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Fate of ceasefire-hostage deal’s second phase in balance as Netanyahu heads to DC

PM reportedly holding off on sending negotiating team to Qatar until he returns from US, could appoint Ron Dermer to head delegation instead of...

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The Times of Israel

Lazar Berman

Hostage rallies press Trump, Netanyahu to not let deal fall apart before all go free

Glee for those coming home tempered by concern for scores of remaining hostages, with many expressing concerns that political interests will win...

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The Times of Israel

Jessica Steinberg

There's No Auschwitz in Gaza. But It's Still Genocide

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Haaretz

Daniel Blatman

183 Palestinian security prisoners released after Hamas sets free 3 civilian hostages

183 Palestinian security prisoners released after Hamas sets free 3 civilian hostages

Israel freed 183 Palestinian prisoners on Saturday, shortly after three Israeli hostages taken by Hamas on October 7 were released by the terror...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Responding to Trump, Arab nations reject transferring Gazans ‘under any circumstances’

Responding to Trump, Arab nations reject transferring Gazans ‘under any circumstances’

Arab foreign ministers on Saturday rejected the transfer of Palestinians from Gaza “under any circumstances or justifications,” presenting a...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

Hostages’ stories: Gadi Mozes paced 7km a day in tiny cell, soldiers rationed grains of rice

Hostages’ stories: Gadi Mozes paced 7km a day in tiny cell, soldiers rationed grains of rice

Gadi Mozes, isolated, paced 7 kilometers a day in his two-square-meter room; female surveillance soldiers counted grains of rice to fairly divide...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Emily Damari’s mom: My daughter was held in UNRWA facilities, denied medical treatment

Emily Damari’s mom: My daughter was held in UNRWA facilities, denied medical treatment

The mother of freed hostage Emily Damari revealed Friday that her daughter was held by Hamas at UNRWA facilities in the Gaza Strip, and that her...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Iran warns of ‘all-out war in region’ if Israel and US strike nuclear sites

Iran warns of ‘all-out war in region’ if Israel and US strike nuclear sites

Iran will respond immediately and decisively if its nuclear sites are attacked which would lead to an “all-out war in the region,” Tehran’s foreign...

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The Times of Israel

Reuters

Tears, cheers and tight embraces as 3 released hostages reunited with relatives

Tears, cheers and tight embraces as 3 released hostages reunited with relatives

There were tears, screams of joy and tight embraces as three men abducted from their communities on October 7, 2023, and held in the Gaza Strip...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

IDF troops operating in Syria buffer zone come under fire; none injured

IDF troops operating in Syria buffer zone come under fire; none injured

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Saturday’s events as they happen. US President Donald Trump orders 25% tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Hostages Yarden Bibas, Keith Siegel, Ofer Calderon freed after 484 days in Hamas captivity

Hostages Yarden Bibas, Keith Siegel, Ofer Calderon freed after 484 days in Hamas captivity

Three hostages abducted during the October 7, 2023, attack were released by Hamas on Saturday under an ongoing ceasefire deal with the terror...

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

As Yarden Bibas is released, relief, dread, and evidence that Hamas is reviving

As Yarden Bibas is released, relief, dread, and evidence that Hamas is reviving

En route to Saturday morning’s mercifully brief handover events for hostages Yarden Bibas, Ofer Calderon and Keith Siegel, masked and armed Hamas...

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The Times of Israel

David Horovitz

What Is the “Good Mother Myth?"

What Is the “Good Mother Myth?

A conversation with author Nancy Reddy.

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Psychology Today

Juli Fraga

Moral Uncertainty in a Time of Confusion

Moral Uncertainty in a Time of Confusion

How to sort out the good from the bad, the right from the wrong.

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Psychology Today

Arthur Dobrin D.s.w

The PA and Israel are allies in silencing the truth

The PA and Israel are allies in silencing the truth

On December 28, 21-year-old journalism student Shatha Al-Sabbagh was assassinated near her home in Jenin. Her family accused snipers from the...

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Al Jazeera

Eman Mohammed

DR Congo or the Deterioration of the Situation

DR Congo or the Deterioration of the Situation

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is experiencing a new wave of violence. The successful offensive by rebel forces not only threatens the...

