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The Many Faces of Chud

The Many Faces of Chud

From Northern Folklore to the Mediterranean In my earlier article Mediterranean Chud — From Russians to Arabs, From Chud to “Palestinians”, I...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ivan Bassov

Why Do The Righteous Suffer

The dialogue between Hashem and Moshe Rabbeinu after the sin of the Golden Calf, was very revealing. It was described as an עת רצון, or an...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Kenneth Cohen

British lessons about American decline

British lessons about American decline

When issuing their warnings about Western “civilizational erasure,” U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance often point to the...

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The Japan Times

Harold James

Macron heads to Cyprus as Europe rallies around island after drone attack

Macron heads to Cyprus as Europe rallies around island after drone attack

Macron bolstering French military presence, drone and missile defenses around Cyprus ahead of talks with Cypriot and Greek leaders

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The Times of Israel

Sylvie Corbet

Expanding Use of Premarital Surnames: Aim to Introduce System That Won’t Cause Social Disruption

16:41 JST, March 8, 2026 It is understandable that the administration of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi aims to alleviate inconveniences for people...

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The Japan News

Editorial

EDITORIAL: Provisional budget needed rather than rush Diet passage

It is truly an outrage destroying a democratic government. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is seeking to pass the fiscal 2026 budget in the Diet by the...

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The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: The government should learn from Mori Ogai’s museum work

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The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun

A View from the Korean Peninsula on Events in Iran: Lessons and Parallels

A View from the Korean Peninsula on Events in Iran: Lessons and Parallels

A View from the Korean Peninsula on Events in Iran: Lessons and Parallels In this article, we will examine the likely conclusions and concerns being...

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New Eastern Outlook

Konstantin Asmolov

Possible Scenarios for the Middle East

Possible Scenarios for the Middle East

Possible Scenarios for the Middle East The US and Israeli aggression against Iran has pushed the Middle East to the verge of exploding. It has ignited...

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New Eastern Outlook

Yuriy Zinin

Deny Israel’s Past, Guarantee Endless War

Deny Israel’s Past, Guarantee Endless War

The last decade has felt like an endless war for Israel. Rockets, terror attacks, border conflicts, and international condemnation seem to arrive in...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sabine Sterk

The global consequences of attacking Iran

The global consequences of attacking Iran

The global consequences of attacking Iran Under fire from the Iranian retaliation, the Gulf nations are wondering if the US miscalculated, leaving...

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Il Manifesto Global

Francesco Strazzari

الإمارات.. رسالة قوة في زمن الاضطرابات

في وقت التوترات الإقليمية وتصاعد الأزمات، بعثت كلمات صاحب السمو الشيخ محمد بن...

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العين الإخبارية

عيسى الكعبي

Before Reconstruction: The Moral Architecture of Peace – Part 4

Culture Builds What Politics Cannot: How Art, Language, and Narrative Reopen the Future This essay is part of the series “Before Reconstruction: The...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ed Gaskin

(REKLI SO) Nataša Pirc Musar: Odločen ne vojni

(REKLI SO) Nataša Pirc Musar: Odločen ne vojni

"Ali vojne rešijo težave? Ne, jih le poglabljajo in ustvarjajo nove. Ali dialog lahko reši težave? Lahko. A če ne poskusiš, ne boš vedel....

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Večer

D.r

The war Iran prepared for: How Tehran is raising the cost of war

The war Iran prepared for: How Tehran is raising the cost of war

Iran is pursuing a multi-layered strategy—military, economic, political, and diplomatic—to raise the cost of war and prevent regime change....

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Middle East Monitor

Dr Ramzy Baroud

Anthropic’s partners are making a deal with the AI devil

Anthropic’s partners are making a deal with the AI devil

Anthropic PBC made an announcement late last month that flew under the radar. Having sparked selloffs in the equity market with a relentless stream of...

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The Japan Times

Parmy Olson

Calls grow for Australia to give Iran’s women’s soccer team asylum after anthem protest

Calls grow for Australia to give Iran’s women’s soccer team asylum after anthem protest

Reza Pahlavi and J.K. Rowling join growing chorus urging Canberra to protect the players after Iranian state TV brands them ‘wartime traitors’

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The Times of Israel

Afp

More hardline than his father, Mojtaba Khamenei’s appointment signals defiance and revenge

More hardline than his father, Mojtaba Khamenei’s appointment signals defiance and revenge

Successor and son of Iran’s slain supreme leader will ‘have no choice’ but to expand repression, even if war ends, official says, warning world...

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The Times of Israel

Samia Nakhoul

Not The Same Fight: Comparing Israeli, US Strikes

Discourse over military strikes against Iran often blurs a crucial political distinction. When the United States threatens and carries out attacks on...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jonathan Salinas

الإمارات جميلة.. ولكن!

تجد في كل مفردة من الكلمة المختصرة للشيخ محمد بن زايد آل نهيان، رئيس دولة...

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العين الإخبارية

محمد خلفان الصوافي

Crude oil prices spike above $115 a barrel as Iran conflict disrupts production, shipping

Crude oil prices spike above $115 a barrel as Iran conflict disrupts production, shipping

Asian stock markets plunge as several nations cut oil production amid attacks by Iran and threat to export routes, including key Strait of Hormuz

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The Times of Israel

Ap

الرد الأقسى بتاريخ الاعتداءات الحربية.. الإمارات لا تفاوض على أمنها وسيادتها

تصريحات الشيخ محمد بن زايد آل نهيان رئيس دولة الإمارات للزميل الإعلامي فيصل بن...

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العين الإخبارية

د. خلف الطاهات

بورتسودان بوابة طهران.. كيف اختطفت الأيديولوجيا جيش السودان

لم تعد العلاقة الجدلية بين التيار الإسلامي في السودان الذي يسيطر على مقاليد...

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العين الإخبارية

عبد المنعم سليمان

The long road to war between the U.S., Israel and Iran

The long road to war between the U.S., Israel and Iran

As the conflict with Iran reshapes global security assumptions and energy markets, the debate in the United States has focused largely on why U.S....

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The Japan Times

Carla Norrlof

First Worrying Daylight Between the U.S. and Israel Emerges as They Battle Iran

First Worrying Daylight Between the U.S. and Israel Emerges as They Battle Iran

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Haaretz

Chuck Freilich

‘Country’ Joe McDonald, ’60s US rock star, proud protest counterculture icon, dies at 84

‘Country’ Joe McDonald, ’60s US rock star, proud protest counterculture icon, dies at 84

Named after Stalin by his once-Communist Jewish mother and Presbytarian father, anti-war activist starred at Woodstock after rising to fame with...

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The Times of Israel

Hillel Italie

Iran names Khamenei’s shadowy, hardline son Mojtaba as new supreme leader

Iran names Khamenei’s shadowy, hardline son Mojtaba as new supreme leader

IRGC ally’s appointment comes after Trump dismissed him as an unacceptable ‘lightweight,’ and Israel threatened to kill anyone picked by regime...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

Trump to Times of Israel: It’ll be a ‘mutual’ decision with Netanyahu regarding when Iran war ends

Trump to Times of Israel: It’ll be a ‘mutual’ decision with Netanyahu regarding when Iran war ends

US president clarifies he’ll make final call to end operation ‘at right time’; says in phone interview that he and PM ‘worked together’...

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The Times of Israel

Jacob Magid

Woman injured from flying debris in central Israel as Iran keeps up missile fire

Woman injured from flying debris in central Israel as Iran keeps up missile fire

US State Department orders non-essential diplomats out of Saudi Arabia * Clashes reported in east Lebanon as Israeli forces land in area of recent...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Iran’s Strategy Is To Outlast The U.S. And Israel

The Iranian regime is attempting to expand the war in Iran beyond its borders to drive up the economic and political costs for the United States and...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sheldon Kirshner

Dutch Lessons: Low Abortion Rates and Reproductive Health Insights

Dutch Lessons: Low Abortion Rates and Reproductive Health Insights

Lessons from the Netherlands: Reflections on Low Abortion Rates and Reproductive Education Growing up in a Dutch immigrant household, I noticed early...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Monique Dietvorst

Citing conflict of interest concerns, Justice Ministry won’t hand Sde Teiman leak probe to AG

Citing conflict of interest concerns, Justice Ministry won’t hand Sde Teiman leak probe to AG

Ministry’s legal aide tells court that Gali Baharav-Miara’s subordinate, State Attorney Amit Aisman, is the ‘most senior official’ who can...

