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The Warning Nelson A. Rockefeller Tried to Give Us

The Warning Nelson A. Rockefeller Tried to Give Us

In 1964, at the Republican National Convention, Nelson A. Rockefeller warned that factions fueled by hatred, prejudice, and fear could take over a...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Tony D. Senatore

Naš zasebni Iran

Naš zasebni Iran

Imel sem precej načrtov, to je dežela, katere del kulture me navdušuje, a malce mi gre tudi v nos, da ima del mojih rojakov Iran za nekakšno...

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Dnevnik

Ahmed Burić

Space Cake Shabbes

Space Cake Shabbes

It’s a lovely shabbes dinner, the night before war. I don’t think anything of the tray of blueberry muffins laid out for dessert. What surprises...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Nathan Lyons

The Al-Quds Day Rally In Toronto Was A Hate Fest

The Al-Quds Day rally, an annual venue for anti-Israel rhetoric, took place in front of the U.S. consulate in downtown Toronto on March 14 as a war in...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sheldon Kirshner

Two Tankers Through Hormuz: What India’s Cooking-Gas Diplomacy Means for IMEC

Two Indian LPG tankers slipped through the Strait of Hormuz at dawn on Saturday. No warships escorted them. No coalition of the willing cleared their...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Vincent James Hooper

VOX POPULI: Zero basis for Ibaraki’s policy idea to report foreigners’ ‘illegal labor’

Shuntaro Tanikawa (1931-2024), one of postwar Japan’s most influential poets, took a quiet, private delight in observing people and inventing little...

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The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun

Lauding Israeli help, Trump intensifies pressure on China, others to help secure Hormuz Strait

Lauding Israeli help, Trump intensifies pressure on China, others to help secure Hormuz Strait

US leader claims war will be ‘over pretty quick,’ warns NATO faces ‘very bad’ future if allies fail to pitch in; countries avoid committing,...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

Be a Mountain or Lean on One: Somaliland’s Strategic Alignment with Israel

The Somali proverb “Ama buur ahow, ama buur ku tirso”— “Either be a mountain or lean on a mountain”—offers a concise framework for...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Mohamed Osman

Janković sovraži električne avtomobile

Janković sovraži električne avtomobile

Ljubljanski mestni svet bo 23. marca odločal o spremembah pravil parkiranja in uporabe nekaterih parkirnih površin v mestu. Na mizi bodo tudi...

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Dnevnik

Aljaž Potočnik

Neprištevnega spolnega prestopnika ne morejo ozdraviti

Neprištevnega spolnega prestopnika ne morejo ozdraviti

Zaradi spolne zlorabe otroka, mlajšega od 15 let, je na mariborski forenzični psihiatriji zaprt spolni nasilnež, ki si prizadeva, da bi ga...

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Dnevnik

Peter Lovšin

Beyond the “Solidarity Tour”: Why Egypt’s Diplomacy in Doha is a Dead End

On March 15, 2026, Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty arrived in Doha at the start of a regional tour intended to research “regional...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Amine Ayoub

(POGLED) Kolumna Gregorja Kašmana: Ljutomersko maslo, bruseljski topovi, hrvaški davki in izraelski vdori

(POGLED) Kolumna Gregorja Kašmana: Ljutomersko maslo, bruseljski topovi, hrvaški davki in izraelski vdori

V nadaljevanju preberite:  - Navidezna izbira na volitvah: Avtor trdi, da večina strank zagovarja ohranitev istega ekonomskega sistema, ki...

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Večer

Gregor Kašman

Parshas Vayikra: Does Anybody Work Here?

We open with a brand new sefer this week that covers all of the various saw sacrifices that are to be brought in the newly constructed Mishkan. The...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Gedalia Walls

A Vanishing Presence at Harvard

Why Harvard’s Admissions System Demands Transparency and Reform Jewish students were once a prominent presence at Harvard College. Today, they...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jason e. klein

Punish the Iranian Regime, not the People

We’re beginning to lose the people because we’ve been boxing ourselves in with self-denying, “no doing this, no doing that” slogans and...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ira Straus

The Gulf States, the Iran War, and the Limits of Strategic Trust

The Gulf States, the Iran War, and the Limits of Strategic Trust

When U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran began on February 28, President Trump told CNN that Gulf states “were going to be very little involved.”...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

William Keenan

12 arrested at banned annual al-Quds Day protest in central London

12 arrested at banned annual al-Quds Day protest in central London

Protesters chant ‘Death to the IDF’ in crowd dotted with posters of new Iranian supreme leader; across the river, counterprotesters wave flags of...

