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The Productivity Paradox Israel Was Built For

When 95% of high-tech employees use AI regularly and 1% of construction firms do, the question is not whether AI raises productivity — but whose?...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Vincent James Hooper

Beyond Bridges and Times

Thirteen years ago, when Pope Benedict XVI announced that he would leave the See of Rome, I wrote an article occasioned by another anniversary that,...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Alexander A. Winogradsky Frenkel

Jewish Democrats: Our Only Path to Victory Is to Stay in the Party

We must be part of the mission to preserve American democracy, so we must stay Democrats and keep our Party Pro Israel Jewish Democrats must be seen...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Mitch Mallett

Sen. Lindsey Graham, outspoken backer of US-Israel relationship, dies at 71

Sen. Lindsey Graham, outspoken backer of US-Israel relationship, dies at 71

Longtime Republican lawmaker helped shape Trump’s foreign policy on Iran and regularly visited Israel; Netanyahu sends condolences, saying state...

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The Times of Israel

Seung Min Kim

The man who made the world need Qatar

The man who made the world need Qatar

The Father Emir is gone. Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, who died on Sunday at 74, was the architect of modern Qatar. But that description, however...

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Middle East Monitor

Kurniawan Arif Maspul

The Last Food Truck Before the Border

I expected fear, but got food – and a lot of it. Well, my dears, I can reassure you that war or no war, Hezbollah, Hamas or Democrats —Israelis...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ella Ben Emanuel

Israel’s leaders mourn passing of Lindsey Graham, ‘one of its greatest friends’

Israel’s leaders mourn passing of Lindsey Graham, ‘one of its greatest friends’

GOP senator lauded as American patriot, defender of free world and US-Israel relationship; Netanyahu said to consider attending funeral

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The Times of Israel

Lazar Berman

Mind Control and Accountability: MK Ultra Program. Why are WE Hearing ‘So Much; But ONLY Now?’

Mind Control and Accountability: MK Ultra Program. Why are WE Hearing ‘So Much; But ONLY Now?’ While Congress revisits the MK‑Ultra files, the...

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New Eastern Outlook

Seth Ferris

Daily Briefing July 12 – IDF on standby to rejoin Iran fight

Daily Briefing July 12 – IDF on standby to rejoin Iran fight

Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian on the military’s limited role in keeping peace in the West Bank, an imminent drawdown from southern Lebanon,...

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The Times of Israel

Amanda Borschel-Dan

Netanyahu adviser filmed speaking with antisemitic influencer in Tel Aviv nightclub

Netanyahu adviser filmed speaking with antisemitic influencer in Tel Aviv nightclub

Topaz Luk says encounter was coincidental and that Braden Peters, known as Clavicular, apologized for antisemitic remarks after previously singing...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

The 9 Days & Meat: A Siyum Too Far?

This week, we will usher in the month of Av, and with it, the 9 days – including the Ashkenazi custom not to eat meat.* This will lead to a flurry...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Shayna Abramson

Honestly, Does Israel Have a Future

Honestly, Does Israel Have a Future

Honestly, Does Israel Have a Future? Before October 7, 2023, Israel was widely regarded as one of the strongest and most dynamic advanced economies in...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sabine Sterk

Prada Under Fire: The Controversial Appointment of Marwan Abdelhamid

Prada Under Fire: The Controversial Appointment of Marwan Abdelhamid

São Paulo – Prada, a global icon of luxury, recently announced Palestinian singer Marwan Abdelhamid as its new global ambassador. The decision has...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Silas Anastacio

Mr. President Finish the Job Before History Judges

Mr. President Finish the Job Before History Judges

Throughout history, those who contributed to the collapse of destructive ideologies have earned an enduring place in the historical record. On the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Erfan Fard

“Genocide” and the Mass Slaughter of Truth

We often speak of disinformation as a creature of the internet, but it has for centuries been a potent weapon of antisemites. Anti-Jewish libels have...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

John C. Landa Jr

Trump suggests standing order to destroy Iran if it kills him, but it’s not that simple

Trump suggests standing order to destroy Iran if it kills him, but it’s not that simple

US has no way to create an automatic, pre-authorized ‘dead man’s switch’ retaliation; decision of how of how to respond would fall on his...

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The Times of Israel

Will Weissert

Degrees of Separation: A Siege on Our Academic Future

The ivory towers of Israeli academia are not merely facing a legislative adjustment; they are under siege. As our government pushes forward with...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Raub Aline

The Perilous Optics of Israel Beating The War Drums

As the fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran unravels into a renewed cycle of maritime aggression and retaliatory strikes, Israel...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Fabio Andre

The Scaffold of State-Sponsored Vengeance: A Moral and Security Failure

The Scaffold of State-Sponsored Vengeance: A Moral and Security Failure

The current push to implement the death penalty for terrorists in Israel is often framed by its proponents—such as Moshe Fuzaylov of the Misgav...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Kiffer Johannes

Bad, Mad and Functional: Three Ways of Thinking About the Jew

Bad, Mad and Functional: Three Ways of Thinking About the Jew

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Haaretz

Eran Rolnik

The Missing Palestinian Debate: Why Can't We Talk About Our Collective Trauma?

The Missing Palestinian Debate: Why Can't We Talk About Our Collective Trauma?

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Haaretz

Sheren Falah Saab

US Representative Ro Khanna, No Friend of Ours

US Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA) made a visit to Israel this past week for the express purpose, as he termed it, of seeing what the Palestinians in...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sherwin Pomerantz

The Right to Say No

The comparison between Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump is usually made at the level of temperament and rhetoric. Both attack the press, denounce...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Yochanan Schimmelpfennig

The Case For a Two-State Resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Israel faces one of the most difficult periods in its history. Militarily, it remains strong, but diplomatically, morally, economically, and...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Richard H. Schwartz

When Words Undo Reality

When Words Undo Reality For decades, American power rested not only on military strength, economic dominance, technological supremacy, or control of...

