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PEN America president’s resignation marks latest anti-Zionist uproar in literature

PEN America president’s resignation marks latest anti-Zionist uproar in literature

Dinaw Mengestu quits free-expression group over article that highlighted post-October 7 prejudice against Jewish and Israeli writers and expressed...

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The Times of Israel

Luke Tress

US military footage shows its first-ever suicide boat drone strike on Iran

US military footage shows its first-ever suicide boat drone strike on Iran

Corsair unmanned surface vessels hit Iranian submarine and ship maintenance facility at Bandar Abbas, a month after drone boat rescued downed US...

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

The Dangers of Purpose as a Proxy for Desire

The Dangers of Purpose as a Proxy for Desire

Your psychic vitality is essential for physical health.

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Psychology Today

Srini Pillay M.d

Grenade attacks target sushi chain in escalating feud between crime families

Grenade attacks target sushi chain in escalating feud between crime families

One lightly hurt in south Tel Aviv attack, with several bombings and shootings targeting Japanika, which is owned by Barak Abramov, thought to be tied...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

The Church and the Gospel — Part II

A History of Christian Social Action, Social Justice, and Political Power The Great Commission Was Never Limited to Evangelism The command to make...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ed Gaskin

Trump’s Hormuz Toll Is a Strategy, Not a Policy

Donald Trump did not reopen the Strait of Hormuz on Monday. He rebranded a war. The announcement itself was almost incidental to its packaging. The...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Aaron T. Walter

Correcting a mistake, not retreating: Why ending the war could restore Trump’s credibility

Correcting a mistake, not retreating: Why ending the war could restore Trump’s credibility

As renewed U.S.-Iran clashes around the Strait of Hormuz threaten to unravel another diplomatic pause, an old Chinese proverb offers a useful warning:...

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Middle East Monitor

Greg Pence

Honestly, Does Israel Have a Future? Part 2

Honestly, Does Israel Have a Future? Part 2

The battlefield has changed. Tanks, fighter jets, intelligence operations, and missile defense systems remain essential, but they are no longer...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sabine Sterk

An interview with acclaimed author Andrew Ross Sorkin on his Masterpiece 1929

An interview with acclaimed author Andrew Ross Sorkin on his Masterpiece 1929

I last interviewed Andrew on his contemporary classic “Too Big to Fail”, His definitive chronicle of the 2008 financial crisis (that I personally...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Joseph Scutts

Oil Shocks Are No Longer So Shocking

Oil Shocks Are No Longer So Shocking

NEW YORK—The Persian Gulf is in an unstable disequilibrium. There has been no lasting deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, because the United States...

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Project Syndicate

Nouriel Roubini

Iran’s strikes show its priority is flexing muscle on Hormuz, not dealing with Trump

Iran’s strikes show its priority is flexing muscle on Hormuz, not dealing with Trump

Tehran looked to reap massive rewards from the MOU it signed with the US; now it’s risking throwing that all away, as it shuts down the key waterway...

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The Times of Israel

Lazar Berman

New Delhi's New Foreign Policy Initiative in the Indo-Pacific Region

New Delhi's New Foreign Policy Initiative in the Indo-Pacific Region

New Delhi’s New Foreign Policy Initiative in the Indo-Pacific Region In the realms of the ‘Act East’ policy actively promoted by New Delhi,...

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New Eastern Outlook

Anvar Azimov

Democracy in Decline

For most of my fourscore years, I took democracy for granted. Looking back now, I realize that was a naïve and narrow tendency to look at reality...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Samuel Heilman

Katz seeks pardon for soldier who killed subdued Palestinian stabber; IDF opposed

Katz seeks pardon for soldier who killed subdued Palestinian stabber; IDF opposed

Defense minister’s move aims to shorten time before Elor Azaria’s record is automatically expunged; incident in West Bank exposed deep rifts...

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

Indonesia’s half-hearted response to Khamenei’s funeral undermines its own foreign policy

Indonesia’s half-hearted response to Khamenei’s funeral undermines its own foreign policy

Indonesia eventually sent Foreign Minister Sugiono and MPR Speaker Ahmad Muzani to attend the funeral of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali...

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Middle East Monitor

Dr. Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat

As two-state hopes fade, more US Jews are open to a one-state future for the Middle East

As two-state hopes fade, more US Jews are open to a one-state future for the Middle East

Nearly half of Jewish Americans under 35 now support a binational state, a poll finds, reviving an idea long considered anti-Zionist – though many...

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The Times of Israel

Andrew Silow-Carroll

Somalia’s Dependency Dilemma: Insecurity, Foreign Intervention, State Authority

Somalia’s insecurity is often framed as a military problem, but its roots are deeply political and institutional. Since the collapse of Siad...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Mohamed Osman

Competition Is Intrinsic to Children and Their Development

Competition Is Intrinsic to Children and Their Development

Competitive consciousness has shaped individuals, collectives, and civilizations.

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Psychology Today

Ragnar Purje Ph.d

Featured Post

Featured Post

The bill expanding gender segregation in Israeli higher education goes to its final readings in the Knesset this week, after clearing the Education...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sarah Segal-Katz

Ukrajinské drony izolujú Krym a ukazujú, že veľkosť Ruska už nie je výhodou, ale slabinou

Vojna sa možno naozaj otáča.

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SME.sk

Hospodářské Noviny

Daily Briefing July 14 – War on? Trump declares US ‘guardians’ of Hormuz

Daily Briefing July 14 – War on? Trump declares US ‘guardians’ of Hormuz

Editor David Horovitz on the IDF chief’s public outcry over this week’s legislative blitz, and a Hollywood-esque Israeli plot to use Iran’s...

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The Times of Israel

Amanda Borschel-Dan

The Knesset’s Superfluous New Basic Law

I wonder whether the angels in heaven above recited Hallel (the collection of joyous Psalms 113–118, generally said on holidays) this morning in...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sherwin Pomerantz

Support Without a Seat at the Table: Poland’s Costly Alignment with Ukraine

Support Without a Seat at the Table: Poland’s Costly Alignment with Ukraine In June 2026, Poland’s policy towards Ukraine split into two...

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New Eastern Outlook

Adrian Korczyński

American Jews Need New Alliances to Fight Rising Antisemitism

American Jews Need New Alliances to Fight Rising Antisemitism

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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Haaretz

Jo-Ann Mort

Iran: The Strategic Pivot of the 21st Century

How the Strait of Hormuz, Kharg Island, and Iran’s political future could reshape global energy and Middle Eastern geopolitics. Iran is not a...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Raghu Kondori

Iran executes two men convicted of links to Islamic State, planning attacks

Iran executes two men convicted of links to Islamic State, planning attacks

Tehran says two men part of cell operating along Iran-Iraq border, were hanged after final decision from Supreme Court

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

Never Again Requires a Plan

Never Again Requires a Plan

There is a sound every Jewish parent knows. It is not the shofar. It is not the clink of kiddush cups. It is not the sound of a child asking why this...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jeff Schindler

Building a Land, Shaping a People

Building a Land, Shaping a People

The opening verses of Sefer Devarim contain a detail that seems almost incidental: אחד עשר יום מחורב דרך הר שעיר עד קדש...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sam Cohen

Rahm Emanuel’s Proposal Deserves a Serious Hearing

When I first watched Rahm Emanuel’s speech in Israel, I was struck by the boldness of his proposal. My immediate reaction was that I liked the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Mitch Mallett

Fašizmus na Ukrajine a v Rusku

Rusko v roku 2022 spustilo „špeciálnu vojenskú operáciu“, čiže celoplošnú vojnu s oficiálne deklarovaným cieľom „demilitarizácie a...

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Pravda.sk

Karol Krpala

What Budapest’s Pride march taught me about Japan

What Budapest’s Pride march taught me about Japan

BUDAPEST – Pride in Japan has never needed permission. Each summer, hundreds of thousands of LGBTQ rights supporters and allies gather in Tokyo for...

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The Japan Times

Waka Ikeda

8 Signs Someone Truly Feels Emotionally Safe With You

8 Signs Someone Truly Feels Emotionally Safe With You

The subtle behaviors that reveal trust, vulnerability, and genuine connection.

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Psychology Today

Duygu Balan Lpcc

I Kept Refreshing the News, But It Never Got Better

I don’t spend most of my evenings clicking from one news site to another. On most days, I need to read a couple of headlines to get the gist of...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Yehuda Mizrahi

Will Syria’s first lady stand for justice or protect the shadow of the past? asks Yvonne Ridley in an open letter to Latifa al-Daroubi

Dear Madam al-Daroubi, Assalamu Alaikum — Peace be upon you. You have been thrust from the shadows into the world’s most unforgiving spotlight,...

