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‘Not in trickles, nor 50-day deals’: At rally, ex-hostage calls for release of all captives

Brother of slain hostage says Israelis will put Netanyahu ‘on trial for crimes against the nation of Israel,’ as nearby, anti-government protests...

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The Times of Israel

Noam Lehmann

In the End, Hamas Remains

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Haaretz

Gideon Levy

Trump administration weighs travel ban or restrictions for dozens of countries

Trump administration weighs travel ban or restrictions for dozens of countries

The Trump administration is considering issuing sweeping travel restrictions for the citizens of dozens of countries as part of a new ban, The New...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Shin Bet head rejects PM’s blackmail accusations, distances himself from predecessor

Shin Bet head rejects PM’s blackmail accusations, distances himself from predecessor

Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar distanced himself on Friday from his predecessor’s statements against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, while also...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Two cousins in their 20s shot dead in Arab town of Deir Hanna in the Lower Galilee

Two young men were shot dead Friday in the Arab town of Deir Hanna in the Lower Galilee region, bringing the number of homicides in the Arab...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Woman lightly hurt by celebratory gunfire as Syrian Druze visit nearby tomb in Israel

Woman lightly hurt by celebratory gunfire as Syrian Druze visit nearby tomb in Israel

A woman was lightly injured by celebratory gunfire on Friday night as dozens of Syrian Druze clerics visited a revered shrine in northern Israel,...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Saturday hostage rallies set to draw thousands as families end 1st week of encampment

Saturday hostage rallies set to draw thousands as families end 1st week of encampment

Weekly pro-hostage deal and anti-government rallies drew thousands of people on Saturday night, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was set to...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

'Goodgirling': A Shame and Trauma-Based Ritual That Harms

An interview with trauma specialist and author Annalie Howling.

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Psychology Today

Jennifer Gerlach Lcsw

Israel’s Power Over Hamas and Hezbollah

The October 7th War: The Impact on Hamas, Hezbollah, and What Israel Gained or Lost The October 7th war was a defining moment in the ongoing...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sabine Sterk

Could Better Sleep Be Just One Adjustment Away?

Could Better Sleep Be Just One Adjustment Away?

What chiropractors know about insomnia and mental health.

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Psychology Today

Mitchell B. Liester M.d

Take Out Iran Now, Hamas After

It’s vital not to get distracted by lesser jobs. Toppling the Islamist regime in Iran is the crucial task. Hamas can be finished off later. We must...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ira Straus

How Nazi Germany Borrowed from American Racism Part 1

Throughout history, racist ideologies and legal frameworks have crossed national borders, influencing and reinforcing one another. One of the most...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ed Gaskin

When the Lie Becomes the System

When the Lie Becomes the System

Jew-hatred is not just a personal prejudice. It is a structural failure of society. A society that believes Jews are the ones controlling the banks...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Levi Meir Clancy

No Other Narrative

On the advisory board of an independent local theater in Miami Beach, I was informed via group email they had decided to screen No Other Land.  ...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jennifer Love

Kids Know The Simple Lesson Of Right And Wrong

I wrote this for the Miami Herald shortly after Donald Trump first took office, in 2017. I could have written it today. It was the Friday before...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ron Berler

Israel’s times may be ‘a-changin’

Israel’s times may be ‘a-changin’

When Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu first cultivated Evangelical and far-right support for Israel, he didn’t worry about their theologically...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

James M. Dorsey

The Essential Jewish Conversations: Unpacking the Tools & Trends

Confronted as we are by divisive national politics and serious generational and policy divisions around Israel, along with an array of religious...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Steven Windmueller

Genomic study shows capacity for language emerged 125-135,000 years ago

A new survey of genomic evidence, which appears in Frontiers in Psychology, suggests humans unique language capacity was present at least...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Allen S. Maller

What Makes a Leader Exceptional?

What Makes a Leader Exceptional?

While a visionary mindset is important, successful leadership requires far more.

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Psychology Today

Ben Bernstein Ph.d

Iran-USA: negotiations or confrontation?

Iran does not exclude the possibility of resuming negotiations with the US on the nuclear file, Donald Trump has declared peace-making diplomacy...

