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‘We call it magnetization’: Anti-vaccine conference in Argentina’s Congress sparks outrage

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Buenos Aires Herald

Facundo Iglesia

Father of Ran Gvili, one of two remaining hostages, to speak at possible final Tel Aviv rally

Hostages forum indicates Saturday event may be last as it narrows activities to support 2 families, says rallies don’t serve current situation of...

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The Times of Israel

Jessica Steinberg

Police raid left-wing event in Haifa, tell activists to remove call for Gaza pullout

Organizer says cops threatened to shut down private event in case of ‘provocation’ on stage; police say they came only to ‘maintain public order...

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The Times of Israel

Charlie Summers

Anti-government activist arrested after calling for forcible removal of ‘traitor’ Netanyahu

Tel Aviv University lecturer said it was time for ‘real rebellion’ against the government, tells PM: ‘We’re coming for you’; police accuse her of...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Why Christmas Kills Desire

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Psychology Today

Amy Campbell Mclinpsych

Syrian media says two killed in Israeli strike on Beit Jinn; no comment from IDF

Syrian media says two killed in Israeli strike on Beit Jinn; no comment from IDF

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Friday’s events as they happen. A man was shot and killed and a second injured in the northern town of Arraba,...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Six soldiers hurt in gun battle as IDF detains terror suspects in southern Syria

Six soldiers hurt in gun battle as IDF detains terror suspects in southern Syria

Six Israeli soldiers were wounded, including three seriously, after coming under fire by gunmen during an arrest operation in southern Syria early...

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

Iran said funneling funds to Hezbollah via Dubai in attempt to help it rebuild

Iran said funneling funds to Hezbollah via Dubai in attempt to help it rebuild

The Hezbollah terror group in Lebanon has received hundreds of millions of dollars from Iran over the past year via money laundering operations in...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Italian aerospace group Leonardo unveils ‘Michelangelo Dome’ air defense system

Italian aerospace group Leonardo unveils ‘Michelangelo Dome’ air defense system

ROME — Italy’s defense and aerospace group Leonardo presented plans on Thursday for a new multi-layered air defense system, as European countries...

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The Times of Israel

Reuters

Khamenei says Trump administration ‘not worthy of being approached’ by Iran

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Thursday that the administration of US President Donald Trump was “not worthy” of contact or...

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The Times of Israel

Reuters

Former Obama aide Sarah Hurwitz ignites social media with remarks about Holocaust education

Former Obama aide Sarah Hurwitz ignites social media with remarks about Holocaust education

JTA — In the safe confines of a gathering of Jewish fundraising and communal professionals, Sarah Hurwitz’s remarks about antisemitism and...

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The Times of Israel

Andrew Silow-Carroll

Police shutter construction site in northern Israel after uncovering weapons stash

Police shutter construction site in northern Israel after uncovering weapons stash

Police uncovered a stash of hidden weapons while raiding a construction site in the northern town of Arraba last weekend, law enforcement announced...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Haredi draft exemption bill ‘endangers Israel’s future,’ says PM’s former security adviser

Haredi draft exemption bill ‘endangers Israel’s future,’ says PM’s former security adviser

Former national security adviser Tzachi Hanegbi on Friday sharply criticized Likud MK Boaz Bismuth’s proposed law to regulate ultra-Orthodox...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Dan Tolkowsky, former air force commander and Israeli tech pioneer, dies at 104

Maj. Gen. (ret.) Dan Tolkowsky, the fifth commander of the Israeli Air Force and later a key figure in the development of Israel’s high-tech and...

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

Merz to visit Israel for 1st time as German chancellor, will meet PM and visit Yad Vashem

Merz to visit Israel for 1st time as German chancellor, will meet PM and visit Yad Vashem

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will travel to Israel in December for his first official visit since taking office, a German government...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

Ousted chair of Knesset defense panel: Government pushing ‘exact opposite’ of a conscription law

Ousted chair of Knesset defense panel: Government pushing ‘exact opposite’ of a conscription law

The government’s bill regulating ultra-Orthodox conscription is the “exact opposite” of the legislation he proposed on the issue, Likud lawmaker...

