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In latest antisemitic attack in Australia, cars and home vandalized in Sydney

In latest antisemitic attack in Australia, cars and home vandalized in Sydney

Australian police vowed to crack down on a spate of antisemitic hate crimes after cars were torched and painted with slurs on Friday in an affluent...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Katz says settlers in administrative detention to go free, ties it to Palestinian release

Katz says settlers in administrative detention to go free, ties it to Palestinian release

Defense Minister Israel Katz announced his decision Friday to free West Bank settlers held under administrative detention orders, tying it to the...

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

False Economies

False Economies

CAMBRIDGE – Economics has always concerned itself with the efficient allocation of resources. But over a long generation, the quest for...

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Project Syndicate

William H. Janeway

Japan has nothing to fear from Trump — except in maybe one area

Japan has nothing to fear from Trump — except in maybe one area

Donald Trump will return as the 47th president of the United States on Jan. 20. Much of the global media is concerned about the transactional...

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The Japan Times

Edo Naito

Ugandan judge who backed Israel in genocide case said set to become ICJ chief

Ugandan judge who backed Israel in genocide case said set to become ICJ chief

Justice Julia Sebutinde of Uganda is set to be appointed president of the International Court of Justice, according to media reports, after...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Far-left journalists shout at Blinken about Gaza during his last press conference

Far-left journalists shout at Blinken about Gaza during his last press conference

A pair of far-left activist journalists on Thursday heckled US Secretary of State Antony Blinken during his final press conference at the State...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Biden recalls telling Netanyahu in October 2023: ‘You can’t be carpet bombing’ Gaza

Biden recalls telling Netanyahu in October 2023: ‘You can’t be carpet bombing’ Gaza

Outgoing US President Joe Biden recalled in an interview Thursday a conversation he had with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shortly after...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Producción peruana de estaño y oro anotaron repunte histórico tras dos décadas

La producción peruana de metales como el oro y el estaño tuvieron un repunte significativo en el 2024 luego de más de 20 años con una tendencia a...

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América Economía

América Economía

What Matters Now to Haviv Rettig Gur: Hamas’s survival is Gaza’s tragedy

What Matters Now to Haviv Rettig Gur: Hamas’s survival is Gaza’s tragedy

Welcome to What Matters Now, a weekly podcast exploring key issues currently shaping Israel and the Jewish World, with host deputy editor Amanda...

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The Times of Israel

Amanda Borschel-Dan

Security cabinet approves hostage-ceasefire deal; full cabinet meets to review, vote on it

Security cabinet approves hostage-ceasefire deal; full cabinet meets to review, vote on it

The high-level security cabinet voted Friday afternoon to approve the hostage release-ceasefire deal with Hamas in Gaza, and recommended that the...

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The Times of Israel

Amy Spiro

Trump taps Mel Gibson, Jon Voight, Sylvester Stallone as ‘Hollywood ambassadors’

Trump taps Mel Gibson, Jon Voight, Sylvester Stallone as ‘Hollywood ambassadors’

JTA — For years following his highly publicized antisemitic outbursts, Mel Gibson couldn’t find much work in Hollywood. But now he’s back in...

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The Times of Israel

Andrew Lapin

Fate of Bibas kids, Gaza’s youngest hostages, grips Israel as deal set to return them

Fate of Bibas kids, Gaza’s youngest hostages, grips Israel as deal set to return them

AFP — The fates of a baby and his four-year-old brother taken hostage by Hamas on October 7, 2023 have been on everyone’s mind in Israel since...

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The Times of Israel

Sharon Aronowicz

Guidelines for hospitals set to receive hostages include STD checks, pregnancy tests

Guidelines for hospitals set to receive hostages include STD checks, pregnancy tests

The Health Ministry issued new guidelines Thursday for hospitals preparing to receive hostages released during the upcoming Gaza ceasefire...

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The Times of Israel

Diana Bletter

Daily Briefing Jan. 17: Day 469 – A look back at Biden on Israel: Patron or patronizer?

Daily Briefing Jan. 17: Day 469 – A look back at Biden on Israel: Patron or patronizer?

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

‘Who am I?’: Moses and the Key to Overcoming Self-Doubt

‘Who am I?’: Moses and the Key to Overcoming Self-Doubt

“Who am I,” Moses responded when God instructed him to confront Pharaoh and demand that he let the Israelites go. “Who am I that I should go...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Pinny Arnon

A 3-Step Roadmap for Decreasing Anxiety

A 3-Step Roadmap for Decreasing Anxiety

Managing anxiety is about rewiring your brain and taking risks.

