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Eisenkot-Liberman merger would be biggest faction, could boost opposition – survey

Eisenkot-Liberman merger would be biggest faction, could boost opposition – survey

Polls essentially unchanged since last week, with Zman showing Zionist opposition with narrow majority; Reservists’ Hendel reportedly in touch with...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Epic Nonsense: Trump Shelves Project Freedom

Epic Nonsense: Trump Shelves Project Freedom

The waxwork figures of the Pentagon recently glowed with excitement with the announcement that the US military would be finally called upon to reopen...

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Middle East Monitor

Dr Binoy Kampmark

Australia: balancing on the international stage is becoming difficult

Australia: balancing on the international stage is becoming difficult

Australia: balancing on the international stage is becoming difficult In late April to early May, Australia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Penny...

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New Eastern Outlook

Vladimir Terehov

Shekel hits 33-year-peak, hammering exports, yet policymakers are worryingly silent

Shekel hits 33-year-peak, hammering exports, yet policymakers are worryingly silent

The strength of Israel’s currency is forcing exporters and startups to make tough decisions about hiring abroad and moving R&D centers out of...

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The Times of Israel

Sharon Wrobel

The Missing Linchpin of European Hard Power

The Missing Linchpin of European Hard Power

MADRID—Europe is rearming, and not a moment too soon. Not only has the United States all but stopped supporting Ukraine in the face of continuing...

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Project Syndicate

Ana Palacio

The Stuffed Animal a Teacher Never Forgot

This past week, I ran into my children’s preschool teacher, Stephanie Ziman at the Greater Baltimore JCC. It had probably been close to 14 years. We...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Michael Bresler

Whose Wings Get Clipped When Hormuz Closes

This is no longer a forecast. Since February 28, when a joint US–Israeli operation against Iran began, Indian carriers alone have cancelled more...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Vincent James Hooper

UK Greens engulfed in antisemitism scandals as Jewish leader Polanski targets historic local election gains

UK Greens engulfed in antisemitism scandals as Jewish leader Polanski targets historic local election gains

Polanski made anti-Israel and pro-Palestinian politics a centerpiece of his party’s platform, and he and many of his party’s candidates are also...

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The Times of Israel

Shira Li Bartov

Is the Global Financial System Making the Hormuz Shock Worse?

Is the Global Financial System Making the Hormuz Shock Worse?

ADDIS ABABA—The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has caused severe price spikes, which are hitting the world’s most vulnerable people the hardest....

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Project Syndicate

Hanan Morsy

Editor's Choice: U.S.-China summit tests fragile stability as global tensions rise

Editor's Choice: U.S.-China summit tests fragile stability as global tensions rise

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Nikkei Asian Review

Akito Tanaka

Spiritual Hunger (Behar–Bechukotai)

Spiritual Hunger (Behar–Bechukotai)

“The soul is not nourished by what it takes in, but by what it gives.” — Viktor Frankl Much has been written about nourishment in its most...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ben-Tzion Spitz

The Vanishing Rung: AI Is Climbing the Career Ladder

The Vanishing Rung: AI Is Climbing the Career Ladder

AI is eating entry-level work—and the senior pipeline depends on it.

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Psychology Today

Nathan D Iverson Ph.d

In UK local elections, anti-Israel Greens win 1st mayoralty and anti-immigrant Reform soars

In UK local elections, anti-Israel Greens win 1st mayoralty and anti-immigrant Reform soars

Starmer says he won’t quit; new mayor of Hackney reportedly blocked letter praising London police for response to antisemitic attack; Farage says...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

Netanyahu, defending Mossad pick, tells Court security responsibility his alone

Netanyahu, defending Mossad pick, tells Court security responsibility his alone

Petition challenges choice of Gofman to lead spy agency; bereaved families group says PM, in his response, unwittingly accepted responsibility for...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Germany’s moral reckoning in Lebanon

Germany’s moral reckoning in Lebanon

Germany has long spoken of Israel not merely as a partner, but as a matter of Staatsräson — a reason of state, a moral obligation etched into the...

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Middle East Monitor

Kurniawan Arif Maspul

The Prospect of Peace Remains Murky

The Prospect of Peace Remains Murky

Several pauses toward a potential peace agreement between the United States and Iran have taken place, even as intermittent flare-ups continue to...

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Middle East Monitor

Dr Jannus Th Siahaan

UNHYPHENATED: Waking Up to Antizionism

UNHYPHENATED: Waking Up to Antizionism

Spellcheck has not kept up with the times, it keeps putting the hyphen in antizionism. Before 1948, “anti-Zionism” was an idea Jews of different...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Rachel Wahba

The Aching Feeling of Never Enough

The Aching Feeling of Never Enough

If you often feel like you don’t have enough, you may have a scarcity mindset.

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Psychology Today

Dan roberts mbacp

Starting Over

The Torah teaches us about the laws of the “Yovel,” the jubilee year that takes place every fifty years. The verse related to Yovel, appears on...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Kenneth Cohen

What I Saw Outside Park East Synagogue

What I Saw Outside Park East Synagogue

On Tuesday morning, I heard that an anti-Zionist protest was planned outside Park East Synagogue. I had never been to that synagogue before. However,...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Mordechai schwarz

Long Live Somaliland: Identity, Survival, and Recognition

The phrase “Long live the Republic of Somaliland” (Somali: Somaliland ha noolaato) is more than a patriotic expression—it is a declaration of...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Mohamed Osman

Freedom to Be Furious

Freedom to Be Furious

Personal Perspective: What Mother’s Day and psychedelics taught me about anger.

