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IDF said to study security implications of possible Saudi normalization deal

The Israel Defense Forces have reportedly begun studying the range of ramifications for Israel on a military level should a normalization deal with...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Justice minister, others barred from speaking at farewell for court head Hayut

Justice Minister Yariv Levin and other officials will not deliver speeches at a farewell ceremony for retiring Supreme Court President Esther...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Netanyahu claims ties with Ben Gvir copacetic, denies security meeting snub

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attempted to downplay his exclusion of National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir from a high-level meeting on...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Muslim sports body says France hijab ban goes ‘against Olympic spirit’

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — A group of sports federations from Muslim-majority countries said on Monday that France’s move to bar its Olympic athletes...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Government said to slash budget for mental health organizations

The government has slashed budget assistance to a range of mental health organizations, ending an additional funding program implemented during the...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Ben Gvir chief of staff hands his pistol to man in street, prompting complaints

Two complaints were filed with police against National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir’s chief of staff after a video emerged Sunday of the...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Helen Mirren defends Bradley Cooper’s prosthetic nose in ‘Maestro’

British actress Dame Helen Mirren has defended Bradley Cooper’s prosthetic, elongated nose in the “Maestro” biopic against accusations it is...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

‘Fauda’ star takes part in real-life police weapons raid

Life seemed to imitate art overnight Sunday when the star of an Israeli TV series about an undercover security unit participated in a real police...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Court okays razing West Bank home of terrorist who plotted to kill Israeli brothers

The High Court of Justice on Monday rejected a petition to prevent the military from demolishing the home of one of the suspected terrorists...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Amid protests, Netanyahus arrive in middle of the night for Golan Heights vacation

In an apparent bid to avoid protesters, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara arrived in the early hours of the morning Monday for a...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Alice Shalvi, trailblazing feminist and educator, dies at 97

Professor Alice Shalvi, an intrepid feminist, revered educator and winner of multiple honors, including the Israel Prize, died Monday morning. She...

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The Times of Israel

Jessica Steinberg

Pop star Bruno Mars makes his way to Tel Aviv for two shows

When American pop star Bruno Mars makes it to Tel Aviv’s Yarkon Park stage on October 4 and 7 for two sold-out shows, he’ll be welcomed by...

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The Times of Israel

Jessica Steinberg

Drew Weissman, Katalin Karikó win Nobel in medicine for enabling mRNA vaccines

Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discoveries that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19....

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The Times of Israel

Susie Blann

Talmudic tale with 12th-century Chinese twist expands Jewish world for young minds

TAIPEI, Taiwan (JTA) — Rabbi Akiva’s daughter was destined for death on her wedding day, at least according to the star-gazers. So the early...

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The Times of Israel

Jordyn Haime

Israel finishes 6th overall at European Baseball Championships

Israel’s National Baseball team finished in sixth place in the 2023 European Baseball Championship, a biannual tournament that Israel is set to...

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The Times of Israel

Gavriel Fiske

Top European diplomats meet in Kyiv to back Ukraine amid strains among allies

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Some of Europe’s top diplomats gathered Monday in Kyiv in a display of support for Ukraine’s fight against Russia’s...

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The Times of Israel

Susie Blann

Fire erupts in a police headquarters in Egypt, injuring at least 38 people

CAIRO (AP) — A huge fire broke out early Monday in a police headquarters in northeastern Egypt, injuring at least 38 people, the health ministry...

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The Times of Israel

Samy Magdy

The Joy of Succot

There is a particular emphasis on happiness, connected with the holiday of Succot. One of the names for this holiday, is זמן שמחתינו, the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Kenneth Cohen

What Is the Most Important and Needed Action in Our Lives?

The most important and needed action in our lives is turning to the Creator—the upper force of love and bestowal—and asking Him for help: to help...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Michael Laitman

In the Shadow of Lethal Justice

Mickael Zack’s relentless pursuit of justice and transparency is a testament to the unwavering human spirit, even in the face of the harshest of...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Claudine Clark

What’s the Point of a 4.0?

Picture it. Boston, July 4th, 2018. A hot day when transplants to Boston want to go out, get drunk and watch the fireworks which symbolize the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Taylor Jade King

To Solve the Israel/Palestine/Saudi impasse

Bibi cares only about not going to jail. That’s the root of all the recent maelstrom in Israel.  Here’s the solution: Biden and MBS say to Bibi,...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Howard Kaplan

An open letter to Bibi

Dear Bibi–I hate to have to write this letter, but I must. I cannot see Israel self-destruct without at least making a direct plea to you to save...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Harvey Temkin

Correspondence and Personal Eulogy for Alice Shalvi

I just this minute, heard about the death of my friend and mentor, Professor Alice Shalvi. This Correspondence from 2007 speaks for itself. From:...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Naomi Graetz

A green oasis for the soul: What just one good-news post can do

I’m a news junky. I admit it. And much of the news I consume comes from social networks. Anyone who “lives online” knows that along with the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Shuki Friedman

Did you think they wouldn’t go after the free press?

It is astonishing to see time after time how determined the current government is not to leave any earth unscorched. Liberal democracy, of course,...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Roman Bronfman

A Rabbi’s View From Tel Aviv

Note: this letter was written to our community in the aftermath of the events of Yom Kippur in Tel Aviv. It is shared here in the hope that it...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Joe Wolfson

Freedom Without Justice

LJUBLJANA – Lea Ypi’s Free: Coming of Age at the End of History  has met with a hostile reception in her home country of Albania, and it is easy...

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Project Syndicate

Slavoj Žižek

Not Destined for War

CAMBRIDGE – The great-power competition between the United States and China is a defining feature of the first part of this century, but there is...

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Project Syndicate

Joseph S. Nye

Churchill’s ‘barbaric nations’: War on China designed to marginalise Global South

Ten years ago, I visited China as a member of a group representing leading Asian newspapers. After the guided tour, I spent many hours walking...

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Middle East Monitor

Dr Ramzy Baroud

The Holy See shows how to deal with China

Spending some time in southern Europe last week gave me the opportunity to ponder the relationship between religion and politics. Until recently, I...

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The Japan Times

Kuni Miyake

Video game competitions should be in the Olympics

The hottest sports ticket in Asia-Pacific right now isn’t for a soccer match, an NBA exhibition game or even a swim meet. It is for the medal...

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The Japan Times

Adam Minter

The only resident on Écréhous

The remarkable story of one man’s self-imposed exile on an uninhabited island after being wrongly suspected of a crime - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

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Aeon

Aeon Video

Is “Peace Through Commerce” Dead?

BERLIN – Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, German politicians have been on an apology tour for their country’s past reliance on Russian...

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Project Syndicate

Harold James

The October victory that the Arabs lost

As soon as the month of October arrives every year, knives rain down on it from every direction to undermine the 1973 war; to turn the victory into...

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Middle East Monitor

Dr Amira Abo El-Fetouh

Has India taken a leaf out of Mossad’s assassination handbook?

Canada’s diplomatic blunder on 22 September, when parliament gave two standing ovations to a Ukrainian Nazi veteran — “who fought for...

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Middle East Monitor

Omar Ahmed

Abandoned Pleasure Boats: Make Registration of Mooring Sites Mandatory for Owners

Editorial 13:29 JST, October 2, 2023 The fact that pleasure boats are being abandoned in ports and rivers for long periods has become a problem....

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The Japan News

The Japan News Editorial

Motivation and Activation: Why Do You Need Both?

How exploring your activation patterns can help you get things done.

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Psychology Today

Candida Fink M.d

Loneliness Is Not Being Alone

New research reveals how being alone is related to feeling lonely.

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Psychology Today

Alexander Danvers Ph.d

Have We Forgotten How to Make Amends?

Repair is an important part of the relationship cycle.

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Psychology Today

Jennifer Gerlach Lcsw

A real economic transformation is underway in Saudi Arabia

'Vision 2030' is reducing country's dependence on oil exports

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Nikkei Asian Review

Tarek Fadlallah

In the interests of all

A shot rang out from the jailhouse at Woodstock, Illinois on a quiet summer’s morning in 1895. One of the inmates had pulled the trigger on an...

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Aeon

Tom O’Shea

Daily Briefing Oct 2: Rabbis’ state salaries are real pork barrel, say opposition heads

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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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Israel arrests former Mexican diplomat ahead of extradition to face rape charges

Police on Monday arrested former Mexican diplomat Andres Roemer in Tel Aviv ahead of his extradition to his home country to face rape charges....

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

PA police extracts 5 Israelis mobbed after trying to illegally enter West Bank shrine

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Monday’s events as they unfold. Work has started on turning the house in Austria where Adolf Hitler was born...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Sukkot: A Safe Dwelling Place, In Our Own Times

Nothing short of idyllic. The thick green grass that rolled casually over endless landscapes, the occasional cloud in the sky, the eager-eyed...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sarah Mali

A Few Things Haaretz's Editorial Forgot to Mention Regarding Nagorno-Karabakh

The Haaretz editorial for September 27 (“Ethnic cleansing with our weapons”; the web title is “Israel’s Fingerprints Are All Over the Ethnic...

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Haaretz

Mukhtar Mammadov

Jewish Studies faculty need to advocate against anti-Zionism on campus

While the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) reported antisemitism by student groups on campus, faculty members are equally involved in anti-Israel...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Bonnie K. Goodman

Peace With Saudi Arabia Would Be Transformational. But Israel Is the Problem

In the Middle East, the unimaginable often becomes the commonplace. In exchange for normalizing relations with Israel, Saudi Arabia may now gain a...

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Haaretz

Chuck Freilich

(POGLED) Kolumna Petra Praperja o psihoterapiji: Maratonci tečejo tretji krog

Sašo Bizjak V nadaljevanju preberite: - Zgodovinsko gledano izhaja nekaj zadreg tudi iz dejstva, da se od Freudove utemeljitve sodobne...

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Večer

Peter Praper

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