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Daily Briefing Feb. 18 – Israel moves to take over biblical sites in West Bank

Daily Briefing Feb. 18 – Israel moves to take over biblical sites in West Bank

Settlements reporter Jeremy Sharon on a push for Israeli administrative control over Judea and Samaria and religion reporter Rossella Tercatin on...

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The Times of Israel

Amanda Borschel-Dan

US-Iran war could be imminent and take weeks, sources warn after latest nuclear talks

US-Iran war could be imminent and take weeks, sources warn after latest nuclear talks

Ex-IDF Military Intelligence chief says we’re ‘much closer than before’ to conflict, as US energy secretary warns Washington will stop Tehran...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Mexico Declines Trump’s Gaza Peace Board and Reaffirms Support for Palestine

Mexico Declines Trump’s Gaza Peace Board and Reaffirms Support for Palestine

Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, reaffirmed this week her long-standing position with Gaza and Palestine as she declined an invitation from US...

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Middle East Monitor

Eman Abusidu

How to Disagree Without Damaging Your Work Relationships

How to Disagree Without Damaging Your Work Relationships

Research-backed strategies that turn workplace disagreements into collaboration.

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Psychology Today

Ashley C. Jordan Ph.d

Senior aides to Netanyahu request cancellation of witness intimidation charges

Senior aides to Netanyahu request cancellation of witness intimidation charges

Jonatan Urich and Ofer Golan indicted last year for sending car in 2019 with a megaphone to home of Shlomo Filber; lawyers call incident...

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The Times of Israel

Jeremy Sharon

It's the Mental Geography

It's the Mental Geography

The ancient brain evolved to survive in space; how can the modern descendant?

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Psychology Today

Nick Morgan Ph.d

When Words Wander

When Words Wander

How minds reshape what they hear

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Psychology Today

Sam Goldstein Ph.d

What You Can Expect in the DSM-6

What You Can Expect in the DSM-6

The next DSM promises significant changes toward a 'living document.'

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Psychology Today

Jerold J. Kreisman M.D

Next Gen AI Lovers May Be Safer, But Still Risky

Next Gen AI Lovers May Be Safer, But Still Risky

A quiet hardware revolution is creating safer spaces for AI romance.

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Psychology Today

Elyakim Kislev Ph.d

Nazis restored old manuscripts to hunt down Jewish ancestry, researcher finds

Nazis restored old manuscripts to hunt down Jewish ancestry, researcher finds

University of Oxford expert uncovers role of paper restorers and bookbinders in deciphering church and civil records to compile ‘hitlist’ of Jews

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Beware Netanyahu’s Orwellian ‘War of Revival’ doublespeak

Beware Netanyahu’s Orwellian ‘War of Revival’ doublespeak

The PM is peddling a false October 7 narrative that skews why Israel went to war in Gaza, dishonors the dead, the injured, the traumatized, and...

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The Times of Israel

David Horovitz

UAE president seen in meeting with US senator after rumors spread over health issues

UAE president seen in meeting with US senator after rumors spread over health issues

Lindsey Graham says he met Sheikh Zayed Al Nahyan for an hour and a half, dismissing ‘false narratives’ of ill health; two reportedly discuss...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

Featured Post

Featured Post

A television debate in 2002 still shapes how I hear calls for “dialogue” with terror groups today. When Rev. Jesse Jackson died, many tributes...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Stephen M. Flatow

Hangry Jesus? Rumbling stomach may have spurred iconic ‘cleansing of the Temple’

Hangry Jesus? Rumbling stomach may have spurred iconic ‘cleansing of the Temple’

A new peer-reviewed article offers an alternative reading of the famous Gospel story that saw Jesus flipping the tables of merchants and moneychangers

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The Times of Israel

Rossella Tercatin

Israel’s not-so-subtle annexation plans in the West Bank

Israel’s not-so-subtle annexation plans in the West Bank

Israel’s latest moves in the occupied West Bank are not being framed in dramatic language inside the country. There has been no formal declaration...

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Middle East Monitor

Ranjan Solomon

Palestine Action activists to face retrial over UK Elbit factory raid following backlash

Palestine Action activists to face retrial over UK Elbit factory raid following backlash

The six defendants were acquitted this month of aggravated burglary in the raid, in which a police officer’s spine was allegedly fractured in a...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Argentine football player accused of racist insults at Champions League game

Argentine football player accused of racist insults at Champions League game

Argentine football star Gianluca Prestianni has landed in a controversy over accusations of using racist slurs in a recent UEFA Champions League...

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Buenos Aires Herald

Fernando Romero Nuñez

October 7 terrorists to be tried in special military tribunal, Attorney General’s Office agrees

October 7 terrorists to be tried in special military tribunal, Attorney General’s Office agrees

Israel is holding some 300 Palestinians caught in Israel after October 7 and alleged to have perpetrated massacres, rape and other atrocities during...

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The Times of Israel

Jeremy Sharon

In Hamnet, Grief Isolates and Art Connects

In Hamnet, Grief Isolates and Art Connects

On grief, loss, and how art makes meaning.

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Psychology Today

Elisabeth J. Lamotte Licsw

Prerod za spremembe volilne zakonodaje, ukinili bi volilne okraje

Prerod za spremembe volilne zakonodaje, ukinili bi volilne okraje

V Prerodu – Stranki Vladimirja Prebiliča se zavzemajo za spremembe volilne zakonodaje. Če bodo imeli po volitvah možnost, napovedujejo pripravo...

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Dnevnik

Sta

Nina Krajnic Interview | Alexandre Gilbert #315

Nina Krajnic Interview | Alexandre Gilbert #315

Slovenian psychoanalyst and philosopher, Nina Krajnik, is the founder of the Slovenian Association of Lacanian Psychanalysis and the Achéron...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Alexandre Gilbert

IDF soldier killed in ‘friendly fire’ incident in southern Gaza

IDF soldier killed in ‘friendly fire’ incident in southern Gaza

Initial military probe finds Staff Sgt. Ofri Yafe was killed near Yellow Line in Khan Younis area around 2 a.m. after being mistakenly identified as...

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

Israeli arrested aboard cruise ship in Florida over child sex abuse material

Israeli arrested aboard cruise ship in Florida over child sex abuse material

Basilios Grayeb, 29, from Haifa held on $2,500 bond after police find video on his phone; ICE issues immigration hold

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

The Progress Trap

The Progress Trap

How the story of constant improvement shapes and exhausts us.

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Psychology Today

Anna Katharina Schaffner Ph.d

Putin nechce mier. Len potrebuje viac času.

Útoky na objekty nevyhnutné pre prežitie civilistov porušujú medzinárodné právo

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SME.sk

Washington Post

Ukraine is Hungary’s Enemy: Orbán Slams Kyiv as Brussels Admits It Can’t End the War

Ukraine is Hungary’s Enemy: Orbán Slams Kyiv as Brussels Admits It Can’t End the War

Ukraine is Hungary’s Enemy: Orbán Slams Kyiv as Brussels Admits It Can’t End the War On February 7, 2026, at a public rally in Szombathely,...

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New Eastern Outlook

Adrian Korczyński

In peak season, tomatoes steal the show

In peak season, tomatoes steal the show

In a week where the continent has been revelling in Latino spirit — thanks to a certain Puerto Rican’s halftime concert at the Super Bowl who...

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Buenos Aires Herald

Sorrel Moseley-Williams

Mass Shootings and the Bystander's Resilience

Mass Shootings and the Bystander's Resilience

There are strategies to prevent trauma for bystanders of violence.

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Psychology Today

Michael Ungar Ph.d

Lapid threatens to boycott Modi’s Knesset visit if High Court president not invited

Lapid threatens to boycott Modi’s Knesset visit if High Court president not invited

Opposition Leader’s ultimatum comes after several high-profile snubs of justice Isaac Amit; Ohana calls warning ‘illegitimate,’ accuses Lapid of...

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The Times of Israel

Sam Sokol

Pirati računajo na prestop parlamentarnega praga in sedem poslancev

Pirati računajo na prestop parlamentarnega praga in sedem poslancev

Stranka Pirati je vložila kandidatne liste v vseh volilnih enotah. Veselijo pa jih tudi zadnji rezultati javnomnenjskih anket, ki so jim prvič od...

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Dnevnik

Sta

Snežna nevihta: zaradi snega motena promet in oskrba z elektriko

Snežna nevihta: zaradi snega motena promet in oskrba z elektriko

Močno sneženje je danes dopoldan prizadelo osrednji, južni in vzhodni del Romunije, zaradi česar je brez elektrike ostalo več kot 166.000 domov,...

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Dnevnik

Sta

How to Stop Work from Hijacking Your Family Life

How to Stop Work from Hijacking Your Family Life

Prioritizing career over family carries inevitable consequences.

