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Apparent human fetus found in drain under Hadera residential building

Apparent human fetus found in drain under Hadera residential building

A man located “what appeared to be a human fetus” under a building in northern Israel’s Hadera on Saturday, police said. According to Hebrew media,...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Iranian regime plans to permanently cut people off from internet — watchdog

Iranian regime plans to permanently cut people off from internet — watchdog

Iranian authorities plan to permanently seal the country off from the internet, and limit all but a select few citizens to a much narrower national...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Khamenei calls Trump a ‘criminal,’ blames him for protest casualties and damage

Khamenei calls Trump a ‘criminal,’ blames him for protest casualties and damage

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday said authorities “must break the back of the seditionists” and blamed US President Donald...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

Larry Ellison renamed superyacht whose name backwards was ‘I’m a Nazi’

Larry Ellison renamed superyacht whose name backwards was ‘I’m a Nazi’

JTA — Larry Ellison, the Jewish founder of Oracle and a major pro-Israel donor, has recently been in the headlines for his media acquisition...

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The Times of Israel

Jackie Hajdenberg

Syrian government forces enter towns in north after Kurdish fighters withdraw

Syrian government forces enter towns in north after Kurdish fighters withdraw

DEIR HAFER, Syria (AP) — Syrian government forces entered two northern towns Saturday morning after the command of Kurdish-led fighters said it...

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The Times of Israel

Ghaith Alsayed

The psychological profile of a president whose IQ is “off the chart”

The psychological profile of a president whose IQ is “off the chart”

The pattern is no longer subtle. It is not policy. It is a pathology manifested as power. Donald Trump rules through a series of shock waves meant...

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Middle East Monitor

Jasim Al-Azzawi

The West Is in Disarray

The West Is in Disarray

The past year has demonstrated a notable decline in the influence of Western civilization. Discord in the actions of the United States and the...

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New Eastern Outlook

Mohammed Amer

Proliferation Risks Associated with Small Modular Reactors

Proliferation Risks Associated with Small Modular Reactors

Advanced nuclear technologies are members of a larger class of innovative low- and zero-emissions energy technologies intended to expand access to...

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E-International

Aaron Wolf

Report: Senior IDF officer questioned on suspicion alerting PM’s office about Bild leak probe

Report: Senior IDF officer questioned on suspicion alerting PM’s office about Bild leak probe

A senior officer who served under former Israel Defense Forces chief of staff Herzi Halevi was questioned under caution Thursday on suspicion of...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Trump says Iranian cancellation of executions ‘had big impact’ on decision not to strike

Trump says Iranian cancellation of executions ‘had big impact’ on decision not to strike

US President Donald Trump on Friday indicated that Iran’s alleged decision to cancel the planned execution of 800 protesters had convinced him not...

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The Times of Israel

Jacob Magid

Choose Your Hard or Let it Choose You

Choose Your Hard or Let it Choose You

How avoidance quietly shapes our lives.

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Psychology Today

Jessica Koehler Ph.d

Are We Trading Convenience for Connection?

Are We Trading Convenience for Connection?

Why social interaction feels harder than it used to.

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Psychology Today

Kelly-Ann Allen Ph.d

White House unveils two new committees that will support Gaza Board of Peace’s work

White House unveils two new committees that will support Gaza Board of Peace’s work

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Saturday’s events as they unfold. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was invited by US President Donald Trump to...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Jewish caricature in Ukrainian Christmas tradition appears at NJ church, drawing criticism

Jewish caricature in Ukrainian Christmas tradition appears at NJ church, drawing criticism

JTA — It had all the trappings of a conventional Christmas pageant: the three wise men, Christmas carols, and children dressed as angels. But there...

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The Times of Israel

Jackie Hajdenberg

Nick Fuentes clarifies his problem with Trump ‘is that he is not Hitler’

Nick Fuentes clarifies his problem with Trump ‘is that he is not Hitler’

JTA — In the fall, a video of Nick Fuentes criticizing Donald Trump drew the praise of progressive former US congressman Jamaal Bowman. “Finally...

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The Times of Israel

Joseph Strauss

US AG says she’ll seek death penalty for suspect in killing of Israeli embassy staffers

US AG says she’ll seek death penalty for suspect in killing of Israeli embassy staffers

US Attorney General Pam Bondi said her office would seek the death penalty for Elias Rodriguez, who is accused of murdering Israeli embassy...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Deadly crackdown appears to have quashed Iran protests, residents say

Deadly crackdown appears to have quashed Iran protests, residents say

Iran’s deadly crackdown appears to have broadly quelled protests for now, residents said on Friday, as state media reported more arrests in the...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

Israel Museum celebrates 60 with towering art, color-drenched canvases and historical prints

Israel Museum celebrates 60 with towering art, color-drenched canvases and historical prints

As visitors enter the signature exhibition marking the Israel Museum’s 60th birthday, they are greeted with a faint smell of mildew. It’s no...

