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Israel limps away from Winter Olympics overshadowed by bobsleigh team’s drama

Israel limps away from Winter Olympics overshadowed by bobsleigh team’s drama

After scrappy group fought for years for a spot on the Olympic stage, its legacy is tainted by disqualification, and the whole delegation’s...

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The Times of Israel

Amy Spiro

The Erasure of the Jew: Rembrandt at the Boston MFA

The new exhibit at the Boston MFA, Reality and Imagination, makes a startling claim: Rembrandt’s relationship to the Jews didn’t amount to much....

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

William Kolbrener

Poklicni vozniki tudi pod vplivom alkohola in drog

Poklicni vozniki tudi pod vplivom alkohola in drog

Pri 3265 ustavljenih voznikih tovornih vozil so policisti zaznali 1003 kršitve. Najpogosteje so vozili prehitro, niso bili pripeti, vozilo je bilo...

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Dnevnik

Mojca Furlan - Rus

Should You Let Your College Student Live at Home?

Should You Let Your College Student Live at Home?

The costs and benefits of living at home as a college student.

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Psychology Today

Max Alberhasky Ph.d

Israeli kickboxer beats anti-Israel Turkish foe

Israeli kickboxer beats anti-Israel Turkish foe

Ahavat Hashem Gordon wins technical knockout against Ali Koyuncu, who had baited him with anti-Israel posts ahead of fight; remains undefeated in...

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The Times of Israel

Stuart Winer

Fresh campus protests in Iran continue for second day with shows of defiance

Fresh campus protests in Iran continue for second day with shows of defiance

40-days memorial services for those killed in brutal crackdown last month become a rallying point for new demonstrations; regime stages pro-government...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

Daily Briefing Feb. 22 — IDF ramps up Hezbollah strikes as Iran supports proxy group

Daily Briefing Feb. 22 — IDF ramps up Hezbollah strikes as Iran supports proxy group

Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian discusses IDF strikes in Lebanon with Iran’s Guards in region, USS Gerald Ford nearing Mediterranean, and...

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The Times of Israel

Jessica Steinberg

What Is It About Women in Leadership That Reduces Corruption?

What Is It About Women in Leadership That Reduces Corruption?

Women leaders and lower corruption: 25 years of data brings consistent findings.

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Psychology Today

Debbie Peterson

Chronic Issues Erode Thailand’s Economy as Political Confusion Persists, Threatening Terminal Decline in Its Economy

Chronic Issues Erode Thailand’s Economy as Political Confusion Persists, Threatening Terminal Decline in Its Economy

By Junichi Fukasawa / Yomiuri Shimbun Director and Senior Writer 17:32 JST, February 21, 2026 Voting for the House of Representatives in Thailand...

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The Japan News

Junichi Fukasawa Yomiuri Shimbun Director And Senior Writer

Khamenei, planning for possible assassination, appoints Larijani to key role – report

Khamenei, planning for possible assassination, appoints Larijani to key role – report

NYT details succession plans, says Iran views US strikes as ‘inevitable and imminent’; official says US willing to hold another round of talks...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Toxic People Makes Us Age Faster

Toxic People Makes Us Age Faster

A new study shows how unpleasant people lead to accelerated biological aging.

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Psychology Today

Sebastian Ocklenburg

IDF escalates strikes on Hezbollah as fears grow of Iran-directed assault on Israel

IDF escalates strikes on Hezbollah as fears grow of Iran-directed assault on Israel

Army steps up efforts to degrade missile capabilities, no longer assessing proxy will stay out of fight should US strike Tehran, thanks to heavy...

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

Supreme Court refuses to allow PM’s chief of staff to appeal his release conditions

Supreme Court refuses to allow PM’s chief of staff to appeal his release conditions

Judge says Braverman still barred from contacting Netanyahu or suspects in obstruction case, and from leaving country, after he asked to be allowed to...

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The Times of Israel

Jeremy Sharon

Seeking recognition, Somaliland minister says US can access its minerals, military bases

Seeking recognition, Somaliland minister says US can access its minerals, military bases

Khadar Hussein Abdi suggests granting ‘exclusive’ mineral rights to Washington, is ‘open to offer’ military sites; won’t rule out...

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The Times of Israel

Afp

Enjoy the Pursuit: Why Adherence Is the Real Intervention

Enjoy the Pursuit: Why Adherence Is the Real Intervention

If you want better health outcomes, design programs people find fun.

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Psychology Today

Mike Rucker Ph.d

How to Reach a Superior Level of Curiosity

How to Reach a Superior Level of Curiosity

How to be more curious—and why it will make you better at everything.

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Psychology Today

Alice Boyes Ph.d

‘We search for everyone’: inside Colombia’s quest to find its disappeared

‘We search for everyone’: inside Colombia’s quest to find its disappeared

Since 1964, Colombia has endured a grueling armed conflict between the government, far-right paramilitary groups, far-left guerrillas, and crime...

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Buenos Aires Herald

Facundo Iglesia

Purpose Is Simple; Courage Is Hard

Purpose Is Simple; Courage Is Hard

Stop searching for your “why” and start moving toward what lights you up.

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Psychology Today

Jordan Grumet M.d

When Negotiations Cause Defeat

When Negotiations Cause Defeat

Real change does not come from the negotiating table. It comes from terms of surrender. Israel is running out of time to remember this. Israel is...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Richard Diamond

Is Your Personality Costing You Opportunities at Work?

Is Your Personality Costing You Opportunities at Work?

Why competence isn’t always enough to move you forward at work.

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Psychology Today

Shannon Sauer-Zavala Ph.d

US Secret Service kills armed man trying to enter Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Florida estate

US Secret Service kills armed man trying to enter Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Florida estate

Man, identified as a 21-year-old from North Carolina, raises a gas can and a shotgun when agents confront him

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The Times of Israel

Michele L. Price

Zlaté časy sa Progresívnemu Slovensku skončili

IGOR DANIŠ: Rok a pol pred voľbami by si v PS mali uvedomiť, že udržanie súčasného náskoku pred ostatnými opozičnými konkurentmi je len...

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Pravda.sk

Igor Daniš

Epstein files reveal financial links between Leon Black and Art adviser

As fresh documents from the US Department of Justice continue to shed light on the financial operations of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, newly...

10

Blitz

Jennifer Hicks

Mr. Prime Minister, will you send army officers to the gallows?

While it is said, power tests a man – it reveals not only what he believes, but whom he believes in – and today, the question before Prime...

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Blitz

M A Hossain

New study puts hominins in Israel 1.9 million years ago, rewriting earliest human migration

New study puts hominins in Israel 1.9 million years ago, rewriting earliest human migration

Team redates prehistoric ‘Ubeidiya in Jordan Valley to same age as oldest Georgian site, suggesting at least two distinct groups of human ancestors...

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The Times of Israel

Rossella Tercatin

Kyiv prosecutor’s family assets under scrutiny after investigation links mother to $1 million property portfolio

An investigation by Ukrainian outlet Hromadske has raised serious questions about the source of funds behind more than $1 million in real estate...

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Blitz

Sonjib Chandra Das

Trump na Grenlandijo poslal vojaško bolniško ladjo. Odgovor? »Ne, hvala!«

Trump na Grenlandijo poslal vojaško bolniško ladjo. Odgovor? »Ne, hvala!«

Zakaj ameriški predsednik na otok s 57.000 prebivalci pošilja 1000 bolniških postelj?

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Dnevnik

Daf

AG ditches cabinet discussion on wiretapping after Ben Gvir bars senior cop

AG ditches cabinet discussion on wiretapping after Ben Gvir bars senior cop

Police chief Daniel Levy also decides not to show up to meeting, after national security minister won’t allow Boaz Blatt, who heads police...

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The Times of Israel

Jeremy Sharon

Call From the Past

Call From the Past

THE  STORY OF THE AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU CREMATORIA WHITE-PRINT: FROM HORROR TO HUMANITY A Collector’s Acquisition At the end of 2025, an eye-catching...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Inna Rogatchi

And So We Wait …

For War to Erupt and For … For dozens of ballistic missiles and hundreds of drones to be launched at our homes, wives, children, and elderly parents...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Shimon Apisdorf

Seychelles Mahé – The Plus Side of Paradise

Seychelles Mahé – The Plus Side of Paradise

Supporting the narrative of a “rare, curated paradise” rather than a volume-driven destination, Seychelles deliberately limits mass tourism. With...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Motti Verses

The language of antisemitism

My woodwork teacher in a Johannesburg high school, Mr Richards, a small, blond-haired man with a ginger moustache, occasionally admonished the boys...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Harold Behr

Silver’s surge suggests a brighter future for solar

Silver’s surge suggests a brighter future for solar

Did we just pass "peak solar"? That’s the claim now circulating among many analysts. Hitting net zero will require 630 gigawatts of panels...

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The Japan Times

David Fickling

Knesset panel flags national security fears over Zim’s sale to German shipping rival

Knesset panel flags national security fears over Zim’s sale to German shipping rival

Lawmakers caution that Zim played a vital role for Israel’s economy and security during the war, including with emergency logistics and national...

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The Times of Israel

Sharon Wrobel

Germany’s Cultural Elite Is Playing With Fire

Germany’s Cultural Elite Is Playing With Fire

Words matter most when spoken from positions of power. At the Berlinale, one of Europe’s most prestigious, taxpayer-funded cultural stages, an...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Michael Kuenne

France declares war on meat

France declares war on meat

The state is lecturing its citizens about the supposed danger of their diets, again

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RT.com

Rachel Marsden

Doha and Ankara’s Approach and the Challenges of the Qatar-Syria-Turkey Gas Pipeline Project

Doha and Ankara’s Approach and the Challenges of the Qatar-Syria-Turkey Gas Pipeline Project

Doha and Ankara’s Approach and the Challenges of the Qatar-Syria-Turkey Gas Pipeline Project Meanwhile, the continuation of historical challenges...

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New Eastern Outlook

Samyar Rostami

What if Jeremy Bowen were in Gaza?

What if Jeremy Bowen were in Gaza?

Jeremy Bowen, the BBC’s veteran Middle East editor, once offered a deceptively simple formula for surviving the moral challenges of conflict...

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Middle East Monitor

Karam Nama

MK Mansour Abbas’s son hit by car, seriously injured while riding electric bicycle

MK Mansour Abbas’s son hit by car, seriously injured while riding electric bicycle

Mohammad Abbas, son of Ra’am party chairman, suffers head injuries as he rides in hometown of Maghar in north

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The Times of Israel

Charlie Summers

Cognitive Inconsistency

When I write, things line up. Thoughts behave. Sentences do what they’re told. I can follow an idea from start to finish without losing it halfway...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Talyah Ginsberg

Was Shakespeare Jewish

I think that William Shakespeare was stating what I consider to be true, and it is possible, but doubtful, that he was Jewish. Shakespeare wrote,...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Israel Drazin

Is the Middle East drifting toward a nuclear arms race?

The Middle East stands at a strategic inflection point. Intensifying friction between the United States and Iran over Tehran’s nuclear program,...

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Blitz

Damsana Ranadhiran

Trump, According to Trump

Every day it’s the same: declaring war at lunch, and back to normal by dinner.  I can’t figure out if I should be prepping a costume for the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Omer Biran

A historic mandate and a defining responsibility: Tarique Rahman’s new chapter in Bangladesh politics

The political journey of Tarique Rahman has entered what many consider its most decisive phase. After 17 years in exile, the BNP Chairperson returned...

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Blitz

Tajul Islam

Hard Power and Legitimacy in the Chagos Archipelago

Hard Power and Legitimacy in the Chagos Archipelago

It is US hard power, rather than the Chagos agreement or any successor to it, that will ensure that Diego Garcia can continue to play its role in the...

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E-International

Derrick Wyatt

Facing the World – Part 6 — The Conditions for Continuity

Facing the World – Part 6 — The Conditions for Continuity

Continuity endures when identity, responsibility, and the conditions for life itself are held together. The previous parts explored history, identity,...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Willem Adrianus de Bruijn

Zaluzhny breaks silence on Zelensky: Ukraine’s Deep State at war

The factional war within Ukraine’s political, military, and security elites is intensifying. And it is increasingly unfolding in public, albeit...

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Blitz

Uriel Irigaray Araujo

Netanyahu nixes ministerial vote on bill cementing Orthodox control of Western Wall

Netanyahu nixes ministerial vote on bill cementing Orthodox control of Western Wall

Justice minister calls on MKs to vote in favor, coalition whip receives PM’s permission to give MKs freedom to vote freely on the controversial...

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The Times of Israel

Sam Sokol

Featured Post

Featured Post

Some Israelis have started saying their quietly held views out loud: they believe the spike of violence among Arab Israelis reflects something that is...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Miriam Awad Morad

Ten percent for an anti-fact governance device…

Ten percent for an anti-fact governance device: Braun’s “Crown,” 1968 without Jews, and the exportable technology of sacred jurisdiction This is...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Yochanan Schimmelpfennig