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Israel Has Lost Big Time in the Court of Public Opinion, Credit to Netanyahu

Israel Has Lost Big Time in the Court of Public Opinion, Credit to Netanyahu

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Haaretz

Iris Leal

Late-night blast, fireball near Beit Shemesh rattles jittery residents

Defense firm later says large explosion was ‘pre-planned experiment,’ claims test was coordinated with authorities

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

In order to obtain a negotiated peace with Iran, Israel needs to get tough.

For eight years, the two men treated each other as adversaries. Still,  Netanyahu tried to stand up to  Obama without destroying Israel’s good...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

David K. Rees

Report: Just 3% of Israeli ninth graders met science requirements in latest tests

Report: Just 3% of Israeli ninth graders met science requirements in latest tests

Education minister claims results were leaked for ‘political’ reasons, without addressing why it withheld the science scores from the rest of the...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Conspicuously Missing From the Media Was Shabbat 250

Conspicuously absent from the mainstream media this week was any serious coverage of, or celebration surrounding, “Shabbat 250.” For those who may...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Steve Wenick

Abbas Re-Elects Himself. Iran Wins.

Abbas Re-Elects Himself. Iran Wins.

Fatah’s Eighth General Congress on May 14, 2026, delivered exactly what the Palestinian political system always produces: stagnation disguised as...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Defiling the Land — And Us

“Do not leave the body hanging overnight…for it is an affront to God; do not defile the land that the Lord your God is giving you.” (Deut....

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Eugene Korn

Jerusalem Day, the Palestinian Kristallnacht

Jerusalem Day, the Palestinian Kristallnacht

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Haaretz

Hanin Majadli

European Governments Want to Love Israel if Not for the Pesky Settlers

European Governments Want to Love Israel if Not for the Pesky Settlers

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Haaretz

Gideon Levy

Netanyahu May Be Crumbling, but His Regime Is Alive and Well

Netanyahu May Be Crumbling, but His Regime Is Alive and Well

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Haaretz

Zvi Bar'el

Echoes of Loyalty: When Nuance Becomes Betrayal

Echoes of Loyalty: When Nuance Becomes Betrayal

For most of my life, people have known me as one of the most relentless pro Israel advocates around. For more than twelve years, day and night,...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sabine Sterk

Why I Came Back to Shul

Why I Came Back to Shul

For years, one of the absolute best perks of returning regularly to synagogue has been rediscovering a very specific, distinctly Jewish superpower:...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Andy Blumenthal

WHO declares Ebola outbreak in Congo, Uganda a global health emergency

WHO declares Ebola outbreak in Congo, Uganda a global health emergency

UN health agency reports 80 suspected deaths, warns outbreak could spread to neighboring countries; there are no approved virus-specific therapeutics...

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The Times of Israel

Disha mishra

U.S.-Facilitated Talks Usher in New Israel-Lebanon Peace Era

U.S.-Facilitated Talks Usher in New Israel-Lebanon Peace Era

In a remarkable show of diplomatic dedication to peace, the United States successfully facilitated two days of fruitful negotiations between Israel...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Junaid Qaiser

The Ineffective Truce In Lebanon Is Extended

When the third round of U.S.-mediated Israel-Lebanon talks ended at the State Department in Washington on May 15, the United States announced a 45-day...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sheldon Kirshner

Eurovision and the Failure of Managed Absence

Eurovision and the Failure of Managed Absence The most interesting fact about Eurovision 2026 is not that Israel did not win. Bulgaria won, and did so...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Yochanan Schimmelpfennig

Who Decides Jewish Identity? Not the Mayor of New York

Mayor Mamdani’s late Friday afternoon pronouncement honoring naqba day and terming that “catastrophe”—Israel’s existence—“ongoing”–...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Shulamit S. Magnus

Europe Forgot Geography: How NATO Turned Russia from a Neighbour into a Permanent Enemy

Europe Forgot Geography: How NATO Turned Russia from a Neighbour into a Permanent Enemy Europe’s greatest strategic failure was not that it misread...