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Psychology Today

Robert Taibbi L.c.s.w

Rebelling Against the Tyranny of Busyness

Rebelling Against the Tyranny of Busyness

Personal Perspective: Getting off the wheel of perpetual doing

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Psychology Today

Maggie Rowe

Raoul Wallenberg – 80 years in the dark

On January 17, 1945, 8o years ago, Raoul Wallenberg was abducted by the Soviet Military Intelligence (MERSH), never to be seen again. During the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Baruch Tenembaum

EDITORIAL: Rethinking disaster relief on Hanshin quake anniversary

EDITORIAL: Rethinking disaster relief on Hanshin quake anniversary

Thirty years have passed since the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake devastated Kobe and wide areas around the port city. The disaster claimed 6,434...

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The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun

From Names to Nation

From Names to Nation

If you’ve ever repeated your story about a wrong turn in life that somehow worked out for the best, you probably didn’t leave out a single detail....

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Steven Zvi Gleiberman

In the Offense of the State of Israel Part 1

In the Offense of the State of Israel Part 1

In the Defense… Growing up, I attended numerous Christian schools and received a phenomenal education. One of the classes I took in high school...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sadie Hilf

Exploring the Afterlife

Exploring the Afterlife

A scientific perspective on life beyond death.

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Psychology Today

Marina Weiler

Searching for the brother I lost in Assad’s prisons in a free Syria

Searching for the brother I lost in Assad’s prisons in a free Syria

Bashar al-Assad is gone, and Syria is finally free. However, I am unable to fully rejoice in the long-awaited fall of his regime and the liberation...

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Al Jazeera

Latifa Muhammad Sha&x27Ban

School Meals Provide Food for Thought - and Fuel for Development

School Meals Provide Food for Thought - and Fuel for Development

EDINBURGH – When governments adopted the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015, they pledged to eliminate hunger and...

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Project Syndicate

Gordon Brown

A House Gutted by Fire

A House Gutted by Fire

STANFORD – Los Angeles has been burning for almost two weeks now, and the blame game is in full swing. From diversity, equity, and inclusion...

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Project Syndicate

Terry Lynn Karl

US bio-laboratories at the borders of geopolitical adversaries: why General Kirillov was killed

In her speech, Maria Zakharova, Director of the Information and Press Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation,...

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New Eastern Outlook

Viktor Mikhin

What Trump’s appointments tell us about his Asia policy

What Trump’s appointments tell us about his Asia policy

During the U.S. presidential campaign, President-elect Donald Trump generally took a tough line toward China. Yet at the same time, he often...

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The Japan Times

Joshua Kurlantzick

Letter from Nikkei Asia's editor: Japan's tourism boom and building diplomatic trust

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Nikkei Asian Review

Shin Nakayama

Evidence of US-Al-Qaeda* Alliance; The Global War on Terror (GWOT) has Exponentially Strengthened Al-Qaeda* Terrorists

Evidence of US-Al-Qaeda* Alliance; The Global War on Terror (GWOT) has Exponentially Strengthened Al-Qaeda* Terrorists

There can never be any doubt that the rise of terrorist government in Syria in 2024 was a well-thought-out plan. Actions reveal Global War for...

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New Eastern Outlook

Simon Chege Ndiritu

Turbulent Middle East

Turbulent Middle East

The Middle East, a region burdened by decades of conflict fueled by religious, political, and economic tensions, stands at the crossroads of global...

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New Eastern Outlook

Taut Bataut

Interview – Precious Chatterje-Doody

Interview – Precious Chatterje-Doody

Dr Precious Chatterje-Doody is a Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Studies at The Open University, a Senior Fellow of the Higher...

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E-International

E-International Relations

The penumbral plunge

The penumbral plunge

Imagine a planet on the far side of the galaxy. We will never interact with it. We will never see it. What happens there is irrelevant to us, now...

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Aeon

Eric Schwitzgebel

النخوة.. الإرادة الإماراتية في مواجهة قوى الظلام

النخوة.. الإرادة الإماراتية في مواجهة قوى الظلام

للذاكرة الإماراتية نقول: استذكِري على الدوام الـ17 من يناير 2022، واسبري أغواره،...

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العين الإخبارية

د. سلطان محمد النعيمي

17 يناير.. تلاحم وطني وحزم في مواجهة الإرهاب

17 يناير.. تلاحم وطني وحزم في مواجهة الإرهاب

تمر اليوم الذكرى الثالثة للهجوم الإرهابي الذي استهدف دولة الإمارات، فقد تعرضت...

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العين الإخبارية

د. أنور قرقاش

EasyJet announces resumption of flights to and from Tel Aviv from June 1

EasyJet announces resumption of flights to and from Tel Aviv from June 1

British low-cost carrier easyJet announced Friday that it will resume flights to Israel from June 1, having most recently suspended all of its...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

IDF: Ashkelon-Sderot train line, closed since October 7, is safe to reopen next month

IDF: Ashkelon-Sderot train line, closed since October 7, is safe to reopen next month

The Israel Defense Forces said Friday that the Ashkelon-Sderot train line was safe to reopen on February 1, nearly two years after the vital route...

