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Gaza smuggling ring was allegedly aided from within Israeli security forces – report

Gaza smuggling ring was allegedly aided from within Israeli security forces – report

Suspect operating from Ramallah accused of working with Gazan who enjoyed ties with police; contraband operation believed to have run alongside...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Man killed in car blast in Afula, woman found dead in Haifa as crime wave sweeps Israel

Man killed in car blast in Afula, woman found dead in Haifa as crime wave sweeps Israel

Police don’t suspect nationalistic motive in Afula; husband of woman found dead in Haifa apartment reportedly among those arrested in suspected...

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The Times of Israel

Charlie Summers

When Graduation Stops Being About the Graduates

When Graduation Stops Being About the Graduates

There was once something sacred about commencement ceremonies in America. I have a small confession to make. I did not make it to my college...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ethan Kushner

When Our Leaders Fail Us

The Colorado Democratic Party on Wednesday formally censured Democratic Gov. Jared Polis for reducing the prison sentence of Tina Peters, the former...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sherwin Pomerantz

Captagon: The Shadow War Reshaping the Middle East

What once belonged primarily to organized crime has gradually entered the sphere of national security — and even hybrid warfare. It has become a new...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Francis Moritz

Eid ul-Adha and Abraham Accords 2.0

Eid ul-Adha and Abraham Accords 2.0

First off, Eid Mubarak to all the Muslims celebrating around the globe! As families come together for Eid ul-Adha — the Festival of Sacrifice —...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Junaid Qaiser

Culture News. A Cultural April

Culture News. A Cultural April

Culture News. A Cultural April Find out about interesting recent developments in international cultural life in this column. No Statute of Limitations...

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New Eastern Outlook

Ksenia Muratshina

Japan should not abandon its peace brand

Japan should not abandon its peace brand

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Nikkei Asian Review

Nancy Snow

Takaichi’s press snub sweeps away another tradition

Takaichi’s press snub sweeps away another tradition

To foreign audiences, Prime Minister Takaichi is one of the most recognizable Japanese leaders in recent memory. From hugging U.S. President Donald...

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The Japan Times

Gearoid Reidy

American Decline on Display

American Decline on Display

BERLIN—On his recent trip to Beijing, US President Donald Trump, the world’s most powerful person, was accompanied by many of the top names in...

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Project Syndicate

Joschka Fischer

Redistricting is making a mockery of American democracy

Redistricting is making a mockery of American democracy

Partisan gerrymandering is dominating the news, and as a scholar of constitutional law and a biographer of James Madison, who founded one of...

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The Japan Times

Noah Feldman

Complaints and Cover-Ups: Blaming the Leader as a Smokescreen

How Desert Grievances Became a Smokescreen for Blaming the Leader Parashat Beha’alotcha shows us a deep human riddle that helps us understand people...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Eliezer Simcha Weiss

France: A Future Islamic Nuclear Power?

France: A Future Islamic Nuclear Power?

France stands at an existential demographic, cultural, and geostrategic crossroads that could permanently transform Europe and reorder global power....

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

U.S.-Israeli Pressure Won’t Force Saudi Normalization

U.S.-Israeli Pressure Won’t Force Saudi Normalization

The Trump administration’s decision to explicitly link a future Iran agreement with mandatory participation in the Abraham Accords materially...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

William Keenan

Symposium That Named Antizionism for What It Is

Symposium That Named Antizionism for What It Is

On May 17, 2026, something unprecedented happened. Jews and non-Jews, among them scholars, survivors, lawyers, educators, and activists, gathered from...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Natasha H. Pein

I Wish We Had a More Moral Anti-Zionist Movement

On October 7th, I felt that Zionism had failed. Its most basic promise had been to provide a safe refuge to protect Jews against another Holocaust....

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Shayna Abramson

Shin Bet head said to meet exiled PA Gaza security chief Dahlan in UAE

Shin Bet head said to meet exiled PA Gaza security chief Dahlan in UAE

Report does not clarify the topic of the meeting, though the former Fatah strongman has long advocated for reforming the Palestinian Authority,...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

From Israel With Love

From Israel With Love

From Israel with Love: The High Price of Deceptive Peace For decades, the sirens have dictated the rhythm of life in Southern Israel. For the families...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sabine Sterk

Americans react to the indictment of Castro: Nobody wants a war with Cuba

Americans react to the indictment of Castro: Nobody wants a war with Cuba

Americans react to the indictment of Castro: Nobody wants a war with Cuba The indictment appears to be primarily a tool of diplomatic pressure. It...

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Il Manifesto Global

Marina Catucci

Iran executes man over alleged cooperation with Mossad spy agency

Iran executes man over alleged cooperation with Mossad spy agency

Judiciary claims that Gholamreza Khani Shakarab was tasked with recruiting operatives in country, was part of Israeli plot to assassinate rabbi and...

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The Times of Israel

Afp

Scoring own goals: “seizing” lands … in words only

Making a territorial claim and failing to act to enforce it means: scoring an own goal. Our president dreams out loud about taking the territory; but...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ira Straus

Witnesses at Australian antisemitism inquiry targeted with online hatred

Witnesses at Australian antisemitism inquiry targeted with online hatred

Head of royal commission says Jewish people who gave evidence to forum have been subjected to online ‘harassment and intimidation’; one case...

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The Times of Israel

Ap

Start With Messianic Hopes For A Peaceful World

The three monotheistic Abrahamic religions, all have important information about the evil end of the ‘end of the old world; and the great wonders of...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Allen S. Maller

When war moves at machine speed, politics must not fall behind

When war moves at machine speed, politics must not fall behind

The question raised by artificial intelligence in warfare is not only whether machines can fight faster than humans. It is whether political leaders...

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The Japan Times

Kumiharu Shigehara

Taking Women Farmers Seriously

Taking Women Farmers Seriously

NAIROBI/SEATTLE—As the war in Iran disrupts fertilizer supplies and undermines food security around the world, the need to build more resilient food...

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Project Syndicate

Ruth khasaya oniang'o

The Worth of an Ivy League Education

In February 2023, I wrote an article for the Commentator, Yeshiva University’s student newspaper, decrying YU’s English department not teaching...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Yitzchak Blau

Has Taiwan made itself immune to American betrayal?

Has Taiwan made itself immune to American betrayal?

WASHINGTON – U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping has revived a familiar debate: Would the United States...

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The Japan Times

Channing Lee

One Idol Is Enough

One Idol Is Enough

The real danger was never many gods, but making one thing absolute Monotheism is often reduced to a math problem. One God versus many gods. Judaism,...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Feivel strauss

The Selective Fluidity of Identity

The Selective Fluidity of Identity

Why Some Identities Become Subjective While Others Remain Objective In my previous essay, Demystifying Gender, I explored how the word gender...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ivan Bassov

Senator Van Hollen’s (D-Maryland) War Against Israel

A recent Wall Street Journal opinion piece by Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen presents a striking irony as he urges Democrats to “change course on...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Steve Wenick

Cynická obluda: Poučenie z kauzy ombudsmana Dobrovodského

Keď má problémy s čítaním s porozumením minister, odnesie si to niekto iný.

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SME.sk

Cynická Obluda

US Fails to Reach a Compromise with Iran

US Fails to Reach a Compromise with Iran A ceasefire with Iran presupposes a negotiating process and the search for mutually acceptable compromises....

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New Eastern Outlook

Alexandr Svaranc

US attacks missile sites in Iran despite ceasefire, says it acted to defend troops

US attacks missile sites in Iran despite ceasefire, says it acted to defend troops

Rubio insists deal still possible after strikes but is ‘a few days’ away from completion; Trump: Tehran must hand over enriched uranium or destroy...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

VOX POPULI: New Moritomo Gakuen lawsuit spurred by lack of accountability

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The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun

Ben Gvir as Indication of How Far Israel has Strayed from Torah Values

A photograph from Ashdod last week brought to my mind an ancient memory, of a local Bible quiz decades ago, when I was in high school, and which I did...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Tova Herzl

The Nazir

The Torah teaches us the laws related to the Nazir. This refers to an individual who usually takes a vow that lasts thirty days. During this time, he...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Kenneth Cohen

The X-Ray for My Multiples

The X-Ray for My Multiples

Personal Perspective: Inside a brain with dissociative identity disorder.

