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US seeking to declare transition to phase 2 of its Gaza plan in coming weeks — official

Trump expected to name members of boards to manage postwar Gaza and the nations that will staff security force, though announcement hinges on Hamas...

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The Times of Israel

Jacob Magid

Chief justice: Levin out to dismantle judiciary; ex-chief: We’re heading for autocracy

Justice minister says Supreme Court ‘trampling on the public,’ after court President Isaac Amit slams Levin’s 18-month boycott of him and his...

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The Times of Israel

Jeremy Sharon

Jake Retzlaff, eyeing college football history, isn’t the only Jewish QB with big dreams

Across the country is Zevi Eckhaus, a Washington State quarterback who dons tefillin every morning, prays at the 18-yard line and hopes to set an...

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The Times of Israel

Jon Marks

The Case for Collective Hope in the New Year

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Psychology Today

Rabiya Karamali M.ed

Trauma's Shadow Lingers in the Bedroom

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Psychology Today

Claudia Six Ph.d

INTERVIEW / Linguist Ryuichi Hotta: Don't be obsessed with speaking 'standard' English

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The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun

Netanyahu's Pardon Bid Isn't Reconciliation, It's a Reckoning for Israel's Democracy

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Haaretz

Nehemia Shtrasler

Africa’s cultural landmarks: Sikien of Koutammakou

‘A work of art, a home, and a place of worship’ – the striking earthen castles at the centre of Batammariba cultural identity- by Aeon...

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Aeon

Aeon Video

Why are moths drawn to flames?

How new camera technology that captures fast-flying insects at night explains the age-old mystery of moths drawn to flames- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon

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Aeon

Aeon Video

Sleep is delicious

The idea that we should reduce sleep to an efficient minimum in our lives gets something fundamentally wrong- by Sara ProtasiRead on Aeon

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Aeon

Sara Protasi

IDF chief announces new senior appointments, setting up another potential clash with Katz

Army says it carried out major raid in West Bank’s Qalqiliya * Survey: Majority of Israels oppose pardon for Netanyahu without admission of guilt

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Netanyahu decries his graft trial as ‘political’ in English video, amid push for pardon

PM claims prosecutors ‘are not interested in justice, they are interested in getting me out of office’; Trump shares article about premier’s...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

IDF chief announces new senior appointments, setting up another potential clash with Katz

No immediate comment on late-night announcement from the defense minister, who has vowed not to approve any appointments he hasn’t reviewed...

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

Reaping the Benefits of AI Without the Brain Rot

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Psychology Today

Craig B. Barkacs Mba

Reducing Gun Violence, Particularly Gun Suicides

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Psychology Today

John Bateson

Can You Be Grateful for a Life You Didn’t Live?

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Psychology Today

Joel Wong Ph.d

Northwestern’s deal with the federal government is not about antisemitism

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The Korea Times

Elizabeth Shakman Hurd

أبجدية الصراع بين واشنطن وكاراكاس: النفط، السياسة، والأمن...

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العين الإخبارية

حميد المنصوري

More than 1,100 gather in support of NYC synagogue targeted in anti-Israel protest

Rabbi of Park East Synagogue, rocked by vitriolic demonstration late last month, tells crowd, ‘This was an attack against the Jewish community’

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The Times of Israel

Luke Tress

‘A very bad year’: Despite Gaza truce, academic boycotts pile on, threatening Israel’s future

Laws promoting academic freedom have limited the fallout in the United States and Europe, but some schools have found creative ways to isolate...

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The Times of Israel

Zev Stub

Lazar Focus: Did the Red Cross do all it could for hostages in Gaza?

Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman reviews the troubling history of the International Committee of the Red Cross vis-a-vis the Jews with its...

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The Times of Israel

Amanda Borschel-Dan

BBQ gas is helping to cool a warming planet

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The Japan Times

David Fickling

Can AI be Asia’s next growth engine?

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The Japan Times

Lee Jong-Wha

A plan to fix voter disparity and modernize Japan’s political system

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The Japan Times

Edo Naito

VOX POPULI: Winter has come--but have bears noticed its arrival?

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The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun

Trump, Maduro and the policy of containment in the global energy war

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New Eastern Outlook

Mohamed Lamine Kaba

Trump: Phase two of Gaza plan is ‘going to happen pretty soon’

Trump: Phase two of Gaza plan is ‘going to happen pretty soon’

The Times of Israel liveblogged Thursday’s events as they unfolded. A new poll by Channel 12 has the current opposition at 69 Knesset seats...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Kyiv neo-Nazis debunk its own propaganda

Kyiv neo-Nazis debunk its own propaganda

Ever since its first “PR victory” over the “Kinzhal” back in May 2023, the Kiev regime has been using this propaganda trope whenever its...

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Blitz

Drago Bosnic

Netanyahu doubles down on assertion that he’ll visit NYC once Mamdani becomes mayor

Netanyahu doubles down on assertion that he’ll visit NYC once Mamdani becomes mayor

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that he still planned to visit New York City despite incoming mayor Zohran Mamdani’s threats to...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Body of Sudthisak Rinthalak, Thai farmer and family breadwinner, returned to Israel

Body of Sudthisak Rinthalak, Thai farmer and family breadwinner, returned to Israel

Israeli officials confirmed Thursday that the body returned from the Gaza Strip a day earlier was Sudthisak Rinthalak, a Thai agricultural worker...

