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Trump declares US ‘nearing completion’ of ‘core strategic objectives’ in the Iran war

Trump declares US ‘nearing completion’ of ‘core strategic objectives’ in the Iran war

In national address, president says American forces will strike Islamic Republic ‘extremely hard’ over next 2-3 weeks * Iranian ballistic missile...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Before Checks and Balances

Before Checks and Balances

A System That Refused to Let Power Settle The modern obsession with “checks and balances” assumes something deceptively simple: power must be...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ivan Bassov

Holocaust Survivor Hannah Charlier Shares Her Journey at Beit Menachem

Conversation mediated by Sarita Mucinic Sarue was part of the pre-Passover program with Holocaust survivors. Last Sunday, March 29, the São Paulo...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Silas Anastacio

Libya’s Oil Trap: 81% Recovery Yet Militias Persist 15 Years After NATO

Fifteen years after NATO bombs helped topple Muammar Gaddafi, Libya has at last clawed its way back to producing roughly 81 percent of the 1.7 million...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Amine Ayoub

Democrats to weigh resolution against AIPAC, fueling concerns about ‘undercurrent of antisemitism’

Democrats to weigh resolution against AIPAC, fueling concerns about ‘undercurrent of antisemitism’

Amendment to be considered by DNC ‘condemns the growing influence’ of the pro-Israel US lobby and also decries role of ‘dark money’ in...

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The Times of Israel

Joseph Strauss

West Bank Palestinians protest, go on strike against new death penalty law

West Bank Palestinians protest, go on strike against new death penalty law

Strike called by PA sees shops shut, universities closed as critics decry law mandating death penalty for Palestinians convicted of deadly terrorism...

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The Times of Israel

Nurit Yohanan

No More Ambiguity: Lebanon Urged to Act on Sovereignty

No More Ambiguity: Lebanon Urged to Act on Sovereignty

There are moments when a country has to move beyond ambiguity and speak with clarity. Lebanon’s recent decision to declare Iran’s...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Junaid Qaiser

Betrayal From Within Hurts the Most

Betrayal From Within Hurts the Most

I have said it before and I will say it again. Living in the Netherlands today, the moment the word Israel is mentioned, something snaps in people. It...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sabine Sterk

Kralj prihaja k Trumpu, ta pa ne neha kritizirati Britanije

Kralj prihaja k Trumpu, ta pa ne neha kritizirati Britanije

Buckinghamska palača je sporočila, da bo britanski kraljevi par na povabilo Donalda Trumpa konec aprila obiskal ZDA kljub številnim pozivom, naj...

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Dnevnik

Brane Kastelic

The Brainless Genius: What Slime Mould Can Teach the Israel About Intelligence

A billion-year-old organism with no brain may hold lessons for Israel’s approach to resilient, decentralised technology In 2010, researchers at...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Vincent James Hooper

From Islam to Christ

From Islam to Christ

I was born in 1989 into a traditional Muslim Arab family in Jordan, a society where religion is deeply woven into the cultural and social fabric of...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Rami al dabbas

Why Washington Must Pay Attention to Morocco’s PJD

The ideological relationship between Morocco’s Justice and Development Party (PJD) and the broader current of the Muslim Brotherhood is not...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Mustapha ezzarghani

The Questionable Wisdom of a Law of Vengeance

The news about the decision by the Knesset to pass legislation mandating the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of terrorism by military...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Lev Deych

In the middle of chaos; Greece as a steadfast ally

In the middle of chaos; Greece as a steadfast ally

The international and regional situation during the last weeks smells like gunpowder. The war that broke out on February 28th came as a surprise to...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

George Theodoridis

NASA Artemis II astronauts blast off to moon, the first crewed lunar mission in decades

NASA Artemis II astronauts blast off to moon, the first crewed lunar mission in decades

‘We have a beautiful moonrise, we’re headed right at it,’ says mission commander as rocket soars toward space, where the astronauts will travel...

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The Times of Israel

Marcia Dunn

Životarjenje po upokojitvi

Životarjenje po upokojitvi

V prvih dneh službovanja v Zagrebu se mi je zgodila smešna neumnost. Topli sončni žarki so me zbudili zgodaj zjutraj. Skočila sem iz postelje, da...

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Dnevnik

Uršula Cetinski

Two deaths, zero accountability

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The Korea Times

Jill burcum

The Epstein Files and the Failure of Sex Education

The Epstein Files and the Failure of Sex Education

Sexual misconduct is widespread despite years of sex ed.

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Psychology Today

Arthur Dobrin D.s.w

Hanging in the Hidden – the Weight of Survival

There are moments in the Jewish calendar when texts do not simply follow one another but begin to echo, overlap, and disturb each other, as if time...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Alexander A. Winogradsky Frenkel

Hungary’s 2026 election: Orban’s last stand or the end of Central European autonomy?

Hungary’s 2026 election: Orban’s last stand or the end of Central European autonomy?

Hungary’s 2026 election: Orban’s last stand or the end of Central European autonomy? The parliamentary elections scheduled for April 12, 2026, in...

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New Eastern Outlook

Adrian Korczyński

VOX POPULI: Trump exploiting the vulnerable has upended the global economy

Carlo Giuliani, a 23-year-old Italian, died 25 years ago in the north Italian port city of Genoa, the host of the 27th Group of Eight summit in 2001....

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The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun

Japan rejects militarism in the streets

Japan rejects militarism in the streets

Japan rejects militarism in the streets Recent polls indicate that more than 80 percent of the Japanese public condemns the US and Israeli attack on...