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The Times of Israel

Jessica Steinberg

UK police arrest protester who raised shah-era flag over Iran’s London embassy

UK police arrest protester who raised shah-era flag over Iran’s London embassy

LONDON — A protester who climbed onto the roof of Iran’s embassy in London and removed a flag was arrested with several others, police said late on...

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The Times of Israel

Diana Bletter

Alex Bregman, who drew Jewish star on his cap after Oct. 7, inks $175M deal with Cubs

Alex Bregman, who drew Jewish star on his cap after Oct. 7, inks $175M deal with Cubs

JTA — For the second year in a row, Jewish star third baseman Alex Bregman has signed a lucrative free-agent contract with a team that is run by a...

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The Times of Israel

Jacob Gurvis

‘Holding Liat’: Post-Oct. 7 anguish and inconvenient truths

‘Holding Liat’: Post-Oct. 7 anguish and inconvenient truths

Welcome to The Reel Schmooze with ToI film reviewer Jordan Hoffman and host Amanda Borschel-Dan , where we bring you all the entertainment news and...

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The Times of Israel

Amanda Borschel-Dan

The Media’s Blind Spot: Iran’s Killing Fields

Selective Outrage: Why Iran’s Dead Don’t Matter to the Media In the span of two weeks, an estimated 12,000 Iranian citizens were killed amid...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sabine Sterk

When Words Had Weight: Remembering the Age of the Typewriter

Last week, while rummaging through some old papers, I came across a document I had typed more than forty years ago. It was on onion-skin paper,...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Michael Feldstein

From JD Vance to Rubio: ‘Trumproe’ Changed Power

From JD Vance to Rubio: ‘Trumproe’ Changed Power

JD Vance was the GOP’s signal flare — the up-from-nowhere firebrand poised to be the next president, the man who channeled MAGA’s angry base and...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Is AI Good for the Jews?

I began this blog in the weeks after October 7 to think in public about Jewish life, our safety, memory, identity, and politics. I posted unevenly,...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Craig Frank

Coming Reckoning for Uncle Sam: Why America’s Next Debt Crisis Will Be Different

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Vincent James Hooper

Treasure Trove: A Century of Israeli Beer – Mi’Brador l’Dor

100 years ago, the Rosenberg Brothers were brewing “Max Brau” Palestinian beer in Acre.  This advertisement appeared in a 1926 edition of...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

David Matlow

To win the future, Southeast Asia must rewrite its industrial rule book

To win the future, Southeast Asia must rewrite its industrial rule book

How can developing economies in Asia raise productivity, create jobs and align growth with decarbonisation and energy efficiency? According to the...

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South China Morning Post

Marco Kamiya

17 يناير.. اختبار العزم

17 يناير.. اختبار العزم

بعض الأحداث لا تُقاس بما تُحدثه من ضجيج، بل بما تكشفه من حقائق. والسابع عشر من يناير كان من هذا النوع؛ يومًا لم يكن صاخبًا في نتائجه، لكنه عميق في...

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العين الإخبارية

علي ليتيم

يوم العزم.. حين تتحول الذاكرة الوطنية إلى قوة دولة

يوم العزم.. حين تتحول الذاكرة الوطنية إلى قوة دولة

ليست كل التواريخ أرقامًا في الذاكرة، فبعضها يتحوّل إلى عناوين سيادة، ومحطات وعي،...

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العين الإخبارية

سيف الدرعي

إمارات العزم.. قصة إرادة ووحدة وبناء مستقبل

إمارات العزم.. قصة إرادة ووحدة وبناء مستقبل

في السابع عشر من يناير/كانون الثاني، تُحيي دولة الإمارات ذكرى الاعتداءات...

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العين الإخبارية

محمد حسن الشحي

«يوم العزم».. كيف واجهت الإمارات الإرهاب بمنطق الدولة؟

«يوم العزم».. كيف واجهت الإمارات الإرهاب بمنطق الدولة؟

في السابع عشر من يناير 2022، لم يكن ما تعرضت له مناطق من إمارة أبوظبي في دولة الإمارات مجرد هجوم إرهابي عابر نفذته مليشيات الحوثي، بل كان اختبارا...

