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US counterterror official quits over Iran war, claims Israel tricked Trump into it

US counterterror official quits over Iran war, claims Israel tricked Trump into it

Joseph Kent, whose ties to extremists and conspiracy theories drew scrutiny, says US president was ‘deceived’ into launching attack, says Iraq war...

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The Times of Israel

Jacob Magid

Selective Law and Convenient Outrage

Selective Law and Convenient Outrage

On 11 March 2026 two statements emerged from the international system that together reveal more about contemporary diplomacy than any solemn lecture...

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Middle East Monitor

Ziyad Motala

Who Is Kinky?

Who Is Kinky?

Is kink something people think about, something they do, or someone they are?

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Psychology Today

Elisabeth A. Sheff Ph.d

What Prayer Demands (Vayikra)

What Prayer Demands (Vayikra)

Leviticus, Sefer Vayikra, is a text many modern readers struggle to enter. It is dense, detailed, and, most viscerally, filled with blood. Animal...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Menachem Creditor

Why LGBTQ+ Youth Are More Likely to Be Trafficked

Why LGBTQ+ Youth Are More Likely to Be Trafficked

LGBTQ youth face higher trafficking risk due to rejection and discrimination.

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Psychology Today

Mellissa Withers

Extremist settler found guilty of terror charges in 2018 killing of Palestinian woman

Extremist settler found guilty of terror charges in 2018 killing of Palestinian woman

Lod-Central District Court finds Jewish man committed manslaughter when he hurled a rock at her car; court ‘refutes lies, contradictions’ of defendant

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The Times of Israel

Jeremy Sharon

Queen Esther’s Prayer/A Lesson Plan in Faith and Trust in Hashem

Queen Esther’s Prayer/A Lesson Plan in Faith and Trust in Hashem

Best Friend Hadassah Jamie       בְּסִיַּעְתָּא דִשְׁמַיָּא Queen Esther’s Prayer A Lesson Plan for Faith and Trust in...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Hadassah Chavivah Zeltzer

Am I Bisexual? Am I Asexual? These Are the Wrong Questions

Am I Bisexual? Am I Asexual? These Are the Wrong Questions

Labels like "asexual" and "demisexual" can relieve anxiety but restrict growth.

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Psychology Today

Marty Klein Ph.d

Daily Briefing Mar. 17 – Checkmate? Iran’s ‘de facto leader’ and top oppressor killed

Daily Briefing Mar. 17 – Checkmate? Iran’s ‘de facto leader’ and top oppressor killed

Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian on the IDF’s new ‘targeted’ ground operation in Lebanon, and threats and intimidation he faced from...

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The Times of Israel

Amanda Borschel-Dan

Police detain suspected antiquities thieves before sheltering with them under rocket fire

Police detain suspected antiquities thieves before sheltering with them under rocket fire

Inspectors from the Israel Antiquities Authority’s Theft Prevention Unit say looters are exploiting the wartime security situation to plunder...

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The Times of Israel

Rossella Tercatin

Israel says Iran’s ‘de facto leader’ Ali Larijani, Basij force chief killed overnight

Israel says Iran’s ‘de facto leader’ Ali Larijani, Basij force chief killed overnight

Iran publishes handwritten note from Larijani on unrelated matter in ostensible, failed attempt to show he’s alive; doesn’t comment on apparent...

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

Haftarat Parshat Vayikra: The Pauper’s Offering

The opening chapters of Sefer Vayikra introduce the sacrificial system – the intricate framework through which an individual sought forgiveness and...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Kenneth Brander

WFP: Nadaljevanje vojne na Bližnjem vzhodu bi lahko v lakoto pahnilo milijone ljudi

WFP: Nadaljevanje vojne na Bližnjem vzhodu bi lahko v lakoto pahnilo milijone ljudi

Če se bo vojna na Bližnjem vzhodu nadaljevala še do poletja, bi se dodatnih 45 milijonov ljudi po vsem svetu lahko spopadlo z akutno lakoto zaradi...

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Dnevnik

Sta

UN raises concerns of ‘ethnic cleansing’ in mass displacement of West Bank Palestinians

UN raises concerns of ‘ethnic cleansing’ in mass displacement of West Bank Palestinians

Body’s human rights chief says over 36,000 Palestinians displaced in October 2024-October 2025, charges that Israeli authorities played ‘central...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

The contribution of Israel’s olives and grapes

The contribution of Israel’s olives and grapes

In Parshat Vayikra (Vayikra 1:7-8) we read: The sons of Aharon, the Kohen shall place (ignite) a fire on the altar and they shall arrange logs on the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sharona Margolin Halickman

Can Hyperbaric Oxygen Treat Psychiatric Disorders?

Can Hyperbaric Oxygen Treat Psychiatric Disorders?

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy repairs the brain and triggers neuroplastic changes.

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Psychology Today

Mitchell B. Liester M.d

One Table, Many Faiths: Reclaiming Humanity in Divided Times

One Table, Many Faiths: Reclaiming Humanity in Divided Times

American Muslim and Multifaith Women’s Empowerment Council (AMMWEC)’s Annual Interfaith Iftar, hailed as a “beautiful, powerful gathering” at...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Junaid Qaiser

Blocking Fertilisers: The Hormuz Strait and Agricultural Shock

Blocking Fertilisers: The Hormuz Strait and Agricultural Shock

The closure of virtually all commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz occasioned by the Iran War is not merely a matter of oil and gas, the...

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Middle East Monitor

Dr Binoy Kampmark

Trump Is Spending Tomorrow’s Security Today

Trump Is Spending Tomorrow’s Security Today

BERLIN – The great theorists of war agreed that squandering one’s military power is the cardinal strategic sin. Sun Tzu, writing some 2,500 years...

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Project Syndicate

Stephen Holmes

Damage but no injuries as Iranian cluster bomb fragments impact in central Israel

Damage but no injuries as Iranian cluster bomb fragments impact in central Israel

Train station hit along with homes, roads; as top Islamic Republic officials killed, IDF says it carried out additional airstrikes on regime targets...

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

A New Flashpoint in South Asia: Pakistan, Afghanistan, and the Growing Security Crisis

A New Flashpoint in South Asia: Pakistan, Afghanistan, and the Growing Security Crisis

A New Flashpoint in South Asia: Pakistan, Afghanistan, and the Growing Security Crisis Amidst the continuous international reporting on the...

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New Eastern Outlook

Abbas Hashemite

UN report: Israeli strike on Iran’s notorious Evin Prison last year was a war crime

UN report: Israeli strike on Iran’s notorious Evin Prison last year was a war crime

Probe says Israel guilty of ‘intentionally directing attacks against civilian object’; IDF: Strike carried out in precise manner to mitigate harm...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

Before AI, there was the beit midrash

Recently, while listening to a conversation between Jonathan Haidt and Rabbi Angela Buchdahl, a thought struck me. Haidt suggested that Jews were...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Todd Berman

(POGLED) "Prosimo te, vodi nas, da bomo izvolili sposobne in modre ..."

(POGLED)

Če sodimo po izjavah, torej "načinih, kako obstajamo v svetu", ki že mesece preplavljajo medijske kanale in poskušajo vplivati na naše dojemanje...

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Večer

Karla Zajc Berzelak

Qiyamah and Mahdi Will Be In Our Generation?

Signs of Qiyamah (the Day of Judgment) in Islam are events as warnings for the revival of our world. Major signs include the arrival of the Mahdi,...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Allen S. Maller

The 6 Pillars of Brain Health

The 6 Pillars of Brain Health

Practical, science-based Behaviors to strengthen your mind at every age.

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Psychology Today

Debra M. Kawahara Ph.d

When Sacrifice Comes Close to Home: Parashat Vayikra

The opening word of Sefer Vayikra—“Vayikra el Moshe”—is deceptively gentle. God calls out to Moses. But what follows is not gentle at all. It...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jay M. Stein

If Iran Falls, the “Free Palestine” Industry May Collapse With It

For years, Western streets and campuses have echoed with the slogan “Free Palestine.” To many supporters, it sounds like a simple call for...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jacques rothschild

War without reason is tyranny under cover

War without reason is tyranny under cover

“Dictatorships are best excised through the will of the people that such authoritarian regimes oppress, not by the violence of foreign powers eager...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Patrick J. O Brien

Why Our Brain Tells Us Horror Stories at Night

Why Our Brain Tells Us Horror Stories at Night

The surprising psychology behind late-night catastrophising.

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Psychology Today

Anna Katharina Schaffner Ph.d

Hate Speech, Politics and Australia’s Arts Funding

A principle applied inconsistently is one thing. A principle that appears to bend under pressure is something far more troubling. The Albanese...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Shane Shmuel

A False Equivalence

There is a phrase that has become liturgical in its repetition, an incantation recited by university presidents and politicians and editorial boards...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Steven Abraham

Amid silence of Iran’s internet blackout, diaspora creators raise their voices

Amid silence of Iran’s internet blackout, diaspora creators raise their voices

With reliable reporting scarce and misinformation prevalent, Iranian Americans try to inform their audiences, while sharing perspectives that often...