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New Eastern Outlook

Olivier Roynard

Av: The Tet of Hidden Goodness

Av: The Tet of Hidden Goodness

After the constriction of Tammuz, the Jewish calendar descends into what appears to be its darkest point. The walls have been breached. The siege has...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sam Cohen

Why a second ‘China shock’ is good for Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia imported more than half a trillion dollars in goods from China last year, leaving the region with a collective trade deficit of around...

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South China Morning Post

Roland Rajah

The Woman Who Chose the Broken Road

What the Book of Ruth reveals about love, loyalty, and the hidden architecture of the soul Here is the paradox that has followed me through years of...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Hande Gençünal

Ahead of the Election, Netanyahu Seeks to Brand Turkey as Israel's New Enemy

Ahead of the Election, Netanyahu Seeks to Brand Turkey as Israel's New Enemy

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Haaretz

Haaretz Editorial

Scaloni eyes the semis: ‘We’ll go all in with whatever we have left’

Scaloni eyes the semis: ‘We’ll go all in with whatever we have left’

Argentina men’s national football team head coach Lionel Scaloni said his team will go “all in with whatever [they] have left” in its World Cup...

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Buenos Aires Herald

Fernando Romero Nuñez

19-year-old stabbed to death in Jerusalem quarrel, six suspects arrested

19-year-old stabbed to death in Jerusalem quarrel, six suspects arrested

Deadly incident said to occur in Airbnb apartment in the Nachlaot neighborhood; neighbor says police were warned several times of drugs, prostitution...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Netanyahu ordered Shin Bet chief to probe Channel 12 over Iran leak — report

Netanyahu ordered Shin Bet chief to probe Channel 12 over Iran leak — report

As agency seeks to investigate network for having prior knowledge of opening strikes on Iran, pro-government Channel 14 journalists also accused of...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Qatar’s transformative former ruler Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani dies at 74

Qatar’s transformative former ruler Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani dies at 74

State news agency gives no cause for passing of sports-loving leader who made tiny Persian Gulf nation a global player in diplomacy, media and...

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The Times of Israel

Jon Gambrell

America’s Last Hawk

The news of Senator Lindsey Graham’s sudden death came just as he had returned from his tenth wartime visit to Kyiv — only on Friday he was...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Vitalii Portnikov

Top Shas rabbi signals openness to working with Eisenkot rather than Netanyahu after election

Top Shas rabbi signals openness to working with Eisenkot rather than Netanyahu after election

PM won’t ever ‘repent,’ but his challenger still may, says Yitzhak Yosef, reflecting party’s shifting alliances as it fumes over failure to...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

US strikes Iran again, after IRGC attacks ship in Hormuz and declares strait closed until further notice

US strikes Iran again, after IRGC attacks ship in Hormuz and declares strait closed until further notice

Tehran attacks American base in Jordan, appears to also target Gulf states in response to US targeting coastal areas near the waterway; Iran has...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

Iran says it attacked US base in Jordan, appears to also target UAE, Bahrain, Qatar after latest US strikes

Iran says it attacked US base in Jordan, appears to also target UAE, Bahrain, Qatar after latest US strikes

Netanyahu adviser seen talking to antisemitic US streamer at Tel Aviv nightclub * Israel’s historic EuroBasket journey continues as women’s...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Father of Gaza aid truck driver killed by IDF says soldier shot him ‘between the eyes’

Father of Gaza aid truck driver killed by IDF says soldier shot him ‘between the eyes’

Truck drivers in Strip demand better protection after Ahmad Esleem killed while bringing aid into the enclave through the Kerem Shalom Crossing

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The Times of Israel

Nurit Yohanan

Ruining Morale

The request of the tribes of Reuven, Gad, and half of Menashe, to settle on the other side of the Jordan, was not taken well by Moshe Rabbeinu....

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Kenneth Cohen

Why the Superficial Truce with Mali Exposes Algeria’s Failing Sahel Hegemony

Why the Superficial Truce with Mali Exposes Algeria’s Failing Sahel Hegemony

The unexpected normalization of diplomatic relations between Algeria and Mali in July 2026 marks a desperate pivot rather than a triumph of...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Amine Ayoub

How fusing Zionism with Judaism endangers the very people it claims to defend

How fusing Zionism with Judaism endangers the very people it claims to defend

For decades, the sentence you heard across the Arab and Muslim world was: we have no quarrel with Jews; our quarrel is with Zionists. Israel was the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Adil Faouzi

Questions for Day After Netanyahu

Questions for Day After Netanyahu

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Haaretz

Gideon Levy

Reading Netanyahu’s India Pivot Correctly

Reading Netanyahu’s India Pivot Correctly

There is a particular kind of political statement that sounds almost throwaway until you notice how much weight it is carrying. “You have to build...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Yashwant Singh

Stop Turning Israel Into America’s Political Stage

Israel welcomes debate. Israelis argue with each other every day. They criticize their leaders. They question Israeli policies. That’s what...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Anna Steinberg

Mahdi, Qiyamah, The Messianic Age And Boiling Oceans

Over the last four years, more than 200,000 people have died in the E.U. due to extreme heat. The world’s oceans are boiling and rising at an...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Allen S. Maller

Rahm Emanuel’s Dangerous Daylight Doctrine

Sadly, few Democrats these days—apart from an outlier like Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.)—can summon even the most elementary, unambiguous support...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Steve Wenick