AG to High Court: Netanyahu should be made to explain why he hasn’t fired Ben Gvir

Minister systematically abuses his powers and PM hasn’t sufficiently addressed issue, Baharav-Miara says in court filing; Ben Gvir responds:...

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Toi Staff

Mamdani revokes IHRA antisemitism definition on day 1, amid broad rejection of Adams orders

NYC mayor nullifies swath of predecessor’s actions, including some related to Jewish community, while keeping Office to Combat Antisemitism

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Luke Tress

Mamdani nods to Jewish and Palestinian New Yorkers in inaugural speech

Mayor vows to pursue far-left policies and represent those who ‘distrust or disdain’ him, says Office to Combat Antisemitism will remain in place

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Luke Tress

Making New Year's Resolutions Stick

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Deborah Serani Psy.d

Let It Go: Rethinking Our Cosmic Purpose

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Louis Putterman Ph.d

What Music Teaches Us About Managing Time

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Hsing-Ay Hsu

There Goes the Sun: Pondering the Universe's Past and Future

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Louis Putterman Ph.d

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سيف الدرعي

‘Fight against darkness’: Foreign Ministry appears to back Iranian protests

Ministers Gila Gamliel and Amichai Chikli post in support of demonstrations sparked by the Islamic Republic’s ailing economy, as Netanyahu stays...

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Toi Staff

Two arrested on suspicion of murder after woman found dead in Haifa apartment

No outward signs of violence on body, but police said to suspect foul play after suspect refused to cooperate in first murder investigation of 2026

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Charlie Summers

Lazar Focus: Haviv Rettig Gur with 6 projections for Israel in 2026

ToI’s senior analyst accepts a homework assignment and comes prepared to present likely scenarios facing the Jewish state in this new calendar year

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Amanda Borschel-Dan

Best of frenemies: In Yemen, rivalry between Saudi Arabia and UAE bursts into view

Analysts say talk has swirled of rifts on several issues between Saudi Arabia’s MBS and the man once thought of as his mentor, the Emirates’ Sheikh...

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Callum Paton

Ritual cremations may have occurred in Africa 9,500 years ago, researchers say

Archaeologists discover human remains by pyre in recent excavation in Malawi, suggesting hunter gatherer societies attributed great importance to...

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Jessica C. Thompson

When Loving Them Feels Like Abandoning Yourself

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Annie Tanasugarn Ph.d

Rude, nagging, digitally illiterate: Inside Coupang hearing disaster

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Kang Hyun-Kyung

AI Is getting dangerously good at political persuasion

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Parmy Olson

‘Fight against darkness’: Foreign Ministry X account appears to back Iran protests

Science minister writes that Tehran regime is in ‘its final moments’ * Culture minister says ‘Gaza is ours,’ Palestinians there are ‘guests’ * PM...

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Toi Staff

Israel offers help to Switzerland after deadly ski resort blaze kills dozens

Three Jewish people said missing; Herzog offers condolences, notes Israeli experience in dealing with disasters; authorities still identifying...

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Toi Staff

Mismatched Friendships Can Feel Unhealthy

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Julie Radico Psy.d. Abpp

VOX POPULI: Contemplating the meaning of ‘time’ at the start of the new year

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The Asahi Shimbun

How democracies learn to goose-step

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Kaushik Basu

Repeat after me: Never, ever underestimate China.

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Shuli Ren

حكمة الإمارات وصناعة الاستقرار باليمن

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أحمد سعيد العلوي

The Real Purpose of Boundaries

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Mirella Stoyanova Licsw

Trump Gave Israel and Netanyahu Immunity on to Gaza. That's Not What Best Friends Do

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Gideon Levy

Buckle up for a volatile year of Trump-Xi, Taiwan and Kim

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Karishma Vaswani

EDITORIAL: Japan joining growing global trend of declining democracy

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The Asahi Shimbun

Trump–Zelensky at Mar-a-Lago: Diplomacy in Circles or Peace at Sight?

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Ricardo Martins

Pakistan has some tough choices to make in 2026

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Farhan Bokhari

Interview – Astha Chadha

Astha Chadha calls for a post-Western Global IR that embraces religion, hauntology, and non-Western cosmologies to rethink power, justice, and...