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Psychology Today

Deb mashek ph.d

Christian Zionism's Unholy Alliance: Biblical Mandate or Political Convenience Amid Regional Bloodshed?

Christian Zionism’s Unholy Alliance: Biblical Mandate or Political Convenience Amid Regional Bloodshed? The contradictory relationship between...

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New Eastern Outlook

Jeffrey Silverman

Paul Finlayson compared Hamas to Nazis and his life fell apart

Paul Finlayson compared Hamas to Nazis and his life fell apart

I did not go looking for Oskar Schindler. But he found me. It was really by chance one day: I was wandering through an old cemetery near the Zion Gate...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Karin Kloosterman

Shavuot – Do You Know What That Is?

Shavuot. “What’s that?” I am asked. Whether it’s an American Jew or non-Jew asking, “Never heard of that!” is the reply I get when I...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Beverly Kent Goldenberg

LTC Nadav Shoshani: Is Israel telling the right story to the world?

LTC Nadav Shoshani: Is Israel telling the right story to the world?

Outgoing IDF spokesman says he recognizes the challenge and that Israel’s reputation is abysmal. Still, he says that his unit is performing well in...

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The Times of Israel

Lazar Berman

Café culture: Part of the Zionist dream

Café culture: Part of the Zionist dream

The best part of this week was Jerusalem cafés. On Monday, I met an old friend along the Mesila. For anyone who hasn’t walked there recently, the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Gabriella jacobs

(POLEMIKA) Populistični odstopi mestnih svetnikov

(POLEMIKA) Populistični odstopi mestnih svetnikov

Mariborska mestna politika dodobra skrbi, da ne izgine z naslovnic vsaj lokalne medijske scene. Hišna preiskava pri županu je seveda prešla lokalne...

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Večer

Andrej Bauman

Víťazstvo nepatrí jednému národu. Odkaz 8. mája je spoločný

Ukončenie bojov a dosiahnutie mieru nie je to isté.

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SME.sk

Sme.sk

The eye in your pocket

The eye in your pocket Things have jobs: pillows are made for comfort, scissors are sharp, and digital devices are made to track your every move by...

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Aeon

Carissa véliz

Why I Feel Reinvigorated After Hadassah’s Inaugural Evolve Symposium in DC

Why I Feel Reinvigorated After Hadassah’s Inaugural Evolve Symposium in DC

In March of 2026, Evolve Hadassah: The Next Generation held its very first National Symposium in Washington, DC. Evolve bridges Hadassah’s proud...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Emily Shrode

Giving chilling testimony, Australian Jews unsure antisemitism inquiry can bring change

Giving chilling testimony, Australian Jews unsure antisemitism inquiry can bring change

Royal commission launched after Bondi massacre hears accounts of harassment, threats and fear as Jewish community fears unprecedented post-Oct. 7...

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The Times of Israel

Nomi Kaltmann

Maradona death trial: autopsy showed the star suffered ‘about 12 hours of agony’

Maradona death trial: autopsy showed the star suffered ‘about 12 hours of agony’

Argentine football star Diego Maradona suffered “about 12 hours of agony before he passed,” on November 25, 2020, said Carlos Casinelli, the...

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Buenos Aires Herald

Fernando Romero Nuñez

When the world’s most powerful country has no war plan

When the world’s most powerful country has no war plan

Washington’s rhetoric and mixed signals are turning the Iran conflict into a wider test of US power – and of global trust in American leadership

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RT.com

Kanwal Sibal

How Workplace Chaos Consumes High-Achieving Women

How Workplace Chaos Consumes High-Achieving Women

How high-conflict dynamics can drain talented women—and what you can do.

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Psychology Today

Ekaterina ricci mdrmls

The Instrumentalization of Diplomacy in Contemporary Conflicts

The Instrumentalization of Diplomacy in Contemporary Conflicts In the contemporary world, rivalry among powerful countries has reached its apex, with...

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New Eastern Outlook

Abbas Hashemite

Opinion – The Assault on Immigrant Citizenship and the American Dream’s Feminized Foundations

Opinion – The Assault on Immigrant Citizenship and the American Dream’s Feminized Foundations

The state that promised citizenship now polices, detains, and denaturalizes the very women who built the American Dream.

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E-International

Franco Laguna Correa

To chcete, aby Fico mal morálne výčitky?

Premiér na oslavách bude aj nebude.

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SME.sk

Beata Balogová

Chvála nedokonalých riešení a improvizácie, ktoré postavili Európu

Nedokonalosť nie je chyba

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SME.sk

Radovan Geist

Cynická obluda: Prečo v skutočnosti Fico chodí do Moskvy

Žiadne uctenie si vojakov, ale snaha odradiť ukrajinské drony.

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SME.sk

Cynická Obluda

Israel’s Wars Never Truly Ended

Israel’s Wars Never Truly Ended

Israel’s Wars Never Truly Ended No other country in the modern world has lived under the constant shadow of war, terrorism, invasion, rocket fire,...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sabine Sterk

Israel & the Diaspora Moving Apart: Déjà Vu All Over Again

The relationship between Israel and world Diaspora Jews, especially American Jewry, has been deteriorating these past few years. So what else is new?...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sam Lehman-Wilzig

Police seek aggravated murder charge for main teen suspect in Yemanu Zelka killing

Police seek aggravated murder charge for main teen suspect in Yemanu Zelka killing

Cops say they’ll also recommend charges of joint enterprise murder, aggravated assault for several of other suspects in youths’ deadly stabbing of...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff