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EDITORIAL: Lasting effects of Fukushima nuke accident must be remembered

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The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun

The Wisdom of Europe’s “Great Capitulation”

The Wisdom of Europe’s “Great Capitulation”

BRUSSELS – US President Donald Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs – first introduced last April, and changed constantly ever since – did not...

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Project Syndicate

Daniel Gros

Iran threatens banks as 3 commercial ships hit in Gulf, drones impact near Dubai airport

Iran threatens banks as 3 commercial ships hit in Gulf, drones impact near Dubai airport

After Tehran bank reportedly struck, regime says US and Israel ‘forcing our hand’ to target their economic centers; Pentagon says troops destroyed...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

Are the Democrats courting the ‘Death to America’ vote in 2028?

The Democratic Party has been staking out its 2028 campaign positions on Israel and the Middle East since the beginning of Operation Epic Fury. Why...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sara Yael Hirschhorn

From the Mishkan to Israel: Iran and the Moral Test of Our Time

From the Mishkan to Israel: Iran and the Moral Test of Our Time

This week’s double parsha, Vayakhel–Pekudei, addresses two timeless questions that shape every society: how a people builds its purpose and...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jeffrey Levine

From toilets to fiber optics, Japan’s unlikely AI players

From toilets to fiber optics, Japan’s unlikely AI players

A Japanese maker of high-tech toilets has been causing a splash in the world of artificial intelligence. Activist investor Palliser Capital recently...

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The Japan Times

Gearoid Reidy

Amid a regional transformation, deterrence remains ‘simple’

Amid a regional transformation, deterrence remains ‘simple’

I spent last week at the U.S. Air Force Academy. Just past the United States Olympic & Paralympic Museum and the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in Colorado...

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The Japan Times

Brad Glosserman

Brazil´s Lula Warns the Middle East War Will Not Stop at the Region’s Borders

Brazil´s Lula Warns the Middle East War Will Not Stop at the Region’s Borders

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva warned that the escalation in the Middle East represents “a serious threat to international peace and...

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Middle East Monitor

Eman Abusidu

Antisemitism Is Back And Europe Looks Away

Antisemitism Is Back And Europe Looks Away

Silence Is Not Safety Is hiding your identity a sign of cowardice, or is it wisdom? This is a painful question many Jews in Europe are asking...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sabine Sterk

You can’t pause a country every time history decides to show up

You can’t pause a country every time history decides to show up

What many people don’t understand about Israelis is that our emotional baseline is calibrated differently. It isn’t because we are stronger or...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sarah Tuttle-Singer

The Iran War: A product of American delusions and Zionist ambitions

The Iran War: A product of American delusions and Zionist ambitions

“We only have to kick in the door and the whole rotten structure will come crashing down!” Adolf Hitler, On the eve of his attack on the Soviet...

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Middle East Monitor

Dr Hassaan Bokhari

Daily Briefing Mar. 11 – War by the numbers: Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas

Daily Briefing Mar. 11 – War by the numbers: Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas

On day 12 of the US and Israel’s war with Iran, military correspondent Emanuel Fabian gives perspective on what’s happening now on all fronts...

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The Times of Israel

Amanda Borschel-Dan

UBS asks US judge to shield it from further investigation into Nazi bank accounts

UBS asks US judge to shield it from further investigation into Nazi bank accounts

Former Credit Suisse reached $1.25b settlement in 1999 over WWII-era crimes, is now resistant to handing over 150 documents it says are protected by...

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The Times of Israel

Jonathan Stempel

Echo

Perfecting the art of longing Can I remember it differently? One man’s poignant search for community via radio waves A unique and deeply moving...

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Aeon

Aeon Video

The Confrontation on Israel’s Northern Border Between The IDF and Hezbollah

The Confrontation on Israel’s Northern Border Between The IDF and Hezbollah

While the war with Iran rages on, as U.S.-Israel coalition forces weaken the regime’s military capabilities, Israelis are still suffering from a...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Carrie Hart

Iran’s Total Collapse is Imminent, but the Greatest Dangers Still Lie Ahead

The myth of the “Impregnable Fortress” has been shattered into a thousand jagged pieces. As of March 2026, the Islamic Republic of Iran is no...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jannus Th Siahaan

Loosening the Grip of Time

Loosening the Grip of Time

Late on a Friday afternoon, as the sun dipped low over the rooftops of Berditchev, a wagon driver hurried into the synagogue. He was breathless. Dust...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sam Cohen

Malaysia – a truly intellectual storm for ASEAN

Malaysia – a truly intellectual storm for ASEAN

Malaysia – a truly intellectual storm for ASEAN Now that some time has passed, the moment for evaluation attempts has come: what did Malaysia’s...

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New Eastern Outlook

Ksenia Muratshina

Who is Running the Show?

The fact that the Jewish people are still here, and stronger than ever, is a puzzle to most of the world. Alistair Heath, the Editor of the Daily...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Eliezer Simcha Weiss

From Lab to Life: Prime Numbers, Prime Importance

Some interesting trivia:  Next year, 2027, is a prime number (divisible only by itself and one).  And so is 2029. Mathematicians for centuries have...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Shlomo Maital

Why Chaos in Washington Can’t Stop California

Why Chaos in Washington Can’t Stop California

SACRAMENTO – There is a paradox at the heart of the US economy. As the federal government imposes sweeping tariffs, signals hostility to...

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Project Syndicate

Gavin newsom

(POGLED) Bodimo jasni o tem, kaj želijo doseči Združene države Amerike in Izrael

(POGLED) Bodimo jasni o tem, kaj želijo doseči Združene države Amerike in Izrael

Mednarodni red, ki sta ga spričo katastrofe druge svetovne vojne pomagala zgraditi Franklin in Eleanor Roosevelt, je temeljil na preprosti, a...

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Večer

Jeffrey D. Sachs In Sybil Fares

After some accept asylum, most of Iran women’s soccer team declines and leaves Australia

After some accept asylum, most of Iran women’s soccer team declines and leaves Australia

Seven agreed to humanitarian visas to stay permanently, but one later reverses course and contacts the Iranian embassy to arrange her return

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The Times of Israel

Charlotte Graham-McLay

Development provides security as effectively as hard power

Development provides security as effectively as hard power

This year’s Munich Security Conference brought plenty of talk about geopolitics, spheres of influence, the future of NATO and defense budgets. But...

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The Japan Times

Alexander de croo

Sometimes the Message Is in the Fine Print

Much of Sefer Shemot describes the building of the Mishkan, the Tabernacle that served as the center of Israel’s worship during their trek through...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Mordechai Silverstein

Pope mourns Lebanese priest reportedly killed by IDF while aiding wounded villagers

Pope mourns Lebanese priest reportedly killed by IDF while aiding wounded villagers

Father Pierre al-Rai of Qlayaa vowed days before fatal strike to remain in parish despite Israeli evacuation warning: ‘When we defend our land, we...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

In Tehran he fooled the regime, in Israel he built an empire. Now he prays for a new Iran

In Tehran he fooled the regime, in Israel he built an empire. Now he prays for a new Iran

Roni Aynsaz posed as a Muslim to work inside a Revolutionary Guards court, secretly helping Jews, before fleeing to Israel where he founded the SCOOP...

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The Times of Israel

Rossella Tercatin

Iran’s strategic patience tactic failed, what comes next could be far worse

Iran’s strategic patience tactic failed, what comes next could be far worse

For years, Iran’s leaders believed time was on their side. After the United States withdrew from the 2015 nuclear agreement, known as the Joint...

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Al Jazeera

Sina Toossi

Iran’s new supreme leader was injured in legs on 1st day of war – report

Iran’s new supreme leader was injured in legs on 1st day of war – report

New York Times says Mojtaba Khamenei was hurt in US-Israeli strikes; son of Iranian president Pezeshkian insists he is ‘safe and sound’

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Vojna je mier?

