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Israel warned by EBU over ad campaign calling to support Noam Bettan at Eurovision

Israel warned by EBU over ad campaign calling to support Noam Bettan at Eurovision

Eurovision director Martin Green says Kan broadcaster was asked to ‘immediately stop any distribution of the videos’ and it did so; Kan simply...

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The Times of Israel

Amy Spiro

Bamidbar: How to Talk So Children Will Listen

The title of this week’s essay, “How to Talk So Children Will Listen,” borrows from the well-known parenting book by Adele Faber and Elaine...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Lazer Gurkow

Iran conservationists shore up heritage sites damaged during war

Iran conservationists shore up heritage sites damaged during war

Iranian authorities say at least 140 culturally and historically significant locations, including 5 UNESCO-listed World Heritage sites, suffered...

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The Times of Israel

Afp

A Security Pact in the Middle East, Behind America's Back Part 2

A Security Pact in the Middle East, Behind America's Back Part 2

A Security Pact in the Middle East, Behind America’s Back Part 2 The four most militarily powerful Muslim-majority nations—Saudi Arabia, Türkiye,...

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New Eastern Outlook

Ricardo Martins

Power Struggle in the US: Iran War Exposes Fractures in the Trump Administrations

Power Struggle in the US: Iran War Exposes Fractures in the Trump Administrations The Iran war exposes deep political divisions within US leadership,...

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New Eastern Outlook

Taut Bataut

Israel’s Constitutional Question Never Really Went Away

Israel’s recurring political crises are often discussed as clashes of ideology, personality, or policy. But beneath those battles lies a deeper...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Moshe Manheim

IRGC navy threatens ‘heavy attack’ on US assets if its oil tankers come under fire

IRGC navy threatens ‘heavy attack’ on US assets if its oil tankers come under fire

Iranian Army says ships from countries complying with US sanctions will face difficulties in Hormuz; bulk carrier hit by projectile near Doha, no...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

A Concert Full of Fun

A Concert Full of Fun

Concerts of classical music are usually fairly serious affairs. One wears appropriate clothing, behaves in a suitable manner and listens to the music...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Dorothea Shefer-Vanson

2 convicted for going to London Jewish area to film themselves verbally abusing locals

2 convicted for going to London Jewish area to film themselves verbally abusing locals

Adam Bedoui, 20, and Abdelkader Bousloub, 21, traveled to Stamford Hill to make TikTok clip; British MP gets death threats tied to Jewish wife, amid...

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The Times of Israel

Stuart Winer

Wedding Season Guide: How to Celebrate Smart as a Guest

Wedding season is here, and with it comes a flurry of invitations to celebrate. One look at that beautiful card, though, and the costs start adding...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sharon Levin

AI in Jewish Schools: Building Trust Alongside AI

Most conversations about AI in schools eventually turn to tools. Which platform to use.What policies to create.How quickly to move. But in Jewish...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Michael Bresler

Online scams: Financial Institution Account Information Being Targeted

16:05 JST, May 9, 2026 Damage from scams in which internet banking account information is stolen and cash is fraudulently taken is spreading. The...

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The Japan News

Editorial

Israel, This Crossed Every Line of Dignity

Israel, This Crossed Every Line of Dignity

Near Sa Nur, a funeral for a “Palestinian” family was reportedly coordinated in advance with the IDF. After the burial, a group of Israeli...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sabine Sterk

What it means to be a Jew in Britain today

The British Jewish community has become understandably edgy about the spate of antisemitic attacks in recent months. This edginess is now spilling...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Harold Behr

Stop the Descent of Israel Police Into Political Violence

Stop the Descent of Israel Police Into Political Violence

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Haaretz

Haaretz

Applying Jewish Values Can Help Save Our Imperiled Planet

First, let us consider why the world needs saving. Recently, there have been rising temperatures, melting ice caps, intensifying wildfires,...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Richard H. Schwartz

The case for a permanent U.S. base in Israel

The case for a permanent U.S. base in Israel

Reports now circulating in the International circuit and picked up by Israeli press suggest that Washington is considering a long-term military...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Bepi Pezzulli

3 reasons Marcos’ South China Sea energy gambit won’t work

Due to its dependence on Middle Eastern oil, the Philippines has been hit harder than any other Southeast Asian nation by the closure of the Strait of...