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New Eastern Outlook

Alexandr Svaranc

Erdoğan's Bet: Europe’s Savior – EU Membership as the Price

Erdoğan's Bet: Europe’s Savior – EU Membership as the Price

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is making a high-stakes bet, positioning Turkey as Europe’s security savior amid growing uncertainty caused...

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New Eastern Outlook

Ricardo Martins

After ‘blackmail’ charge, Shin Bet head denies agency is acting against Netanyahu

After ‘blackmail’ charge, Shin Bet head denies agency is acting against Netanyahu

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Saturday’s events as they happen. After meeting with his top aides, senior ministers, and security chiefs,...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Citing its private demands, Witkoff rejects Hamas offer to free Edan Alexander, 4 dead hostages

Citing its private demands, Witkoff rejects Hamas offer to free Edan Alexander, 4 dead hostages

White House Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff on Friday dismissed as disingenuous a Hamas offer earlier in the day to release captive soldier Edan...

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The Times of Israel

Jacob Magid

Boehler pulls his nomination to serve as US presidential envoy for hostage affairs

Boehler pulls his nomination to serve as US presidential envoy for hostage affairs

Adam Boehler has withdrawn his nomination to serve as special presidential envoy for hostage affairs, a senior US official told The Times of Israel...

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The Times of Israel

Jacob Magid

9 tiny satellites built by Israeli students blast off into space

9 tiny satellites built by Israeli students blast off into space

Nine miniature satellites built by Israeli high school students were sent into space this morning on board a SpaceX rocket. This is the second...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Bereaved mothers learned of sons’ heroism from freed captive: ‘An indescribable gift’

Bereaved mothers learned of sons’ heroism from freed captive: ‘An indescribable gift’

When Rachel Goldberg-Polin and Shira Shapiro met released hostage Or Levy last month, he told them how each of their murdered sons had saved him in...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

French, German officials opt out after Israel invites far right to antisemitism conf.

French, German officials opt out after Israel invites far right to antisemitism conf.

French philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy and two German officials have canceled their participation in an Israeli government-organized conference on...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

IDF removes reservists from Gaza over video of them shooting during Purim scroll reading

IDF removes reservists from Gaza over video of them shooting during Purim scroll reading

The IDF has taken a platoon of reservists out of the Gaza Strip after a video posted to social media showed the troops opening fire during the...

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

Erdoğan’s Foreign Policy: Strategy Without Doctrine

Erdoğan’s Foreign Policy: Strategy Without Doctrine

Since Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s rise to power in 2002, one might ask whether we can speak of an Erdoğan Doctrine in Turkish foreign policy. The...

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E-International

M. Hakan Yavuz

Tesla admite que aranceles recíprocos de otros países a EE.UU. pueden afectarle

El fabricante de vehículos eléctricos estadounidense Tesla ha advertido de que los aranceles recíprocos a productos provenientes de Estados Unidos...

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América Economía

América Economía

Burning Haman: The lost Purim tradition of India’s ancient Cochin Jewish community

Burning Haman: The lost Purim tradition of India’s ancient Cochin Jewish community

In 1533, Leonor Caldeira, a Jewish woman who had been forced to convert to Christianity, moved from Lisbon, the Portuguese Empire’s capital, to...

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The Times of Israel

Rossella Tercatin

Can a grand 1,600-year-old synagogue rewrite the history of Jewish life in Christian Rome?

Can a grand 1,600-year-old synagogue rewrite the history of Jewish life in Christian Rome?

For decades, scholars have widely held the view that after Emperor Constantine gave Christianity legal status at the beginning of the 4th century...

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The Times of Israel

Rossella Tercatin

UK jails 3 for kidnapping Israeli music producer: ‘Felt like my own personal Oct. 7’

UK jails 3 for kidnapping Israeli music producer: ‘Felt like my own personal Oct. 7’

LONDON — A court in Wales on Friday jailed three men for eight years for having kidnapped a Jewish-Israeli music producer “motivated by events...

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The Times of Israel

Rossella Tercatin

After accusations of antisemitism, a rising US hockey star nets a teshuva-fueled comeback

After accusations of antisemitism, a rising US hockey star nets a teshuva-fueled comeback

OTTAWA, Canada — In early 2022, professional scouts had already identified 16-year-old Trevor Connelly as having the potential to one day become a...

