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Iran, China, India, US and EU: Economic Corridors Will Shape Ceasefire Stability

Image:Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev and Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze meet in Tbilisi to advance the Middle Corridor — a key...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Rafi Glick

Jewish leader of UK’s Green Party calls to end trade, diplomatic ties with Israel

Jewish leader of UK’s Green Party calls to end trade, diplomatic ties with Israel

Zack Polanski also says Britain should block the US from using its airspace for strikes on Iran and ‘disentangle’ the two countries’ militaries

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The Times of Israel

Shira Li Bartov

Hungary’s Vote, Jewish Choice

Hungary’s Vote, Jewish Choice

Hungary’s upcoming parliamentary election is not a distant European affair. For Israelis and Jews around the world, it raises a difficult question:...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sharon Pardo

The Indefinite Article of Erasure: From ‘The Holocaust’ to ‘a holocaust’

The Indefinite Article of Erasure: From ‘The Holocaust’ to ‘a holocaust’

A recent New York Post headline reads: New Yorkers issued stark warning about opening ‘Pandora’s box’ of doctor‑assisted suicide: ‘Like a...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Alexandra Ell

NATO’s Slow Fracture: How Trump’s Iran War Exposed the Instrument of Hegemony

NATO’s Slow Fracture: How Trump’s Iran War Exposed the Instrument of Hegemony

NATO’s Slow Fracture: How Trump’s Iran War Exposed the Instrument of Hegemony NATO survives as a bureaucratic structure, but the instrument of...

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New Eastern Outlook

Adrian Korczyński

When Reinvention Replaces Accountability

When Reinvention Replaces Accountability

At Al Sharpton’s annual gathering, political ambition meets a deeper question about standards in public life Each year, the convention of the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Stephen M. Flatow

3 Signs You’re Outsourcing Intimacy in Your Relationship

3 Signs You’re Outsourcing Intimacy in Your Relationship

Some partners avoid practicing intimacy themselves, relying on external sources.

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Psychology Today

Mark Travers Ph.d

The Problem With ‘Medically Unexplained’ Symptoms

The Problem With ‘Medically Unexplained’ Symptoms

Personal Perspective: What Western medicine gets so wrong about mystery symptoms

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Psychology Today

Jake Hollis Psychd

The Two Thoughts That Quietly Ruin Adult Children's Lives

The Two Thoughts That Quietly Ruin Adult Children's Lives

These hidden thinking traps keep adult children stalled in their lives.

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Psychology Today

Jeffrey Bernstein Ph.d

From Lab to Life: Healing Sore Knees

A few weeks ago, after a long sit at my desk, I got up and rushed down a set of stairs, heading to the fitness center. Crack! My knee twisted,...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Shlomo Maital

Benefits and Risks of CIA Moving to AI-Assisted Intelligence Analysis

Benefits and Risks of CIA Moving to AI-Assisted Intelligence Analysis

Benefits and Risks of CIA Moving to AI-Assisted Analysis What the Agency Is Doing: Senior CIA leadership has announced that AI assistants will be...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

William Keenan

The Close of Passover and Shemini: Game Theory, Justice, and the Iran War

As the sun set on Tuesday night, American Jews turned off their phones in anticipation of the last two days of Passover, while news had started to...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Daniel Z. Feldman

‘Anti-Israel obsession’: Israel boots Spanish representatives from Gaza ceasefire HQ

‘Anti-Israel obsession’: Israel boots Spanish representatives from Gaza ceasefire HQ

FM Sa’ar: Spain has ‘lost any ability to serve as a useful actor’ at CMCC; Netanyahu says he won’t allow countries to ‘wage a diplomatic...

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The Times of Israel

Lazar Berman

The US And Iran Head Into Very Difficult Talks

High-level US-Iran talks are due to begin in Islamabad on April 11, four days after the United States and the Iranian regime accepted a two-week...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sheldon Kirshner

Kanye West Made Antisemitism the Art. Unlike Wagner.

Kanye West Made Antisemitism the Art. Unlike Wagner.