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South China Morning Post

Ian Storey

Israel says two Gaza flotilla activists deported after weeklong detention

Israel says two Gaza flotilla activists deported after weeklong detention

After probe completed, Thiago Avila and Saif Abu Keshek released without charge; Israel had accused them of being part of sanctioned group...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Likud minister claims Hamas ‘hatched’ Oct. 7 attack during Bennett-Lapid government

Likud minister claims Hamas ‘hatched’ Oct. 7 attack during Bennett-Lapid government

Zohar says Sinwar planned onslaught when he saw ‘weakness’; Bennett accuses government of campaign to ‘evade responsibility,’ promises state...

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The Times of Israel

Ariela Karmel

Portugal’s Antisemitic Surge: RASI 2025 Sounds the Alarm

Portugal’s Antisemitic Surge: RASI 2025 Sounds the Alarm

As Portugal’s annual internal security report – the Relatório Anual de Segurança Interna, or RASI 2025 – lands on desks in Lisbon, it paints a...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sofia Afonso Ferreira

When One Is Missing

When One Is Missing

There is a well-known story about a group of shochtim and rabbis who regularly supervised kashrut at an abattoir. Each day, they entered together,...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sam Cohen

The Grey Rhino: Strategic Neglect and the Collapse of Energy Security

The Grey Rhino: Strategic Neglect and the Collapse of Energy Security

Without a structural shift, advanced economies will remain exposed to foreseeable, preventable shocks such as those following the Iran War.

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E-International

Mordechai chaziza and roie yellinek

Is Japan’s recent diplomatic offensive ‘strategic’?

Is Japan’s recent diplomatic offensive ‘strategic’?

Every year around this time, I find myself asking a simple question: Why do overseas trips by the country’s prime minister, Cabinet ministers and...

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The Japan Times

Kuni Miyake

Smer by musel prevychovať vlastných voličov

Otočka v premiérovej rétorike neodstráni záťaž slovensko-ukrajinských vzťahov

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SME.sk

Peter Weiss

2026 ‘most violent year in recent memory’ for Canada’s Jews, B’nai Brith warns

2026 ‘most violent year in recent memory’ for Canada’s Jews, B’nai Brith warns

Country has already seen 11 violent attacks this year, surpassing the total for all of 2025: ‘A crisis of antisemitism that has spiraled out of...

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The Times of Israel

Zev Stub

(PISMO BRALCA) Laž kot razpad družbenega lepila

(PISMO BRALCA) Laž kot razpad družbenega lepila

Človek laže. To ni moralna sodba, ampak dejstvo. Laže otrok, ki se boji kazni. Laže odrasli, ki se boji izgube. Laže politik, da bi ohranil ali...

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Večer

Dr

From Lab to Life: Eggs Got a Bad Rap

A close friend, former Vice-Dean of the Technion Medical School, explained to me once that the current wave of obesity and related health problems...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Shlomo Maital

Following the Debate: Reaffirming Zionism’s Place in Jewish Life

Following the Debate: Reaffirming Zionism’s Place in Jewish Life

In the days since publishing my The Times of Israel essay, “6 JTS seniors oppose President Herzog speaking at graduation. It’s 6 too many,” I...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Menachem Creditor

From Dangerous Fantasies to Promising Reality

What both peoples need to understand is that the other side is not disappearing. Not through war, not through terrorism, not through occupation, not...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Gershon Baskin

Israel said to have built secret base in Iraqi desert to support Iran air campaign

Israel said to have built secret base in Iraqi desert to support Iran air campaign

According to Wall Street Journal, Israeli troops launched airstrikes against Iraqi forces who nearly discovered the airbase in early March; at the...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Katz said to sign certificate of confidentiality, paving way to indict firebrand MK Gotliv

Katz said to sign certificate of confidentiality, paving way to indict firebrand MK Gotliv

