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NATO summit, Trump’s support for F-35s sale, boost Turkey’s standing, as slumping Israel sees clout erode

NATO summit, Trump’s support for F-35s sale, boost Turkey’s standing, as slumping Israel sees clout erode

Ankara and Jerusalem are again trading barbs, but Netanyahu hasn’t dented US president’s desire to sell Erdogan advanced fighter jets, as Turkey...

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The Times of Israel

Lazar Berman

In the Shadow of Schizophrenia

In the Shadow of Schizophrenia

Growing up with a parent suffering from untreated schizophrenia.

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Psychology Today

Nina Stachenfeld Ph.d

Are Muslims Victims?

An imam told a room of mostly Jewish attendees that Jewish discomfort with the Palestinian cause is a colonial hangover. I didn’t correct him on...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Rawan Osman

Work Like a Dog

Work Like a Dog

How we can go from setback to success.

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Psychology Today

Tracy Strauss

Like Israel’s colonial expansion, the UN’s narratives also place Palestinians at risk

Like Israel’s colonial expansion, the UN’s narratives also place Palestinians at risk

Little exposure has been given to the Yellow Line and the Orange Line in Gaza. Given the genocide, Israel’s military occupation in Gaza should have...

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Middle East Monitor

Ramona Wadi

What a Sports Psychiatrist Actually Does

What a Sports Psychiatrist Actually Does

How a sports psychiatrist differs from a sport psychologist.

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Psychology Today

Brook Choulet M.d

Berlin, Not Brussels: Why Germany Will Decide If the EU-China "Reset" Means Anything

Berlin, Not Brussels: Why Germany Will Decide If the EU-China “Reset” Means Anything Brussels can set all the deadlines it wants, but Beijing has...

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New Eastern Outlook

Salman Rafi Sheikh

How to Lose Your Reddit Account in One Simple Step

How to Lose Your Reddit Account in One Simple Step

Reddit permanently banned my six-year-old account for hate speech last week.  My offense, as best as I can tell, was explaining that Jews are an...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Marni Davimes

Stop Calling It a Constitutional Crisis

Stop Calling It a Constitutional Crisis

Israelis love nothing more than an argument. Give us a constitutional dispute, a Supreme Court ruling, or a disagreement over the powers of the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jonathan Javor

Free Palestine! Ok, Now What?

You shouldn’t need to look at 99% of decolonized nations to understand that building a country is difficult. Building an army is easy: round up a...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Gideon Levy

Man killed, another seriously wounded in shooting in northern Arab town of Tamra

Man killed, another seriously wounded in shooting in northern Arab town of Tamra

Police searching for suspects; homicide brings Arab Israeli community toll to 153 this year as deadly wave of violence continues unabated

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The Times of Israel

Noam Lehmann

Turkey Is a Bigger Threat to Israel Than Iran

Turkey Is a Bigger Threat to Israel Than Iran

As Ankara hosts NATO’s 2026 summit this week, Western governments are indulging a dangerous fantasy: that Iran’s battered proxy network has eased...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

The Strongest Sign You’re in the Right Relationship

The Strongest Sign You’re in the Right Relationship

Relationships are mostly a matter of how you receive what you're given.

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Psychology Today

Mark Travers Ph.d

Zionist’s Guide to the World Cup—Day 26

Q:  How is the United States Men’s National Team (USMNT) similar to the Palestinian national movement? A:  It never misses an opportunity to miss...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Doug Klein

The more you appreciate what HaShem gives you, the calmer and happier you become

Many people spend their lives focused only on what they are missing. What is not working out? What am I lacking? Why is life difficult? But when your...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Aryeh Lazar

Iran Sends Out A Defiant Message

The lengthy funeral of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s former supreme leader, has been an elaborate and extended spectacle projecting strength,...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sheldon Kirshner

In Praise of the World Cup’s Little Guys

In Praise of the World Cup’s Little Guys

LONDON — The inevitable was about to happen: Argentina would dispatch Cape Verde. But then, deep into extra time, wonder struck: Sidny Lopes Cabral,...

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Project Syndicate

Andrés Velasco

French court clears Le Pen for 2027 presidential run under condition she rejects

French court clears Le Pen for 2027 presidential run under condition she rejects

Judge upholds far-right leader’s embezzlement verdict but lifts ban on holding public office; sentence would still require her to wear electronic...

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The Times of Israel

Sylvie Corbet

The Broken Vav and the Shattering of Dr. Abu Safiya

Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya and at least 13 other Palestinian physicians from Gaza have been abducted and held in Israeli custody for more than 18 months,...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Shamai Leibowitz

State comptroller: Government has no policy to combat foreign election meddling

State comptroller: Government has no policy to combat foreign election meddling

Englman says in report that Iran and other hostile actors exploiting social media to create divisions in Israeli society and undermine public trust in...

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The Times of Israel

Jeremy Sharon

Cynická obluda: Súčasná ruská dilema

Krajina s perspektívnou budúcnosťou.

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SME.sk

Cynická Obluda

Philosophy of Mind Cannot Explain Artificial Intelligence

Philosophy of Mind Cannot Explain Artificial Intelligence

Psychology and psychoanalysis are needed to understand large language models.

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Psychology Today

Ira Israel Lmft

GLP-1 Agonists for Seniors With Addiction

GLP-1 Agonists for Seniors With Addiction

The role of the primary care provider in GLP-1 prescribing for seniors with addiction.

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Psychology Today

Jasleen Salwan Md

Why Nobel Prizes Follow Civilization

Why Nobel Prizes Follow Civilization

How can a people numbering only fifteen million account for roughly one-fifth of Nobel laureates, while a civilization of nearly two billion has...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Tim Orr

Poll: In new low, just 28% of Israelis think Trump prioritizing Israel’s security

Poll: In new low, just 28% of Israelis think Trump prioritizing Israel’s security

Figure marks sharp dip from 64% who believed Trump put Israel’s security in March; only 38% of respondents say Israel in a strategically better...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

How a Jewish superfan designed Argentinian soccer team’s iconic crest 50 years ago

How a Jewish superfan designed Argentinian soccer team’s iconic crest 50 years ago

Star player Messi, who has visited the Jewish state, may don uniform professionally for last time in World Cup Round of 16 game against Egypt on...

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The Times of Israel

Juan Melamed

Keys to Helping Adolescent Girls Thrive in the Digital Age

Keys to Helping Adolescent Girls Thrive in the Digital Age

These advanced strategies help adolescent girls become secure and resilient.

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Psychology Today

Glenn R. Schiraldi Ph.d

The World Cup is exposing the contradictions of national identity

The World Cup is exposing the contradictions of national identity

The World Cup always brings to the fore what is sometimes seen as a pure and mostly straightforward form of identity: national identity. But the 2026...

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Al Jazeera

Mohamad Elmasry

Državne milijarde pod okrilje Nacionalnega demografskega sklada

Državne milijarde pod okrilje Nacionalnega demografskega sklada

Pod okriljem Nacionalnega demografskega sklada bo združeno premoženje Slovenskega državnega holdinga, Kapitalske družbe, DSU, Zavoda za...

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Dnevnik

Sebastjan Morozov

The Mind I Said AI Didn't Have

The Mind I Said AI Didn't Have

A discovery inside Claude may have just moved the AI consciousness debate.

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Psychology Today

John Nosta

Beheading the Hydra: Getting Beyond Symptoms to Their Source

Beheading the Hydra: Getting Beyond Symptoms to Their Source

When symptom-focused psychotherapy isn't enough.

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Psychology Today

Stephen A. Diamond Ph.d

Top Democrats urge anti-Israel candidate accused of rape to drop out of Senate race

Top Democrats urge anti-Israel candidate accused of rape to drop out of Senate race

Graham Platner, who has covered up Nazi tattoo, denies allegation he forced himself on woman in late 2021, as Sanders, Warren call for him to withdraw...

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The Times of Israel

Afp

The Builders of Our Survival: A Lesson for the Three Weeks

The Builders of Our Survival: A Lesson for the Three Weeks

This week, the Jewish world enters the Three Weeks—the solemn period of mourning marking the breach of Jerusalem’s walls and the eventual...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Morey Schwartz

Argentina goes up against Egypt for a World Cup 2026 quarters-finals spot

Argentina goes up against Egypt for a World Cup 2026 quarters-finals spot

The Argentine men’s national football team is set to take on Egypt in the World Cup 2026 quarters-finals on Tuesday. The team led by Lionel Messi...

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Buenos Aires Herald

Fernando Romero Nuñez

Third ship hit in Hormuz within 24 hours, as Doha blames Iran for striking Qatari tanker

Third ship hit in Hormuz within 24 hours, as Doha blames Iran for striking Qatari tanker

All 3 vessels were traveling on Omani-proposed coastal route that Tehran has rejected as it seeks to control vessels traversing vital waterway

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

High Court warns of ‘anarchy,’ societal breakdown if officials flout its rulings

High Court warns of ‘anarchy,’ societal breakdown if officials flout its rulings

In response to government’s declaration that a June court ruling was invalid, justices warns that public officials who violate court orders may be...

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The Times of Israel

Jeremy Sharon

Is Trump's war against Iran liberating the Gulf from Washington?

Is Trump’s war against Iran liberating the Gulf from Washington? Since February 2026, Washington has ceased to be a shield and has become a prime...

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New Eastern Outlook

Mohamed Lamine Kaba

Emanuel’s Speech Rebuts Jewish Republicans, AIPAC

This upcoming speech by American politician Rahm Emanuel in Tel Aviv this week is a major rebuttal against the misleading and self-serving platforms...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Chuck Epstein

Preparing for College: 6 Mental Health Tips for Summer

Preparing for College: 6 Mental Health Tips for Summer

Practical steps and mindset shifts to prepare for a healthy first semester.

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Psychology Today

Mia Nosanow Ma

Referendum odkrylo strategický omyl opozície pri maďarskom voličovi

Slovenská opozícia možno hľadá maďarského voliča na nesprávnom mieste.

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SME.sk

Peter Balík

The Two-Way Hechsher

The Two-Way Hechsher

In one yeshiva I attended, just before Mincha, our Rabbi would share a daily teaching from the Chofetz Chaim, engraving into us the sacred weight of...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sam Cohen

The Psychological Cost of Constant Self-Improvement

The Psychological Cost of Constant Self-Improvement

When becoming better gets in the way of living.

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Psychology Today

Carolyn Karoll Lcsw-C

Engineered Mourning: Power, Media, and Geopolitics

Engineered Mourning: Power, Media, and Geopolitics

A Funeral as Authoritarian Performance Ali Khamenei’s funeral is not merely an act of mourning. It is an authoritarian performance designed to...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Kambiz Zare

Pregnant woman said assaulted on bus by religious man for wearing tank top, leggings

Pregnant woman said assaulted on bus by religious man for wearing tank top, leggings

Tal Kostika says elderly man called her a ‘whore,’ elbowed her in the stomach and spat on her in Haifa suburb; police investigate

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Sources confirm Trump expected to support sale of F-35 jets to Turkey

Sources confirm Trump expected to support sale of F-35 jets to Turkey

Ankara’s purchase of Russian S-400 air defense system remains a sticking point, with US president reportedly eyeing option of Turkey transferring...

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The Times of Israel

Humeyra Pamuk

Inside Ukraine’s Game-Changing Drone Industry

Inside Ukraine’s Game-Changing Drone Industry

BERKELEY/KYIV—If necessity is the mother of innovation, Ukraine’s military technology industry, particularly drone production, is Exhibit A. When...

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Project Syndicate

Yuriy Gorodnichenko

NATO 3.0 and energy security: Rebalancing transatlantic defence in Ankara

NATO 3.0 and energy security: Rebalancing transatlantic defence in Ankara

The 2026 NATO Summit opens today, 7th July, in Ankara, at a critical moment for the Alliance as Russia’s war in Ukraine, pressure on European...

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Middle East Monitor

Dr Umud Shokri

Featured Post

Featured Post

Growing up in Jewish day school, one story always stayed with me. A man is trapped in the rising waters of a flood. The water fills the first floor of...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Bucky Apisdorf

‘The emperor is far away’

‘The emperor is far away’ Ming Dynasty China left us copious texts, but these veil the lives of the vast majority of its people from our view by...

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Aeon

Craig Clunas

Flattering Iran: The Biggest Mistake Israel Can Make

Who Is Giving Orders in Tehran? Israel Must Ask THE HEIR NO ONE OBEYS Mojtaba Khamenei has not been verifiably seen since the strike. US intelligence...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Tzvi Arieli