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The Times of Israel

Sam Sokol

Bismuth’s ‘conscription’ law is a corrupt load of crock meant to keep Haredim out of the army

Bismuth’s ‘conscription’ law is a corrupt load of crock meant to keep Haredim out of the army

Netanyahu seeks to rush bill through Knesset and tout its sham goals of ‘thousands of conscripts’ in election campaign, but it sets meaningless...

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The Times of Israel

Shalom Yerushalmi

Suspect in shooting of US National Guard members facing first-degree murder charge

Suspect in shooting of US National Guard members facing first-degree murder charge

WASHINGTON — The charges against the man who authorities say shot two National Guard members have been upgraded to first-degree murder after one of...

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The Times of Israel

Diana Bletter

How Animal Fairy Tales Can Help Studies of Animal Emotions

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Psychology Today

Marc Bekoff Ph.d

The Problem With 'Love Languages'

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Psychology Today

Marty Klein Ph.d

Neurodiversity and the Individual Attention Fallacy

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Psychology Today

Katie Rose Guest Pryal J.d

Are Immigrant Families at Greater Risk of Emotional Neglect?

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Psychology Today

Tamim Mobayed Ma

How to Spend the Holidays Alone Without Feeling Lonely

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Psychology Today

Janina Steinmetz Ph.d

The Rise of the Western Minimalist Aesthetic

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Psychology Today

Monk Prayogshala Research Institution

Woman arrested on suspicion of stalking Israeli model Bar Refaeli

Woman arrested on suspicion of stalking Israeli model Bar Refaeli

Beersheba resident said to have violated previous restraining order, visiting the homes of Refaeli and her relatives; court orders her to undergo...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

AI Therapy Skipped the Most Important Step

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Psychology Today

Albert Wong Ph.d

Off-duty soldier shoots Palestinian near Jerusalem who tried to enter Israel illegally

Off-duty soldier shoots Palestinian near Jerusalem who tried to enter Israel illegally

An off-duty soldier shot and wounded a Palestinian who attempted to infiltrate Israel from the West Bank near Jerusalem on Thursday evening, law...

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

Rethinking Terrorism After Afghanistan: India and the Politics of Recognition

The case of Afghanistan exposes the inherent asymmetries in how terrorism is defined, applied, and contested within the international system.

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E-International

Aswathy Chandragiri

Ex-Mossad chief says Israeli operatives are active on Iranian soil, ‘not by proxy’

Ex-Mossad chief says Israeli operatives are active on Iranian soil, ‘not by proxy’

In recordings obtained by Haaretz from closed-door conference, Yossi Cohen suggests Saudi normalization can manage to ‘skip over the Palestinian...

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The Times of Israel

Stav Levaton

Economic Security Promotion Law: Protect People’s Lives by Taking Flexible Approach to Revision

Editorial 16:01 JST, November 23, 2025 The risk of such incidents as cyberattacks possibly halting critical infrastructure services or leaking...

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The Japan News

The Japan News Editorial

Stressed from war and urban congestion, Israelis take to city rooftops to garden

Stressed from war and urban congestion, Israelis take to city rooftops to garden

Above the Clal Building on Jaffa Road in the center of Jerusalem, a few stories up from the hustle and bustle of some of the city’s heaviest...

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The Times of Israel

Zev Stub

Aonishiki’s Promotion to Ozeki: Honor May Bring Hope to War-torn Homeland

Editorial 16:11 JST, November 27, 2025 A young man came to Japan alone from war-torn Ukraine, pursued sumo and seized the crown of victory. This...

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The Japan News

The Japan News Editorial

Housing snapshot: Home sales and rentals across Israel in November 2025

Housing snapshot: Home sales and rentals across Israel in November 2025

Home prices in Israel fell in August and September for the seventh consecutive time, the market’s longest decline since 2018. The housing market...

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The Times of Israel

Zev Stub

Local Governments’ Tax Revenues: Devise Ways to Correct Imbalances in Tax Sources

Editorial 15:41 JST, November 28, 2025 It is inevitable that there are differences to a certain extent in administrative services, such as...