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

NY synagogue to host concert celebrating Black-Jewish ties amid tensions over Gaza war

NY synagogue to host concert celebrating Black-Jewish ties amid tensions over Gaza war

NEW YORK — In May of 1957, Martin Luther King, Jr., ascended to the stage of the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue in New York City to deliver one of...

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The Times of Israel

Luke Tress

Silver Moon Bakery, NYC spot known for its challah, faces eviction over rent dispute

Silver Moon Bakery, NYC spot known for its challah, faces eviction over rent dispute

New York Jewish Week — Silver Moon Bakery only sells challahs on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. But the bakery — whose windows often fog up in...

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The Times of Israel

Jackie Hajdenberg

Sotheby’s auctions world’s biggest Jewish baseball card collection

Sotheby’s auctions world’s biggest Jewish baseball card collection

JTA — For many Jewish fans who collect baseball cards, the joy of opening a new pack and finding a Jewish player is second to none. That was...

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The Times of Israel

Jacob Gurvis

Isak Haleva, Turkey’s chief rabbi and face of its Jewish minority, dies at 84

Isak Haleva, Turkey’s chief rabbi and face of its Jewish minority, dies at 84

(JTA) ISTANBUL — Turkey’s Jewish community is mourning after Isak Haleva, chief rabbi since 2002, died at 84 on Tuesday. Haleva was the 35th...

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The Times of Israel

David I. Klein

US Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban if it’s not sold by its Chinese parent company

US Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban if it’s not sold by its Chinese parent company

WASHINGTON (AP) — The US Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld the federal law banning TikTok beginning Sunday unless it’s sold by its...

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The Times of Israel

Mark Sherman

Visiting Auschwitz, UK’s Starmer decries ‘poison of antisemitism rising around the world’

Visiting Auschwitz, UK’s Starmer decries ‘poison of antisemitism rising around the world’

WARSAW, Poland — UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Friday visited the site of Nazi extermination camp Auschwitz, voicing his “sheer horror” at...

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The Times of Israel

Mark Sherman

10 charged over Beirut port blast as probe resumes after Hezbollah accusations of bias

10 charged over Beirut port blast as probe resumes after Hezbollah accusations of bias

BEIRUT (AFP) — Lebanese judge Tarek Bitar resumed his investigation into the deadly 2020 Beirut port blast on Thursday, charging 10 people...

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The Times of Israel

Layal Abou Rahal

FACTBOX - Who are the most prominent Palestinians held in Israeli jails?

FACTBOX - Who are the most prominent Palestinians held in Israeli jails?

Under the Gaza ceasefire deal, Israel has agreed to release Palestinians held in Israeli jails in return for freeing hostages taken by the Hamas...

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Middle East Monitor

Reuters

Rebuilding Gaza: Enormous costs and complex challenges ahead

Rebuilding Gaza: Enormous costs and complex challenges ahead

As the Gaza Strip lies in ruins from Israel’s ongoing military offensive, the task of rebuilding the Palestinian enclave will be one of the most...

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Middle East Monitor

Anadolu Agency

Llegada de turistas internacionales a Perú se incrementó en 29% al cierre de 2024

El Ministerio de Comercio Exterior y Turismo de Perú (Mincetur) indicó hoy que la llegada de turistas extranjeros, o turismo receptivo, creció 29%...

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América Economía

América Economía

Chile: sindicato de Zona Franca de Iquique acepta propuesta de la empresa y levanta huelga

Este jueves 16 de enero, el Sindicato N°1 de la Zona Franca de Iquique (Zofri) aceptó la propuesta de la empresa, poniendo fin a una huelga legal...

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América Economía

América Economía

México recibiría US$ 2.000 millones de inversiones anuales en investigación farmacéutica hacia 2030

México buscará atraer US$ 2.000 millones en investigación para la industria farmacéutica y de dispositivos médicos hacia 2030, informó la...

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América Economía

América Economía

Superintendencia de Sociedades de Colombia sanciona a Postresmilkah por captación ilegal de dinero

La Superintendencia de Sociedades de Colombia anunció este viernes que decretó la intervención judicial a la sociedad Postresmilkah, y a la...

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América Economía

América Economía

Mercado transaccional de América Latina movilizó 16% más de capital en 2024 hasta US$ 87.679 millones

El mercado transaccional de América Latina ha registrado en 2024 un total de 2.904 fusiones y adquisiciones, entre anunciadas y cerradas, por un...

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América Economía

América Economía