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The Times of Israel

Charlie Summers

Zaradi kršitev protimonopolne zakonodaje Heinekenu grozi milijardna globa

Zaradi kršitev protimonopolne zakonodaje Heinekenu grozi milijardna globa

Zaradi ugotovitev kršitev protimonopolne zakonodaje na grškem pivovarskem trgu na Nizozemskem poteka sojenje zoper Heineken in njegovo hčerinsko...

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Dnevnik

Sebastjan Morozov

Hegseth's comments are reminder that government isn't always eager to show human cost to war

Hegseth's comments are reminder that government isn't always eager to show human cost to war

Remarks by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that the American press emphasizes U.S. casualties in the Iran war because it “wants to make the president...

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Japan Today

David Bauder

Brezmadežnost

Brezmadežnost

Naj začnem nekoliko humorno, pa vendar s popolnoma preverljivimi dejstvi. Eden najvišjih cerkvenih dostojanstvenikov pri nas, nadškof dr. Marjan...

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Dnevnik

Dragan Petrovec

The Son of the Ayatollah

The Son of the Ayatollah

The Son of the Ayatollah: Mojtaba Khamenei and the Regime That Refuses to Change The Islamic Republic of Iran has formally appointed Mojtaba Khamenei...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Mansoor h. laghari

Tok vojne spreminja stališča in strategije

Tok vojne spreminja stališča in strategije

Ameriški predsednik Donald Trump uradno ne podpira več juriša kurdskih skupin na Iran. V njegovi administraciji sedaj razmišljajo o omejenem...

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Dnevnik

Aleš Gaube

A Roadmap to Peace in the Middle East.

A Roadmap to Peace in the Middle East.

For decades, the Middle East has remained one of the most volatile regions in global politics. From long-standing rivalries to modern geopolitical...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Mohamed abdi idiris

Perspective on the Iranian US – Israeli War

Like many Arabs, Jews, and Christians in Israel, I now divide my days between ordinary life and repeated trips to our safe room. The rockets fired at...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jim Shalom

Krivi bodo predvsem starši: na moped ali e-skiro odslej šele s 15 leti – ali pa malo prej

Krivi bodo predvsem starši: na moped ali e-skiro odslej šele s 15 leti – ali pa malo prej

Mopede in električne skiroje smejo od konca februarja uporabljati le starejši od 15 let oziroma tisti, ki bodo letos dopolnili 15 let. Med vzroki za...

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Dnevnik

Tamara Krivec

Bo Velika Britanija počasi vstopila v vojno?

Bo Velika Britanija počasi vstopila v vojno?

Predsednik ZDA ne odneha s kritiko in žaljivkami britanskega premierja čeprav Starmerjeva vlada postopoma popušča Trumpovemu pritisku, zaradi...

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Dnevnik

Brane Kastelic

The Art of Witnessing in a Time of War

Have you ever wondered what it is like to walk around in a country where the air itself carries fear? In Israel these days, there is a collective...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Leetal Caidar Benzvi

Moral Confusion After the Gracie Mansion Protest

The protest outside Gracie Mansion this week revealed something deeper than a moment of street violence. It exposed the moral confusion that has...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Tsahi shemesh

The Land of Promise: Utopian and Dystopian Visions

The Land of Promise: Utopian and Dystopian Visions

Hebrew literature from its biblical foundations along its contemporary expressions, presents a rich textual tapestry in which utopian aspirations and...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Hagit Arieli Chai

World War Four: The Alliance Nobody Saw Coming

“I know not with what weapons World War Three will be fought,” Albert Einstein famously said in a 1949 interview. “But World War Four will be...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Yonatan Simkovich

Pnevmatike

Pnevmatike

Željko, čeprav obožuje nove avtomobile, rad pripomni, da so bili nekoč bistveno lažji za upravljanje in popravljanje. »Imel si štiri gume. Če...

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Dnevnik

Stric Željko

Why Iran Did Not Blink in the Face of US Power

For the month before the war, the view from Tehran should have looked frightening. As Iran looked over its western horizon, dozens of US and Israeli...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jacob stoil