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The imperative to love yourself and the “stranger” within your midst

You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall not take revenge or feel resentment against the children of your people; you shall love your...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ron Kronish

Louisiana father kills 7 of his children and another child in shooting at house — police

Louisiana father kills 7 of his children and another child in shooting at house — police

Children ranged in age from 3 to 11; their mother critically injured; gunman killed after chase by police

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The Times of Israel

Sophie Bates

EDITORIAL: Priority should be put on tax exemptions with cash handouts

Amid the current spread of surging consumer prices, the necessary support for those people struggling should be swiftly distributed in a focused...

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The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun

British PM to face angry MPs calling for his resignation amid Mandelson-Epstein scandal

British PM to face angry MPs calling for his resignation amid Mandelson-Epstein scandal

Set to explain appointment of US envoy despite ties to disgraced financier, Starmer looks to stymie calls to quit, as opposition says he’s ‘taking...

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The Times of Israel

Jill Lawless

(POGLED) Orbán in Slovenci: nekaj lekcij za desne in leve. Primerjava z Janšo je delno upravičena, vendar površinska

(POGLED) Orbán in Slovenci: nekaj lekcij za desne in leve. Primerjava z Janšo je delno upravičena, vendar površinska

V nadaljevanju preberite: - Viktor Orbán je v dolgem mandatu razvil model “legalističnega samodržca”, ki presega običajno težo države...

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Večer

Marko Crnkovič

The Klal Gadol That Keeps Klal Yisrael Together: Acharei Mot-Kedoshim

We are living in a time of war in Israel. Alongside the external danger, there is something else we all feel—deep differences between people....

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Eliezer Simcha Weiss

VOX POPULI: ‘Kokushobi’ days a hellish new gripe for Soseki’s cat, humans alike

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The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun

Olé, Spain: Israel’s Multidomain Play Now!

Olé, Spain: Israel’s Multidomain Play Now!

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is now demanding that the European Union suspend its association agreement with Israel. Jerusalem should welcome...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Israel, Greece, and Cyprus: Forming an Anti-Turkish Alliance in the Mediterranean

Israel, Greece, and Cyprus: Forming an Anti-Turkish Alliance in the Mediterranean

Israel, Greece, and Cyprus: Forming an Anti-Turkish Alliance in the Mediterranean Benjamin Netanyahu, having lost nearly all his allies and facing...

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New Eastern Outlook

Viktor Mikhin

Family Purity

The source for the laws of Family Purity come from a description of a state of female impurity, known as זבה, “Zava.” The word itself means...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Kenneth Cohen

Don’t give up on getting World Cup tickets (yet)

Don’t give up on getting World Cup tickets (yet)

Less than 60 days before the start of the World Cup, I am already panicking: All my attempts to get tickets to see Argentina and Lionel Messi at...

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The Japan Times

Juan Pablo Spinetto

Iran risks are smoke on the water for Takaichi

Iran risks are smoke on the water for Takaichi

As the Iran war prompts some countries to call for restrictions that hark back to the oil-shock era — Australia is urging people to take public...

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The Japan Times

Gearoid Reidy

What is really happening in northern Nigeria

What is really happening in northern Nigeria

In recent months, the frequency and intensity of attacks in northern Nigeria have shattered the comforting illusion that the region’s long...

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Al Jazeera

Gimba Kakanda

Holocaust Denial Isn’t Ignorance – Its a Warning Sign

Rabbi Anchelle Perl of Chabad Mineola Responds to NY Post Article (Brandon Cruz, April 19, 2026): “Survey Shows Shocking Number of Long Islanders...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Anchelle Perl

Pakistan’s Approach and National Interests in the Iran Conflict and the Balance Between Iran and Saudi Arabia

Pakistan’s Approach and National Interests in the Iran Conflict and the Balance Between Iran and Saudi Arabia

Pakistan’s Approach and National Interests in the Iran Conflict and the Balance Between Iran and Saudi Arabia The balance between relations with...

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New Eastern Outlook

Samyar Rostami

How de-Stalinization may offer lessons for post-Putin Russia

How de-Stalinization may offer lessons for post-Putin Russia

An account of how Stalinism was dismantled in the Soviet Union, published more than seven decades after the tyrant’s death, should be one of those...