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The Times of Israel

Afp

Iranian Women Footballers Forced Back by Threats to Their Families

In March 2026, several players from Iran’s women’s national football (soccer) team who had applied for asylum in Australia reversed their...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Shabnam Assadollahi

When Surrender Means More Than Defeat

When Surrender Means More Than Defeat

Part 1 of a Series: Hardened Hearts: Power, Ideology, and the Long Road to Freedom The Middle East today is once again confronting a difficult...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jeffrey Levine

Disputes Between the PRC and the ROK in the Yellow Sea

Disputes Between the PRC and the ROK in the Yellow Sea

Disputes Between the PRC and the ROK in the Yellow Sea One of the potential flashpoints in Northeast Asia is the maritime territory disputed between...

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New Eastern Outlook

Konstantin Asmolov

Why It Sometimes Looks Like Jews Control the World

Why It Sometimes Looks Like Jews Control the World

The theory that Jews control the world, while obviously a conspiracy theory, has shown remarkable staying power. From The Protocols of the Elders of...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Aaron Zimmer

Vayakhel–Pekudei: When Holiness Dwells Among Us

Vayakhel–Pekudei: When Holiness Dwells Among Us

Parashat Vayakhel–Pekudei brings Book of Exodus to its conclusion. The story that began with slavery in Egypt ends with the Divine Presence filling...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Mikhail Salita

Reimagining ‘Greater Israel’ in an Afro-Arab Century

Reimagining ‘Greater Israel’ in an Afro-Arab Century

Who Leads the South? Reimagining “Greater Israel” in an Afro-Arab Century This map tries to compress the planet’s drift into a new order. In its...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Benjamen gussen

My Autistic Son Is Calmer as Israel Fights Iran. I'm Trying to Learn From Him

My Autistic Son Is Calmer as Israel Fights Iran. I'm Trying to Learn From Him

Due to the technical or legal reasons, readability mode is not available for this article. Thank you for your kind understanding.

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Haaretz

Lior hochman

To Believe or Not to Believe

To Believe or Not to Believe

I have never been a staunch believer. Nor am I a confirmed atheist. Instead, I have consistently chosen the path of least resistance, i.e. the firm...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

David Haldane

What a Nuclear Bomb Does to the Human Body: Ground Zero

What a Nuclear Bomb Does to the Human Body: Ground Zero

On August 6, 1945, at 8:15 a.m., a thirteen-kiloton uranium bomb detonated 600 meters above the Shima Hospital in Hiroshima. One second later, the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Celeo Ramirez

The Oscars and the Comfort of Selective Outrage

At this year’s Oscars, several celebrities wore symbolic red pins and used acceptance speeches to call for “Free Palestine,” transforming one of...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Linda Sadacka

Film o Rupnikovih žrtvah in molku Vatikana

Film o Rupnikovih žrtvah in molku Vatikana

Eden najbolj izpostavljenih filmov letošnjega Festivala dokumentarnega filma je italijansko-ameriška koprodukcija Nune proti Vatikanu. Loteva se...

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Dnevnik

Špela barlič

Dismantling Iran’s Regime means Peace in Sudan

On March 1, an Iranian ballistic missile struck a residential neighborhood in Beit Shemesh, a few minutes from where I live, killing nine people,...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Monim haroon

Delo v splošno korist za poslance

Delo v splošno korist za poslance

Ukrajinski predsednik Volodimir Zelenski je pred dnevi opozoril na težave z neupravičenimi izostanki iz poslanskih klopi v vrhovni radi, zaradi...

