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UK cops arrest suspected Iranian spies for trying to enter nuclear submarine base

UK cops arrest suspected Iranian spies for trying to enter nuclear submarine base

Arrests at base housing Britain’s nuclear-armed submarine fleet come amid rising Iran-linked threats in Britain, three weeks into the US-Israel war...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

U.S.–Hamas Talks: A Risky Move

U.S.–Hamas Talks: A Risky Move

Envoys representing U.S. President Donald J. Trump and his so-called “Board of Peace” recently held talks with Hamas officials in Cairo, aiming to...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Rami al dabbas

Times of Israel reporter among winners of award for Jewish Diaspora coverage

Times of Israel reporter among winners of award for Jewish Diaspora coverage

Zev Stub won B’nai B’rith’s annual prize recognizing excellence in diaspora reportage, alongside Tamar Ish Shalom and Oren Nahari

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

War is not inevitable

War is not inevitable, unless you’re Binyamin Netanyahu Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has consistently chosen war over diplomacy, particularly...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Lonny Baskin

Mossad chief told PM before war that he thought Iran’s regime could be toppled – report

Mossad chief told PM before war that he thought Iran’s regime could be toppled – report

Barnea said to have presented assessment that if the Iranian government were decapitated, and its institutions and means of repression seriously...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Surviving Israeli Red Tape with AI

Surviving Israeli Red Tape with AI

AI (Artificial Intelligence) in everyday life in Israel didn’t arrive for me as a shiny “future” thing. It arrived as a way to stop losing whole...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Michael katz

The Tolstoy guide to history that Trump and Netanyahu didn’t read

The Tolstoy guide to history that Trump and Netanyahu didn’t read

How do you bomb a country “without mercy”—and end up strengthening it? When US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth declared that Washington would...

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Middle East Monitor

Dr Ramzy Baroud

Ritual as Refuge: American College Students Keeping Passover in Unsettled Times

A letter from Jewish Studies to Gettysburg College Hillel and Jewish students Chag Pesach Sameach, Hillel! It’s hard to feel celebratory right now....

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Stephen Stern

Devotion 5 — The Oneness of God

“Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is One.”— Deuteronomy 6:4 We live in a world that divides everything.Faith from work.Worship from...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ed Gaskin

Iranian missile attacks damage Rehovot homes; IDF reveals it killed Basij intel chief

Iranian missile attacks damage Rehovot homes; IDF reveals it killed Basij intel chief

Two missiles fired by Iran had cluster warheads, causing mostly light injuries; IRGC spokesman denies PM’s claim on destroyed missile production...

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

3 Ways to Start Seeing Your Value in Your Relationships

3 Ways to Start Seeing Your Value in Your Relationships

Three things to do if you feel undervalued in your close relationships.

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Psychology Today

Mark Travers Ph.d

Haifa refinery says more missile attack damage found near site, but most production online

Haifa refinery says more missile attack damage found near site, but most production online

Facility will take ‘few days’ to restore; Haifa’s deputy mayor urges government to close refineries as soon as possible: ‘Playing Russian...

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The Times of Israel

Sue Surkes

Telling Americans the Truth About Immigration

Telling Americans the Truth About Immigration

CAMBRIDGE – Immigration is perhaps the most incendiary issue in the United States today. Opponents claim that immigrants are a drain on public...

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Project Syndicate

Jeffrey Frankel

If Israel Wins as a State and Loses as Israel

I write this as a Jew, and not from the neutral air of commentary. I write from within Jewish reality, and from within one of its fractures. I do not...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Yochanan Schimmelpfennig

Dumbocrats

Although I’ve been living in Israel for close to half a century, I have maintained my US party registration as a Democrat. Unfortunately, this party...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sam Lehman-Wilzig

No naval escort for Trump: US allies and the Strait of Hormuz

No naval escort for Trump: US allies and the Strait of Hormuz

With each dragged out day, President Donald Trump begins resembling a mad emperor who has not only taken leave of his senses but leave of everything...

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Middle East Monitor

Dr Binoy Kampmark

Francija v Sredozemlju prestregla še en naftni tanker iz Rusije

Francija v Sredozemlju prestregla še en naftni tanker iz Rusije

Francoska mornarica je davi v Sredozemskem morju prestregla naftni tanker Deyna, ki je plul iz Murmanska na severozahodu Rusije in naj bi bil del t.i....

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Dnevnik

Sta

American/Ukrainians Caught Arming Militants in Myanmar and the US Dirty War on China

American/Ukrainians Caught Arming Militants in Myanmar and the US Dirty War on China

American/Ukrainians Caught Arming Militants in Myanmar and the US Dirty War on China The arrest of foreign mercenaries on the India–Myanmar border...

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New Eastern Outlook

Brian Berletic

Never Is Now: No One Fights Alone

There were the speeches. There were the statistics. There was Jonathan Greenblatt on the main stage warning of the most dangerous surge of...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Aaron Herman

From Lab to Life: Rethinking Depression

Clinical depression, according to the esteemed Cleveland Clinic is:  “….a severe, persistent mental health condition characterized by a low mood,...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Shlomo Maital

"It's impossible to cut a deal with the Bazaar": How Elementary Ignorance of Iran Led to Trump's Strategic Catastrophe

“It’s impossible to cut a deal with the Bazaar”: How Elementary Ignorance of Iran Led to Trump’s Strategic Catastrophe Suffering from a...

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New Eastern Outlook

Mohammed Ibn Faisal Al-Rashid

China’s silence on Iran reveals its true priorities

February 28, 2026, will be remembered as the day the law of the jungle returned. On that fateful day, the United States and Israel, in flagrant...

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Al Jazeera

Yang Xiaotong

Eid under siege: Little to celebrate in Gaza as Israel tightens chokehold

Eid under siege: Little to celebrate in Gaza as Israel tightens chokehold

While the world’s attention is fixed on the Iran war, Israel has quietly tightened its chokehold on Gaza, further restricting the flow of goods and...

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Al Jazeera

Amal Abu Seif

Letting Go of Who I Was Yesterday

Letting Go of Who I Was Yesterday

Parshas Vayikra opens with a discussion of “karbonos,” the daily service in the Temple where offerings were brought on the altar. We begin every...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Pinny Arnon

Living up to the privilege

I came across a news article today. It was about how Israel still ranks high on the Happiness Index, even with all the craziness and the war going on....

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ximena Silberman Herzberg

Ukraine world No 1 power in low cost smart drones

Ukraine: The World’s No. 1 Power in Low-Cost Smart Drones, and the Paradox This position could either accelerate a ceasefire or prolong the conflict...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Francis Moritz

The blueprint of chaos: How the 2011 ‘Libya model’ orchestrated a decade of global disorder

The blueprint of chaos: How the 2011 ‘Libya model’ orchestrated a decade of global disorder

The tragic irony of the Libyan experience is that its lessons were never truly learned

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RT.com

Mustafa Fetouri

When energy becomes a weapon: Oil and gas diplomacy on day 20 of the Iran–US–Israel War

When energy becomes a weapon: Oil and gas diplomacy on day 20 of the Iran–US–Israel War

Twenty days into the escalating confrontation involving Iran, the United States and Israel, it has become increasingly clear that this is not merely a...

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Middle East Monitor

Dr Kamran Yeganegi

Bitch: a history

The word can morph from noun to verb to adjective, from dog to human, from female to male. What will it do next? by Karen Stollznow  BIO The US...

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Aeon

Karen stollznow

It Isn’t Easy Being Green

It Isn’t Easy Being Green

Kermit first sang those words in 1970, his felt forehead creased with existential gloom. It was a melancholy little number about feeling invisible,...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Brad Goverman

American Jews Are in Real Danger — Netanyahu and ‘Pro-Israel’ Lobby Are to Blame

By now, I’m sure everyone reading this has read Joe Kent’s letter about how “Israel dragged the US into war”. And of course it caught fire...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Tzvi Gottlieb

Board of Peace envoy: Gaza mediators have ‘framework’ to rebuild, but Hamas must disarm

Board of Peace envoy: Gaza mediators have ‘framework’ to rebuild, but Hamas must disarm

Mladenov says reconstruction requires ‘full decommissioning by Hamas’; terror group says won’t respond to proposal until it sees outcome of...

