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Three Months of Madness: What a Fully Right-wing Government Has Done to Israel

It has been three months of madness, and nausea, and laughter, and utter astonishment, and dread, and amusement. Dear Lord, where did all this come...

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Haaretz

B. Michael

Seven dead and 10,000 infected in dengue outbreak

At least seven people in Argentina have died from dengue this year. With 9,388 cases, this is the second biggest outbreak of the disease since the...

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Buenos Aires Herald

Facundo Iglesia

How the grandmothers of disappeared children drove a revolution in genetics

“Martín, I am your grandmother,” 89-year-old Delia Giovanola, one of the founders of the Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo, said down the phone. It was...

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Buenos Aires Herald

Facundo Iglesia

The final voyage of Argentina’s “death flights”

It happened on Wednesdays.  Every week, victims were selected for “transfer”. After being tortured and imprisoned for days, weeks or months, they...

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Buenos Aires Herald

Agustin Mango

This dictatorship torturer’s daughter became an advocate for memory

Analía Kalinec spent the day before her fortieth birthday sitting in a judicial mediation against her father. It was October 2019, and they...

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Buenos Aires Herald

Lucía Cholakian Herrera

Vojna in mir (za vrednote)

Ne, besedilo, ki je pred vami, ni analiza vojne. Nisem vojni analitik. Vas je naslov morda spomnil na osupljivo lepoto pripovednega sloga izjemnih...

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Dnevnik

Matjaž Figelj

The Malady of Corruption: Is It Contagious or Inherited?

Psychologists find that you can be infected by corruption by being around it.

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Psychology Today

Debbie Peterson

Van & Vienen: las nuevas designaciones del mundo ejecutivo

NUEVO BANCO DE DESARROLLO La junta de gobernadores del banco multilateral creado por el grupo de naciones BRICS, eligió por unanimidad a la ex...

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América Economía

América Economía

هل العلمانية تمنع لعنة العقد الثامن؟

ما يحدث في إسرائيل الآن أمر غير مسبوق، فلأول مرة يظهر المجتمع العلماني الإسرائيلي...

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العين الإخبارية

د. نصر محمد عارف

The Israeli Center-left Must Be Wary of Soldiers' 'Spontaneous Putsch'

The fear of the disintegration of the reserves – and the consequences for the regular army and the military’s capabilities overall – are...

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Haaretz

Yagil Levy

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...

50

The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Pilots resume training flights as overhaul paused, but are keeping ‘an eye open’

The leaders of the reservist pilots’ protest against the government’s judicial overhaul plans announced Tuesday that they would resume training...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

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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The Times of Israel

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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The Times of Israel

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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The Times of Israel

Michael Bachner

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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The Times of Israel

Susannah Walden

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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The Times of Israel

Luke Tress

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...

40

The Times of Israel

Amy Spiro

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...

40

The Times of Israel

Jeremy Sharon

(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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Večer

Darinka Pavlič Kamien

Is­raelis need to see through the biggest lie of all

At the heart of the ongoing turmoil engulfing Israel is a pathological liar and a pervasive lie. The liar has long been exposed, but the lie he and...

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Al Jazeera

Marwan Bishara

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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Project Syndicate

Takatoshi Ito

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

Data exploitation and geopolitical issues have gotten muddled

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Nikkei Asian Review

Rui Zhong

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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The Times of Israel

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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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

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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The Times of Israel

Ash Obel

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...

60

Haaretz

Nehemia Shtrasler

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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Middle East Monitor

Ramona Wadi

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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Middle East Monitor

Dr Ramzy Baroud

Bush did what Putin’s do­ing — so why is he get­ting away?

It was disgracefully dubbed “Operation Iraqi Freedom” by the invading United States military forces, but for millions of Iraqis around the world,...

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Al Jazeera

Ahmed Twaij

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...

40

The Times of Israel

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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The Times of Israel

Jon Kalish

Country-wide demos for, against temporarily-halted overhaul end in clashes with cops

Mass-protests for and against the government’s judicial overhaul across major cities descended into clashes with police who sought to clear roads...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

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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The Times of Israel

David Horovitz

AG tells High Court she opposes petition to disqualify Ben Gvir’s cabinet appointment

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara indicated Sunday that she does not oppose Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s December decision to appoint...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

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...

20

The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

We’re One But Not the Same

“We’re one but we’re not the same, We get to carry each other, carry each other…”  — from the song “One”, by U2 The Israeli...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jason Harris

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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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ariel Jerozolimski

Twenty years since the Iraq invasion and what has been gained?

Twenty years have passed since the US-led invasion of Iraq, with its harsh consequences, severe developmental setbacks and its alienation from its...

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Middle East Monitor

Dr Amira Abo El-Fetouh

Can Governments Still Steer the Economy?

LONDON – In 1969, the British financial journalist Samuel Brittan published a book called Steering the Economy: The Role of the Treasury . At the...

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Project Syndicate

Robert Skidelsky

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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Middle East Monitor

Dr Adnan Abu Amer

Euronews confuses US scholar Hamza Yusuf with new SNP leader

The Arabic language edition of France-based Euronews has drawn ridicule on social media after a post on the news network's Facebook account...

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Middle East Monitor

Omar Ahmed

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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Middle East Monitor

Mahmoud Hassan

Feeling Empty? 7 Signs You're Unconnected With Your Emotions

For many, it's a vague and uncomfortable feeling that's difficult to identify.

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Psychology Today

Jonice Webb Ph.d

Bank of Israel head issues new warning on overhaul, says bodies’ independence vital

Bank of Israel Governor Amir Yaron again cautioned Tuesday against the potential economic danger posed by the government’s push to curb the...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Woman attempts to set Tiberias city hall on fire over parking ticket

A woman was arrested earlier in the week after she attempted to set a Tiberias city hall building on fire, apparently over a parking ticket, Israel...

20

The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Is caring about Israel “essential” to what being Jewish means today?

Ilan Zvi Baron is Professor in International Political Theory and Deputy Head of School in the School of Government and International Affairs at...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Alan Simons

Is bringing back firing squads for executions a good idea?

The image of gunmen in a row firing in unison into the chest of a condemned prisoner may conjure up a bygone, less enlightened era. But the idea of...

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Japan Today

Japan Today

Jihadists target Africa and Afghanistan, but also eye China and Russia

A podcast version of this story is available on Soundcloud,   Itunes ,  Spotify ,  Spreaker , and   Podbean. All Mr. Mohamed wanted was a job...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

James M. Dorsey

The Search for Connection

The significance of the sacrificial order is hard for moderns to comprehend, but the very fact that the sages preached of its importance hundreds...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Mordechai Silverstein

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