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The Japan News

The Japan News Editorial

With Iran’s regime wary of widespread dissent, Tehran women let their hair down

With Iran’s regime wary of widespread dissent, Tehran women let their hair down

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — As you enter Iran’s capital, it starts with only occasional glimpses — a passenger in a car speeding by or a pedestrian...

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The Times of Israel

Jon Gambrell

AFA’s Tapia defiant amid accusations of favoritism and corruption in football

AFA’s Tapia defiant amid accusations of favoritism and corruption in football

Argentine Football Association president Claudio “Chiqui” Tapia warned he has “many more years to go” as the head of the governing body, in a...

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Buenos Aires Herald

Fernando Romero Nuñez

Leaked video of Khamenei aide’s daughter in low-cut bridal gown lifts Iran’s veil of piety

Leaked video of Khamenei aide’s daughter in low-cut bridal gown lifts Iran’s veil of piety

THE CONVERSATION via Reuters — A short video of a private wedding went viral in Iran recently, tearing away the country’s veil of piety and...

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The Times of Israel

Farhang Morady

Lazar Focus: As US and Saudi Arabia shore up ties, is Israel left out?

Lazar Focus: As US and Saudi Arabia shore up ties, is Israel left out?

Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Lazar Focus . Each Friday, join host deputy editor Amanda Borschel-Dan and diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman...

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The Times of Israel

Amanda Borschel-Dan

V deževnih dneh se dober dežnik splača

Novembrski dež – klasika. Včasih ga prinese jugozahodnik, topel veter ga nosi postrani, da dežnik ne pomaga prav dosti ali pa nam še tega dvigne...

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Dnevnik

Andrej Velkavrh

The Radical Choice of Saying 'No' to the Bad Mom Narrative

The Radical Choice of Saying 'No' to the Bad Mom Narrative

Personal Perspective: Flip the script and reject the bad mom cultural narrative.

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Psychology Today

Nancy Colier Lcsw

Pogojna kazen za policista, ki je šikaniral sodelavki in jima grozil

Novogoriška sodnica Jožica Živek Umek je presodila, da je policist Rok Prelaz, zaposlen na Policijski postaji (PP) Nova Gorica, kriv očitkov po...

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Dnevnik

Damijana Žišt

Getting My Son Off His Device

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Psychology Today

Ray Swann Ph.d

Kako preživeti v dobi kitajske prevlade

Brad Setser je v komentarju k nedavni analizi Robina Hardinga v Financial Timesu jedrnato označil kitajski gospodarski model kot enosmeren:...

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Dnevnik

Jože P. Damijan

When Ordinary People Become Israel’s Shield

At the Jewish Federations of North America General Assembly, I’ve interviewed countless leaders and innovators. But every so often, someone sits...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Aaron Herman

Zakaj je osumljeni prevozil tisoče kilometrov za strel na gardista

V Združenih državah iščejo odgovore na vprašanja o vzrokih napada na pripadnika nacionalne garde v prestolnici, česar je osumljen bivši...

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Dnevnik

Andrej Brstovšek

Thanksgiving in Jerusalem and the future of Jewish identity

If you were walking down Jerusalem’s Rechov Emek Refaim or Ben Yehuda Street this Thanksgiving week, you would have heard an unexpected chorus:...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Stephen M. Flatow

Naziv evropsko božično mesto je tudi obveza

Letos se v Celju obeta 39 prazničnih dni, v katerih se bo zvrstilo okoli sto različnih dogodkov na sedemnajstih prizoriščih. Letošnja novost bodo...

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Dnevnik

Mojca Marot

Counting seven clean days: Female-halachic dissonance

Counting seven clean days: Female-halachic dissonance

One woman wrote to a rabbi in 2021: “It’s terribly frustrating that I feel powerful attraction to my husband specifically in the week of the 7...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sara Stein

Golobova čaga

Včeraj je vladna ekipa obiskala Podravje. Tam so obiskovali podjetja, obljubljali sredstva, si ogledovali ceste in vse drugo, kar sicer vlada počne...

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Dnevnik

N. N

From Lord’s to the Land of Milk and Honey: A Cricket Tale beyond the Ashes

Between Tests and Traditions: Cricket’s Unlikely Journey into Jewish and Israeli Life As Australia and England renew their rivalry in the 2025–26...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Elliot Timothy