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العين الإخبارية

تاج الدين الراضي

Family of Iranian protester searched for body in pile of corpses, buried her on a roadside

Family of Iranian protester searched for body in pile of corpses, buried her on a roadside

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) — Robina Aminian’s family believes the college student was killed by a bullet fired by Iranian security forces at close range,...

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The Times of Israel

Sarah El Deeb

With appointment to Gaza Board of Peace, Tony Blair returns to Middle East limelight

With appointment to Gaza Board of Peace, Tony Blair returns to Middle East limelight

LONDON (AFP) — Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, whose legacy was heavily tarnished by the 2003 war in Iraq, has long been a contentious...

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The Times of Israel

Jo Biddle

Fearing Islamism Is No Phobia

Fearing Islamism Is No Phobia

In April 1979, my professor, a bright, beautiful woman, came into the classroom with “exciting news!” It was official, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Rachel Wahba

“Sorry, Mr. Chomsky, I No Longer Agree”: My Journey Out of Anti-Zionism

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Kile Jones

The Fragile Gift of Free Will by Menachem Mirski

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Allen S. Maller

Martin Luther King Day Is a Call, Not a Pause, for Maryland’s Youth

My dogs pulled forward toward the Howard Street Dog Park as we passed First and Franklin Presbyterian Church. Outside hung purple ribbons, each...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Stephen Stern

Genocide research institute levels accusations against Germany

Genocide research institute levels accusations against Germany

The internationally recognised Lemkin Institute for the Prevention of Genocide has issued severe criticism of Germany. In a statement dated 13th...

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Middle East Monitor

Leon Wystrychowski

Japan Takes Stock of 2025 and Looks Ahead

Japan Takes Stock of 2025 and Looks Ahead

The eve of the New Year of 2026 in Japan was marked by a series of notable publications from leading media outlets, focusing both on evaluating...

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New Eastern Outlook

Vladimir Terehov

Ceasefire in Palestine? What ceasefire?

Ceasefire in Palestine? What ceasefire?

What does it say about global diplomacy that, in the same month when the West patted itself on the back for a ceasefire in Gaza, Palestinians in...

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Al Jazeera

Shockat Adam

Sudan: A truce of separation

Sudan: A truce of separation

Since the outbreak of war in Sudan, talk of “humanitarian ceasefires” has become a recurring political refrain, invoked whenever the humanitarian...

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Al Jazeera

Mini Arko Minawi

يوم العزم.. اختبار الدولة وتكريس السيادة

يوم العزم.. اختبار الدولة وتكريس السيادة

لم يكن السابع عشر من يناير 2022 يوماً عابراً في الذاكرة الوطنية لدولة الإمارات، بل...

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العين الإخبارية

علي الزوهري

حين لم تتوقف الحياة

حين لم تتوقف الحياة

أخطر ما في الهجمات الحديثة أنها لا تستهدف المدن.. بل سلوك الناس داخلها. في 17 يناير...

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العين الإخبارية

عيسى عبدالله الزرعوني

Israeli researcher finds that by eavesdropping, ‘genius’ dogs learn words like toddlers

Israeli researcher finds that by eavesdropping, ‘genius’ dogs learn words like toddlers

In a peer-reviewed study published in the journal Science, Israeli researcher Shany Dror, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Veterinary...

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The Times of Israel

Diana Bletter

How Music Enhances Our Brains and Our Lives

How Music Enhances Our Brains and Our Lives

Insights from the career of Professor Paul Colombo.

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Psychology Today

Samuel H. Markind

8 Tips for Managing AI Dependence

8 Tips for Managing AI Dependence

How to identify the warning signs of AI dependence and what you can do about it.

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Psychology Today

Scott Glassman Psy.d

The Myth of Progress

The Myth of Progress

Personal Perspective: Confessions from a former worshipper of forward.

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Psychology Today

Maggie Rowe

VOX POPULI: Memories of the Great Hanshin Earthquake still fresh 31 years on

VOX POPULI: Memories of the Great Hanshin Earthquake still fresh 31 years on

I am pretty sure that my first assignment upon arrival on the scene on the night of Jan. 17, 1995, was to report on the fires that had broken out....

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The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun

The ‘Great Game’ enters uncharted territory

I cannot recall a New Year holiday during which I felt less at ease than the one that ushered in 2026. Even in the opening days of the year, anti-...

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The Japan Times

Kuni Miyake