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Psychology Today

Susan Newman Ph.d

Why It’s Time to Get Our Hopes Up

Why It’s Time to Get Our Hopes Up

Choosing hope on purpose is a radical and necessary act.

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Psychology Today

Robyne Hanley-Dafoe Ed.d

In first, IDF says female officer to command Navy warship

In first, IDF says female officer to command Navy warship

Lt. Cdr. ‘Resh’ will lead Sa’ar 4.5-class missile boat, in move military says ‘constitutes significant milestone’ amid calls against women...

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

Should You Tell Your Partner Everything?

Should You Tell Your Partner Everything?

When “radical honesty” crosses the line into emotional chaos

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Psychology Today

Moshe Ratson Mba

Seeing Israel for the first time – again

I just returned from my umpteenth trip to Israel, but this was different. First because I put my out of office on and shut off my email notifications...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Adina Frydman

ISIS's New Wave of Activity: Tactics, Threats, and Responses

ISIS's New Wave of Activity: Tactics, Threats, and Responses

ISIS’s New Wave of Activity: Tactics, Threats, and Responses In recent months, ISIS* has demonstrated a resurgence in operational activity,...

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New Eastern Outlook

Samyar Rostami

France arrests 2 more over fatal beating of far-right activist, 11 now detained

France arrests 2 more over fatal beating of far-right activist, 11 now detained

Quentin Deranque, 23, died after attack at Lyon protest; hard-left lawmaker fires aide who was among those detained over suspected ‘intentional...

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The Times of Israel

Afp

Oslabené Rusko: Kremeľ zosilňuje militarizáciu a odčerpáva miliardy z domácej ekonomiky

Rusi sú unavení vojnou. Trápi ich pocit stratenej budúcnosti.

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SME.sk

Hospodářské Noviny

From Lab to Life: Chinese Cancer Breakthrough

NK cells, short for natural killer cells, are cells generated by our immune systems that provide early, rapid protection against viruses and cancer....

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Shlomo Maital

Calculated hypocrisy: Why Western powers court Beijing but rely on US

Calculated hypocrisy: Why Western powers court Beijing but rely on US

A parade of Western leaders to Beijing, including French President Emmanuel Macron in December,  and more recently, Canadian Prime Minister Mark...

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Al Jazeera

Wenran Jiang

Mentalizing and Neurodivergence

Mentalizing and Neurodivergence

Seeing oneself from the outside and others from the inside builds relationships.

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Psychology Today

David Krauss Ph.d

How Addis and Ankara are shaping a more stable Red Sea

How Addis and Ankara are shaping a more stable Red Sea

At the edge of the Red Sea, where history has always been written in salt and blood, a new chapter is quietly unfolding. It is not the clash of...

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Middle East Monitor

Kurniawan Arif Maspul

Posun podľa Witkoffa – nula

Trump by mal byť nátlakovejší voči Rusom

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SME.sk

Peter Schutz

Why Self-Compassion Is the Secret to Good Health

Why Self-Compassion Is the Secret to Good Health

Negative thoughts can get in the way of health-sustaining behaviors.

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Psychology Today

Kristen A. Carter Ms

Cops given access to raw interview material that sparked probe of PM’s chief of staff

Cops given access to raw interview material that sparked probe of PM’s chief of staff

Court rejects petition by Kan journalist against handing over content from session with former Netanyahu aide Feldstein, but excludes remarks made...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

It’s Fake! It’s Truth Police! No, It’s Modern Media

It’s Fake! It’s Truth Police! No, It’s Modern Media

I am a professor of decision-making and behavioral science with nearly three decades of research experience. I publish a weekly opinion column in a...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Guy Hochman

Od Kuciaka k Bödörovskej republike

Ako sa to mohlo stať?

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SME.sk

Michal Havran

Riku-Ryu Pair Wins Gold Medal: Their Strong Bond Leads to Major Comeback Victory

Riku-Ryu Pair Wins Gold Medal: Their Strong Bond Leads to Major Comeback Victory

15:29 JST, February 18, 2026 Spontaneous applause erupted from the arena and teammates who were cheering on the pair shed tears. It was a...

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The Japan News

Editorial

Uber comedy-drama about Palestinian and Israeli premieres at Berlinale

Uber comedy-drama about Palestinian and Israeli premieres at Berlinale

‘Where To?’ from director Assaf Machnes is competing for Best Debut Film Award in Berlin film festival

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The Times of Israel

Jessica Steinberg