Herzog phones PM, Gantz, Lapid to launch talks on compromise after overhaul paused

President Isaac Herzog held phone calls with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and opposition party leaders Yair Lapid and Benny Gantz, urging them...

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Toi Staff

Rothman threatens ‘political’ response to labor federation strike against overhaul

The far-right chair of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee on Tuesday threatened the country’s main labor union after it called a...

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Toi Staff

US lauds pause on judicial overhaul, blasts bills Netanyahu has been seeking to pass

The Biden administration welcomed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s announcement on Monday that his government would be temporarily halting its...

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Jeremy Sharon

Days before Passover, Knesset passes ‘Hametz bill’ into law

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Tuesday’s events as they unfold. A protest group representing reservist soldiers announces it is pausing its...

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Amy Spiro

Jewish People Have One King, And It Isn’t Bibi.

Two things happened to me this week that stressed the importance of this moment in Jewish history. One is a lunch meeting with a fellow wrestling...

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Sam Litvin

Netanyahu's Losing It. He Can't Go on Any Longer

Anyone who watched Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking at the start of this week’s cabinet meeting noticed his hands, which trembled...

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Nehemia Shtrasler

Gallant’s future unclear as calls grow for PM to roll back his firing

Despite the announcement of his ouster a day earlier, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant had not received an official notice of his sacking as of late...

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Toi Staff

Daily Briefing Mar. 28: PM delays judicial overhaul but holds a ‘loaded gun’

Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 15-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world,...

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Toi Staff

Netanyahu to be invited to White House soon, US envoy says after overhaul pause

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be invited to the White House “as soon as their schedules can be coordinated,” US Ambassador to Israel...

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Michael Bachner

Hundreds rally against overhaul at Israel consulate in NYC after pause announced

NEW YORK — Hundreds of Israelis and American Jews protested against the Israeli government’s judicial overhaul outside the Israeli consulate in...

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Luke Tress

Why Netanyahu paused the march of tyranny and nobody who loves Israel can rejoice yet

When Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his key coalition allies on Monday morning that he saw no alternative other than to pause their...

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David Horovitz

(POGLED) Letos bom kot normiran espe ob enakem obsegu poslovanja kot lani plačala okoli 3000 evrov davka več

Karikatura: Andrej BAJT Andrej Bajt V nadaljevanju preberite: - Davki. Družbena nuja in večni razlog nejevolje državljanov. Nikoli niso takšni,...

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Darinka Pavlič Kamien

U.S. politicians must decide what they really want from TikTok

Data exploitation and geopolitical issues have gotten muddled

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Rui Zhong

Finance minister cancels tax on sweetened drinks; doctors slam move as irresponsible

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Tuesday signed a directive to cancel a tax on sweetened drinks that the previous government had introduced as...

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Toi Staff

Calls for action against pro-government supporters after assaults on TV crew, Arabs

Opposition leaders on Tuesday urged the government and Israel Police to clamp down on violence by pro-government supporters after a television news...

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Toi Staff

Nathan Chavin, Jewish ad exec who wrote raunchy country western hit, dies at 78

JTA — In a 30-plus-year career in advertising, Nathan Chavin wrote everything from signs on construction site scaffolding to classified ads to...

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Jon Kalish

Former student kills six at Nashville school in latest US mass shooting

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AFP) — A heavily armed former student killed three young children and three staff in what appeared to be a carefully...

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Susannah Walden

Gallant still carrying out defense minister duties, with future up in the air

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant was still serving in his role on Tuesday, two days after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed him for publicly...

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Ash Obel

Supreme Court critic Amsalem installed as second minister in Justice Ministry

Vocal Supreme Court critic and Likud MK David Amsalem was appointed a second minister within the Justice Ministry, with the Knesset ratifying his...

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Carrie Keller-Lynn

Toshiba Needs to Restore Stability by Going Private

Editorial 12:30 JST, March 28, 2023 Toshiba Corp. has decided to accept a buyout plan by a consortium that includes a Japanese investment fund...