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New Eastern Outlook

Federico verri

When Walls Become a Window: How Light, Vision, and Torah Change Reality

When Walls Become a Window: How Light, Vision, and Torah Change Reality

The world appears solid, fixed, and immovable. A wall is a wall, a window is a window, and the difference between them seems obvious: one blocks...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Shlomo Ezagui

China offers Southeast Asia clear nuclear power advantages

Southeast Asia stands at the threshold of a nuclear renaissance. Vietnam and Russia signed an agreement in March for the Ninh Thuan 1 Nuclear Power...

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South China Morning Post

Zha Daojiong

Hormuz, Germany, drones and submarines

Hormuz, Germany, drones and submarines

Abstract: The US Navy is without a doubt the strongest naval force humanity has ever seen. Yet it stands opposed by a third-rate military power that...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Moshe shelest

Mayday, Mayday

Mayday, Mayday

American Jewry is currently living through a remarkably dark era. It is certainly the darkest era I’ve lived through in my 37 years. The Jewish...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Adam eisler

دبي.. رمال من ذهب

يقول الحكماء: "الرؤية هي فنّ رؤية ما لا يراه الآخرون" وربما لا توجد مدينة...

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العين الإخبارية

د. علي العامري

Haredi extremists brag openly of campaign to obstruct cops, but evade consequences

Haredi extremists brag openly of campaign to obstruct cops, but evade consequences

In carefully worded emails, Jerusalem Faction organizers boast of mobilizing protests to block enforcement against draft dodgers, sometimes violently,...

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The Times of Israel

Sam Sokol

The Gov't Proposal to 'Split' the AG's Role Is a Death Knell to the Rule of Law

The Gov't Proposal to 'Split' the AG's Role Is a Death Knell to the Rule of Law

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Haaretz

Haaretz

Rededicate 250: When America Awaits G-d

Rededicate 250: When America Awaits G-d

As America moves from National Shabbat into Rededicate 250 weekend, Ishay Ribo’s Ochila LaKel calls us to wait for G‑d, guard our words, and begin...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Eliezer avraham

600,000

The Book of Bamidbar begins with the command to count the Jewish males from the age of twenty to sixty. The purpose of the counting was to bring the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Kenneth Cohen

Researchers find oldest English poem in a Roman library

Researchers find oldest English poem in a Roman library

Caedmon’s Hymn, composed in Old English by a Northumbrian agricultural worker in 7th century, attests to language’s wide diffusion, long before...

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The Times of Israel

Andrea Rosa

Almost Too Much Wonder

Almost Too Much Wonder

We’d just finished the mix of a new song. Sitting between the speakers, listening to the crescendo at the song’s end, the drums and bass, the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Peter Himmelman

Amid reports Iran war could resume, Trump posts image warning of ‘calm before the storm’

Amid reports Iran war could resume, Trump posts image warning of ‘calm before the storm’

IDF says it intercepted rockets launched by Hezbollah at troops in southern Lebanon * Terror group claims to have launched drone swarm at IDF base in...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Israel’s Noam Bettan finishes second at Eurovision as Bulgaria takes the win

Israel’s Noam Bettan finishes second at Eurovision as Bulgaria takes the win

‘Michelle’ propels Israel to third in the televote and its 2nd year in a row as the runner up, as singer says he ‘tried to stay focused, I sang...

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The Times of Israel

Amy Spiro

Gofman accuses AG acting in bad faith in case against his appointment as Mossad head

Gofman accuses AG acting in bad faith in case against his appointment as Mossad head

Baharav-Miara raised concerns over meetings between Gofman and a senior Mossad official, appearing to believe it may have been intended to influence...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Buried With Her Tehillim

Buried With Her Tehillim

At my grandmother’s funeral this week, I noticed some movement near the grave. At the moment I did not realize what it was. Only afterward did I...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Yankie denburg

Trump's geopolitical brinkmanship has hit a wall with Iran

Trump's geopolitical brinkmanship has hit a wall with Iran

During his first year back in office, U.S. President Donald Trump’s blustery negotiating style won him concessions from countries on issues ranging...

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Japan Today

Matt spetalnick and humeyra pamuk