decades, choosing to escalate crises and blame others

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RT.com

Tarik Cyril Amar

The Case for the Law and Antisemitism Conference

The Case for the Law and Antisemitism Conference

Jewish life in the United States is evolving, and so too are the legal questions surrounding Jewish identity, peoplehood, and civil rights. For...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Rona Kaufman

Israel’s Zim shipping company inks $4.2 billion takeover deal by German giant

As part of the deal, an Israeli container liner firm will be formed to securely operate global shipping trade routes to Israel; Hapag-Lloyd commits to...

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The Times of Israel

Sharon Wrobel

US conducts 1st air transport of nuke microreactor in bid to show technology’s viability

US conducts 1st air transport of nuke microreactor in bid to show technology’s viability

Device flown on cargo plane from California to Utah to demonstrate potential to quickly deploy nuclear power for military and civilian use

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The Times of Israel

Valerie Volcovici

Tracing Stamford’s Rich Orthodox Jewish History

Tracing Stamford’s Rich Orthodox Jewish History

In the past 10 years, the Stamford Orthodox Jewish community has experienced geometric growth.  Several new kosher restaurants have opened, Torah...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Michael Feldstein

The ICJ Bazooka Backfires in Pretoria

Western Cape and the Fragmentation Doctrine Governance Competence, Constitutional Self-Determination, and the Recognition Standard That Must Apply...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Grant Arthur Gochin

A new Middle East — a new world

It’s hard to keep up with quickly changing events in the Middle East, and indeed in the world. Things are changing so rapidly. Europe doesn’t know...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Yoseph Janowski

‘Godfather’ and ‘Apocalypse Now’ actor Robert Duvall dead at 95

‘Godfather’ and ‘Apocalypse Now’ actor Robert Duvall dead at 95

Blunt-talking, glitz-averse Oscar winner also played Adolf Eichmann in 1996 film on Nazi war criminal’s capture and mysterious recluse Boo Radley in...

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The Times of Israel

Afp

Obtoženi strelec pravi, da je pištolo kupil zaradi piratov s Karibov

Obtoženi strelec pravi, da je pištolo kupil zaradi piratov s Karibov

Marko Baldimir Tekavc je vztrajal pri dosedanjih zagovorih, da je na soseda julija lani doma v Logu pri Brezovici streljal zato, da bi se ga ubranil.

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Dnevnik

Mojca Furlan - Rus

Kaj je prosti slog?

Kaj je prosti slog?

V napovedniku programa zimskih olimpijskih iger sem med drugim prebral tudi tole: Deskanje prostega sloga, kros. Kaj je pri tej deskarski disciplini...

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Dnevnik

Pisma Bralcev

Toilet Paper as a Weapon

Toilet Paper as a Weapon

The art of spotting leverage points

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Psychology Today

Gary Klein Ph.d

Israeli police say they’ll deploy around Temple Mount compound during Ramadan

Israeli police say they’ll deploy around Temple Mount compound during Ramadan

PA says it was informed that permits for Palestinians will be restricted to men over 55 and women over 50, mirroring last year’s criteria; Waqf...

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The Times of Israel

Afp

A Bennett-led Party Won't End the Occupation, but at Least It Could End Bibi-ism

A Bennett-led Party Won't End the Occupation, but at Least It Could End Bibi-ism

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

Dmitry Shumsky

Attacking Social Media Tactics

Well informed investigative personnel have uncovered a coordinated and well-funded tactic employed by anti-Semites and anti-Israel activists. Recent...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Steve Wenick

The Barzanis: West’s Last Stronghold

The Barzanis: West’s Last Stronghold

In a Middle East addicted to volatility, the Barzanis built something unfashionable: a sharp alignment with the West that actually delivers. For...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Tožba zaradi poškodbe možganskega živca po lepotni operaciji

Tožba zaradi poškodbe možganskega živca po lepotni operaciji

Pacientka je tožila kliniko za 300.000 evrov odškodnine. Trdila je, da je pri estetskem operativnem posegu prišlo do medicinske napake operaterja,...

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Dnevnik

Mojca Furlan - Rus

Oma in lorfe

Oma in lorfe

Danes je pust, slab dan za zimo, dober za pomlad. Kaže, da bo dober tudi zame.

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Dnevnik

Nataša Kramberger

Iran prihaja z novimi zamislimi in ponuja posle

Iran prihaja z novimi zamislimi in ponuja posle

Zunanji minister Omana bo v torek spet prenašal sporočila med ameriško in iransko delegacijo. Na drugem krogu pogajanj, tokrat v Ženevi, naj bi...