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The Times of Israel

Jacob Magid

Ending with a Whimper

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Gary Epstein

Be Above the Stars, a Channel for Divine Response

MAZEL TOV! A phrase that the world knows to be of celebration and wishing luck. What is luck? In Hebrew, MAZEL refers to nature, and the laws of...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Yulia Medovoy Edelshtain

The Calendar of Miracles

The Calendar of Miracles

America is a superpower. Israel is a sliver on the map. America is vast. Israel is a tiny nation with no natural resources. Which is why it is so...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Yankie denburg

Hagada Dentata

Last week a Chabad emissary posted a triumphant video: outside the ADL conference, he and a friend wrapped tefillin on a Jewish pro-Palestinian...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jon Taub

Two Paths, One Republic

In France, identity is contained.In the Middle East, identity is exposed. In France, between containment and exposure lies a discipline – a way of...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Alexander A. Winogradsky Frenkel

What Is NATO Defending in Lithuania?

I lead the Israeli-American Civic Action Network. For years, my work has focused on antisemitism, Holocaust distortion, civic advocacy, and the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Dillon Hosier

Kill Iran’s Nerve Center

Kill Iran’s Nerve Center

From Israel’s perspective, eliminating senior Iranian figures such as Ali Larijani is not about symbolism. It is about dismantling the Islamic...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

The Real Question Is … Who Are We?

Last night I attended a screening and discussion of our film Tragic Awakening at the UJA of New York. As always, the response was deeply moving....

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Nitzan Bergman

Did We Miss Signals from Alien Civilizations? AI Reframes the Search

Image: Conceptual illustration of a possible signal from an alien civilization reaching Earth.Detecting such signals — or their physical traces —...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Rafi Glick

Egypt Suffered From The Nine Plagues

During a Passover Seder most Jews remove a few drops of wine from their goblets at the mention of each of the ten plagues that struck the Egyptians;...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Allen S. Maller

Parasha Vayikra—Where Sacrifice Becomes Language

Parasha Vayikra—Where Sacrifice Becomes Language

There is something strange at the beginning of this book. The very word — Vayikra, “And He called” — is written with a small alef in the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Yosef B. Moran

The US–Israel war with Iran will not end with a clear victor

The US–Israel war with Iran will not end with a clear victor

As the United States–Israel war against Iran enters its third week and continues to spill across the region, the question is no longer who will win...

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Al Jazeera

Sultan Barakat

Why Was This Purim Different? On Reflection

It’s always been an interesting distinction that Purim is one of only two Jewish holidays (Chanuka the other) that is mandated in perpetuity. Though...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Rose gerszberg

Getting Used to Bad Things Is Bad for Your Health

Getting Used to Bad Things Is Bad for Your Health

People exposed to bad things can become numb over time to worsening situations.

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Psychology Today

Michael Miller

Stranded by War: From 9/11 to Dubai, a Life Repeatedly Disrupted by Terror

Stranded by War: From 9/11 to Dubai, a Life Repeatedly Disrupted by Terror

Once again, radical Islam has disrupted my life’s celebration plans. This time, it meant being stuck in Dubai during the current war with Iran’s...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Deborah ben-aderet

Sova: Imamo materialne dokaze, da so bili izraelski obveščevalci prav na sedežu SDS

Sova: Imamo materialne dokaze, da so bili izraelski obveščevalci prav na sedežu SDS

​Direktor Sove Joško Kadivnik je danes članom operativne skupine sekretariata Sveta za nacionalno varnost (SNAV) predstavil dogajanje decembra...

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Dnevnik

Sta

No one mourns the wicked? God does. So stop glorifying the deaths of our enemies

And if you are Secretary of Defense, stop calling yourself “Secretary of War.” Stop glorifying it. Don’t revel in killing thousands at the push...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Joshua Hammerman

Collateralized Suicide at Scale

Collateralized Suicide at Scale

Understanding the Structural Logic of Irreversible Death Trajectories I introduced the concept of Collateralized Suicide in Collateralized Suicide and...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ivan Bassov