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New Eastern Outlook

Mikhail Gamandiy-Egorov

How MAGA fell out with ‘Indian Tech-Bros’

How MAGA fell out with ‘Indian Tech-Bros’

The recent uproar in the United States over H-1B high-skilled work visas has exposed deep fissures within Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again”...

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Al Jazeera

Dipyaman Chakrabarti

Remembering the formation of the United Arab Republic between Egypt and Syria

Remembering the formation of the United Arab Republic between Egypt and Syria

The United Arab Republic (UAR) was a short-lived political union between Egypt and Syria, embodying the aspirations of Pan-Arabism at its peak...

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Middle East Monitor

Omar Ahmed

Improving India-Taliban* relations: causes, challenges and prospects

Improving India-Taliban* relations: causes, challenges and prospects

India will continue to maintain its interests in Afghanistan between idealism and realism in its approach to the Taliban*, and India’s choice seems...

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New Eastern Outlook

Samyar Rostami

Auschwitz 80 years later, the return of the witnesses is a warning forever

Auschwitz 80 years later, the return of the witnesses is a warning forever

One after another, heads of states and government and even kings, such as the UK’s Charles III and Felipe of Spain, lit a candle for the victims....

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Il Manifesto Global

Micaela Bongi

Review – Reconstructing the Responsibility to Protect

Review – Reconstructing the Responsibility to Protect

Reconstructing the responsibility to protect: From humanitarian intervention to human security By Michael J. Butler Routledge, 2025 Is the doctrine...

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E-International

Alexander Hall

Facing flak, Red Cross defends its role in Israel-Hamas war

Facing flak, Red Cross defends its role in Israel-Hamas war

The Red Cross, accused of not doing enough to help hostages in Gaza, has defended itself in a rare statement outlining the limits of its role....

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Rafah Border Crossing reopens for patients to leave Gaza for Egypt

Rafah Border Crossing reopens for patients to leave Gaza for Egypt

The Rafah Border Crossing reopened on Saturday, the first opening of the gateway to Egypt since Israel captured the Gaza side nearly nine months...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

David Grossman, rapper Shaanan Streett reunite to voice nation’s pain

David Grossman, rapper Shaanan Streett reunite to voice nation’s pain

It was last June when artist Zeev Engelmayer stood at one of the weekly political protests on Tel Aviv’s Kaplan Street and listened to acclaimed...

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The Times of Israel

Jessica Steinberg

Daily Briefing Feb. 1: Day 484 – 2 freed men were hugged by their kids; Yarden Bibas was not

Daily Briefing Feb. 1: Day 484 – 2 freed men were hugged by their kids; Yarden Bibas was not

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

Amanda Borschel-Dan

You Might be Missing One of the Easiest Ways to Feel Good

You Might be Missing One of the Easiest Ways to Feel Good

New research shows the value of seeking a happy ending.

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Psychology Today

Susan Krauss Whitbourne Phd

DAOs and the Future of Work

DAOs and the Future of Work

Machines follow rules; people create meaning. Work needs both.

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Psychology Today

Ian Macrae

Gratitude Prisoner

Gratitude Prisoner

Personal Perspective: If we have to be trapped, let's be trapped by wonder.

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Psychology Today

Maggie Rowe

Neurological Functions Associated with Acquired Brain Injury

Neurological Functions Associated with Acquired Brain Injury

Exploring the immediate brain repair response with the onset of an ABI condition.

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Psychology Today

Ragnar Purje Ph.d

The Neuroscience of Dissociation

The Neuroscience of Dissociation

How your brain hides feelings from you.

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Psychology Today

Jason Shimiaie M.d

Why I Became a Psychotherapist

Why I Became a Psychotherapist

Personal Perspective: How therapy saved my life.

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Psychology Today

Leon Garber Lmhc

Mature vs. Immature Pleasing in Relationships

Stepping closer to emotional intimacy.

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Psychology Today

Paul J Dunion Ed.d

3 Lessons About Self-Love

3 Lessons About Self-Love

What a Groundhog Day Visit to Punxsutawney Taught Me About Self-Acceptance

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Psychology Today

Lindsey Godwin Ph.d

Malaysia steps into its ASEAN chairmanship

Since January, Malaysia has stepped into its role as ASEAN chairman for this year. Why is its chairmanship slogan ‘inclusivity and...