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Dnevnik

Aleš Gaube

Trump's Condemnation Will Not Stop Israel's Right From West Bank Annexation

Trump's Condemnation Will Not Stop Israel's Right From West Bank Annexation

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

Zehava Galon

Selective Outrage and the Silence Around Weaponized Rape

Selective Outrage and the Silence Around Weaponized Rape

This week, Arbel Yehud spoke publicly about her experience in Hamas captivity. She described relentless sexual abuse—from the very beginning of her...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ariana Mizrahi

Dear Jewish Citizens: Learn From a Bereaved Arab Mother

Dear Jewish Citizens: Learn From a Bereaved Arab Mother

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

Samah Salaime

Valentine’s Day: Palestine’s Greatest Love Poem Was Written for an Israeli

Valentine’s Day: Palestine’s Greatest Love Poem Was Written for an Israeli

Mahmoud Darwish, Palestine’s greatest modern poet, fell in love with a Jewish Israeli woman named Tamar Ben-Ami in the early 1960s – a...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Adil Faouzi

Trump ally to ToI: Ayatollah staying in power would be ‘strategic victory for Iran’

Trump ally to ToI: Ayatollah staying in power would be ‘strategic victory for Iran’

Visiting Israel a day ahead of fresh nuclear talks in Geneva, GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham says US decision on Iran is ‘weeks, not months’ away; Tehran...

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The Times of Israel

Lazar Berman

Disrupting Antisemitism Rhetoric with Advertising

Disrupting Antisemitism Rhetoric with Advertising

Why a Proposed Billboard That Says “God Curses Those Who Curse the Jews” Is Raising Eyebrows — and Why It Deserves Serious Consideration...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Richard Diamond

What Kind of Sukkah are You?

What Kind of Sukkah are You?

Life is full of tests. Some of them we choose, but many of them choose us. Some tests are predictable while others come out of nowhere. The real...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Bob Barocas

A Grand Memory for Forgetting

“I’ve got a grand memory for forgetting, David.” — Kidnapped, Robert Lewis Stevenson (1886) We often heard our parents say “Yemach Shmo...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Isaac Steven Herschkopf

Parshas Terumah – No Torrent Can Smother Love

וְנוֹעַדְתִּי לְךָ שָׁם וְדִבַּרְתִּי אִתְּךָ מֵעַל הַכַּפֹּרֶת מִבֵּין שְׁנֵי...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Gedalia Walls

Connecting the Dots

I feel that violence is invading more and more of our lives, not just in our struggle against external enemies, but here inside where we live. I am...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sheldon Schreter

The Body Count Fallacy: Why Death Tolls Don’t Determine Who Is Right in War

The Body Count Fallacy: Why Death Tolls Don’t Determine Who Is Right in War

As the war in Gaza shapes global opinion, death tolls are increasingly treated as a moral verdict- a deeply misleading way to judge war. In modern...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Chaim Frankenhuis

A Bibi Pardon Could Destroy Israel’s Reputation

When Donald Trump called upon Israel’s President Isaac Herzog to issue a pardon for Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, Bibi entered into a class of...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Chuck Epstein

Jerusalem: The Place That Held Me

I was born at Hadassah Hospital in Ein Kerem, which I know only because I have memorized the name.  Hadassah, Ein Kerem, Jerusalem, Israel.  I say...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Shanee B. Michaelson

The Harmony of Self-Care

The Harmony of Self-Care

Personal Perspective: Why neglecting one area affects everything.

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Psychology Today

Justin Kompf Ph.d

As America Celebrates 250, We Must Help Iran Celebrate Another 2500

Over the past several weeks, I have been contemplating my own life growing up in Iran in the context of the daily reports of protests of the Iranian...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Marziyeh Amirizadeh

Cardinal Hlond and the Extremists of Bnei Brak

Cardinal Hlond and the Extremists of Bnei Brak

The Roman Catholic primate of Poland during World War II, Cardinal August Hlond, released a strong denunciation of anti-Jewish violence in 1936. He...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Scott Kahn

Swarms of AI bots can sway people’s beliefs – threatening democracy

Swarms of AI bots can sway people’s beliefs – threatening democracy

In mid-2023, around the time Elon Musk rebranded Twitter as X but before he discontinued free academic access to the platform’s data, my colleagues...

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Japan Today

Filippo Menczer

المفاوضات الإيرانية–الأمريكية: من ذروة النفوذ (2015) إلى إدارة الخسائر (2026)

شهدت العلاقات الإيرانية–الأمريكية خلال العقدين الأخيرين محطات تفاوضية مفصلية،...

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العين الإخبارية

حميد المنصوري