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

Daily Briefing Dec. 7: Day 790 – Israel and Lebanon hold rare direct talks as conflict brews

Daily Briefing Dec. 7: Day 790 – Israel and Lebanon hold rare direct talks as conflict brews

Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world....

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The Times of Israel

Jessica Steinberg

How to Become Truly, Deeply, Profoundly Proactive

How to Become Truly, Deeply, Profoundly Proactive

Being "proactive" is no cliche. It's the only way to forge the futures we want.

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Psychology Today

Thomas S Bateman D.b.a

VOX POPULI: Insolent Trump presidency is the joke that is no laughing matter

VOX POPULI: Insolent Trump presidency is the joke that is no laughing matter

U.S. President Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) loved jokes. When he was infected with the smallpox virus, he famously quipped, “Now I have something I...

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The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun

How to respond to the “genocide” accusation

Do you wish you could respond to accusations of “Israel committing genocide,” but feel stuck how to be productive? I want to help you. I’m going to...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Rachel Lester

The Classroom is the Battlefield

We thought October 7th was the wake-up call. But the real wake-up call came a month later — in the hallways of American schools. Children who had...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Linda Sadacka

Modern Monetary Mechanics (MMM): The Theory Behind the Noise

Modern Monetary Mechanics (MMM): The Theory Behind the Noise

Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) is an approach to understanding how modern governments manage money, spending, and deficits. It examines the mechanics...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ivan Bassov

Have Faith! Because… “God Said So”

I slept on the plane pretty well on the way home. That was a first! Part of me wanted to replay every moment and every site and every person that...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Shayndel Plotkin

Holding Back

Recently, I responded innocently to a another Facebook comment about Haredim and service in the IDF, saying briefly that I disagree with his points...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jacob Lasson

Born as God Made Me: Embracing Intersex in God’s Design

Born as God Made Me: Embracing Intersex in God’s Design

A Biblical Call to Honor the Rare Few Without Redefining Gender When God spoke the world into being, He crafted humanity with a breathtaking design:...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Yosef Eitan

Israel's Economic Elite Still Second-class Citizens as Long as the Haredim Dodge the Draft

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Haaretz

Avi Garfinkel

Swiss lawyer from Panama Papers firm faces German tax evasion trial

Swiss lawyer from Panama Papers firm faces German tax evasion trial

Christoph Zollinger, a Swiss lawyer and former senior executive at the controversial Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca, is set to face trial in...

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Blitz

M A Hossain

The East African Coast as a New Line of Geopolitical Pressure

The East African Coast as a New Line of Geopolitical Pressure

East Africa Rebuilds the Indian Ocean Frontier Through Infrastructure That Refuses Old Hierarchies. A new dynamic emerges here — one that elevates...

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New Eastern Outlook

Rebecca Chan

Dozens of masked Israelis riot, hurl stones after illegal West Bank outpost evacuated

Dozens of masked Israelis riot, hurl stones after illegal West Bank outpost evacuated

Dozens of masked Israelis rioted and hurled stones at Palestinian motorists in the West Bank on Thursday, after authorities evacuated an illegal...

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards threaten US warships as they stage naval exercise in Gulf

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards threaten US warships as they stage naval exercise in Gulf

TEHRAN — Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps on Thursday kicked off naval wargames in the Gulf, issuing warnings to US warships in the area, more...

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

COVID-Era Federal Relief, Minnesota Fraud, and the Question of Al-Shabaab* Financing

COVID-Era Federal Relief, Minnesota Fraud, and the Question of Al-Shabaab* Financing

The revelation that COVID-19 era federal relief programs in Minnesota were fleeced by Somali migrants who likely passed the loot to the Al-Shabaab*...

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New Eastern Outlook

Simon Chege Ndiritu

Trump says next phase of his Gaza plan will soon commence amid concern it’s stalling

Trump says next phase of his Gaza plan will soon commence amid concern it’s stalling

US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the next phase of his Gaza peace plan is “going to happen pretty soon,” amid mounting concern that...

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The Times of Israel

Jacob Magid

Pentagon watchdog: Hegseth writing on Signal about strike on Houthis endangered US staff

Pentagon watchdog: Hegseth writing on Signal about strike on Houthis endangered US staff

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon’s watchdog found that US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth put American personnel and their mission at risk when he...

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The Times of Israel

Lisa Mascaro

US Aid cuts push Kenyan women toward unsafe abortions amid contraceptive crisis

US Aid cuts push Kenyan women toward unsafe abortions amid contraceptive crisis

For women and girls in low-income communities across Kenya, access to contraception has never been a luxury-it has been a lifeline. It is the...

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Blitz

Anand Sharma

UN warning on modern slavery exposes a global system built on exploitation

UN warning on modern slavery exposes a global system built on exploitation

The United Nations has issued a stark warning: modern slavery-far from being eradicated-is not only expanding but evolving rapidly through criminal...

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Blitz

Abul Quashem Joarder

Lithuanian court convicts leader of coalition party of inciting hatred against Jews

Lithuanian court convicts leader of coalition party of inciting hatred against Jews

VILNIUS, Lithuania — A Lithuanian court on Thursday convicted the leader of one of the parties in the country’s coalition government for making...

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian