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Bondi Beach terrorist, charged with 15 counts of murder, faces court for first time

Bondi Beach terrorist, charged with 15 counts of murder, faces court for first time

Naveed Akram remains mostly silent as he appears before judge via video link over deadly shooting at seaside Hanukkah event; lawyer says he has not...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

Adar: It Is Time to Stop This Madness

Adar: It Is Time to Stop This Madness

Adar is meant to be a month of joy for the Jewish people — a time to dress up, to celebrate, and to remember how we were saved from a threat that...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ben Lazarus

Rubio in Munich, Vance Sidelined

By any serious geopolitical metric, sending US Secretary of State Marco Rubio—not US Vice President J. D. Vance—to the 2026 Munich Security...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Prosecutors said set to indict settler accused of killing Palestinian activist

Prosecutors said set to indict settler accused of killing Palestinian activist

Yinon Levy reportedly to be charged with reckless homicide, with maximum sentence of 12 years, for shooting of Awdah Hathaleen during clash in West...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Be Kind To The Widow

The Torah lists three members of society that require special care and attention. They are, the convert, the orphan, and the widow. The convert might...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Kenneth Cohen

Award-winning ‘Tehran’ producer found dead in Athens hotel room

Award-winning ‘Tehran’ producer found dead in Athens hotel room

Dana Eden, 52, was in Greek capital to oversee filming of drama series’ fourth season

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The Times of Israel

Jessica Steinberg

Oslo’s legacy: De facto annexation and an international mandate for subjugation

Oslo’s legacy: De facto annexation and an international mandate for subjugation

The Oslo Accords were never a peace process. They were distractions, a scam to neutralise the Palestinian movement and give reactionary Arab dictators...

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Middle East Monitor

Jamal Kanj

When Africa Led In — Conflict Resolution & Restorative Justice, Part 19

Conflict Resolution & Restorative Justice in African Political Thought History is often taught as if structured conflict resolution matured along...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ed Gaskin

Indonesia’s Gaza gamble

Indonesia’s Gaza gamble

President Prabowo Subianto’s government said on February 10 that Indonesia is preparing to deploy up to 8,000 troops to a proposed multinational...

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Al Jazeera

Ronny P Sasmita

To Preserve the Memory of Their Own, Israelis Must Recognize the Massacre in Gaza

To Preserve the Memory of Their Own, Israelis Must Recognize the Massacre in Gaza

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Haaretz

Gideon Levy

David’s Thunderous Rebuke: Haredi Violence Betrays the Man After Hashem’s Heart

David’s Thunderous Rebuke: Haredi Violence Betrays the Man After Hashem’s Heart

In the smoking streets of Bnei Brak on February 15, 2026, two female IDF instructors dressed modestly for a welfare visit to a soldier’s home hid in...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Yosef Eitan

It Was a Massacre, Not 'Incidents'

It Was a Massacre, Not 'Incidents'

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Haaretz

Israel Harel

Channel 13’s looming sale ignites fears of political meddling and regulatory evasion

Channel 13’s looming sale ignites fears of political meddling and regulatory evasion

Israeli TV channel’s owner Blavatnik rejects a higher bid in favor of one from media tycoon Drahi, who is seen as close to Prime Minister Netanyahu

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The Times of Israel

Biranit Goren

AI Risk: The Next Jewish Communal Security Issue

AI Risk: The Next Jewish Communal Security Issue

Artificial Intelligence has the power to change facts and eliminate truth. For Jewish communities already operating in a heightened threat...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Craig Frank

How are the BRICS Sherpas and Sub-Sherpas shaping the 21st century in New Delhi?

How are the BRICS Sherpas and Sub-Sherpas shaping the 21st century in New Delhi?

How are the BRICS Sherpas and Sub-Sherpas shaping the 21st century in New Delhi? In New Delhi, the BRICS countries took a historic step toward a new...

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New Eastern Outlook

Mohamed Lamine Kaba

India’s Soft Power Swing: Rewiring the Global Cricket Economy

India’s Soft Power Swing: Rewiring the Global Cricket Economy

As India reshapes the economics and politics of cricket, the sport finds new homes from Texas to Tel Aviv, expanding its reach, redefining its...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Eliezer Avraham

The Philippines’s 2026 ASEAN Chairmanship

The Philippines’s 2026 ASEAN Chairmanship

The Philippines’s 2026 ASEAN Chairmanship This year Manila is chairing ASEAN. What can we expect from the new leader, well-known for its pro-US...