Defense minister had allegedly refused to sign off on document for nine months, holding up the case against her, until Shin Bet warned doing so any...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Between ‘Iron Skies’ and the ‘Iron Dome’ Between Human Effort and Trust in Hashem

In the double Torah portion we read this past Shabbat, Behar–Bechukotai, the Torah lays out the foundations for Jewish life in Eretz Yisrael. At its...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Eliezer Simcha Weiss

IRGC navy threatens ‘heavy attack’ on US assets if oil tankers come under fire

IRGC navy threatens ‘heavy attack’ on US assets if oil tankers come under fire

Warning comes a day after US attacks against two Iranian tankers in the Gulf of Oman * Man arrested for allegedly hurling antisemitic abuse at Jewish...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Israel’s Somaliland Gambit: Red Sea Power Shift

Israel’s Somaliland Gambit: Red Sea Power Shift

On December 26th, 2025, Israel became the first country to formally recognize Somaliland as an independent state. This was not a symbolic gesture or a...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Iyyar is in the Air – ziv & iyyar

Iyyar is in the Air – ziv & iyyar

As the month of Iyyar comes to a close this week, I thought it would be appropriate to discuss the two names for “the second month” in the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Reuven Chaim Klein

For Estranged Mothers on Mother's Day

For Estranged Mothers on Mother's Day

Estranged mothers are not forgotten.

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Psychology Today

Michele Weiner-Davis Lcsw

At Machpelah – How Many Little Zuz-Coins?

In Israel, the day carries a peculiar resonance. Elderly veterans wearing Soviet medals stand in streets filled with Hebrew signs. Old wartime songs...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Alexander A. Winogradsky Frenkel

Things Not to Say on Dates or On Television

I was running late, which is unlike me, but work had thrown me into a week of community engagements and television interviews I was unprepared—and...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jessica ghitis

Hatred more than skin deep

This is not a happy story; it has a sad beginning and a sad end.  No one was physically hurt, though the emotional pain lives on. I was talking...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Robert Festenstein

Border Police fatally shoot unarmed Bedouin man in Rahat, say it was in self defense

Police claim reservist officers feared for their lives because the man, an IDF veteran, ‘forcefully’ resisted arrest; suspected officer barred...

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The Times of Israel

Charlie Summers

Fraud

It is fitting that the laws that follow the Sabbatical and Jubilee years, deal with the subject of אונאה. In spoken Hebrew, this is the word used...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Kenneth Cohen

The Debate Over AI Intelligence Systems Misses the Point

The Debate Over AI Intelligence Systems Misses the Point

A Technology Problem That Is Not a Technology Problem In boardrooms, legislative chambers, academic journals, and newspaper opinion pages, the debate...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

William Keenan

Israel Must Win the Information War

Israel Must Win the Information War

For more than three thousand years, the Jewish people have maintained an unbroken connection to the Land of Israel. Long before the emergence of the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Andy Blumenthal

The Hondius Hantavirus: A Chain of Errors in the Spread

The Hondius Hantavirus: A Chain of Errors in the Spread

The accountability question after the ship arrives The MV Hondius is expected at the Port of Granadilla in Tenerife in the early hours of Sunday, May...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Celeo Ramirez

Libya’s Muslim Brotherhood Problem Is Now Everyone’s Problem

For years, the Muslim Brotherhood’s presence within Libya’s Tripoli-based government was an open secret that Western diplomats largely preferred...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Amine Ayoub

This Fall 42% of Israel’s Likud voters may decide to back a different party

The exact date of Israel’s Fall general election has yet to be set, but the entire political system is already gearing up and gathering momentum,...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Allen S. Maller

Trump’s religious liberty commission hopes to do away with separation of church and state

Trump’s religious liberty commission hopes to do away with separation of church and state

17-member commission seeing eye-to-eye on most matters, with exception of one former member who was ousted after defending Candace Owens at...

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The Times of Israel

Peter Smith

ISIS Returnees Spark Security Debate in Australia

The controversy surrounding Prime Minister Albanese’s handling of national security raises a simple but uncomfortable question: is Australia serious...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Shane Shmuel