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The Japan Times

Nina L. Khrushcheva

Surviving Scrolls, Unsilenced Voices

At White Plains’ Garden of Remembrance on Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Torahs, a shofar blast, and urgent voices confronted a community grappling with...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Aaron Herman

Women, Girls and the Reconstruction of Gaza

Abuse of Women and Girls Under Hamas Rule—and What It Means for Reconstruction Domestic Violence and Political Order: Women, Silence, and Power in...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Nancy Hartevelt Kobrin

Lebanon after the ceasefire – Power recalibrated, law further eroded

Lebanon after the ceasefire – Power recalibrated, law further eroded

“Pity the nation that is divided into fragments, each fragment deeming itself a nation.” The ceasefire in Lebanon is not a diplomatic success. It...

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Middle East Monitor

Ranjan Solomon

Words Shape Israel’s Reality

Words Shape Israel’s Reality

Where do we get our facts about Israel? For most people, the first answer is simple: newspapers. That assumption feels logical, even safe. Yet the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sabine Sterk

With God on His Side — Trump’s Religious Messaging

With God on His Side — Trump’s Religious Messaging

The words fill my head, and they fall to the floor That if God’s on our side, he’ll stop the next war  – Bob Dylan The Analyst’s Mandate...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

William Keenan

LA woman arrested on charge of helping Iran traffic weapons to Sudan

Iranian national, who is US permanent resident, to face charges that she brokered sale of ‘drones, bombs, bomb fuses, and millions of rounds of...

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The Times of Israel

Ap

Zionism is Not a Dirty word. It is Our Inheritance

On Israel’s 78th birthday, we must choose: surrender a great idea to those who would distort it, or reclaim it as the living expression of Jewish...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Deb Lust Zaluda

Do's and don'ts for conducting business in Korea

Seasoned executives of multinational corporations would attest to the notion that Korea is one of the most challenging markets for foreign companies...

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The Korea Times

Sung Lee

Iran executes two men accused of planning attacks with Israel’s Mossad

Iran executes two men accused of planning attacks with Israel’s Mossad

Mohammad ​Masoum Shahi and Hamed Validi found guilty of collaborating with ‘hostile groups’ and receiving training abroad

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

AIPAC, Democracy, and the Strength of the U.S.–Israel Alliance

AIPAC, Democracy, and the Strength of the U.S.–Israel Alliance

In today’s polarized political climate, few organizations are discussed as frequently and as misunderstood as the American Israel Public Affairs...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ori Solow

Can Israel Ever Become a U.S. State?

When President Donald Trump publicly announced a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, it raised more than just geopolitical questions. The...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Maoz Druskin

The world is learning how to work around America

The world is learning how to work around America

Even as Israeli bombs were still raining down on Lebanon, most of the world breathed a cautious sigh of relief when news broke that Pakistan had...

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The Japan Times

Pedro Abramovay

The Red Rock Accord: Building Regional Peace In Ancient Susa Via Cyrus The Great

If in time due to a severe humanitarian crisis brought on by famine and regional devastation, harried by ongoing military conflict, displacement, and...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Michael mosley

At Miami Beach’s Holocaust Memorial, October 7 and the Shoah Stand as a Warning

At Miami Beach’s Holocaust Memorial, October 7 and the Shoah Stand as a Warning

I used to walk past the Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach when it was still being built in the late 1980s, just a few blocks from where my mother and I...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Kevin deutsch

Choosing Earth

Choosing Earth

I almost missed the first moon landing. It was 1969, and I was a 20-year-old college student more interested in being with my girlfriend than watching...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

David Haldane

A Crash Course in the World’s Oldest Conspiracy Theory

A Crash Course in the World’s Oldest Conspiracy Theory

I did not grow up thinking about antisemitism. I did not study it in school. It was not part of my professional life. For nearly a decade after law...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jaclyn s. clark

The Erosion of Moral Distinction

The Erosion of Moral Distinction

I have to ask something that should not be controversial, but somehow is. If we take the lower end of the estimates—around 4,000 Iranians killed...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Magnus Torén

Our First War: Abraham and the War of Nine Kings

Our First War: Abraham and the War of Nine Kings

Abraham peered through the darkness at the distant enemy camp in ancient northern Canaan (the modern-day Galilee Panhandle). The dim glow of...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Benayahu serna

Israel–Somaliland Engagement: A Realist Analysis

Israel–Somaliland Engagement: A Realist Analysis

The joint statement issued by Egypt, Somalia, Sudan, Libya, Bangladesh, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Palestine, Turkey, and Indonesia condemning Israel’s...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Gulaid Yusuf Idaan

