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Haviv Rettig Gur: Political footballs and politicians’ fumbles

Haviv Rettig Gur: Political footballs and politicians’ fumbles

In this Israeli election year, ToI’s senior analyst gives the play-by-play on the newly announced joint party of two former prime ministers and...

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The Times of Israel

Amanda Borschel-Dan

Syria arrests former Assad-era general accused of 2013 chemical attack involvement

Syria arrests former Assad-era general accused of 2013 chemical attack involvement

Interior Ministry says it detained Adnan Abboud Hilweh, who it says was responsible for sarin nerve gas ‘massacre’ on Damascus-area suburb Ghouta,...

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The Times of Israel

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Haredi anti-draft protesters block entrance to Jerusalem, are dispersed after 2 hours

Haredi anti-draft protesters block entrance to Jerusalem, are dispersed after 2 hours

Day after members of extremist Jerusalem Faction breached home of IDF officer, hundreds of ultra-Orthodox protesters block cars, resist police in...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Knesset panel advances measure lowering bar to compensate workers furloughed by Iran war

Knesset panel advances measure lowering bar to compensate workers furloughed by Iran war

Following pressure from business groups, government set to agree to shorten the qualifying period for entitlement to unpaid leave payments to five...

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The Times of Israel

Sharon Wrobel

AI and the Four Faces of Anti-Intelligence

AI and the Four Faces of Anti-Intelligence

When intelligence looks real, but the thinking isn't there.

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Psychology Today

John Nosta

Masked menace: When martial arts become a cover for extremism in Bangladesh

By any serious measure, Bangladesh has spent the better part of two decades trying to outrun the ghosts of militancy. From the rise of...

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Blitz

M A Hossain

Palestine Action ban is risk to free speech, watchdog says, amid UK appeal to bar group

Palestine Action ban is risk to free speech, watchdog says, amid UK appeal to bar group

Lawyers for anti-Israel group tell court that government should have taken criminal measures against it rather than ban it, as state argues such steps...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

Franco Colapinto meets up with Lionel Messi ahead of Miami Grand Prix

Franco Colapinto meets up with Lionel Messi ahead of Miami Grand Prix

After a dazzling exhibition in Buenos Aires, Franco Colapinto got his wish and met Argentine men’s national football team star Lionel Messi in...

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Buenos Aires Herald

Fernando Romero Nuñez

The Healthy Way to Handle Irreconcilable Differences

The Healthy Way to Handle Irreconcilable Differences

Two-thirds of relationship conflicts can’t be solved. Knowing this is invaluable.

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Psychology Today

Gregg Levoy

Growing Your Practice Without Losing Yourself

Growing Your Practice Without Losing Yourself

A paradox audit for therapists and coaches.

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Psychology Today

Diana Hill

How to Rebuild Self-Trust After Betrayal and Gaslighting

How to Rebuild Self-Trust After Betrayal and Gaslighting

Self-trust is lost when someone repeatedly tells you your perceptions are wrong.

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Psychology Today

Sharon Martin

Mars pay plan raises big questions about Musk’s power and priorities

The reported decision by Elon Musk’s SpaceX to tie executive compensation to the colonization of Mars marks a striking evolution in corporate...

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Blitz

Jennifer Hicks

The US And Iran Have Reached An Impasse

Iran was decisively defeated by the United States and Israel in the 40-day war that broke out on February 28. Yet the Iranian regime has not only...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sheldon Kirshner

Mali’s Collapse Is North Africa’s Next Security Crisis

Mali’s Collapse Is North Africa’s Next Security Crisis

The coordinated offensive that struck Bamako and Kati on April 25, 2026, killing Malian Defense Minister Sadio Camara and effectively ending the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Amine Ayoub

We’re All Human When It Comes to Chicken Fingers

We’re All Human When It Comes to Chicken Fingers

A light but instructive moment unfolded at synagogue this past Shabbat during kiddush. In addition to the standard kiddush for the congregation, a...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Andy Blumenthal

High Hopes or Higher Anxiety?