Prekvapuje ma, ako svetoví lídri ľahkovážne hovoria o ďalšom vyzbrojovaní.

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SME.sk

Ivan Buraj

Cynická obluda: Obzvlášť krutý trest

Bombic je vinný a za trest štyri roky nesmie byť Bombicom.

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SME.sk

Cynická Obluda

A colonial choice: The Board of Peace, or the UN?

A colonial choice: The Board of Peace, or the UN?

A report presented to the UN Human Rights Council last month noted that Israel destroyed 92 per cent of Gaza’s housing units and displaced over 90...

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Middle East Monitor

Ramona Wadi

Just When the World Needs Clarity from Washington, It Gets Chaos

Just When the World Needs Clarity from Washington, It Gets Chaos

Confidence is the most fragile asset in the global economy. Markets run on it. Alliances depend on it. Deterrence requires it. And right now, the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Alan P. Gross

UK bans pro-Iran, anti-Israel Al Quds Day march, but static demonstration permitted

UK bans pro-Iran, anti-Israel Al Quds Day march, but static demonstration permitted

Rally organized by group that said slain leader Khamenei ‘stood on right side of history’; police note potential tensions with counter-protesters,...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

الإخوان.. بحثوا عن الإمارات فوجدوها

جاء قرار واشنطن بحظر الإخوان في السودان ليؤكد ما عرفته الإمارات منذ وقت مبكر: أن...

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العين الإخبارية

جمال الحربي

Opinion – Integration as State-Building: Syria’s Postwar Gamble and the Kurdish Question

Opinion – Integration as State-Building: Syria’s Postwar Gamble and the Kurdish Question

Sympathy for Rojava, is not an exercise in ideological romanticism. It reflects recognition of a political project forged under conditions of...

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E-International

Elliot goodell ugalde

Trump Is Showing China How to Seize Taiwan

Trump Is Showing China How to Seize Taiwan

TOKYO – Since returning to office last year, US President Donald Trump has ordered military strikes from the Caribbean and eastern Pacific to Africa...

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Project Syndicate

Brahma Chellaney

Iran’s police chief says anti-government protesters will be treated as ‘enemies’

Iran’s police chief says anti-government protesters will be treated as ‘enemies’

Israeli officials said to assess there’s no certainty Tehran regime will fall, despite Netanyahu telling Iranians Israel is creating ‘once in a...

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The Times of Israel

Afp

لماذا الإمارات؟!

في 25 فبراير 2026 صرّح بنك جيه بي مورغان تشيس إن دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة تجاوزت...

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العين الإخبارية

د. نصر محمد عارف

‘Don’t mess with Iran, f*** the Jews’: 2 Israeli-American men beaten in California

‘Don’t mess with Iran, f*** the Jews’: 2 Israeli-American men beaten in California

Victims say they were speaking Hebrew when attacked outside San Jose restaurant; 1 knocked unconscious; police probing possible hate crime

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Will Iranian Conflagration Motivate Trump & HIS Minions to Go-4 an “EASY Win in Cuba?”

Will Iranian Conflagration Motivate Trump & HIS Minions to Go-4 an “EASY Win in Cuba?”

Will Iranian Conflagration Motivate Trump & HIS Minions to Go-4 an “EASY Win in Cuba?” Escalation of the conflict around Iran could have...

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New Eastern Outlook

Seth Ferris

Mapping Linking Value: Input–Output Analysis, Israeli Companies and MENA Risk

Valuation, Contagion, and the Abraham Accords Economy Operation Epic Fury has sharpened a question that the Abraham Accords economy can no longer...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Vincent James Hooper

Humanity at precipice of the singularity

We stand today at an extraordinary point in human history. Technological progress has always seemed gradual, yet change occasionally accelerates...

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The Korea Times

Shim Jae-Yun

Before Reconstruction: The Moral Architecture of Peace – Part 6

Justice Without Vengeance: Why Accountability Must Be Credible to Sustain Peace This essay is part of the series “Before Reconstruction: The Moral...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ed Gaskin