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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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The Times of Israel

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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The Times of Israel

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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The Times of Israel

Luke Tress

Making New Year's Resolutions Stick

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Psychology Today

Deborah Serani Psy.d

Let It Go: Rethinking Our Cosmic Purpose

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Psychology Today

Louis Putterman Ph.d

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

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Psychology Today

Louis Putterman Ph.d

What Music Teaches Us About Managing Time

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Psychology Today

Hsing-Ay Hsu

‘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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The Times of Israel

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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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Mismatched Friendships Can Feel Unhealthy

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Psychology Today

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

The Asahi Shimbun

How democracies learn to goose-step

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The Japan Times

Kaushik Basu

Repeat after me: Never, ever underestimate China.

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The Japan Times

Shuli Ren

حين يُختبر الوفاء في السياسة

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العين الإخبارية

سيف الدرعي

حكمة الإمارات وصناعة الاستقرار باليمن

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العين الإخبارية

أحمد سعيد العلوي

‘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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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

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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The Times of Israel

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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The Times of Israel

Zev Stub

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

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New Eastern Outlook

Ricardo Martins

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

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TRT World

Alexander Stoan

‘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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The Times of Israel

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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E-International

M. Hakan Yavuz

الإمارات.. شراكات تعزز السلام الإقليمي والعالمي

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العين الإخبارية

د. مصعب العامري

The Real Purpose of Boundaries

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Psychology Today

Mirella Stoyanova Licsw

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

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Haaretz

Gideon Levy

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

40

The Japan Times

Karishma Vaswani

‘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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The Times of Israel

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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The Times of Israel

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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The Times of Israel

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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The Times of Israel

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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The Times of Israel

Jessica C. Thompson

When Loving Them Feels Like Abandoning Yourself

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Psychology Today

Annie Tanasugarn Ph.d

EDITORIAL: Japan joining growing global trend of declining democracy

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The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun

Rude, nagging, digitally illiterate: Inside Coupang hearing disaster

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The Korea Times

Kang Hyun-Kyung

AI Is getting dangerously good at political persuasion

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The Japan Times

Parmy Olson

Pakistan has some tough choices to make in 2026

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Nikkei Asian Review

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

E-International Relations

Why I am on hunger strike in solidarity with Pal Action detainees

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Al Jazeera

Mansoor Adayfi

The ceasefire did what it was meant to do – make Gaza invisible

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Al Jazeera

Eman Abu Zayed

Culture minister says Gaza belongs to Israel, Palestinians merely ‘there as guests’

The Likud lawmaker makes claim when asked about his response to the award-winning film ‘The Sea,’ which led him to establish alternative award...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

10 Tips for Dating Sunday

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Psychology Today

Bruce Y. Lee M.d

Israel Unbound

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Project Syndicate

Vali Nasr

The Post-2025 World Order

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Project Syndicate

Ana Palacio

Sects and Politics in South Korea

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New Eastern Outlook

Konstantin Asmolov

The winter of their discontent: When a theocracy freezes

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Middle East Monitor

Jasim Al-Azzawi

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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The Times of Israel

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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The Times of Israel

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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The Times of Israel

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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The Times of Israel

Sam Sokol