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The Times of Israel

Ed Klajman

Truth, justice and Yiddishisms: How superhero comics tell the tale of American Jews

Truth, justice and Yiddishisms: How superhero comics tell the tale of American Jews

THE CONVERSATION via AP — Nearly a hundred years ago, a hastily crafted spaceship crash-landed in Smallville, Kansas. Inside was an infant – the...

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The Times of Israel

Miriam Eve Mora

Are You a High-Functioning Person With Hidden Struggles?

Are You a High-Functioning Person With Hidden Struggles?

Mental strength doesn't guarantee mental health.

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Psychology Today

Alice Boyes Ph.d

Is Napping Good or Bad for the Brain?

Is Napping Good or Bad for the Brain?

Find out if napping makes you lazy, smart, or just tired!

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Psychology Today

Austin Perlmutter M.d

VOX POPULI: Ishiba plummets from the orbit of his projected public persona

VOX POPULI: Ishiba plummets from the orbit of his projected public persona

In 1999, the Mars Climate Orbiter, a robotic probe of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), went out of radio contact upon...

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The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Ishiba folly may drain his last pool of strength: public support

EDITORIAL: Ishiba folly may drain his last pool of strength: public support

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has adamantly maintained that he broke no laws when he distributed gift certificates to more than a dozen rookie...

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The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun

Never Say “Never Again” Again

Never Say “Never Again” Again

After the Holocaust, the world needed a catchphrase—something simple yet powerful, a way to reassure itself that lessons had been learned. Too many...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Abe Gurko

The Truth About Writer's Block

An inability to write has many causes, as well as many potential solutions.

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Psychology Today

Roger Kreuz Ph.d

What Duterte’s arrest means for Philippine politics – and its global standing

What Duterte’s arrest means for Philippine politics – and its global standing

The dramatic surrender of former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte to the International Criminal Court on Tuesday further polarised a country...

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South China Morning Post

Lucio Blanco Pitlo Iii

BBVA Research: PIB de Colombia crecerá 2,5% en 2025 y 2,9% en 2026

BBVA Research prevé que la economía colombiana crecerá 2,5% en 2025 y 2,9% en 2026, impulsada por el consumo y la inversión, al tiempo que esper...

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América Economía

América Economía

Perú: economía habría crecido alrededor de 4% en enero del 2025, según el BCR

El Banco Central de Reserva (BCR) estimó hoy que la economía peruana habría crecido alrededor de 4% en enero del presente año, considerando el buen...

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América Economía

América Economía

Report: Netanyahu, Dermer worked to stop US-Hamas deal to free only American captives

Report: Netanyahu, Dermer worked to stop US-Hamas deal to free only American captives

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer ran a “crazy campaign” to prevent a potentially controversial US-Hamas...

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The Times of Israel

Lazar Berman

New tool ranks state savings plans for children on environmental, social impact

New tool ranks state savings plans for children on environmental, social impact

An online dashboard was launched Thursday to help parents paying into the state’s  Savings Plan for Every Child to assess the environmental and...

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The Times of Israel

Sue Surkes

Rubio declares South African envoy ‘persona non grata’: He hates Trump and US

Rubio declares South African envoy ‘persona non grata’: He hates Trump and US

WASHINGTON — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday declared Ebrahim Rasool, South Africa’s ambassador to the US, persona non grata, calling...

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The Times of Israel

Reuters

Another Columbia anti-Israel protester arrested, 3rd ‘self-deports’, US feds say

Another Columbia anti-Israel protester arrested, 3rd ‘self-deports’, US feds say

NEW YORK — A Palestinian student protester at New York’s Columbia University has been arrested, and another whose visa was revoked “self-deported,”...

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The Times of Israel

Luke Tress

Joe Rogan hosts Holocaust revisionist on his podcast, complains of ‘paranoid’ Jews

Joe Rogan hosts Holocaust revisionist on his podcast, complains of ‘paranoid’ Jews

JTA — Joe Rogan, who hosts one of the most popular podcasts in the country, invited a Holocaust revisionist to his studio just over a week after...

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The Times of Israel

Ben Sales

Police rescue lion cub, monkey amid growing number of incidents

Police rescue lion cub, monkey amid growing number of incidents

Police said Saturday they rescued a lion cub near Kafr Qasim and a monkey in Lod, amid a string of operations against the illegal animal trade....

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff