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Daily Briefing June 9 – Between a rocket and a hard place: PM faces Trumpian dilemma

Daily Briefing June 9 – Between a rocket and a hard place: PM faces Trumpian dilemma

As Iran regards Lebanon as its vassal state, editor David Horovitz weighs in on the increasingly fraught US-Israel relationship

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The Times of Israel

Amanda Borschel-Dan

Iran accuses US of revoking soccer World Cup ticket allocation for supporters

Iran accuses US of revoking soccer World Cup ticket allocation for supporters

Iranian federation complains it had already started selling seats to first games according to allocated quota; no comment from FIFA, US organizers

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The Times of Israel

Afp

Cynická obluda: Tibor Gašpar nezištne

Tento politik naozaj uľahčil občanom život. Aspoň teda niektorým.

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SME.sk

Cynická Obluda

“I Want Them All”

It has been an eventful twelve hours here in Israel, but probably not the way you might think. If you have been listening to the news, following weeks...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Harold l. katz

Iran’s Invisible Supreme Leader

Iran’s Invisible Supreme Leader

Since an airstrike killed his father in March, Mojtaba Khamenei has led Iran without once appearing in public. Reading the regime’s own channels,...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Michael katz

Anti-Israel Massie calls for USS Liberty probe, elevating conspiracy to US House floor

Anti-Israel Massie calls for USS Liberty probe, elevating conspiracy to US House floor

Outgoing Republican rep for Kentucky suggests sinking of spy ship in 1967, which US and Israel found to be tragic accident, was ‘intentional murder’

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The Times of Israel

Grace Gilson

Get to Know Activist and Educator Moran Goldschmidt of Speak Up Jew

Get to Know Activist and Educator Moran Goldschmidt of Speak Up Jew

You probably recognize Moran Goldschmidt as the outspoken activist in the orange Batman shirt, combatting antisemitism from her Instagram platform...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Leah Grossman

Driver who hit protesters in 2024 gets year in prison for reckless endangerment

Driver who hit protesters in 2024 gets year in prison for reckless endangerment

Haim Sirotkin, a 52-year-old soccer coach, plowed into demonstrators as they were leaving an anti-government rally in Tel Aviv, leaving a woman with a...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Can Criticism and Belonging Still Live Together?

Can Criticism and Belonging Still Live Together?

Parashat Korach and the challenge of staying part of the story One of the defining Jewish questions of our moment is not whether Israel deserves...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Adi Romem

Self-Help Advices People Keep Overlooking

Self-Help Advices People Keep Overlooking

What actually helps people change may be less flashy than it sounds.

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Psychology Today

Clearer Thinking

What if the American Violations Ahead of the World Cup Happened in an Arab Country?

What if the American Violations Ahead of the World Cup Happened in an Arab Country?

Even before the first whistle of the 2026 World Cup, scandals have already begun to surface. Long before reaching the pitches, we are currently stuck...

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Middle East Monitor

Adnan Hmidan

When Hands Speak Louder Than Politics

When Hands Speak Louder Than Politics

We live in an era dominated by the spirit of Korach. Open any Israeli news site, scroll through social media, or sit in the Knesset gallery during a...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Morey Schwartz

Zionist’s Guide to the World Cup Group–E/F/G Previews

The much-reviled Group of Death will be revealed somewhere below. Dear Reader(s), it is a testament to the shock of October 7th and the evident...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Doug Klein

US Army helicopter crashes near Strait of Hormuz; Trump says two pilots ‘fine’

US Army helicopter crashes near Strait of Hormuz; Trump says two pilots ‘fine’

US president says Washington to issue report on incident later in the day; cause of crash as yet unclear

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

Vance: Iran deal a ‘home run for the American people,’ whether Israel likes it or not

Vance: Iran deal a ‘home run for the American people,’ whether Israel likes it or not

Main US goal is to prevent a nuclear Iran, VP says; Trump says ‘we’re in the final throes’ of peace talks, insists Netanyahu didn’t defy him...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

World Ocean Day 2026: The Sea Remembers What We Forget

A British scientific institution marked World Ocean Day this week with a quiet boast. The Marine Biological Association in Plymouth...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Vincent James Hooper

The Volatility Paradox

The Volatility Paradox

Conventional wisdom holds that Benjamin Netanyahu should feel most comfortable when Republicans occupy the White House and most constrained when...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Raphael Cohen-Almagor

It’s 2026. France repeals its slavery decree

It’s 2026. France repeals its slavery decree

Paris celebrates the symbol, but still refuses justice

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RT.com

Egountchi Behanzin

Tribeca Festival slams pro-Israel stars’ red-carpet quips on dogs raping Palestinians

Tribeca Festival slams pro-Israel stars’ red-carpet quips on dogs raping Palestinians

Influencer Lizzy Savetsky says exchange with comedian Elon Gold was not ‘about rape’ but rather a jab at NYT’s ‘blood libel’ against Israeli...

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The Times of Israel

Jackie Hajdenberg

Israel’s Intelligence Overreach Is Becoming a Problem for Everyone

Israel’s Intelligence Overreach Is Becoming a Problem for Everyone Reports that U.S. officials are increasingly concerned about Israeli intelligence...

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New Eastern Outlook

Phil Butler

2 Relationship Skills That Every Partner Should Learn

2 Relationship Skills That Every Partner Should Learn

Two skills that can take a relationship from surviving to thriving.

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Psychology Today

Mark Travers Ph.d

Digital Engagement and International Cooperation: The Somaliland–Taiwan Case

Digital Engagement and International Cooperation: The Somaliland–Taiwan Case

As the world becomes more interconnected, digital engagement has become an essential mechanism for fostering international cooperation. Governments,...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Abdirahman hayaan

Netanyahu and Trump, Iran, dissent and hypocrisy

Netanyahu and Trump, Iran, dissent and hypocrisy

When you consider which leaders called on the Iranian people to rise up and bring about regime change, and how they themselves react to the slightest...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Tova Herzl

The Iran war is coming for your Diet Coke

The Iran war is coming for your Diet Coke

Geopolitics is currently making it harder for India’s 1.4 billion people to cool off in the punishing summer heat. Things are about to get a whole...

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The Japan Times

David Fickling

Global trade isn’t fragmenting. It’s being rewired

For much of the past decade, debates about the future of globalisation have been dominated by predictions of fragmentation. Trade wars, sanctions,...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Emanuele Rossi

Google’s AI shift is causing a collective freak-out

Google’s AI shift is causing a collective freak-out

When Google recently announced radical changes to its search tool that will overshadow the page of blue links we’ve been used to seeing for more...

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The Japan Times

Parmy Olson

How AI Slows You Down

How AI Slows You Down

There are loads of ways we’re becoming more productive with AI. Everyone’s talking about them. What no one’s really talking about is how it...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Kovi Fine

Trump booed at NBA Finals game in Madison Square Garden

Trump booed at NBA Finals game in Madison Square Garden

‘We’ve waited a lifetime for this, and he’s made it about himself, like everything else,’ one fan says of US president, who has had a...

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The Times of Israel

Amy tennery

The Christian Duty to Combat Antisemitism

Christians are obligated to uphold human dignity, speak the truth, and oppose the forces of hatred that aim to split people apart throughout history....

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Aaron t. walter

Turning Our Earthly Works Heavenward

Tzitzit are among the most ubiquitous symbols in the Jewish tradition, and the Torah intended them to serve as one of its most powerful means of...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Mordechai Silverstein

A Giant Leap: Lunar Landing and Legal Impossibility

A Giant Leap: Lunar Landing and Legal Impossibility

On 20 July 1969, the Apollo 11 Lunar Module successfully landed on the Moon. Neil Armstrong, followed by Buzz Aldrin, became the first humans to walk...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Levi cooper

The joy of autism

Yes, we’re in a world of our own: for the autistic mind, it’s a place of intense curiosity, deep focus and sensory delight by Sarah Hendrickx  ...

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Aeon

Sarah hendrickx

A Gap Year Budget That Lasts

Last week, I watched a gap-year student stand in a Jerusalem supermarket aisle, phone in one hand and a basket in the other. She was not buying...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sharon Levin

Zingers, Comebacks and Ripostes

Zingers, Comebacks and Ripostes

Okay, here’s a test for all my readers. You’re the Prime Minister of Israel, and the President of the United States calls you “F***ing crazy.”...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Mort Laitner

The Future of Development Finance Is Not Primarily About Money

The Future of Development Finance Is Not Primarily About Money

NEW DELHI—Multilateral development banks (MDBs), chief among them the World Bank, were established to provide capital to developing countries that...

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Project Syndicate

Tanu m. goyal

Results of local elections in the Republic of Korea

Results of local elections in the Republic of Korea On 3 June, local government elections and parliamentary by-elections took place in South Korea....

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New Eastern Outlook

Konstantin Asmolov

Israel and Pakistan’s Uncrossable Line

Israel and Pakistan’s Uncrossable Line

The prospect of Pakistan joining the Abraham Accords has long intrigued policymakers in Washington and parts of the Middle East. Yet such speculation...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Saurav Dutt

South Korea hit the China reset button. Or did it?

South Korea hit the China reset button. Or did it?

South Korea’s recent diplomatic thaw with China is not a pivot toward Beijing — it is a hedge against a more volatile world. The warming of ties,...

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The Japan Times

Jiseon shin

Baby boomers z východného bloku

Ťarcha je obojstranná a je aj na strane rodičov.

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SME.sk

Vanda Rozenbergová

Europe weighs its nuclear future as U.S. certainty fades

Europe weighs its nuclear future as U.S. certainty fades

MADRID – The nuclear question has returned to the center of global politics. While the specter of nuclear proliferation never disappeared, it was...

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The Japan Times

Ana Palacio

Egypt’s Family Law deepens Egyptians’ hardship

Egypt’s Family Law deepens Egyptians’ hardship

Egyptians are awaiting the long-anticipated new Personal Status Law, widely known as the “Family Law”, amid concerns that it could introduce new...

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Middle East Monitor

Mahmoud Hassan

Sarawak bets on its sovereign wealth fund to regain greater autonomy

Sarawak bets on its sovereign wealth fund to regain greater autonomy

Due to the technical or legal reasons, readability mode is not available for this article. Thank you for your kind understanding.

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Nikkei Asian Review

Guanie Lim

Cynická obluda: Jasný úradnícky prestup

Úradnícky vládca zemegule so všemocnou pečiatkou tentokrát robí hanbu medzinárodne.

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SME.sk

Cynická Obluda

Zásadná vec, ktorú si Fico u Orbána nevšimol

Bývalý maďarský premiér nezabúdal na boj proti komunizmu.

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SME.sk

Marián balázs

Israel Cannot Outsource the Permission to Survive

Israel Cannot Outsource the Permission to Survive There are moments when an alliance does not break. It simply reveals what it has become. The latest...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Yochanan Schimmelpfennig

Invisible repression in Iran: Thousands arrested and 39 executed since US attack

Invisible repression in Iran: Thousands arrested and 39 executed since US attack

Invisible repression in Iran: Thousands arrested and 39 executed since US attack ‘Everyone, Donald Trump included, talks about the status of women...

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Il Manifesto Global

Alessia Manzi

ليس مجرد قائد

عندما نذكر الشيخ زايد بن سلطان آل نهيان – رحمة الله عليه – فإننا لا نتحدث عن قائد...

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العين الإخبارية

عيسى الكعبي

Can Israel Really “Finish the Job?”

On the streets and coffee shops in Israel these days the common refrain that is heard is, “We would prefer not to see any more of our soldiers die,...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sherwin Pomerantz

Mountain

Land Moves up To the sky Earth between low and high Climb Keep on Don’t stop Until We reach The sky I remember that the Lubavitcher Rebbe compared...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Yoseph Janowski

Where Is China’s Trillion-Dollar Trade Surplus Going?

Where Is China’s Trillion-Dollar Trade Surplus Going?

KYOTO—China’s export engine remains remarkably powerful. The country ended 2025 with the world’s largest-ever merchandise-trade surplus—$1.2...

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Project Syndicate

Miao Yanliang