Levin warns High Court against striking down judicial appointments bill

Justice Minister Yariv Levin, the chief architect of the government’s judicial overhaul push, warned the High Court of Justice on Monday against...

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Toi Staff

Knesset okays repeal of Disengagement Law for northern West Bank in 31-18 final vote

The Knesset voted in the early hours of Tuesday morning to roll back legislation that ordered the evacuation of four northern West Bank settlements...

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Carrie Keller-Lynn

Only Netanyahu Can End the Chaos

He is still here, much to the chagrin of many, and he is still a key figure, despite the signs of weakening. Benjamin Netanyahu is the only one who...

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Gideon Levy

The Pogrom Against Palestinians That Brought the Occupation Home to Jewish Israelis

What would it take to radicalize a critical mass of a deeply conservative, hope-deprived Jewish community? For my Grandma Aashi (Aashi was short...

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Bradley Burston

Likud firmly backs new proposal to assert control over Judicial Selection Committee

The ruling Likud party headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu voted during a Knesset faction meeting on Monday to approve a new proposal aimed...

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Toi Staff

Tel Aviv Fashion Week sees anti-overhaul protest on the runway

Designer David Weksler took protests against the coalition’s divisive judicial overhaul on to the fashion runway on Sunday at the opening of...

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Jessica Steinberg

VOX POPULI: Lessons from the mistake of the Iraq War must not be forgotten

The Iraq War started on March 20 exactly 20 years ago. As I was covering the Middle East at the time, I went into Baghdad after it came under U.S....

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The Asahi Shimbun

Party poster

A slice-of-life documentary on Mumbai’s curious poster politics offers a wry commentary on self-image in the digital age - by Aeon Video Watch at...

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Aeon Video

Bella ciao!

Na nedavnem italijanskem festivalu popevk San Remo je voditelj in umetniški vodja nenadoma, sredi vsega tistega kiča, spregovoril o »poboju na...

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Tanja Lesničar Pučko

Hold Russian President Accountable for War Crimes

Editorial 12:30 JST, March 21, 2023 It is highly significant that an international organization that tries war crimes has launched procedures to...

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The Japan News Editorial

True Value of Young Shogi Star to Be Tested from Now On

Editorial 12:29 JST, March 21, 2023 The 20-year-old strongest shogi player has earned another title. Since his debut, he has been accumulating wins...

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The Japan News Editorial

How to Get the Most Out of a Doctor Visit

You should have a detailed plan with seven key components.

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Richard Contrada Ph.d

What You Do to Cope With Health Anxiety Makes It Worse

A cost-benefit analysis to see how excessive medical visits make life harder.

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Brittney Chesworth Ph.d

Do Sex and Orgasm Impact Athletic Performance?

Despite the myth, orgasms do not negatively affect athletic competition.

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David J. Ley Ph.d

كلمة السر في الزحام الدبلوماسي على أفريقيا

لا تحتاج القارة الأفريقية إلى الكثير لترى أنها أصبحت موضع زحام دبلوماسي أمريكي...

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علي الصراف

الإمارات وملامح الغد السوري

في جميع المنعطفات التي مر بها الشعب السوري، برزت دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة...

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عبد الحميد توفيق

Trump calls for protests ahead of ‘arrest,’ slams George Soros again

WASHINGTON (JTA) — “They’re coming for me,” Donald Trump said in a fundraising email to his supporters, and he immediately made clear who...

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Ron Kampeas

Ostensibly softened, Rothman bill gives coalition broad control over choice of judges

The Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee will begin voting on the new legislative proposal to overhaul Israel’s judicial appointments...

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Jeremy Sharon

Stuck with the soul

Few ideas are as unsupported, ridiculous and even downright harmful as that of the ‘human soul’. And yet, few ideas are as widespread and as...

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David P Barash

Brainspotting: A Possible Treatment for Trauma?

An introduction to this alternative therapy.

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Robert T Muller Ph.d

Changes to judicial overhaul leave just 10 days to re-do constitutional framework

Chaos descended Monday morning on the government’s plans to overhaul Israel’s judicial system, as the coalition proposed a new model for...

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Jeremy Sharon

India Can Bridge the U.S.-Russia Divide Over Ukraine, If It Chooses

India tried and failed. At least that is the quick and dirty take on India’s diplomatic attempts to forge consensus between the U.S. and its...

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Derek Grossman

The United States’ New Yemen Strategy

The US appears to be pursuing an old policy of plundering natural resources in Yemen, where the same Americans have been responsible for the civil...

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Viktor Mikhin

Opinion – The Challenges of Theoretical Innovation

Students of mainstream political science and its subfields such as international relations and international political economy (IPE) strive to...

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Mohid Iftikhar

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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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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Toi Staff

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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Toi Staff

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

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

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

Too-good-to-be-true Darius ostracon mix-up teaches a public lesson etched in pottery

When Eylon Levy, international spokesperson for President Isaac Herzog, picked up an ancient potsherd inscribed with Aramaic markings last December...

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Melanie Lidman

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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Miriam Simmonds

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

The US shouldn’t be surprised Latin America is turning to Russian news sources

In his 2005 Nobel Prize acceptance speech, Harold Pinter spent a good deal of his time detailing the crimes of the US in the world, but especially...

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Daniel Kovalik

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

محمد بن زايد أعاد العرب لسوريا

محمد بن زايد أعاد العرب لسوريا في المواقف الصعبة تظهر معادن الرجال، وفي الأزمات...

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محمد تقي

‘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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Toi Staff

Likud argues fine print gives current Knesset an extra year in power

Should the ruling coalition defy expectations and last its full four-year term, it may face one last battle with the attorney general: when to call...

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Toi Staff

Beyond This Realm-Blessings of Shma

As we continue our survey of Birchot Kriat Shma, we come to a conundrum. Whether on Shabbat or on weekdays, we begin our first blessing with praise...

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