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New Eastern Outlook

Ksenia Muratshina

Argentines hold anti-fascist pride march at home and abroad

It’s in the name. Argentina’s Federal, Anti-Racist, and Anti-Fascist Pride March, which kicks off this afternoon, is an explicitly intersectional...

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Buenos Aires Herald

Valen Iricibar

Arbel Yehoud’s father to PM: Go through with the deal, free the hostages, end the war

Arbel Yehoud’s father to PM: Go through with the deal, free the hostages, end the war

The father of Arbel Yehoud, released from captivity in Gaza on Thursday, pleaded with the Israeli government to complete the hostage-ceasefire deal...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

IDF troops operating in Syria buffer zone come under fire in 1st such incident

IDF troops operating in Syria buffer zone come under fire in 1st such incident

Israel Defense Forces troops operating in a buffer zone in southern Syria came under fire on Friday evening, the military said, in the first such...

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

Tras roce diplomático, Estados Unidos retoma los servicios consulares en Colombia

La embajada de Estados Unidos en Bogotá restableció este viernes sus servicios consulares tras una suspensión de cuatro días derivada del choque...

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América Economía

América Economía

In battle-weary Gaza envelope, annual anemone event seeks to make region bloom again

In battle-weary Gaza envelope, annual anemone event seeks to make region bloom again

It’s almost February when the Gaza envelope region usually celebrates Darom Adom, the season of red anemones carpeting nearby fields and forests....

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The Times of Israel

Jessica Steinberg

Flight attendant killed in DC plane crash was alumnus of Jewish youth group

Flight attendant killed in DC plane crash was alumnus of Jewish youth group

JTA — One of the flight attendants killed in the recent plane crash in Washington, DC, was an alumnus of a Jewish youth group with a passion for...

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The Times of Israel

Ben Sales

UFC head ‘beyond disgusted’ by fighter’s praise of Hitler

UFC head ‘beyond disgusted’ by fighter’s praise of Hitler

JTA — Dana White, president and CEO of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, did not mince words Thursday when responding to a UFC athlete’s praise...

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The Times of Israel

Jacob Gurvis

What Popular Media Often Gets Wrong About Domestic Violence

What Popular Media Often Gets Wrong About Domestic Violence

Popular media falsely assumes that abuse stops when the victim leaves.

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Psychology Today

Kaytee Gillis

EDITORIAL: Dentsu held accountable for Tokyo Olympic bid-rigging

EDITORIAL: Dentsu held accountable for Tokyo Olympic bid-rigging

A Jan. 30 court ruling on the bid-rigging scandal surrounding the 2020 Tokyo Olympics serves as a grim reminder of the corrupt collusive network...

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The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Finance Ministry under court order to disclose Moritomo files

VOX POPULI: Finance Ministry under court order to disclose Moritomo files

The word “hohi” popped in my head as I wondered whether Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai (1898-1976) actually used that expression--or not--during the...

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The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun

'We Will Deport You': Why Trump's Executive Order on Antisemitism Is So Dangerous

In the former USSR, as it was flailing into the 1980's, General Secretary of the Communist Party Yuri Andropov aimed to revive a practice from the...

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Haaretz

Etan Nechin

Edit wars over Israel spur rare ban of 8 Wikipedia editors — from both sides

Edit wars over Israel spur rare ban of 8 Wikipedia editors — from both sides

JTA — Eight Wikipedia editors accused of disruptive behavior have been barred from making changes to articles on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,...

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The Times of Israel

Asaf Elia-Shalev

Defense minister warns freed terrorist Zubeidi: ‘One mistake and you’ll meet old friends’

Katz says ‘we will not accept support for terrorism’ after released prisoner says ‘resistance will lead us to freedom’; PA cancels celebration...

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

Eyal Zamir named next IDF chief, set to take over from Herzi Halevi in March

Halevi ending term early over Oct. 7 failures; former general to leave post as Defense Ministry director general to become 24th chief of staff,...

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards unveil underground missile facility for naval warfare

State TV says base holds ‘hundreds of cruise missiles,’ which IRCG chief Salami asserts can ‘create hell for enemy vessels’

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The Times of Israel

Sam Sokol

Welcoming hostages’ return, PM pledges to ‘achieve all war goals’

Herzog says nation ‘deeply concerned for the fate of our beloved Shiri, Ariel and Kfir Bibas’; Ben Gvir demands resumption of war to ‘destroy our...

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The Times of Israel

Sam Sokol