High Hopes or Higher Anxiety?

Sorting science from smoke in cannabis mental health claims.

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Psychology Today

Jon Patrick Hatcher M.a

Google expands Pentagon AI partnership amid internal backlash and industry tensions

Google has entered into a significant new agreement with the United States Department of Defense to provide advanced artificial intelligence...

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Blitz

Tajul Islam

After rejecting Iran’s proposal to open Hormuz, Trump says talks ongoing over the phone

After rejecting Iran’s proposal to open Hormuz, Trump says talks ongoing over the phone

US president: Iran ‘choking like a stuffed pig’; Iranian parliament speaker says Trump imposing blockade to make Iran ‘collapse from within’;...

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The Times of Israel

Lazar Berman

Religious Zionist rabbis say students will not enlist in Armored Corps with women

Religious Zionist rabbis say students will not enlist in Armored Corps with women

Heads of yeshivot from both liberal and hard-line sides of the Orthodox community express concern about co-ed tank units after High Court instructs...

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The Times of Israel

Rossella Tercatin

Cigániková a Sulík už majú plán. Kollárove hodnoty sú im blízke, Sulík si v niečom rozumie aj so Smerom

IRIS KOPCSAYOVÁ: Jana Bittó Cigániková ešte nedávno plakala, keď ju po štrnástich rokoch vyhodili zo SaS, dnes už stála na tlačovke vedľa...

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Pravda.sk

Iris Kopcsayová

How to Find Happiness After Gray Divorce

How to Find Happiness After Gray Divorce

Relationships with family and friends are crucial for happiness and well-being.

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Psychology Today

Carol R. Hughes

Those Left Behind

Those Left Behind

Last week, we went to Har Herzl, Israel’s national military cemetery, to pay our respect to those who have fallen so that we may live here. Each...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Romi Sussman

The economic strangulation of Iran

The economic strangulation of Iran

It is possible that Washington is seeking less an additional military victory than a victory by economic strangulation. In other words, stop bombing,...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Gilles Touboul

The pendulum swings: The slow death of Europe’s pro-Israel consensus

The pendulum swings: The slow death of Europe’s pro-Israel consensus

The European Union is the “chief of all cowards,” Amnesty International declared in a searing statement issued on April 21. The condemnation was a...

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Middle East Monitor

Dr Ramzy Baroud

Artist, left-wing activist and writer Yair Garbuz dies at 80

Artist, left-wing activist and writer Yair Garbuz dies at 80

Known for his collages and an incendiary comment made at a 2015 rally, Garbuz stayed mostly out of public life for the last decade

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The Times of Israel

Jessica Steinberg

Did Antisemitism save the American Revolution?

Did Antisemitism save the American Revolution?

For many, it is an absurd question. Actually, for “experts,” it is a question not even worth discussing. Yet, it is a true story that the Jewish...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jerry Klinger

IDF chief says there’s ‘no ceasefire’ in south Lebanon amid continued fighting with Hezbollah

IDF chief says there’s ‘no ceasefire’ in south Lebanon amid continued fighting with Hezbollah

Trump reportedly pushing back on Israeli efforts to limit talks with Beirut, return to large-scale war; 1 million Lebanese to face food insecurity in...

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

China’s expanding global campaign to silence dissent across borders

The detention of Abdulhakim Idris in a Malaysian airport may appear, at first glance, as an isolated immigration incident. But when viewed through a...

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Blitz

Abul Quashem Joarder

When the Joke Falls Flat, and Power Steps In

There is something almost painfully human about a joke that does not land well. Recently, Jimmy Kimmel told a joke about Melania Trump that fell flat....

