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French mayoral elections test support for far right ahead of presidential vote

French mayoral elections test support for far right ahead of presidential vote

Opinion polls show far-right National Rally could take major cities in nationwide poll thanks to law-and-order messaging, striking chord with voters...

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The Times of Israel

Reuters

Academy Awards beefs up security after reported Iranian drone threat to Los Angeles

Academy Awards beefs up security after reported Iranian drone threat to Los Angeles

SWAT teams, bomb squads and snipers among some 1,000 law enforcement personnel tasked to secure event; FBI reportedly warned Iran might hit...

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The Times of Israel

Jessica Steinberg

Pardon Bibi, End the Circus

In wartime Israel needs focus, not courtroom theater – a moment for mercy, resilience, and national renewal. About a year ago, I wrote a column with...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

James Ogunleye

Forgiveness vs. Reconciliation in Family Estrangement

Forgiveness vs. Reconciliation in Family Estrangement

Reconciliation isn't always the answer to a family rift.

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Psychology Today

Amanda Ann Gregory

Small, divided and wary, Kurdish rebels won’t be the ones bringing down Iran’s regime

Small, divided and wary, Kurdish rebels won’t be the ones bringing down Iran’s regime

Trump floated the idea of Kurdish militias going on the offensive to help defeat the Islamic Republic, but the reality on the ground limits the role...

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The Times of Israel

Lazar Berman

Annexation without a declaration- Israel’s quiet seizure of the West Bank

Annexation without a declaration- Israel’s quiet seizure of the West Bank

Israel has not formally declared the annexation of the occupied West Bank. No dramatic parliamentary vote has proclaimed sovereignty over the...

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Middle East Monitor

Ranjan Solomon

Iran fires 7 more missile salvos at Israel, attacks Gulf; IDF launches ‘extensive’ strikes

Iran fires 7 more missile salvos at Israel, attacks Gulf; IDF launches ‘extensive’ strikes

Several injured in missile attacks; IRGC threatens to ‘pursue and kill’ Netanyahu; US orders evacuations from Oman, Iraq; Iran arrests 20 for...

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

Hermann Göring As Everyman

Hermann Göring As Everyman

Personal Perspective: Revisiting Göring and free will via the movie Nuremberg.

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Psychology Today

Joachim I. Krueger Ph.d

IDF says slain brother of Michigan synagogue attacker was a Hezbollah commander

IDF says slain brother of Michigan synagogue attacker was a Hezbollah commander

Army confirms reports linking Ayman Ghazali to terror operative who oversaw Lebanon-based group’s weapons operations and was killed in Israeli strike

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

New Insights on the Evolution of Right- and Left-Handedness

New Insights on the Evolution of Right- and Left-Handedness

The modified fighting hypothesis is a new idea on the evolution of handedness.

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Psychology Today

Sebastian Ocklenburg

IDF planning 3 more weeks of operations to systematically degrade Iran’s defense industry

IDF planning 3 more weeks of operations to systematically degrade Iran’s defense industry

Officials say military operating ahead of schedule, but still has thousands more targets to hit; IDF claims to see declining morale among Iranian...

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

The Shift That Happens When You Write a Non-Fiction Book

The Shift That Happens When You Write a Non-Fiction Book

Personal Perspective: Turning experience into narrative reshapes expertise.

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Psychology Today

Anna B. David

Israeli strike reportedly kills four in central Gaza; no immediate comment from IDF

Israeli strike reportedly kills four in central Gaza; no immediate comment from IDF

Strike in Nuseirat comes following reports of Palestinians killed Friday and Saturday in the Strip; IDF says it killed 20 Gaza terror operatives over...

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

Several cities to keep schools shut despite revised guidelines allowing them to reopen

Several cities to keep schools shut despite revised guidelines allowing them to reopen

Ashkelon, Ariel and Dimona decide conditions are not yet suitable to reopen their education systems, though the Home Front Command designated them as...

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The Times of Israel

Rossella Tercatin

Accepting That Misophonia Means Doing Things Differently

Accepting That Misophonia Means Doing Things Differently

CBT for misophonia can help individuals adapt to misophonia without guilt.

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Psychology Today

Shaylynn Hayes-Raymond Ma

Costly and Depleting: The Growing Problems of Operation Epic Fury

Costly and Depleting: The Growing Problems of Operation Epic Fury

The big drain on military resources has begun.  A war apparently already won (and not), against an adversary supposedly without means to fight back,...