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Il Manifesto Global

Matteo boscarol

A war meant to break Iran could leave Tehran stronger, and Gulf exposed

A war meant to break Iran could leave Tehran stronger, and Gulf exposed

If President Donald Trump ends the war with Iran without a deal, he risks leaving Tehran with a stranglehold over Middle East energy supplies and Gulf...

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Japan Today

Samia Nakhoul

Prvi april: Golob ni prepustil mandatarstva Stevanoviću, znak NLB na TR3 še ostaja

Prvi april: Golob ni prepustil mandatarstva Stevanoviću, znak NLB na TR3 še ostaja

Včeraj smo na naših straneh objavili članek o tem, da se Golob umika in za mandatarja predlaga Stevanovića. Šlo je seveda za prvoaprilsko šalo....

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Dnevnik

Jk

(PISMO BRALCA) Razočaran sem nad volitvami

(PISMO BRALCA) Razočaran sem nad volitvami

Kot zavednemu Slovencu mi je bilo v nedeljo, 22. marca 2026, težko spremljati potek parlamentarnih volitev. Da smo se Slovenci že tako polarizirali,...

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Večer

Dr

Passover Reflections: Between love of Israel and love of Judaism

Despite nearly continuous potentially existentially disagreements within the Jewish world, probably the last time there was an irrevocable split among...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Brian Amkraut

OZN na poti izbire naslednika Antonia Guterresa

OZN na poti izbire naslednika Antonia Guterresa

Organizacija združenih narodov bo prihodnje leto dobila novega generalnega sekretarja. Neformalni rok za vložitev kandidatur se je iztekel v sredo,...

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Dnevnik

Andrej Brstovšek

في قلب العاصفة.. الإمارات لا تتمايل بل تُعيد التوازن

في منطقة تتسارع فيها الأحداث، وتتصاعد فيها التهديدات، وتضج فيها العناوين بالقلق،...

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العين الإخبارية

سيف الدرعي

الإمارات بعد العدوان الإيراني.. إعادة تشكيل معادلة القوة والاستقرار

تشير القراءة المتعمقة لما تشهده المنطقة إلى أننا لسنا أمام مجرد تصعيد عابر يمكن...

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العين الإخبارية

يوسف عبدالله الجنيبي

Parkirna hiša pri živalskem vrtu je še daleč

Parkirna hiša pri živalskem vrtu je še daleč

Za parkirno hišo pri živalskem vrtu, ki je že leta napovedani ljubljanski projekt, na občini pripravljajo dokumentacijo za vlogo za gradbeno...

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Dnevnik

Neža Mrevlje

When History Took a Turn for Somaliland: Thanks to Israel

When History Took a Turn for Somaliland: Thanks to Israel, by Mohamed Osman, is a contemporary geopolitical analysis examining the implications of...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Mohamed Osman

ساكس.. سيناريوهات مستقبلية للتحولات العالمية

إلى أين يمضي عالمنا المعاصر، لا سيما في ظل غياب الحقيقة والثقة، ما بين كبريات...

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العين الإخبارية

إميل أمين

440.9 Kilograms of Betrayal

440.9 Kilograms of Betrayal

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that Israel has destroyed Iran’s nuclear weapons production infrastructure and established...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Yemen’s Houthis threaten potential closure of key Red Sea strait if Gulf states join war

Yemen’s Houthis threaten potential closure of key Red Sea strait if Gulf states join war

As Iranian proxies keep up attacks, senior official says the Yemeni rebels could also move to close Bab el-Mandeb ‘should the aggression against...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Pesach as the Fulfillment of Creation

Pesach as the Fulfillment of Creation

“Why is this night different from all other nights?” The child’s question at the Seder is asked about a single evening, but it opens onto a...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Alexander I. Poltorak

MEF Gives Trump a Plan to Win Iran for Real

The Middle East Forum has written the report that has been needed. It is a plan for actually succeeding in getting a friendly Iran out of this war....

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ira Straus

Is Israel My Alcoholic Ex-Boyfriend?

I’ve been trying to figure out my relationship with Israel, and unfortunately, the closest comparison is my alcoholic ex-boyfriend. My ex wasn’t a...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jessica ghitis

Dolga, ravna cesta

Dolga, ravna cesta

Izgubiti mesto je kot izgubiti človeka. Izvotljenega prostora, ki v duši ostane po odhodu, nič več ne more zapolniti. Še bolj dramatično je, če...

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Dnevnik

Agata Tomažič

What’s Missing in Chronic Pain Treatment?

What’s Missing in Chronic Pain Treatment?

Personal Perspective: The brain is as important as the pain.

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Psychology Today

Terri Cheney

The Plowshare in the Bomb Shelter

So I wrote a few days ago about watching Sennacherib’s Prism — a 2,700-year-old record of the siege of Jerusalem — get carried into a bomb...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Risa levitt

Operation Epic Fury and Roaring Lion: Reshaping global power

For nearly 50 years, Iran, the world’s leading state sponsor of terror, has used its forces and proxies to kill and wound Americans worldwide,...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Madeline hyman

Suspect in foiled Paris bank attack hit with ‘terrorist criminal conspiracy’ charges

Suspect in foiled Paris bank attack hit with ‘terrorist criminal conspiracy’ charges

Source says man in early 20s remanded in connection to attack on Bank of America branch in Paris, which prosecutors say could be linked to an Islamist...

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The Times of Israel

Afp

They Who Fear Together: Can Recreational Fear Bring Us Closer?

They Who Fear Together: Can Recreational Fear Bring Us Closer?

Fear is aversive, yet people seek it recreationally. Why?

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Psychology Today

Noam Shpancer Ph.d