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The Japan News Editorial

Use Relocation to Promote Kyoto’s Charms to International Community

Editorial 12:29 JST, March 28, 2023 The Cultural Affairs Agency has relocated to Kyoto City. The question is whether the agency will be able to...

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The Japan News Editorial

The Importance of Mental Health Exceptions in Abortion Restrictions

Excluding mental health conditions is likely to have downstream consequences.

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Atlanta Behavioral Health Advocates

The Psychology of Artificial Intelligence

Can computers perceptually simulate language?

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Max Louwerse Ph.d

100 Hebrew teachers for new immigrants file resignation letters in protest at wages

100 Hebrew teachers at state-run language schools for new immigrants filed resignation letters on Sunday in protest at a lack of progress in...

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Toi Staff

Demonstration Photo Essay

27.12.23 – Demonstrators hold Israeli flags during a protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul plan next to the...

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Ariel Jerozolimski

An Insolvency Iceberg?

TOKYO – The sudden collapse of Silicon Valley Bank on March 10 was met by an equally swift response from US regulators, who announced plans to...

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Takatoshi Ito

Saudi-Iran deal raises Israeli worries and concerns

The agreement to renew relations between Riyadh and Tehran was not just a matter that concerned the two countries, or which helped benefit the...

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Dr Adnan Abu Amer

Selective outrage in Palestine: the problem is not just Smotrich, but Zionism

By his own admission, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich is a "fascist homophobe". This declaration, which he made on 16 January, should be...

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Dr Ramzy Baroud

Egypt: Who can run against Sisi in the 2024 presidential elections?

The question that occupies the minds of the Egyptian people, amid a difficult living environment, a record rise in prices and a continuous collapse...

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Mahmoud Hassan

Two arrested in alleged Iranian plot to attack Israelis, Jews in Athens

ATHENS, Greece — Greek police arrested two Pakistani nationals Tuesday who were allegedly planning mass-casualty terrorist attacks against Israeli...

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Agencies

DeSantis to visit Israel next month ahead of expected 2024 presidential run

Florida Governor and presumed 2024 Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis will visit Israel next month, his office told The Times of Israel...

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Jacob Magid

Jerusalem pushing plans for new Jewish enclaves inside Palestinian neighborhoods

Plans are being advanced by the Jerusalem municipality for thousands of new housing units in and around Palestinian neighborhoods of East Jerusalem...

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Shalom Yerushalmi

Why Biden Won't Lash Out Against Netanyahu - for Now

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Aaron David Miller

(POGLED) Kdo je tu nestrpnež/ksenofob ali Udri jače, manijače!*

Andrej Petelinsek V nadaljevanju preberite: - "Zakaj ima avtohtoni jezik prednost pred neavtohtonimi, avtohtona vera pa nima prednosti pred...

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Urška Mlinarič

TRUE JOY VS. FLEETING JOY

There is only one way for a person to experience a joy that, once attained, endures forever… and that is by being soulful. The kind of joy and...

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Shlomo Ezagui

The puzzle, aka Passover

“Is this some sort of puzzle?” I was standing at the entrance of my friend’s office, holding a beautifully wrapped package of handmade Shmura...

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Mendy Kaminker

Delay does not fix racism in Israeli government

While Israel’s democratic forces scored a victory by forcing the government of Benjamin Netanyahu to delay the legal overhaul, the problem of...

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Fred Maroun

It’s Democracy, I Presume!

Dr. David Livingston, the famous British explorer who was presumed dead, upon his discovery by Henry Stanley in October 1871 near Lake Tanganyika,...

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Alan Jay Zwiren

This Year in Jerusalem

It was the dead of night when Moses informed the Israelites that they had to flee Egypt. Despite every promise, prophecy, plague, and negotiation,...

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Stephen Daniel Arnoff

Biden’s honey works better than Obama’s vinegar.

After the 2013 elections, Bibi Netanyahu managed, with one exception that I remember, to put together a governing coalition that was entirely...

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David K. Rees

There is a pretence of opposition to only one form of Israel's colonial violence

Last month, Israel's National Security Minister, the far-right extremist Itamar Ben-Gvir, sought to facilitate the process for Israeli civilians to...

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