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Spanish far-right activists use Nazi-style salutes in anti-migrant protests

Spanish far-right activists use Nazi-style salutes in anti-migrant protests

Dozens of Núcleo Nacional members in Madrid participate in mass demonstrations over influx of 72,000 illegal infiltrators into enclave of Ceuta in...

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The Times of Israel

Shira Li Bartov

Rosh Hashanah: The Day of Enlightenment

“Rosh Hashanah is our day of enlightenment; Yom Kippur, our day of salvation. (Midrash Tehilim 27:1) It makes sense to call Yom Kippur a day of...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Lazer Gurkow

Israel warns of ongoing terror threats to Jews, Israelis abroad ahead of High Holidays

Israel warns of ongoing terror threats to Jews, Israelis abroad ahead of High Holidays

IDF strike said to destroy empty Lebanon hospital after drone attack targeting troops * Zamir launches snap drill testing IDF’s readiness for...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

“We Are Being Drawn Into a War We Don’t Want to Fight”: What Jordan’s Alliance with Washington Is Costing It

“We Are Being Drawn Into a War We Don’t Want to Fight”: What Jordan’s Alliance with Washington Is Costing It The growing public discontent...

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New Eastern Outlook

Muhammad Hamid Ad-Din

Only a Broad Jewish-Arab Bloc Can Put Peace on the Agenda of the Next Government

Only a Broad Jewish-Arab Bloc Can Put Peace on the Agenda of the Next Government
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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Susie Becher

Israel's Election Cycle Reveals a Country Untethered From Reality

Israel's Election Cycle Reveals a Country Untethered From Reality

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Haaretz

Gideon Levy

How Can the IDF Protect Freedom of Religion – and Freedom From Religion?

How Can the IDF Protect Freedom of Religion – and Freedom From Religion?

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Haaretz

Asa Kasher

Macklemore calls for a ‘Free Palestine’ while opening for Ed Sheeran at New Jersey show

Macklemore calls for a ‘Free Palestine’ while opening for Ed Sheeran at New Jersey show

Rapper performs anti-Israel ‘Hind’s Hall’ song as Gaza footage plays behind him; Israeli concertgoers express anguish, say they felt ambushed

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

When Evil Becomes a State: From 1979 to October 7

When Evil Becomes a State: From 1979 to October 7
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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Erfan Fard

Peoples of Israel: Jason Watson, the Chickasaw Zionist

Peoples of Israel: Jason Watson, the Chickasaw Zionist

On this week’s installment, we meet a man who came to see that his Native American indigenous story is reflected in Israel’s struggle for existence

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The Times of Israel

Sarah Tuttle-Singer

Training the Human Neural Network – RLHF to RLDF.

Training the Human Neural Network – RLHF to RLDF.
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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ibrahim Mukherjee

Passing on the Family Story

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Avi Rockoff

Mamdani, Antisemitism, and the Danger of Displaced Conflation

Mamdani, Antisemitism, and the Danger of Displaced Conflation
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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Kelsey Maurine Brickl

Coalition scored successes in judicial overhaul, but High Court, elections, will decide its fate

Coalition scored successes in judicial overhaul, but High Court, elections, will decide its fate

High Court will likely strike down changes to judicial appointments process, among other legislation, but it may have to fight to keep that power if...

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The Times of Israel

Jeremy Sharon

Sofia Synagogue, Bulgaria: the largest synagogue in Southeastern Europe

Sofia Synagogue, Bulgaria: the largest synagogue in Southeastern Europe

The Sofia Synagogue is a 117-year-old Orthodox Jewish synagogue and home to the Jewish religious community in Sofia, Bulgaria. Completed in 1909, it...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jay Abramson

You Do Not Speak for Israel

You Do Not Speak for Israel

There is a growing foreign political right that has begun to talk as if it owns the State of Israel. As if they have adopted a lost orphan and are...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Whimsy Anderson

Was 2024 India’s Third Strategic Loss in Bangladesh?

Was 2024 India’s Third Strategic Loss in Bangladesh?

India may have suffered three major strategic setbacks in Bangladesh since helping the country win independence in 1971. The first came in 1975, when...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Purna Lal Chakma

Mordechai & Mamdani: Stand Up

Mordechai & Mamdani: Stand Up
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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Mark Wildes

The Heirloom

The Heirloom
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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Zimra Vigoda

Rising from Loss: Rosh Hashanah and 9/11 Remembered

Rising from Loss: Rosh Hashanah and 9/11 Remembered
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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jeff Schindler

September 11: More Than a Date on the Calendar

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jamie Lassner

Netanyahu: The Balance Sheet of an Era, the Anatomy of an Obsession

Netanyahu: The Balance Sheet of an Era, the Anatomy of an Obsession
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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Eitan Chikli

Happy Birthday, Shalom Hanoch!

For six decades, he has shown that Israeli rock can be intimate, critical and unmistakably itself. On September 1, Shalom Hanoch turned 80. Israel’s...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Bernard P. Markowicz

Rosh Hashanah: Learning Our Holiness Once Again

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Emily Jaeger

Breaking Down Barriers, Not Each Other

Breaking Down Barriers, Not Each Other
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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sam Cohen

From Lab to Life: Repairing Stroke with Scaffold

A stroke, sometimes called a “brain attack,” is a “medical emergency that happens when the blood supply to part of your brain is interrupted or...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Shlomo Maital

The Question Israelis Refuse to Ask: What Has Netanyahu Done to Our Conscience?

The Question Israelis Refuse to Ask: What Has Netanyahu Done to Our Conscience?

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Haaretz

Eitan Bolokan

Your WhatsApp Bot’s October Bill Is ₪0. Almost.

Your WhatsApp Bot’s October Bill Is ₪0. Almost.

On Wednesday I rewrote three of my own pricing guides. Not because a competitor undercut me, but because a sentence in them — roughly, “2,000...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Achiya Cohen

The Closure of a Jerusalem Cafe Open on Shabbat Is Another Step Into the Dark

The Closure of a Jerusalem Cafe Open on Shabbat Is Another Step Into the Dark

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Haaretz

Haaretz Editorial

The Judenplatz: Vienna Waits for You

There is a Vienna seen and celebrated, where tourists line up for a sense of majesty and the nostalgia of empire. They pass through the splendid halls...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Scott Copeland

Hebrew and English?

You probably didn’t even notice that my blog is in English, since the Times of Israel platform is an English language environment. We should stop...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Stephanie Wald

Are India-Israel Ties Bigger Than Gaza?

For us as Indians, the relationship with Palestine is not a recent or distant issue. Since India’s independence in 1947, the Palestinian question...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Devesh Jha

Surrender

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Kenneth Cohen

Israel’s Game

Israel’s Game

A few days ago, a very interesting article appeared in the Israeli newspaper The Jerusalem Post. It was written by AJ Jaff, whose profile describes...

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Middle East Monitor

Dr Hassaan Bokhari

Chokepoints of Crisis: Global Maritime Security.

Chokepoints of Crisis: Global Maritime Security.

As central shipping lanes face unprecedented asymmetric threats, the international community must recognize that regional sea-lane security is not...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Brosh Momi

Israel Must Act. G-d Determines the Outcome.

Israel Must Act. G-d Determines the Outcome.

Even after all these years, Israel’s ability to meet danger with courage, intelligence, and resolve still inspire awe. This week offered two...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Andy Blumenthal

Pellegrini dáva Ficovi a Šimečkovi návrh, ktorý sám nedokázal využiť

Prezident vyslovil myšlienku, ktorú vo svojej podstate treba oceniť, ale má to dva háčiky. Prvý je ten, že jeho nápad sa v súčasnosti nedá...

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Pravda.sk

Miroslav Čaplovič

Huckabee accuses UK government of ‘Jew hate’ over claim Israel blocking medicine from Gaza

Huckabee accuses UK government of ‘Jew hate’ over claim Israel blocking medicine from Gaza

British foreign secretary alleges children in Gaza are dying while waiting for medical treatment, prompting anger from both US and Israel, which...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

My Mother’s Aliya: A Pseudo-Pregnancy Journal

My Mother’s Aliya: A Pseudo-Pregnancy Journal

It has been as close as I’ll ever come to being pregnant. For months I have been preparing for the big day when our family here In Israel will...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Joshua Berman

The Death of Proof

The law that still governs election propaganda in Israel was written in 1959, and it is a charming document. It bars campaigns from handing out gifts....

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Gil Mildar

Treasure Trove: Zionism from Jerusalem to Basel to Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh?

Treasure Trove: Zionism from Jerusalem to Basel to Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh?
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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

David Matlow

Veteran Haredi MK Moshe Gafni to be removed as leader of UTJ’s Degel HaTorah faction

Veteran Haredi MK Moshe Gafni to be removed as leader of UTJ’s Degel HaTorah faction

Gafni and MK Uri Maklev won’t run in October 27 election, with rabbinical leader saying it is time to ‘refresh’ party list; Shakeup said driven...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Anti-government activist expected to be charged with incitement to terror — report

Anti-government activist expected to be charged with incitement to terror — report

TAU lecturer Yolanda Yavor was arrested in November for posts calling to launch a ‘real rebellion’ against ‘traitor’ Netanyahu; lawyer claims...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Report: Days after Oct. 7, Ofer Winter tried to talk PM out of Gaza ground offensive

Report: Days after Oct. 7, Ofer Winter tried to talk PM out of Gaza ground offensive

Right-wing ex-general said to have told Netanyahu during secret meeting that 15,000 soldiers would die, thousands would be kidnapped if they went into...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Munich’s Chilling Echo on October 7

Munich’s Chilling Echo on October 7
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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Kostis Konstantinou

Mr. President, You Asked When the Iranian People Will Rise Up. They Never Stopped Fighting.

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Marziyeh Amirizadeh

Iran’s Hold on Hormuz Is the Solution and Not the Problem

Iran’s Hold on Hormuz Is the Solution and Not the Problem
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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Kerry Landon-Lane

Israel needs to talk to the Diaspora Jews

Israel needs to talk to the Diaspora Jews
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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Menachem Elyah Paull

Why the New Year Starts in Month Seven

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Guy Shaked