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Freed hostage David Cunio says he weighed suicide by overdosing during captivity

In interview, Cunio says for a long period, he lived off of 250ml of water, half a pita a day; walked 20km from morning to evening through tunnel...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

A Surprising Reason to Stop Working on Your Marriage

Why shifting from correction to connection is so powerful.

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Psychology Today

Sheila Robinson-Kiss Msw

The Danger of Cognitive Hybrid Fluency

Smooth answers don't equal deep understanding.

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Psychology Today

Cornelia C. Walther Ph.d

The price of distrust: Behind the doomed careers of three politicians

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The Korea Times

Kang Hyun-Kyung

IDF has demolished over 2,500 buildings in Gaza since start of ceasefire – report

Israel has razed over 2,500 buildings in the Gaza Strip since the ceasefire with Hamas took effect in October, The New York Times reported Monday,...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Israel draws opponents for Eurovision semifinal slated for May 12 in Austria

Israel will take part in the first semifinal of the Eurovision Song Contest on May 12 in Vienna, according to the draw on Monday, with five...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Celebrities, NGOs sign letter accusing Israel of ‘direct attack’ on Gaza health care

Some 40 celebrities, as well as about 10 nonprofits and another 10 Palestinian medical personnel, signed a letter published Monday accusing Israel...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Mississippi suspect laughed as he confessed to torching ‘Synagogue of Satan’ — FBI

The FBI said on Monday that the suspect in an apparent US arson attack against a Mississippi synagogue confessed and admitted to antisemitic...

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The Times of Israel

Luke Tress

Knesset advances bill subordinating police internal affairs unit to justice minister

Levin says legislation guarantees equality before the law, current system under state attorney flawed; Likud MK says it will end prosecutors’ ‘...

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The Times of Israel

Jeremy Sharon

Hamas seeks to rebuild shattered leadership as it faces postwar uncertainty

Vote for political bureau set to take place early this year, with Khalil al-Hayya and Khaled Mashaal as contenders to lead terror group under...

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The Times of Israel

Parisa Hafezi

Iran’s merchants, bankrollers of 1979 revolution, turn against clerics

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (Reuters) — Iran’s bazaar merchants, the trader class who were the financial backbone of the 1979 Islamic Revolution,...

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The Times of Israel

Parisa Hafezi

Our Brains on Smartphones and Social Media

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Psychology Today

Nicole A. Tetreault Ph.d

Supporting Someone with BPD: Tips for Family Members

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Psychology Today

Karyn Hall Ph.d

ADHD and the Motivation That Never Comes

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Psychology Today

Sophie Riegel

Could This Defiant Hostage Mother Become Netanyahu's Doomsday Weapon?

The number of disappointments that Israel's liberal camp has suffered is equal to the number of times it's been said that Benjamin Netanyahu's...

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Haaretz

Yasmin Levy

Tourism statistics show Argentines flocking to Brazil, belying state’s narrative

Argentines are abandoning traditional local holiday resorts in favor of the beaches of Brazil, recent data indicates. However, President Javier...

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Buenos Aires Herald

Facundo Iglesia

Estonia: Small State Security and the International Order

Estonia’s historical experience with Soviet control and malign Russian activities has shaped its national security and regional security outlook....

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E-International

Muhammad Faizal Bin Abdul Rahman

الصمت النبيل وثرثرة الهامش.. الإمارات والجنوب يسقطون المؤامرات

كل يوم يقف الجنوب العربي أمام مفصل تاريخي حاسم، الأحداث لا تهدأ أبدا. كنا نأمل أن...

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العين الإخبارية

نورا المطيري

Jerusalem woman dies as winter storm lashes Israel with wind and rain

Shuafat resident apparently hit by heavy object; several people lightly injured in other locations, others rescued from flood-swamped cars

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

UK school nixed Labour MP’s civics talk, after outcry over his support for Israel

A British member of parliament was disinvited last fall, at least temporarily, from a local school where he’d planned to give a talk about...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Australian writers’ festival canceled after booting anti-Israel Palestinian author

Event falls apart as director resigns in protest against the disinviting of Randa Abdel-Fattah, who said Hamas is not a terror group and wished...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

In first calls to outside world, Iranians describe heavy security and damage

Iranians could call abroad on cellphones Tuesday for the first time since communications were halted during a crackdown on nationwide protests in...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

VOX POPULI: Agatha Christie changing this made her realize she was a pro

When the killer’s identity is revealed at the end of a murder mystery, you are totally floored because you never saw it coming. In disbelief, you...

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The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun

Grok Is Testing Whether AI Governance Means Anything

WASHINGTON, DC – In recent weeks, Grok – the AI system developed by Elon Musk’s xAI – has been generating nonconsensual, sexualized images of women...

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Project Syndicate

J.b. Branch

Iran: Beware the Western propaganda

There’s lots of disinformation being pushed out about the protests in Iran, and while the crisis is probably as great as it was in 1979, there is...

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Middle East Monitor

Yvonne Ridley

The High Cost of Trump’s Amateur Diplomats

PRINCETON – Many elements of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s recent meeting with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago were disconcerting, if not...

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Project Syndicate

Jan-Werner Mueller

Why Takaichi would call a snap election

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi may have found her answer to the question of how she legislates despite minority control of the government: Get more...

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The Japan Times

Michael Macarthur Bosack

The Rise of Pakistan–Russia Ties in a Changing World Order

In the shifting global world order and the transfer of world power from the Western bloc to the Eastern bloc, Pakistan and Russia are exploring new...

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New Eastern Outlook

Abbas Hashemite

The economic roots of Iran’s unrest

The protests that erupted in Tehran on December 28 and quickly spread across Iran were triggered by a specific grievance: the collapse of the...

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The Japan Times

Djavad Salehi-Isfahani

The U.S. sphere of influence is bigger than it looks

There’s an enticing way to rationalize this month’s extraordinary events in Caracas. It means the return to Spheres of Influence, rather than a...

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The Japan Times

John Authers

الإمارات بين محاربة التطرف ومشاريع التقسيم

ليست معركة العالم العربي والإسلامي مع التطرف معركةً أمنية عابرة، ولا مواجهةً ظرفية مع جماعات مسلحة خرجت على القانون، بل صراعًا عميقًا على جوهر معنى...

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العين الإخبارية

الشيخ ولد السالك

After decade-long trial, attorney Ronel Fisher gets 9 months’ community service

The Jerusalem District Court sentenced attorney Ronel Fisher on Tuesday to nine months of community service for his conviction in a major...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

UK to pay ‘substantial sum’ to Palestinian Guantanamo detainee over torture claims

The British government has agreed to pay a “substantial sum” to settle a lawsuit by a Guantanamo Bay detainee who said UK intelligence agencies...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

Daily Briefing Jan. 13: Day 830 – Coalition’s latest attempt to rescue the PM

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

Online ICE fundraiser calls Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey a ‘Jewish traitor’

Now deleted, the attack appeared on a page soliciting donations for the agent who killed Renee Good, reportedly launched by a social media user...

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The Times of Israel

Andrew Lapin

The government isn’t just dodging the Haredi draft; it’s dodging the law

In its failure to fulfill its obligation to draft members of the ultra-Orthodox public into the army, the government has been violating High Court...

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The Times of Israel

Yuval Yoaz

Festival of cowardice: The cancellation of Randa Abdel-Fattah

Boards of directors are a funny bunch. Often lacking expertise, claiming knowledge they do not have and insight that never illuminates, its members...

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Middle East Monitor

Dr Binoy Kampmark

Japan can no longer afford strategic confusion

It is not too dramatic to say that Japan has only 12 years left to secure its future. By 2038, Chinese President Xi Jinping will be 85 years old....

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The Japan Times

Taniguchi Tomohiko

شراء السمعة أم بناؤها؟

بين منطق الدولة ومشاريع الفوضى: كيف أربك النموذج الإماراتي حملات التشويه؟ في مرحلة إقليمية تتقاطع فيها الأزمات السياسية مع الحروب الإعلامية، لم تعد...

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العين الإخبارية

صلاح الجنيبي

Knesset advances bill establishing military tribunal to try October 7 perpetrators

Legislation would allow for death penalty and bar suspects from being released in prisoner exchange deals; hearings to be open to the public and...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Iranian authorities say some 2,000 people killed in protests, as news trickles out

An Iranian official told Reuters on Tuesday that about 2,000 people have been killed amid mass demonstrations, blaming “terrorists” for the deaths...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

Howling winds send walls crashing down on Gaza tent camps, killing four

Winter storm topples buildings in Gaza City that were damaged during war; three of those killed from the same family

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

Ex-NYC mayor Eric Adams launches cryptocurrency, says it will fight antisemitism

Profits made by ‘NYC Token’ will go to nonprofits battling hatred, Adams says; coin’s value spikes, then plummets, in first hour of trading,...

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The Times of Israel

Zev Stub

UTJ’s Gafni calls for government to ignore High Court rulings on Haredi draft law

United Torah Judaism MK Moshe Gafni on Tuesday called on the government to disobey potential High Court of Justice rulings amid ongoing efforts to...

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The Times of Israel

Ariela Karmel

Coalition leaders urge Netanyahu to defy potential High Court ruling to fire Ben Gvir

In filing ahead of Thursday hearing, police minister tells judges they have no standing to rule on petitions calling for his ouster, accuses the AG...

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The Times of Israel

Ariela Karmel

China is already the economic Goliath it does not want to be seen as

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Nikkei Asian Review

Henny Sender

Australia to hold ‘day of mourning’ on Jan. 22 for Hanukkah terror attack

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Tuesday’s events as they unfold. US President Donald Trump warns of unspecified “very strong action” against...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

AG: Government violating court order on Haredi draft, in ‘real danger’ to democracy

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara on Monday accused the government of violating a High Court of Justice order by failing to create a policy to...

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The Times of Israel

Jeremy Sharon

The Third State of Knowing

How AI expands the domain of human understanding.

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Psychology Today

John Nosta

Medications for Opioid Use Disorder

“Wonder drugs” for opioid use disorder look different on the streets than in medical journals.

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Psychology Today

Ted Beauchaine Ph.d