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The Law Behind the Fridman Trial

The Law Behind the Fridman Trial

Artur Fridman did not enter an empty courtroom. Lithuania spent 15 years building the criminal-law boundary now applied to his Facebook post. Artur...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Grant Arthur Gochin

IDF rescue teams join search for survivors after deadly earthquake in Colombia

IDF rescue teams join search for survivors after deadly earthquake in Colombia

Spokesman says team coordinating with local authorities in effort to find hundreds of people still missing days after 7.4-magnitude temblor;...

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

Stop Telling Jews How to Vote

A political moment in Michigan exposes the myth that Jews care about only one issue — and why that myth threatens our community more than any...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Gershon Blumstein

Pakistan’s Military State: Follow the Money

A new US State Department report has raised an uncomfortable question about Pakistan. If the country is a parliamentary democracy, why are its elected...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sergio Restelli

Human currency: How migrants became pawns in a global standoff

Human currency: How migrants became pawns in a global standoff

Solving Europe’s migration crisis requires confronting the colonial mindset driving global displacement—a step Brussels refuses to take

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RT.com

Mustafa Fetouri

Israeli strikes kill 11 in south Lebanon; IDF says raids in response to Hezbollah action

Israeli strikes kill 11 in south Lebanon; IDF says raids in response to Hezbollah action

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun accuses Israel of sending a ‘clear message’ ahead of the next round of US-sponsored talks; Lebanon says three...

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

America: Beware of the Islamists in Your Backyard

Becoming an American citizen ten years ago was one of the most exciting and proud days in my life. It was not simply because I had fled Iran – the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Marziyeh Amirizadeh

‘Wizards’: Does animated 1977 art film belong in the canon, or in the geniza?

‘Wizards’: Does animated 1977 art film belong in the canon, or in the geniza?

ToI’s movie maven and deputy editor discuss the completely bizarre mixed-medium movie that wrestles with magic, boobies, evil Nazis and Hitler 5,000...

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The Times of Israel

Amanda Borschel-Dan

Goodbye West: Long Live World Order

Goodbye West: Long Live World Order

*Originally published in 2025 and preserved as part of our archive project.Get E-International Relations delivered to your inbox, free of charge. As...

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E-International

Amitav Acharya

New York City’s Jewish Museum: Art, History, and 4,000 Years of Jewish Culture

New York City’s Jewish Museum: Art, History, and 4,000 Years of Jewish Culture

The Jewish Museum in New York City is a renowned art and cultural institution located on the Upper East Side’s Museum Mile. It houses one of the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jay Abramson

Metastasizing Language

Who Gets to Be a Political Subject? Netanyahu reportedly called violent settler extremism a “metastasizing cancer.” It is an unusually brutal...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Yochanan Schimmelpfennig

For Israel's Clownish Defense Minister, Political Interests Come Before Security

For Israel's Clownish Defense Minister, Political Interests Come Before Security

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

Sami Peretz

‘Completely unacceptable’: UK slams Netanyahu for ‘Islamic republic’ comment

‘Completely unacceptable’: UK slams Netanyahu for ‘Islamic republic’ comment

British government says it raised the matter with Jerusalem; Israeli spokesman downplays remark, saying PM was quoting Vance

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The Times of Israel

Afp

Could Trump’s Iran Rhetoric Ever Turn Explicitly Nuclear?

Could Trump’s Iran Rhetoric Ever Turn Explicitly Nuclear?

Trump’s threats against Iran already run near the ceiling of what a president can say out loud. In April, hours before a deadline he had set for...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Celeo Ramirez

Taliban marks 5 years back in power as Afghan women remain shut out of public life

Taliban marks 5 years back in power as Afghan women remain shut out of public life

Officials tout stability and end to war while women remain barred from universities and girls over 12 are shut out of school; UN warns of deepening...

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The Times of Israel

Qahar Afghan

Sahel at a Turning Point: The Alliance of Sahel States Strengthens Sovereignty in the Face of Hybrid Threats and Western Revanchism

Sahel at a Turning Point: The Alliance of Sahel States Strengthens Sovereignty in the Face of Hybrid Threats and Western Revanchism In July 2026, the...

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New Eastern Outlook

Alexander Kolmykov

A Syrian intervention in Lebanon would be too costly for Damascus

A Syrian intervention in Lebanon would be too costly for Damascus

In recent weeks, United States President Donald Trump has repeatedly floated the idea of Syrian intervention to disarm Hezbollah in Lebanon....

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Al Jazeera

Manhal Baresh

The Saudi–Turkish–Pakistani Security Agreement: A Preliminary Assessment

The Saudi–Turkish–Pakistani Security Agreement: A Preliminary Assessment

The Mecca Agreement, signed on 7 August, may not be the first step in a series of moves that key states in the region have begun to take, reflecting...

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Middle East Monitor

Dr Sania Faisal El-Husseini

Will Peace Prevail in Gaza?

Will Peace Prevail in Gaza? Peace is considered to be the absence of conflict. But in war-ravaged Gaza, it seems to be a luxury. Obstacles to peace in...

