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‘Battle for the center’: Large majority of Israelis already know how they’ll vote — poll

‘Battle for the center’: Large majority of Israelis already know how they’ll vote — poll

Jewish People Policy Institute survey finds just 14% of voters are undecided ahead of election on October 27, with most of the undecided in the center

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

High Court freezes key parts of government’s controversial media overhaul law

High Court freezes key parts of government’s controversial media overhaul law

Key clauses in law removing barriers to political interference, market concentration in broadcast news frozen by order amid fears they could influence...

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The Times of Israel

Jeremy Sharon

Daily Briefing July 19: Knesset disbands with bangs and whimpers

Daily Briefing July 19: Knesset disbands with bangs and whimpers

Political correspondent Tal Schneider brings an overview of the judicial overhaul legislation passed in the 25th Knesset and how the Supreme Court has...

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The Times of Israel

Amanda Borschel-Dan

Is This my Lost Home?

Is This my Lost Home?

In 1916 my father, Manfred Vanson (van Son) was born in Germany, in the port city of Hamburg. His great-grandfather had moved there in 1823 from...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Dorothea Shefer-Vanson

With Ben Gvir’s backing, prison guards quietly branding domestic criminals as terrorists

With Ben Gvir’s backing, prison guards quietly branding domestic criminals as terrorists

Public defenders alarmed over uptick in Arab inmates being moved to squalid security wings where they serve alongside terror prisoners, based on...

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The Times of Israel

Charlie Summers

Negotiation Geometry: What the Newton–Raphson Method Tells Us about Geopolitics

Diplomats do not think of themselves as numerical analysts. Yet every round of shuttle diplomacy, every incremental concession extracted at a Geneva...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Vincent James Hooper

More or Less

The Torah tells us not to add to or subtract from the Torah. We are to take the Torah as G-d gave it, not less and not more. If G-d told us to hang...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Lazer Gurkow

Military closes area around Gaza ahead of Likud-backed settler march into Strip

Military closes area around Gaza ahead of Likud-backed settler march into Strip

Ben Gvir, Smotrich, several other MKs expected to join Nachala-led march calling for Jewish settlement in Strip, as IDF says it will thwart any...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

The right recipe for a more aggressive Bank of Japan

The right recipe for a more aggressive Bank of Japan

With the yen recently falling to 40-year lows, a key question is what will force the Bank of Japan to become more aggressive. It is unlikely to be the...

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The Japan Times

Jesper Koll

Qatar After Hamad: The Beginning of a Strategic Recalibration

The passing of Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani marks far more than the death of a former ruler. It signals the end of the generation that created...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sergio Restelli

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Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa has charmed world capitals with pragmatic diplomacy, from a White House visit to neutral dealings with Russia and...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Hussain Abdul-Hussain

Mamdani’s reckless politics of lawfare

Mamdani’s reckless politics of lawfare

Zohran Mamdani’s suggestion that he would seek the arrest of Benjamin Netanyahu if the Israeli prime minister came to New York for the United...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Bepi Pezzulli

Democracy’s Race Against Time

Democracy’s Race Against Time

Men come and go; ideologies endure. The Guardians of the Revolution do not need to defeat the United States. They must, above all, resist long enough...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Gilles Touboul

Strong soccer teams start with merit, not politics

Strong soccer teams start with merit, not politics

When South Korea failed to make the knockout stages in the soccer World Cup, the country’s president, Lee Jae Myung, denounced the national team...

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The Japan Times

Kuni Miyake

The Contributing Role of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) to Southeast Asia's Digital Resilience

The Contributing Role of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) to Southeast Asia's Digital Resilience

The Contributing Role of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) to Southeast Asia’s Digital Resilience The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) is gradually...

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New Eastern Outlook

Hendra Manurung

Network Before Weapons

Network Before Weapons

An Iranian opposition supporter inside Iran recently asked me to remove every reference to Shervin Hajipour and Toomaj Salehi from one of my articles....

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Tzvi Arieli

When the Gates Tremble: El Nora Alila as a Path Toward Tisha B’Av

When the Gates Tremble: El Nora Alila as a Path Toward Tisha B’Av

A reflection on return, memory, and the strength that prepares us for Tisha B’Av As the days move closer to Tisha B’Av, we enter a season when...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Eliezer Avraham

Vietnam’s economic miracle has a made-elsewhere problem

By most economic measures, Vietnam had a spectacular 2025. The economy grew 8.02 per cent, its fastest pace since 2011, even as a 20 per cent US...

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South China Morning Post

Donald Low

The Discomforts of Home

 “Ah! There is nothing like staying at home, for real comfort.”      Jane Austen “All the comforts of home!”  Travel brochure Home can be...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Avi Rockoff

The Hidden Reconstruction Problem in Government and Military AI Systems

The Hidden Reconstruction Problem in Government and Military AI Systems

Long before ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini became public-facing products, governments were using artificial intelligence to search data, classify images,...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Kelsey Maurine Brickl

Broken Vessels, a Burning Temple, on Tisha B’Av

I miss Jerusalem, even when I’m standing in it. I know that sounds like a strange thing to say, missing a city while walking its own streets. But as...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Hande Gençünal

Zionist’s Guide to the World Cup–Day 36

One of the most inconsequential meetings of the English and the French turned out to be one of the most entertaining ever.  Not quite as entertaining...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Doug Klein

A Jewish Name on a Borneo Waterfront

A Jewish Name on a Borneo Waterfront

I stood at Jesselton Point last week watching people queue for speedboats to the islands. The wind carried the smell of petrol across the harbor as...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Steven Bernstein

3 Films in Which the Body Holds What the Mind Can't

3 Films in Which the Body Holds What the Mind Can't

Interoceptive awareness explains why feelings surface as physical sensation.

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Psychology Today

Kendall Morgan M.f.a

13 homes burnt, dozens damaged in West Bank settlement as crews battle blaze for 2nd day

13 homes burnt, dozens damaged in West Bank settlement as crews battle blaze for 2nd day

Over 100 families said to evacuate homes in Havat Gilad, no casualties reported; probe indicates cigarette caused fire, no other materials found at...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Are You the Invisible Patient?

Are You the Invisible Patient?

When medical tragedy happens to a loved one, it happens to you, too.

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Psychology Today

Hospital

In Memorial

In Memorial

This summer, I have been reading and re-reading Avi Sagi’s small and very personal book on hope: יש תיקוה, Yesh Tikvah – There’s Hope....

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ronnie Perelis

The number one health issue in Palestine is the Israeli occupation

The number one health issue in Palestine is the Israeli occupation

Across Palestine, the cumulative effect of Israel’s actions on the Palestinian population since October 7, 2023, is clear: They have eroded the...

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Al Jazeera

Dr Javid Abdelmoneim

Storms expected to clear wildfire smoke from Northeast US ahead of World Cup final

Storms expected to clear wildfire smoke from Northeast US ahead of World Cup final

Air in New York expected to be safe again on Sunday, when Argentina will face off with Spain; Trump says US being ‘invaded’ by smoky air from...

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The Times of Israel

Jennifer McDermott

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My father, Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, profoundly shaped Jewish life through his music, teachings, and ability to touch people’s souls. He also caused...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Neshama Carlebach

The Nuclear Domino Washington Cannot Afford to Ignore

Iran may be closer to political rupture, but Pakistan’s deeper institutional fragility could prove even more dangerous. In both countries, the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Vas Shenoy

Israel Deserves Harsh Criticism, Not Blind Hatred

Israel Deserves Harsh Criticism, Not Blind Hatred

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

Larry Derfner

عهد سبق زمنه

قبل خمسة وخمسين عاما، وتحديدا في الثامن عشر من يوليو/تموز 1971، اجتمع حكام دولة...

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العين الإخبارية

أحمد سعيد العلوي

عهد الاتحاد.. اليوم الذي تحول فيه الحلم إلى وطن

اللحظات العظيمة في تاريخ الأمم ليست مجرد تواريخ مدونة في الكتب، بل هي قرارات جريئة...

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العين الإخبارية

عيسى الكعبي

Tábor je lepší ako nuda doma, ale nie pre všetky deti

Kedysi sme chodili do pionierskych táborov a niektorí na ne spomínajú v dobrom. Ak ste mali šťastie na dobrých pionierskych vedúcich a dobrý...

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Pravda.sk

Iris Kopcsayová

Settlers accused of burning, vandalizing West Bank mosque in overnight attack

Settlers accused of burning, vandalizing West Bank mosque in overnight attack

Pictures from scene show Star of David graffitied on wall, police investigating incident that caused damage to house of prayer and car in South Hebron...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Right and Good

Right and Good

Pauline had only stopped at the supermarket to pick up a few things on her way home. As she walked towards her car, she noticed a woman making her way...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sam Cohen

‘Bring your sons from afar’: The decade-long operation to return Hadar Goldin’s body

‘Bring your sons from afar’: The decade-long operation to return Hadar Goldin’s body

From secret raids to double agents, an intelligence team spent 10 years chasing the trail to the missing soldier’s body, Ynet reports

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The Times of Israel

Ethan Rubinson

US launches 8th night of strikes on Iran to ‘punish’ IRGC for deadly Jordan attack

US launches 8th night of strikes on Iran to ‘punish’ IRGC for deadly Jordan attack

Iran reports strikes in south and in Strait of Hormuz; US bases in Kuwait come under fire, UAE threatened; Washington warns Iran-backed groups might...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

AIPAC stops taking donations for House Democrats who voted to cut military aid to Israel

AIPAC stops taking donations for House Democrats who voted to cut military aid to Israel

Website of pro-Israel lobby group no longer features option to donate to 15 Democrats who it previously endorsed for reelection after they voted in...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff