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‘Significant politicization’: Deputy AG spurns coalition plan to appoint new judges

Deputy Attorney General Avital Sompolinsky spoke out forcefully Monday against the coalition’s latest proposal to change the way judges in Israel...

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With unbridled attack on security chiefs, Netanyahu shows he’s at point of no return

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was edgy and irritable. After a long weekend spent with the family, sans the soothing views of the Villa Borghese...

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Archaeologists search for signs of Jewish past in Morocco’s southern oases

AKKA, Morocco (AFP) — In the depths of Morocco’s Akka oasis, two archaeologists pore over the floor of a synagogue searching for the minutest...

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Kaouthar Oudrhiri

When Secular Israelis Stand Up to Their ultra-Orthodox Overlords

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu believes he is the messiah and we are the donkey he rides on. He’s moving forward with the coup against our...

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An ICC warrant against Putin is good – and hypocritical

As faithful readers of this column may know, I write a lot about hypocrisy. Sometimes, it disappoints me. Sometimes, it offends me. Sometimes, it...

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Andrew Mitrovica

How US propaganda won Iraq’s ‘battlespace’

With the 20th anniversary of the Anglo-American invasion of Iraq upon us, the politics of memory are sure to resurface along familiar fault lines....

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Netanyahu said to slam Herzog, holding him responsible for potential civil war

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has allegedly said that if there is a civil war over the government’s plan to drastically overhaul the judiciary,...

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Toi Staff

Tras fuerte sismo, autoridades Ecuador y Perú atienden emergencia que dejó al menos 15 fallecidos

Las autoridades de Ecuador y Perú trabajaban el domingo en atender los daños ocasionados por el fuerte sismo que sacudió la zona dejando al menos...

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América Economía

Ben-Gurion University rector encourages students to protest judicial overhaul

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev’s rector called on students Sunday to join nationwide protests against the government’s far-reaching overhaul...

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Toi Staff

Daily Briefing March 20: A chaotic pre-Passover judicial push

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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Victim of Tel Aviv shooting dies of wounds 11 days after terror attack

A man seriously wounded in a terrorist shooting attack in Tel Aviv earlier this month has succumbed to his wounds. Or Eshkar, 32, died on Monday,...

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Senior Hamas official says Gaza should keep quiet to boost West Bank ‘resistance’

As Israel’s security establishment gears up for the sensitive Ramadan period, Hamas’s West Bank leader said that the group wants terror activities...

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Palestinian Authority PM pans Smotrich for saying his people doesn’t exist

Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said Monday that remarks from a senior Israeli minister denying the existence of a...

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Toi Staff

Deep dive: Archaeologists uncover oldest Gulf pearling town in UAE

SINIYAH ISLAND, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Archaeologists said Monday they have found the oldest pearling town in the Persian Gulf on an island...

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Jon Gambrell

Israel warns Passover travelers of Iranian plots to harm them abroad

Iran will continue its attempts to harm Israelis around the world, especially in the Middle East and eastern Mediterranean, the National Security...

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Lazar Berman

Dozens in Indonesia protest Israel’s planned presence at Under-20 soccer World Cup

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Dozens of conservative Muslims marched in Indonesia’s capital on Monday to protest Israel’s participation in its...

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Andi Jatmiko

Beyond This Realm-Blessings of Shma

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Egypt's 'fear books' help to facilitate more human rights violations

When you sign a visitors' or similar book to confirm your presence at a place, it is not usual for you to do so knowing that you may not return to...

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Mahmoud Hassan

Where has Iraq's oil wealth gone?

Iraq is the second-largest crude oil producer in OPEC after Saudi Arabia. Yet despite the country's vast oil wealth and significant revenues from...

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Jehan Alfarra

Stubborn inflation is challenging Asia's central banks

Prices may have risen less than in West, but also have fallen less

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Priyanka Kishore

Knesset panel convenes on new judicial selection plan; Likud to vote on proposal

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Monday’s events as they unfold. Senior Israeli and international diplomatic officials celebrated Nowruz, the...

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Toi Staff

‘Hostile political takeover’: Opposition leaders slam new judicial overhaul proposal

Opposition leaders slammed the coalition on Monday after the latter announced in the early hours of the morning a new outline for its judicial...

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Toi Staff

China’s Xi sets off on ‘journey of peace’ to Moscow for meeting with Putin

BEIJING, China (AFP) — Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin applauded on Monday the solidity of their alliance as the Chinese leader headed to Moscow for...

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Matthew Walsh

Israeli Big Labor Brushes Off Bibi’s Coup and Takes a Pay Raise

The news keeps coming fast and furious, giving nobody a moment’s rest. President Isaac Herzog’s “People’s Plan” compromise was...

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Nehemia Shtrasler

(GLOBALNA ARENA) Kolumna Jamesa K. Galbraitha: Železniška tragedija zaradi varčevanja

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Of Swords and Books: ‘The Land That I Will Show You’ (Part Two)

Shnayor Burton. Ha-Arets Asher Ar’eka: Mitsvat Yishuv Erets Yisrael (The Land That I Will Show You: The Commandment of Settling the Land of...

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It Takes a Nation

We’ve all fallen. We’ve all been lost in darkness. It can feel like you’re watching the world passing by smiling and laughing whilst you’re...

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Peculiarities of the Turkish-Chinese economic cooperation

Today, almost every country in the world considers China to be an important foreign economic partner. And it’s only natural, given China’s level...

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Excessive Discounts Causing Significant Damage to Industry

Editorial 15:54 JST, March 20, 2023 The Japan Fair Trade Commission has released the results of its fact-finding survey about the practice of...

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الإخوان بين بيعة التنظيم وهجر الوطن

تُربي جماعة الإخوان الإرهابية أعضاءها على الانتماء للتنظيم وليس للوطن، فتخلق...

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Almost half of small business owners are sure judicial overhaul will harm them: poll

Small businesses in Israel fear the impact of the government’s planned far-reaching overhaul of the judiciary, with almost half saying they are...

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Toi Staff

‘Handmaid’s Tale’ author nods at inclusion in Israel protests

Margaret Atwood, the Canadian author of the dystopian novel-turned-TV show “The Handmaid’s Tale,” has tweeted approvingly of women utilizing...

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Mysterious mikveh fish helps educate kids about ritual bath

Many grownups go to the mikveh, a Jewish ritual bath, in search of ritual or spiritual purification. But preschooler Yonah is on a different quest:...

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Or Akiva mayor hit with raft of charges, including for bribery, assault

Or Akiva Mayor Yaakov Edri was charged Monday with a string of offenses, including bribery, money laundering and physically assaulting a woman....

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Looking for freedom, equality, and peace in 2023

Israel’s domestic turmoil has escalated even more dramatically in the few days since President Herzog presented his “people’s framework” for...

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How a solo operation in my driveway became Israel’s National Food Bank

The journey of Leket Israel began 20 years ago today. What started as a one-man volunteer operation in my driveway, has, over the last 20 years,...

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Antisemitism Cannot Be Fought from the Defendant’s Dock

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Justice and denial

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Should Israel be Shabbat Observant?

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China’s Saudi Iranian mediation spotlights flawed regional security policies.

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