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New Eastern Outlook

Ksenia Muratshina

Shamelessness, Branding, Incumbent's Advantage: How Netanyahu Plans to Win the Election

Shamelessness, Branding, Incumbent's Advantage: How Netanyahu Plans to Win the Election

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Haaretz

Sami Peretz

Israel and Somaliland: Comparative Resilience and State-Building

Israel and Somaliland are frequently referenced in geopolitical discourse for their distinctive paths to statehood and resilience. Despite divergent...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Mohamed Osman

Setting the Table – shulchan, petora, taka, and tavla

Setting the Table – shulchan, petora, taka, and tavla

One of the most important components of the Tabernacle and the Holy Temple was the golden shulchan, upon which the twelve loaves of the weekly...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Reuven Chaim Klein

From Lab to Life: Babies Start to Learn Early

What goes on in the minds of tiny newborns?   With our great-grandchildren,  newest one just arrived, I look into their eyes – and see curiosity...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Shlomo Maital

Antisemitism Served at Europcar Melbourne

Antisemitism Served at Europcar Melbourne

You’d expect a car rental company to apply its rules consistently. Yet in Melbourne, an Israeli tourist was refused a vehicle by Europcar because...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Shane Shmuel

From despair and destruction to hope and renewal

From despair and destruction to hope and renewal

He who saves a single life is as if he saved the whole world. From the Talmud and the Koran He who saves a single life is as if he saved the whole...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ron Kronish

No State, Just a Passport: Palestine Before 1948

No State, Just a Passport: Palestine Before 1948

The “Palestine passport” myth debunked. Yes, there were Palestine passports before 1948. No, they do not prove an Arab Palestinian state ever...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sabine Sterk

Together, we are given the tools

Together, we are given the tools

Months have passed since the fiercest days of fighting on the ground, during the recent Swords of Iron war. Today the campus of Reichman University is...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jonathan Davis

Basketballer Deni Avdija makes history as first Israeli to play as NBA All-Star

Basketballer Deni Avdija makes history as first Israeli to play as NBA All-Star

Avdija scores 5 points and makes 4 assists during 15 minutes of game time, though after losing both games, his side, Team World, misses out on...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

The Kafka Test: On Trusting AI’s Eloquent Incoherence

By Joe Nalven Anthropic Claude Introduction to a reinvented essay In my earlier Times of Israel article AI Reflects on Otherness: A Trusted...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Joe Nalven

Battle Strategies and Tactics for Diaspora Jews against Antisemitism

Battle Strategies and Tactics for Diaspora Jews against Antisemitism

Asymmetrical systems warfare, not slogan warfare By now, Diaspora Jews should be clear-eyed about one fact: overt antisemitism does not survive...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Richard Diamond

Five Ways To Strengthen Israel’s Social Economy

Since October 7, Israeli civil society has mobilized at extraordinary speed. Volunteers filled gaps overnight. Philanthropy surged. Communities held...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Eldan Kaye

Why Jews Flourished in Hindu India

Why Jews Flourished in Hindu India

In May 2025, I had the opportunity of visiting India’s high commission in Central London, just weeks after the Islamist terror attack in Kashmir,...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Miles Damone Mackay

Will Oil Finally Reconcile Venezuela and Israel?

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Óscar Reyes-Matute

Two Green Prints: Trend… or Tease?

Two Green Prints: Trend… or Tease?

For most of 2025, the Israeli housing market looked like it was slowly exhaling. After eight consecutive index readings showing declines, the latest...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Matti Munk

When Jewish History Walked into the Room

When Jewish History Walked into the Room

It happened almost four months ago. I found myself standing at the second funeral of Captain Daniel Peretz, may his memory be a blessing, a young...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

David Kramer

Reform of Retrial System: Diet Must Thoroughly Discuss Remedies for Wrongful Convictions

Reform of Retrial System: Diet Must Thoroughly Discuss Remedies for Wrongful Convictions

17:03 JST, February 15, 2026 The government has compiled a set of proposals for reforming the nation’s retrial system, which is intended to aid...