Anonymous: A Memorial Day conversation

Anonymous: A Memorial Day conversation

The pine tree cast its shadow over the quiet grave. Outside of my small refuge, the sun bakes silent crowds. In rows and lines, they stand huddled...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ari Tatarka

To the Young Man Who Interrupted a Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony

Right after the relative of a survivor lit the third candle, in memory of the 6,000,000 Jews who were killed in the Holocaust, within the solemn...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Laura Goodman

North Korea again tests cluster munitions in launch observed by Kim and his daughter

North Korea again tests cluster munitions in launch observed by Kim and his daughter

Observers say the Iran war may have prompted North Korea to display its cluster bombs; Iran repeatedly fired such weapons at Israeli cities

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The Times of Israel

Hyung-Jin Kim

What Really Drives China’s Massive Trade Surplus

What Really Drives China’s Massive Trade Surplus

NEW YORK—China’s massive trade surplus, which reached a record of $1.2 trillion in 2025, has become a central fault line in its economic relations...

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Project Syndicate

Shang-Jin Wei

The Strait of Hormuz and the New Logic of Global Power

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz by Iran was not merely a regional disruption; it was a direct challenge to the U.S.–Israeli military campaign...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Olvens louissaint

بيع السودان.. سلاح إيران مقابل سلطة الإخوان

تتكشف، يوماً بعد يوم، ملامح الجريمة الكبرى التي يرتكبها عبد الفتاح البرهان بحق...

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العين الإخبارية

عبد المنعم سليمان

The colonization of the Moon

The colonization of the Moon

The colonization of the Moon A $100 billion program cannot be justified with pictures of craters. The real goal of this and subsequent missions is to...

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Il Manifesto Global

Andrea Capocci

(REKLI SO) Lenart Žavbi: Če bo, bo Golob dober šef opozicije, tudi to dolžnost bo za državo sprejel

(REKLI SO) Lenart Žavbi: Če bo, bo Golob dober šef opozicije, tudi to dolžnost bo za državo sprejel

"Golob je dvakrat zapored zmagal na volitvah, po Janezu Drnovšku prvi, in tudi odstotni delež Svobode je v resnici izjemen glede na to, kaj vse...

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Večer

Dr

New drought-resistant wheat variety named after October 7 victim

New drought-resistant wheat variety named after October 7 victim

Hamas terrorists murdered agronomist Yakov Inon and his wife Bilha at Moshav Netiv Ha’asara. He was a consultant to the Volcani Instiute, which...

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The Times of Israel

Sue Surkes

Bombs Didn’t Work. Will a Blockade Break Iran?

Bombs Didn’t Work. Will a Blockade Break Iran?

On 28 February, in the middle of ongoing nuclear negotiations, the US and Israel launched an attack aimed at regime change in Iran. They achieved some...

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Middle East Monitor

Ali A Ghareh Daghi

Devotion Can’t Be Selfish

This week’s Torah portion describes the intricate rituals of Yom Kippur. On this singular day, the High Priest entered the Holy of Holies five...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Lazer Gurkow

Pakistan intensifying diplomatic efforts to ensure US-Iran talks go ahead Tuesday

Pakistan intensifying diplomatic efforts to ensure US-Iran talks go ahead Tuesday

IDF warns southern Lebanese residents not to return amid truce, hits Hezbollah rocket launcher * Hamas reportedly only willing to give up internal...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

IDF says photo of soldier destroying Jesus statue in Lebanon is genuine, vows action

IDF says photo of soldier destroying Jesus statue in Lebanon is genuine, vows action

Military says it views incident with ‘great severity,’ that it will be handled ‘through the chain of command’ and that IDF will help restore...

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

Police scrap plan for officers to join audience of contentious right-wing talk show

Police scrap plan for officers to join audience of contentious right-wing talk show

Police renege after first defending sending 70 officers to join studio audience of Channel 14’s ‘The Patriots’; meanwhile, force ordered to...

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The Times of Israel

Charlie Summers

US says it seized Iranian ship that tried to break blockade; Tehran vows to retaliate

US says it seized Iranian ship that tried to break blockade; Tehran vows to retaliate

Uncertainty mounts over truce’s future as Iran accuses US of ‘armed piracy’; French firm says ship targeted by warning shots; UK fears ‘risk...

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The Times of Israel

Jacob Magid