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New Eastern Outlook

Pranay Kumar Shome

Featured Post

Featured Post

On August 16, 1943, the Jews of the Bialystok Ghetto rose up against the Nazis. Eighty-three years later, we remember not only the extraordinary...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Shane Shmuel

Roger Waters Was Right About Technology

Roger Waters Was Right About Technology

I have loved Pink Floyd since I was ten years old. At 56, I remain a devotee, especially of the frisson-and-trance-inducing body of work they produced...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Joseph P. Rhinewine

Trump and Netanyahu: Same Persona, Diverging Stakes

Trump and Netanyahu: Same Persona, Diverging Stakes

Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu operate from the same political playbook:  charismatic, far right populist leadership that personalizes power,...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

William Keenan

Why Israeli Settlements Will Never Be a Success Story

Why Israeli Settlements Will Never Be a Success Story

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

Shani Cohen

Featured Post

Featured Post

JTA — About a month before the October 7, 2023, massacres, the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor, or IMEC, was unveiled at the G20 summit...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Dan Perry

A Protective Presence Shift. An Inevitable Phase: Hatred

Note: The blogs build on one another, like a story. Therefore, if you are new to these blogs please consider starting with the first blog. We all like...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Charlotte Mendel

Crystal Palace signs Anan Khalaili in most expensive deal for an Israeli soccer player

Crystal Palace signs Anan Khalaili in most expensive deal for an Israeli soccer player

London team agrees to pay Belgian club Royale Union Saint-Gilloise $28 million for the 21-year-old Israeli star, weeks after his move to Inter Milan...

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The Times of Israel

Ap

The Zero Camera

In the summer of 2012, Shane Meadows pointed his camera at seventy five thousand people in Manchester’s Heaton Park and let William Burroughs...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Vincent James Hooper

The Great Commission and the Formation of Public Disciples

A Theology of Social Action and Justice – Part IV A congregation may teach its members to pray, read Scripture, avoid personal immorality, share...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ed Gaskin

Trump says he’ll hit Iran hard economically, will soon declare Hormuz ‘US territory’

Trump says he’ll hit Iran hard economically, will soon declare Hormuz ‘US territory’

US president urges Americans to accept slightly higher gas prices for the ‘great service’ of preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear bomb,...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

Medicine and Disease Control in British Somaliland, 1884–1960

From Port Sanitation to Public Health: Medicine and Disease Control in British Somaliland, 1884–1960 The development of public health in the British...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Mohamed Osman

Can Jared Kushner get Hamas disarmament moving?

Can Jared Kushner get Hamas disarmament moving?

Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy and son-in-law, is making his first trip to Israel since January, where he is expected...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

David Makovsky

‘Completely unacceptable’: UK condemns Netanyahu for calling Britain an ‘Islamic republic’

‘Completely unacceptable’: UK condemns Netanyahu for calling Britain an ‘Islamic republic’

British government says it has ‘raised’ the matter with Jerusalem * Araghchi says Iran in contact with mediators Pakistan and Qatar but no talks...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Givat Haviva and the Future of the Jewish State

In this world, filled with science and intuition, sometimes the counterintuitive idea is the most important, and frequently the most logical.  In...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Asher Lopatin

Yale Health Discussion with Dr. Benjamin Tolchin

Yale Health Discussion with Dr. Benjamin Tolchin

NEW HAVEN, CT, UNITED STATES – As I return to Yale University for another year of summer teaching, I have continued to explore the intersection of...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Alexander Woodman

When Fire Sweeps Through, Jewish Community Remains

When Fire Sweeps Through, Jewish Community Remains

As I wait for my son to return home from Camp Hatikvah in the Okanagan, I find myself thinking about the families living beneath the smoke. Here in...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ezra Shanken

What the Taliban achieved and failed to achieve in five years

What the Taliban achieved and failed to achieve in five years

Five years ago, the Taliban entered Kabul triumphant, almost 20 years after the collapse of its first government, triggered by the invasion of...

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Al Jazeera

Obaidullah Baheer

Some young US Jews pulling back from Jewish life due to Israel discourse — study

Some young US Jews pulling back from Jewish life due to Israel discourse — study

Nearly 4/10 Jewish young adults say they’re less engaged in ‘events affecting Jewish people,’ though 3/4 of survey respondents report regularly...

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The Times of Israel

Grace Gilson

Motherhood and Women’s Mental Health: The Clancy Trial

Motherhood and Women’s Mental Health: The Clancy Trial

How public narratives shape our understanding of maternal distress and illness.

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Psychology Today

Afarin Rajaei Ph.d

Women’s Movement That Helped Build Medicine in Israel Gains Strength in Brazil

Women’s Movement That Helped Build Medicine in Israel Gains Strength in Brazil

A century-old organization, present on five continents, expands its presence in Brazil and connects Brazilian philanthropy to one of the world’s...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Silas Anastacio

GMOs, Food Safety and Modified COVID: Window Dressing for a Greater Game?

GMOs, Food Safety and Modified COVID: Window Dressing for a Greater Game? When people ask why I believe Tulsi Gabbard’s disclosures confirmed what...

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New Eastern Outlook

Jeffrey Silverman

Assailant disrupts Shabbat service at NYC synagogue, attacks congregant — NYPD

Assailant disrupts Shabbat service at NYC synagogue, attacks congregant — NYPD

Suspect charged with multiple hate crimes after incident at Central Synagogue, days after rabbis warned Mamdani about his rhetoric

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The Times of Israel

Luke Tress

Ballot battlefield takes shape as sides tussle over voters homebound and homeward bound

Ballot battlefield takes shape as sides tussle over voters homebound and homeward bound

Experts say disputes over alleged efforts aimed at suppressing or targeting voters cut to the heart of the democratic process in a way that makes the...

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The Times of Israel

Stav Levaton

Massachusetts, Stop This Before It Becomes Law.

Massachusetts, Stop This Before It Becomes Law.

As an American Muslim, I am sounding the alarm over S.2134. Massachusetts is considering a permanent government commission specifically for Muslims....

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Mansoor H. Laghari

Youngest Black professor at Cambridge found dead after resigning amid plagiarism scandal

Youngest Black professor at Cambridge found dead after resigning amid plagiarism scandal

UK cops say Jason Arday’s death ‘not believed to be suspicious’; his family decries ‘campaign of sustained abuse … by those who would leave...

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The Times of Israel

Sylvia Hui