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E-International Relations

الإمارات.. شراكات تعزز السلام الإقليمي والعالمي

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د. مصعب العامري

‘PIRATES’ OF THE CARIBBEAN: LETTERS OF MARQUE AND TRUMP’S DRUG WAR AGAINST VENEZUELA

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Alexander Stoan

‘I don’t feel like a hero’: Ex-hostage Segev Kalfon tells of long path to recovery

Former Hamas captive describes dire conditions and torture experienced in Gaza, says Jewish faith and hearing mother’s voice on radio helped him...

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Toi Staff

‘RAT JEW’ graffiti painted on Ireland road; police treating incident as a hate crime

Vandalism also included swastikas, Stars of David, and ‘USA,’ covering some hundred yards of rural road in Leinster; Holocaust education NGO sounds...

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Toi Staff

Spanish Jews fear that map of local ‘Zionist’ businesses will lead to violence

The project lists more than 150 Jewish and Israeli businesses, schools and organizations in Catalonia, with the goal of ‘understanding how Zionism...

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Zev Stub

Israel asked Qatar to boost financial assistance to Gaza a month before Oct. 7 — report

Israeli officials said to have asked Doha’s Mohammed al-Emadi to buy more Egyptian fuel to fund Hamas regime, thinking terror group wanted economic...

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Toi Staff

Neo-Ottomanism as Civilizational Nationalism: Turkey’s Quest for Identity

Neo-Ottomanism represents a civilizational state nationalism of restorative nostalgia, seeking the restoration of imperial status in a hierarchical...

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M. Hakan Yavuz

Morris Kahn, billionaire philanthropist who led Israeli moonshot, dies at 95

Israeli billionaire and philanthropist Morris Kahn, the financial powerhouse behind Israel’s attempt to land on the moon and a range of social,...

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Toi Staff

128 journalists killed worldwide in 2025, says press group, many of them in Gaza

BRUSSELS — A total of 128 journalists were killed around the world in 2025, more than half of them in the Middle East, the International Federation...

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Toi Staff

Mamdani sworn in as NYC mayor, ushering in new age of anti-Zionist leadership

NEW YORK — Zohran Mamdani became mayor of New York City just after midnight Thursday, taking the oath of office at a historic decommissioned subway...

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Toi Staff

Court orders state to justify law that allows firing teachers who support terror

The High Court of Justice on Wednesday issued a conditional ruling ordering the state to explain why a November 2024 law authorizing the Education...

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Sam Sokol

Julius Berman, Orthodox rabbi who led prominent Jewish institutions, dies at 90

JTA — Rabbi Julius Berman, who led the Orthodox Union and a myriad of other prominent Jewish communal organizations across the Orthodox and secular...

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Grace Gilson

Despite war threats, youth revive Tripoli

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يقال إن «المواقف تكتب التاريخ، والولاء يحفظه»، وفي العلاقة بين الإمارات واليمن الشقيق، التاريخ ليس مجرد كلمات مكتوبة، بل هو عهد عميق مكتوب بالدم،...

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Netanyahu rings in 2026 with Trump at Mar-a-Lago New Year’s Eve party

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Thursday’s events as they happen. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lands back in Israel after his visit to...

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Toi Staff

Volunteer in Iran’s Revolutionary Guard reported killed during widening protests

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A volunteer member of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard was killed in a western province during widening...

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Somaliland’s little-known Jewish past spans Yemenite traders and contested legends

There are no Jews known to be living in Somaliland, which declared its independence from Somalia in 1991. However, the territory can claim some...

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Zev Stub

Police probing claim that PM’s chief of staff tried to cover up Bild leak — reports

The Israel Police has opened an investigation into allegations that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s chief of staff, Tzachi Braverman, tried to...

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Toi Staff

Israel begins demolishing 25 buildings in West Bank Palestinian refugee camp

Israeli bulldozers began demolishing 25 buildings housing Palestinians in a refugee camp on Wednesday, in what the military said was an effort to...

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