A government that rarely bans artists banned one last week. The British Home Office blocked Kanye West from entering the United Kingdom, ruling that...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sagit Alkobi Fishman

High Court rules 1,000 allowed at Tel Aviv anti-government protest Saturday, 150 in Haifa

High Court rules 1,000 allowed at Tel Aviv anti-government protest Saturday, 150 in Haifa

Given ceasefire with Iran, court says ‘in absence of a concrete warning,’ protests can take place, add police don’t need to disperse gatherings...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

‘From River to Sea Both Sides Must Free Themselves Of Hatred and Suffering’

Iran says that they want a permanent end to the the many violent conflicts of the Near East. The 1979 peace treaty signed by Israeli Prime Minister...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Allen S. Maller

Wizz Air, Bluebird to resume Tel Aviv flights, while major carriers push off return

Wizz Air, Bluebird to resume Tel Aviv flights, while major carriers push off return

Amid Iran ceasefire, Bluebird will be the first European carrier to resume services with flights to Athens on April 12; Wizz Air plans to gradually...

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The Times of Israel

Sharon Wrobel

What to learn from a Story

A true story. Back in the 1970s a Soviet Jew seated at a Moscow Seder table felt an urge. He recalled a fellow Jew who’d been imprisoned for...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

William Hamilton

Why You Can Change Your Mind at the Last Minute

Why You Can Change Your Mind at the Last Minute

The key to making big decisions is to get your rational brain online.

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Psychology Today

Robert Taibbi L.c.s.w

Colapinto mania grips Buenos Aires ahead of landmark F1 showcase

Colapinto mania grips Buenos Aires ahead of landmark F1 showcase

The Franco Colapinto craze is in full bloom in Buenos Aires.  The Argentine racer will drive a Formula 1 car through the city streets on April 26, as...

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Buenos Aires Herald

Fernando Romero Nuñez

Charges filed against Rahat man for smuggling goods into Gaza during war

Charges filed against Rahat man for smuggling goods into Gaza during war

Two IDF officers are also being investigated for trafficking cartons of cigarettes, along with other items, in move prosecutors say aided Hamas

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

The Role of Food in Mental Health and Mental Illness

The Role of Food in Mental Health and Mental Illness

The importance of omega-3s and more.

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Psychology Today

Mitchell B. Liester M.d

Devotion 18 — Listening in History: Voices That Changed a Nation

Scripture“Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all who are destitute.”— Proverbs 31:8 Throughout history, change has often begun when...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ed Gaskin

Leading When There Is No Playbook

Leading When There Is No Playbook

Recently, someone asked me a question that should have been easy: “What is your management style?” Not because I don’t lead with intention. Not...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Deb Kardon

Netanyahu requests delay in his corruption trial testimony, citing security developments

Netanyahu requests delay in his corruption trial testimony, citing security developments

PM asks for a 2-week delay in resumption of trial that was suspended amid Iran war, submits sealed envelope detailing the classified reasons to the...

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The Times of Israel

Reuters

Sorry Keir Starmer, the Middle East does not listen to Britain any more

Sorry Keir Starmer, the Middle East does not listen to Britain any more

When UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrived in the Gulf this week, the message was clear: Britain was back, ready to play a stabilising diplomatic...

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Al Jazeera

Ahmed Najar

The Iran War Has Ended a Year of Economic Promise

The Iran War Has Ended a Year of Economic Promise

ITHACA—Before Donald Trump launched his war of choice on Iran, the world economy was poised for a year of decent growth despite structural headwinds...

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Project Syndicate

Eswar Prasad

V večjem delu države sušne razmere, zelo sušni Gorenjska in Ljubljana z okolico

V večjem delu države sušne razmere, zelo sušni Gorenjska in Ljubljana z okolico

Nadpovprečno toplo, pogosto vetrovno in v drugem delu obdobja izrazito suho vreme v zadnjih 30 dneh je privedlo do sušnih razmer v površinskem...

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Dnevnik

Sta

A Moral Vending Machine of Online Hate in England

A Moral Vending Machine of Online Hate in England

My dear friends in England, while we in Israel experience direct rocket attacks from our visible enemies, you unfortunately live among unseen enemies...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Michael katz

Is Your Teen Moody or Something More?

Is Your Teen Moody or Something More?

Understanding the adolescent brain in a time of rising teen stress

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Psychology Today

Eliza Humphreys M.d

Chile dismantles massive copper smuggling network in high-impact crackdown

Chilean authorities have dealt a major blow to organized crime by dismantling a sprawling copper smuggling network that allegedly trafficked stolen...

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Blitz

Damsana Ranadhiran

Macron na prvem srečanju s papežem Leonom XIV. o konfliktih v svetu

Macron na prvem srečanju s papežem Leonom XIV. o konfliktih v svetu

Francoski predsednik Emmanuel Macron se je danes v Vatikanu srečal s papežem Leonom XIV. V ospredju srečanja, ki je potekalo v senci...