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Psychology Today

Cameron west ph.d

Dankove dôvody na odvolanie Tarabu - tri zásahy do čierneho

Zonácie, prečerpávacia elektráreň Málinec a veterné parky.

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SME.sk

Dana Mareková

Zvika Mor, father of former hostage Eitan Mor, to join Smotrich’s Religious Zionism

Zvika Mor, father of former hostage Eitan Mor, to join Smotrich’s Religious Zionism

Former Tikva Forum leader opposed hostage deals with Hamas, backed state comptroller’s October 7 investigation over a state commission of inquiry

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The Times of Israel

Ariela Karmel

Searching for the Lost Kanaani Cats of Israel

Searching for the Lost Kanaani Cats of Israel

When I was studying for the rabbinate at Jewish Spiritual Leaders Institute, during a class on Blessings of the Animals with Rabbi Steven Blane, I...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Mikhail Salita

Staunch president, docile diplomats

For decades, Korea’s foreign policy establishment has prided itself on caution, restraint and alliance management. Its diplomats often described...

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The Korea Times

Shim Jae-Yun

The Death of the Middle East: The Abraham Accords and the Birth of the Med East

The Death of the Middle East: The Abraham Accords and the Birth of the Med East

The Abraham Accords were not only a diplomatic breakthrough. They were the first clear sign that the region long called the “Middle East” had...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Benjamen gussen

Netanyahu orders IDF to ‘intensify blows’ against Hezbollah amid surge in drone attacks

Netanyahu orders IDF to ‘intensify blows’ against Hezbollah amid surge in drone attacks

US indicates it will allow greater Israeli action against Iran-backed group; after meeting with Northern Command chief, northern mayor says ‘war...

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The Times of Israel

Nava Freiberg

US military strikes Iranian boats, missile launch sites, says it acted in self defense

US military strikes Iranian boats, missile launch sites, says it acted in self defense

Explosions reported in southern Iranian city of Bandar Abbas * Tehran said to tell US any Israeli strike in Beirut will jeopardize negotiations

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Texas Democrat’s antisemitic rhetoric sparks outrage ahead of primary runoff

Texas Democrat’s antisemitic rhetoric sparks outrage ahead of primary runoff

Maureen Galindo’s extreme comments will be put to the test in the contest over who will represent the party in the San Antonio congressional district

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The Times of Israel

Grace Gilson

Seven Theses on Zionist History for Today[1]

1. What is “Zionism”? The only definition possible for “Zionism” is the simplest: “The modern movement for Jews to immigrate to the Land of...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Paul Scham

What Iran’s reopened internet will not show you

After 87 days of blackout, Iran has restored internet access. While the concealed crackdown killed thousands, Western student movements that filled...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Simone chiusa

Open Letter #3 to Leslie Church, MP Toronto-St. Paul’s

Open Letter #3 to Leslie Church, MP Toronto-St. Paul’s

As you know, I first wrote to you on June 2, 2025, in the days following your election as Liberal Member of Parliament for Toronto–St. Paul’s. In...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Benjamin Rubin

7000 Feet Over Nowhere: Why the Tristan Mission Should Make Every Briton Proud

There is a golf course on Tristan da Cunha. It has nine holes, no clubhouse worth the name, and sits on a volcanic plateau lashed by South Atlantic...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Vincent James Hooper

The Illusion of Understanding: AI and the Israel Problem

AI is quickly becoming the default explainer for everything people don’t have the time or inclination to actually research. It offers a coherent...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Craig Frank