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Middle East Monitor

Dr Binoy Kampmark

Iran will not collapse: What the US–Israel War reveals about power in the Middle East

Iran will not collapse: What the US–Israel War reveals about power in the Middle East

The escalating confrontation between Iran on one side and the United States and Israel on the other is often framed in familiar strategic language:...

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Middle East Monitor

Eko Ernada

From Political Polarization to Bridging Divides

From Political Polarization to Bridging Divides

Why facts don't change minds, and what actually works.

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Psychology Today

Mindbridge Center

Love. Crash. Rebuild.

Love. Crash. Rebuild.

Challenges are opportunities to forge a stronger partnership.

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Psychology Today

Mark B. Borg

Daily Briefing March 15 — ToI reporter on life under Hezbollah’s rain of missiles

Daily Briefing March 15 — ToI reporter on life under Hezbollah’s rain of missiles

Health reporter Diana Bletter on hospitals’ wartime emergency preparedness and what it’s like to live in — and report from — the north under...

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The Times of Israel

Amanda Borschel-Dan

Treasure Trove: The Jewish Root, Root, Roots of the Toronto Blue Jays

Treasure Trove: The Jewish Root, Root, Roots of the Toronto Blue Jays

The Toronto Blue Jays are about to begin their 50th season, but they actually turn 50 on March 20, 2026.   It was on this day that Major League...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

David Matlow

Dépaysement: Mental Health Impacts as the Environment Changes

Dépaysement: Mental Health Impacts as the Environment Changes

Alienated and displaced from home: Mental impacts of environmental change.

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Psychology Today

Ilan Kelman Ph.d

Your Brain Needs the Outdoors More Than You Think

Your Brain Needs the Outdoors More Than You Think

A few minutes outside may reset the brain more than we realize.

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Psychology Today

John la Puma M.d

Pijani britanski tekač uspešno opravil s 50-kilometrsko tekmo za svetovni pokal

Pijani britanski tekač uspešno opravil s 50-kilometrsko tekmo za svetovni pokal

Britanski smučarski tekač Gabriel Gledhill je po lastnih izjavah popolnoma pijan nastopal na 50-kilometrski tekmi za svetovni pokal v Oslu.

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Dnevnik

Dejan Kresnik

Iran said to arrest 20 people for allegedly cooperating with Israel

Iran said to arrest 20 people for allegedly cooperating with Israel

The Islamic Republic, which frequently accuses people of spying without evidence, has reportedly arrested hundreds of alleged collaborators in recent...

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The Times of Israel

Afp

History Repeats Itself With the WMD Lie That Won’t Die

History Repeats Itself With the WMD Lie That Won’t Die

History Repeats Itself With the WMD Lie That Won’t Die Once again a self-styled conservative nationalist candidate gets elected on a platform of...

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New Eastern Outlook

Bryan Anthony Reo

Misophonia: "Will You Please Stop Making That Noise?!"

Misophonia:

New developments in misophonia research.

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Psychology Today

Hamid Djalilian M.d

Short-Term Oil Price Spikes or WWIII

Short-Term Oil Price Spikes or WWIII

Over the past decades, the Islamic Republic of Iran has played a significant role in intensifying great power geopolitical competition and...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Fred Saberi

Guns in Iran vs Butter in Israel

Guns in Iran vs Butter in Israel

As missiles fly all over the Middle East, we Israelis should be asking ourselves: are we prepared to risk our fighters, economy and children’s...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Yehuda Yaakov

The World’s Strangest Legal Doctrine

The moment Israel and the United States struck Iranian targets on February 28, the world experienced a remarkable legal awakening. International law,...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Victor Satya

Stop the Fake ‘Islamophobia’

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Gina Friedlander

The Myth of the Persian Chess Master: Why Tehran Was Actually Playing Backgammon

The Myth of the Persian Chess Master: Why Tehran Was Actually Playing Backgammon

For years, we were fed the myth of the brilliant Iranian “chess master.” Commentators and analysts praised Tehran’s leaders as grandmasters of...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Gil Samsonov

What Remains After the Title

Seeing my portrait placed on the wall of past presidents and chairpersons made me pause. Leadership roles eventually pass, titles move on, and the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Michael Bresler

They cried. And they danced

How do our people respond to loss, pain, and inexplicable tragedy? Sadly, I was privy to witness it from up close. In just under two years, my...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Motti Wilhelm

From Cyrus to the Mullahs

From Cyrus to the Mullahs

The final words of the Hebrew Bible do not come from a prophet of Israel but from the mouth of a Persian sovereign: “Thus says Cyrus, king of...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Marc Levy

The One Factor That Makes or Breaks a Conversation

The One Factor That Makes or Breaks a Conversation

5 tips for ensuring your conversations flow well.