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The Japan News

Editorial

الإمارات… صوت الاتزان في زمن الضجيج

في زمنٍ تتسارع فيه الأحداث وتعلو فيه حدة الخطاب العام، يصبح الاتزان قيمة نادرة،...

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العين الإخبارية

سيف الدرعي

Bennett and Deri spar after mob attacks female soldiers in Bnei Brak

Former PM visits city, accuses coalition of turning blind eye to ultra-Orthodox incitement against joining army; Shas leader calls for restraining...

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The Times of Israel

Sam Sokol

Trump told Netanyahu he’d back Israeli strikes on Iran if talks fail – report

Trump told Netanyahu he’d back Israeli strikes on Iran if talks fail – report

Discussion of potential attack is ongoing, CBS reports; as 2nd round of US-Iran talks set to start, PM demands Iran remove enriched uranium, dismantle...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

Bondi Beach terrorist, charged with 15 counts of murder, faces court for first time

Bondi Beach terrorist, charged with 15 counts of murder, faces court for first time

Naveed Akram appears before judge via video link over shooting at seaside Hanukkah event * After All-Star defeat, Israel’s Deni Avdija says he feels...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

The Psychology of Religious Exit

The Psychology of Religious Exit

The lasting psychological costs of leaving a high-demand faith.

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Psychology Today

Mark Lipton Ph.d

11 Ways for Managers to Address Anger in the Workplace

11 Ways for Managers to Address Anger in the Workplace

Managers influence the tone of the work setting—notably with regard to anger.

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Psychology Today

Bernard Golden

Nika Prevc s kompletom kolajn in celo paleto izkušenj in novih čustev

Nika Prevc s kompletom kolajn in celo paleto izkušenj in novih čustev

Na zadnji tekmi smučarskih skakalk na olimpijskih igrah je na veliki skakalnici zlato kolajno osvojila Norvežanka Anna Odine Stroem, ki je slavila...

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Dnevnik

Jože Okorn

Belgian arms factory workers strike over IDF attaché’s visit to premises

Belgian arms factory workers strike over IDF attaché’s visit to premises

Trade union calls Col. Moshe Tetro’s participation in defense ministry tour ‘unacceptable’ as workers halt production; Hind Rajab Foundation...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Seek Daily Improvement Instead of Perfect Performance

Seek Daily Improvement Instead of Perfect Performance

You're not flawless and never will be. Stop expecting the impossible.

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Psychology Today

David Udelf Psy.d

Is Something Missing in Your Therapy?

Is Something Missing in Your Therapy?

Why meaning and spiritual concerns matter for mental health.

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Psychology Today

Samuel L. Pauker

IDF strike targets Islamic Jihad operatives in Lebanon; 4 reported killed

Strike on members of Gaza-based terror group occurs nearly 25 miles north of Lebanon’s border with Israel; wave of airstrikes on Saturday night...

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

New anti-government chants reported across Iran after major rallies abroad

New anti-government chants reported across Iran after major rallies abroad

Footage appears to show Iranians yelling slogans from apartment buildings in several cities; Iranian protesters filmed bloodiest night of January...

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The Times of Israel

Afp

Rusija v letu 2025 proizvedla rekordno količino streliva

Rusija v letu 2025 proizvedla rekordno količino streliva

Ruski vojaško-industrijski kompleks je v letu 2025 deloval s polno zmogljivostjo. Po zadnjem poročilu estonske obveščevalne službe (VLA) je...

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Dnevnik

mg

Top five challenges for the BNP government

Politics, if it is to mean anything at all, must eventually confront reality. Campaign slogans dissolve quickly in the acid of governance. Electoral...

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Blitz

M A Hossain

Jurij Tepeš po bronu Nike Prevc: To je razmišljanje pravih prvakinj!

Jurij Tepeš po bronu Nike Prevc: To je razmišljanje pravih prvakinj!

Slovenska ženska skakalna reprezentanca z izjemnim izkupičkom zapušča olimpijske igre. Po dramatični tekmi, polni vetrovnih preobratov, je Nika...

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Dnevnik

Urban Sušnik Iz Predazza

AI and the Anti-Relationship

AI and the Anti-Relationship

Rethinking human connection under the influence of AI.

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Psychology Today

John Nosta