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Dnevnik

N. N

‘One Battle After Another’ wins best picture at 98th Oscars; 3 films about Gaza war fall short

‘One Battle After Another’ wins best picture at 98th Oscars; 3 films about Gaza war fall short

Paul Thomas Anderson’s film also take home 5 other prizes, as ‘Sinners’ wins 4 awards; Javier Bardem declares onstage: ‘No to war and free Palestine’

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The Times of Israel

Ap

Knesset advances bill to grant R&D tax credit in bid to keep tech firms in Israel

Knesset advances bill to grant R&D tax credit in bid to keep tech firms in Israel

Legislation, proposed by Finance Ministry to help offset OECD-brokered tax hike amid brain drain concerns, will let tech firms keep a larger share of...

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The Times of Israel

Ariela Karmel

More than 12,000 Jews Will Sit Down to the Seder in Thailand This Year

Three weeks ago, Rabbi Yosef Kantor sent me a letter. He is the Chief Rabbi of Thailand and has been running Chabad of Thailand for over three...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Alexander j linton

An extended stay in Israel (Part V): family, cluster missiles, and the last day

Last weekend, I was sitting in my aunt and uncle’s living room in Ra’anana, when I received an e-mail from El Al. After the airline had canceled...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jonathan Shavit

Two weeks into war with Iran, Trump has been knocked back on his political heels

Two weeks into war with Iran, Trump has been knocked back on his political heels

In the two weeks since the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Iran, President Donald Trump increasingly has been knocked on his political heels....

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Japan Today

Will Weissert

Raise Interest Rate, Stop Yen’s Fall to Stabilize Prices

By Hiroshi Yoshikawa / Special to The Yomiuri Shimbun 11:00 JST, March 13, 2026 Riding on Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s popularity, the Liberal...

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The Japan News

Hiroshi yoshikawa special to the yomiuri shimbun

Cornell Students Trash Israel

I am a 1967 graduate of Cornell University’s College of Arts and Sciences. The Times of Israel has reported that, by disgracefully lopsided...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Peter Buchsbaum

Israel and the US are saving the world

Iran is threatening the economic viability of the entire world. By blocking the Strait of Hormuz, and by attacking oil infrastructure of numerous Arab...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Yoseph Janowski

Nissan-The Month of Redemption

During the time of the Temple, this was an exciting time of year. There was great anticipation as the winter was coming to an end, with Pesach on the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Kenneth Cohen

Kdo se veseli privijanja pipic

Kdo se veseli privijanja pipic

Ob obisku Dežele bo marsikateri državljan slišal enako mantro: imamo preveč ministrstev, ki itak nič ne delajo, ministri so preveč plačani,...

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Dnevnik

Pisma Bralcev

Meloni uses high energy price as an excuse to attack the Green Deal

Meloni uses high energy price as an excuse to attack the Green Deal

Meloni uses high energy price as an excuse to attack the Green Deal The Meloni government has taken sides in a battle between factions of capitalism...

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Il Manifesto Global

Roberto Ciccarelli

End of the Beginning: Israel's Long War Demands Patience From Israelis

End of the Beginning: Israel's Long War Demands Patience From Israelis

Due to the technical or legal reasons, readability mode is not available for this article. Thank you for your kind understanding.

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Haaretz

Israel Harel

A Lesson for Iran’s Opposition

A Lesson for Iran’s Opposition

As the possibility of political change in Iran becomes increasingly discussed in international circles, divisions among opposition groups risk...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Rami al dabbas

Existential Threats

The most recent podcast (as I write this) by Donniel Harman and Yossi Klein-Halevi is titled ‘Israel: Winning the Iran War, Losing the American...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ianai Silberstein

Escalation Trap: Pape and Lieberman on Iran War

Debates about the current war with Iran highlight an important theoretical divide about escalation and deterrence. The argument developed by Robert A....

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Elli Lieberman

What American Jewish Life Is Like behind Bulletproof Glass

What American Jewish Life Is Like behind Bulletproof Glass

Jewish life in America today unfolds behind thick, bulletproof glass. The doors of synagogues and day schools are reinforced. Cameras rest above the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jacki Karsh

The Insufficiency of the Halakhic Definition

The Insufficiency of the Halakhic Definition

In our previous post, we briefly discussed the halakhic definition of a Jew. In this post we continue our discussion by considering a controversial...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Juan marcos bejarano gutierez