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Middle East Monitor

Dr Yvonne Ridley

The looting of science fiction

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Aeon

Ali Rıza Taşkale

Halakha’s Kármán Line: Imagined and Real Jews in Space

Halakha’s Kármán Line: Imagined and Real Jews in Space

In the late 1960s or early 1970s, when Rabbi Solomon B. Freehof – the most prolific author of responsa in the American Reform movement – was asked...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Levi Cooper

US lawmaker detained by settlers says lack of punishment shows Israeli complicity

US lawmaker detained by settlers says lack of punishment shows Israeli complicity

Israel’s ‘genocidal’ response to October 7 and the ‘apartheid’ conditions in the West Bank lead Ro Khanna to drop ‘pro-Israel...

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The Times of Israel

Jacob Magid

Po ukrajinskih napadih v Azovskem morju Moskva v preusmeritev ladij

Po ukrajinskih napadih v Azovskem morju Moskva v preusmeritev ladij

Zaradi okrepljenih ukrajinskih napadov na ruska plovila v Azovskem morju so v Moskvi danes sporočili, da iščejo alternativne pomorske poti za...

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Dnevnik

Sta

The Church of England sanctifies anti-Zionism

The Church of England sanctifies anti-Zionism

The Church of England’s General Synod has managed to turn “hearing all sides” into an ecclesiastical form of putting Israel on trial. Its July...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Bepi Pezzulli

Turkey Emerges as Israel’s Next Challenge

Turkey Emerges as Israel’s Next Challenge

With international diplomacy largely consumed by Iran’s nuclear ambitions and the future of its regional influence, a growing number of Israeli...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Saurav Dutt

Cynická obluda: Ruský boj za čistejší vzduch

V kuse im len niekto robí zle, chúďatkám nevinným.

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SME.sk

Cynická Obluda

Ekológia na slovenský spôsob: všetko sa musí zmeniť, aby sa nič nezmenilo

Nedávne vysoké teploty nám prezradili, ako budú vyzerať lepšie dni v budúcnosti. Zrýchľujúce sa otepľovanie je realitou a je tiež...

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Pravda.sk

Tomáš Imrich Profant

The Shifting Landscape of Great Power Politics

The Shifting Landscape of Great Power Politics The recent visit of the Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to India marks a significant moment in...

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New Eastern Outlook

Pranay Kumar Shome

Jerusalem: France’s Rendezvous with History

I dream of a France that is unafraid of history. I dream of a France that still knows how to accomplish great deeds. A France that does not see...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Marc Levy

Sanaenomics' optimistic ambition to bring back a stronger and richer Japan

Sanaenomics' optimistic ambition to bring back a stronger and richer Japan

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

Kang-Kook Lee

MOK prejel pritožbo zoper ravnanje Infantina med SP

MOK prejel pritožbo zoper ravnanje Infantina med SP

Mednarodni olimpijski komite (MOK) je prejel pritožbo, v kateri se predsedniku Mednarodne nogometne zveze (Fifa) Gianniju Infantinu očita kršitev...

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Dnevnik

Gte

Church of England urges study of Palestinian Christian document accusing Israel of genocide

Church of England urges study of Palestinian Christian document accusing Israel of genocide

Text ‘risks undermining decades of careful relationship-building’ between Christians and Jews, warns UK’s chief rabbi

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The Times of Israel

Kelly Hartog

How to Raise a Child Other Kids Want to Be Friends With

How to Raise a Child Other Kids Want to Be Friends With

The friendship skill parents often overlook.

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Psychology Today

Pamela D. Brown Ph.d

Sixth round of Israel-Lebanon talks begins in Rome, with focus on IDF pullout ‘pilot’

Sixth round of Israel-Lebanon talks begins in Rome, with focus on IDF pullout ‘pilot’

Lebanon wants immediate movement on plans agreed to last month for its army to take control of designated zones, while Jerusalem still has misgivings

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The Times of Israel

Lazar Berman

Američania už nechcú byť zatváraní do rasových škatuliek

Ako rasové kategórie prestali fungovať

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SME.sk

Washington Post