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The Times of Israel

Safiyah Riddle

Cynická obluda: Hlina upokojuje Fica

Podaktorí sa podvratne snažia zakoreniť myšlienku akejsi ďalšej vlády s Matovičom. Čo už by sa na tom mohlo pokaziť.

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SME.sk

Cynická Obluda

Realities of a Vassal State

There is a Yiddish expression with many variations that is transliterated as “ver es hat di gelt makht di gezetsn” loosely translated as “He who...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sherwin Pomerantz

A Global Jewish Community Confronts the Emotional Impact of Crisis

The distance between a quiet street in America and a bomb shelter in Israel feels small. Since the escalation of Operation Lion’s Roar, the global...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Maayan Aviv

Iran War: When Democracy Itself Is Under Attack

Iran War: When Democracy Itself Is Under Attack

Truth: The First Casualty of War Accusations of disloyalty have always surfaced during wartime, especially when public support begins to fracture or...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

William Keenan

The explosion inside Trump’s war machine: Joe Kent resigns

The explosion inside Trump’s war machine: Joe Kent resigns

Joe Kent’s resignation is not an anomaly but an alarm: elite dissent is surfacing early because this war is built on deception. Joe Kent’s...

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Middle East Monitor

Dr Ramzy Baroud

Pomembna pridobitev na URI Soča: robotska roka za napredno izdelavo medicinskih pripomočkov

Pomembna pridobitev na URI Soča: robotska roka za napredno izdelavo medicinskih pripomočkov

Na Univerzitetnem rehabilitacijskem inštitutu (URI) Soča so pridobili robotsko roko, ki predstavlja pomembno tehnološko nadgradnjo pri izdelavi...

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Dnevnik

Sta

Why Somaliland Recognition Serves Trump’s Geopolitical Agenda

Why Somaliland Recognition Serves Trump’s Geopolitical Agenda

A Calculated Move, Why Recognizing Somaliland Serves Donald Trump’s Geopolitical Agenda In the ever-evolving chessboard of global politics,...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Mohamed abdi idiris

Age of Reason: Episode 15

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Benjamin Folkinshteyn

Cognitive Dissonance and Journalism

Cognitive Dissonance and Journalism

Considering recent criticisms of cognitive dissonance theory research.

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Psychology Today

Eddie harmon-jones ph.d

Leaders Fail in Passover: Your Silence Makes You Guilty too!

Leaders Fail in Passover: Your Silence Makes You Guilty too!

The Bible Commands the Offering: Silence Bears Your Iniquity This is an open letter to the Sanhedrin, secular leaders of Israel and “you” from...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Yosef Eitan

Netherlands probing if Rotterdam synagogue attack has Iran link, minister says

Netherlands probing if Rotterdam synagogue attack has Iran link, minister says

Diaspora Ministry said Sunday that new terror group, which claimed responsibility for spate of attacks across Netherlands and Belgium, is believed to...

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The Times of Israel

Reuters

No One at the Core of Iran’s Regime Is Safe

No One at the Core of Iran’s Regime Is Safe

Israel’s reported elimination of Ali Larijani and Basij chief Gholamreza Soleimani means more than another successful strike. It shows the war has...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

The Senioritis Pandemic

The Senioritis Pandemic

Why student motivation drops right before graduation, and what to do about it.

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Psychology Today

Kelly chen md

The Manconomy Has a Body Image Problem Nobody Is Naming

The Manconomy Has a Body Image Problem Nobody Is Naming

Male culture has a toxic approach to appearance, and we call it discipline.

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Psychology Today

Erin Parks Ph.d

What the Anxious Generation Is Actually Missing

What the Anxious Generation Is Actually Missing

Your child's brain isn't addicted to screens. It's starving for connection.

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Psychology Today

Pamela Cantor M.d

My Schizophrenia Recovery Today

My Schizophrenia Recovery Today

Personal Perspective: From homeless and hopeless to fully recovered from schizophrenia.

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Psychology Today

Bethany Yeiser Bs

Is Your Mind Getting in the Way of Your Memory?

Is Your Mind Getting in the Way of Your Memory?

Worrying about your memory is probably the worst way to improve it.

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Psychology Today

Susan krauss whitbourne