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Dnevnik

Sta

North Korea showcases new electromagnetic and ‘blackout’ weapons in latest tests

North Korea has conducted a series of advanced weapons tests, signaling a renewed push to diversify its military capabilities beyond traditional...

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Blitz

Sonjib Chandra Das

Hungary accuses Facebook of election interference ahead of parliamentary vote

The Hungarian government has accused tech giant Meta Platforms of interfering in the country’s parliamentary election, alleging that its social...

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Blitz

Vijaya Laxmi Tripura

Iran ceasefire: Not an off-ramp for the US but a life-saving ejection seat

Iran ceasefire: Not an off-ramp for the US but a life-saving ejection seat

Whatever the fate is of the putative two-week ceasefire agreement between the US and Iran, it remains historically significant due to novel dynamics...

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Al Jazeera

Rami G Khouri

Ukraine prepares for trial in major parliamentary vote buying case

Ukraine is moving toward a significant court case after anti-corruption authorities completed an investigation into an alleged vote buying scheme...

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Blitz

Tajul Islam

The USA-Iran truce

The USA-Iran truce

Real concession or strategic breathing room? We must be aware of words that are too fast. Calling the current sequence a “ceasefire” does not mean...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Gilles Touboul

Till Death Do Us Part: Arguing About Capital Punishment

“If we are to abolish the death penalty, let the murderers take the first step.” Les Guepes, Alphonse Karr (1849) There are few arguments as...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Isaac Steven Herschkopf

Iran war not ended: Ceasefire shifts conflict into a new phase

Moments that appear decisive in international politics often hide deeper and more complex realities beneath the surface. What is presented as an end...

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Blitz

Suraiyya Aziz

The Hidden Cost of Holding It All Together at Work

The Hidden Cost of Holding It All Together at Work

Why constantly stepping in to fill gaps can limit sustainable leadership

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Psychology Today

Megan Dalla-Camina

Vance warns Iran not to ‘play’ the US as he departs for peace talks in Pakistan

Vance warns Iran not to ‘play’ the US as he departs for peace talks in Pakistan

Iranian delegations said to have arrived in Islamabad, city under lockdown ahead of high-stakes negotiations aimed at ending conflict; Israel not...

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The Times of Israel

Michelle L. Price

Holidaymakers and the Kindertransport

Holidaymakers and the Kindertransport

Some British holidaymakers in late 1938 and 1939 must have seen the Kindertransports arrive in Harwich. After recently receiving a postcard of...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Amy Williams

Like a sieve: Coffee-break politics

Like a sieve: Coffee-break politics

In the Arab world, some policies are managed with the attention span of a coffee break and a short institutional memory. Crises erupt, are hastily...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Salem Alketbi

Is It Six after the War?

Is It Six after the War?

There is a specific kind of 3 a.m. that belongs only to Israel. Wednesday’s 3 a.m. was one of them. It began with two missiles over Jerusalem. Then,...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Risa levitt

Israeli Beauty Queen Honors Spider-Man’s Stand Against Antisemitism in Times Square

Israeli Beauty Queen Honors Spider-Man’s Stand Against Antisemitism in Times Square

This month in Times Square, a superhero stood up against antisemitism—while the city around him stayed silent. In a city full of people, the only...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ayelet Raymond

A New Type of Democratic Transition

A New Type of Democratic Transition

PRINCETON—Over the last 16 years, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, the European Union’s longest-serving current head of government, has...

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Project Syndicate

Jan-Werner Mueller

Tamara Zidanšek zaradi poškodbe predala uvodni dvoboj proti Španiji

Tamara Zidanšek zaradi poškodbe predala uvodni dvoboj proti Španiji

Tamara Zidanšek je morala zaradi poškodbe gležnja predati uvodni dvoboj s Španijo v kvalifikacijah za zaključni turnir najboljših osmih...

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Dnevnik

Gte

Cynická obluda: Ako Miňo víza do Trumpoviec nedostal

Hlboké nedorozumenie spôsobilo, že zo zjavnej výhody sa vykľul nečakaný problém.

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SME.sk

Cynická Obluda

You had twenty years to fix it. Get out of the way

I’m confused. All the couch Johnny-come-lately foreign policy experts are in an uproar and I can’t understand why. The Iran war two week ceasefire...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Harold l. katz