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Psychology Today

Marcia Reynolds Psy.d

Air Power Alone Won’t Decide the War With Iran

Air Power Alone Won’t Decide the War With Iran

After two weeks of sustained airstrikes, the expectation that the Iranian regime might collapse quickly has begun to fade. Despite the scale and...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Rami al dabbas

Nika Prevc ob svojem 21. rojstnem dnevu ostala brez 18. zmage v sezoni

Nika Prevc ob svojem 21. rojstnem dnevu ostala brez 18. zmage v sezoni

Na tekmi svetovnega pokala v smučarskih skokih za ženske v Oslu na Norveškem je slavila Japonka Juki Ito (225,6 točke), najboljša Slovenka pa je...

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Dnevnik

Dejan Kresnik

Why Do Americans and Brits Speak Differently?

Why Do Americans and Brits Speak Differently?

How migration and revolution led to a transatlantic split in Anglo pronunciation.

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Psychology Today

Valerie Fridland Ph.d

We can solve Hezbollah with just $420 million

We can solve Hezbollah with just $420 million

Here we are again. Missiles from Lebanon, sirens over the Galilee, damage reports, funerals, and the familiar Israeli reflex: strike back, degrade,...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Tzvi Gottlieb

The architects of post-truth: How Netanyahu and Trump are scripting the Apocalypse

The architects of post-truth: How Netanyahu and Trump are scripting the Apocalypse

For decades, American foreign policy was built on a hybrid of realism, self -interest and idealism.  Today, it is being rebuilt on the hallucinatory...

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Middle East Monitor

Dr Sahar Huneidi

When Accusations Become Proof

The Psychology of Accusation: Projective Identification and the War Over Israel Socrates warned that “the unexamined life is not worth living.”...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Moshe Manheim

How War News Can Affect Your Mental Health

How War News Can Affect Your Mental Health

The emotional impact of staying informed about global conflicts.

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Psychology Today

Cathrine V. Jansson-Boyd Ph.d

Raziskava: Nekateri boti celo spodbujali k strelskim napadom

Klepetalni boti umetne inteligence znajo pomagati z veliko koristnimi nasveti, so pa lahko tudi zelo škodljivi. Nedavna raziskava je pokazala, da so...

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Dnevnik

Aljaž Potočnik

It Can’t Happen Here: A Year That Destroyed Jewish Assumptions

It Can’t Happen Here: A Year That Destroyed Jewish Assumptions

For generations, many Jews living in democratic societies have held a quiet belief: “It can’t happen here.” After the horrors of the 20th...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Maccabi Lev Ari

When War Hits Close to Home

When War Hits Close to Home

Two weeks ago, on Shabbos morning, I received a phone call that immediately changed the day. “Moshe, come to the base as soon as possible. We need...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Moshe Klausner

Looking behind the Iranian Revolution Mk.II

Looking behind the Iranian Revolution Mk.II

History is replete with revolutions and coups when military forces ousted a ruling government and took control of the reigns of power. From Julius...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Henry Kaye

Se ponoči pogosto prebujate? Ta preprosta miselna igra vam lahko vrne spanec

Se ponoči pogosto prebujate? Ta preprosta miselna igra vam lahko vrne spanec

Nova metoda ponuja odlično alternativo dolgotrajnim večernim rutinam, saj možgane zaposli natanko toliko, da pozabijo na stres in zdrsnejo v spanec.

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Dnevnik

Daf

Don’t You Recognize the Head of an Octopus?

Don’t You Recognize the Head of an Octopus?

I have been learning from the news that many Diaspora Jews in the United States are strongly opposed to the war with Iran. Some of this may stem from...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Alan P. Gross

Apple Health Can’t Explain Why, But Flags Fallout

Apple Health Can’t Explain Why, But Flags Fallout

There’s something uniquely insulting about a phone quietly pointing out that you’ve been moving less. Not louder. Not dramatic. No blaring alarm...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Michael katz