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Bruce D. Forman

How Do You Recognize a Point of No Return

How did some Jews know to leave early when the future was still unclear, and what signs are we missing today? People do not miss danger because they...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Tsahi shemesh

Security First: How War Is Reshaping Economic and Foreign Policy

Security First: How War Is Reshaping Economic and Foreign Policy

In today’s international system, one reality is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore: security has returned to the center of global...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Mohamed abdi idiris

Lost for Words

The word Aveida, is used seldomly in the Torah, to describe what is to be done if someone comes across something that is lost. Perhaps most famously...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Shalom Orzach

Naming a Shape-Shifting Disease

I first encountered the work of Caryn Block and Yael Silverstein last summer, when I read their paper “Making the Invisible Visible: Exploring...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Morielle Lotan

Madžarska hiti po evropski denar

Madžarska hiti po evropski denar

Zmagovalec madžarskih volitev pospešeno prepričuje Bruselj, da je pripravljen na reforme, s čimer bi EU sprostila zamrznjena sredstva za...

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Dnevnik

Andrej Brstovšek

3 Unconscious Habits That Make You Look Less Confident

3 Unconscious Habits That Make You Look Less Confident

Three signals that communicate confidence to others that unfold unconsciously.

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Psychology Today

Mark Travers Ph.d

College Mental Health Care Is Expanding, But Is It Working?

College Mental Health Care Is Expanding, But Is It Working?

Campuses are investing more, but many students still struggle to get help.

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Psychology Today

Sharon Shapiro

Two Jews were stabbed – where is our government?

Two Jews were stabbed – where is our government?

This morning, two Jewish men were stabbed in Golders Green, north London. The two – one in his seventies and the other in his thirties – have been...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Simon Kupfer

Kralj je med vrsticami jasno povedal svoje

Kralj je med vrsticami jasno povedal svoje

Britanski kraljevi par v četrtek končuje obisk v ZDA, med katerim se gostitelj Trump ni mogel upreti poskusu, da Karla III. nekako vplete v...

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Dnevnik

Brane Kastelic

Specifications and Insurance: The Symptoms of the Shidduch Crisis

Specifications and Insurance: The Symptoms of the Shidduch Crisis I want to talk to write about something that truly hurts us all—the “Shidduch...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Eliezer Simcha Weiss

Uvod v novo Janševo koalicijo: Poslanci potrdili preoblikovanje vlade

Uvod v novo Janševo koalicijo: Poslanci potrdili preoblikovanje vlade

Sprejeta novela zakona o vladi, s katero se po predlogu SDS število ministrstev zmanjšuje z 19 na 14 ob ohranitvi enega ministra brez listnice, je...

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Dnevnik

Anže Lebinger

Iran does not stand alone – China and Russia create restraint

Iran does not stand alone – China and Russia create restraint

China, and Russia do not stand aside; they hold the war in deliberate abeyance add solidarity and deterrence. What appears as support is, more...

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Middle East Monitor

Ranjan Solomon

“Just Relax”: Still Hysterical After All These Years

“Just Relax”: Still Hysterical After All These Years

When clinical bias turns women's physical symptoms into "just stress"

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Psychology Today

Melissa Rampelli Ph.d

Tadej Pogačar rešuje organizatorje v Švici

Tadej Pogačar rešuje organizatorje v Švici

Najboljši kolesar na svetu je dobil prvo etapo 79. kolesarske dirke po Romandiji in je že vodilni kolesar v skupnem seštevku. Vseeno pa so razlike...

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Dnevnik

Urban Sušnik

Gulf Cooperation Council turns crisis into blueprint for strategic integration after Iran conflict

The recent Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit in Jeddah marks a pivotal moment in the region’s evolving security and economic architecture....

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Blitz

Suraiyya Aziz

How to End an Affair, These Examples Tell All

How to End an Affair, These Examples Tell All

The phrases and behaviors that secretly perpetuate an affair.

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Psychology Today

Lynn Margolies Ph.d

Reconnecting to the Muse

Reconnecting to the Muse

How to use spirituality to overcome creative blocks.

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Psychology Today

Steve Taylor Ph.d

Are American Jews Traitors?

Are American Jews Traitors?

Hagai Segal, a veteran journalist and former editor of Makor Rishon, recently ignited a firestorm with a sharply worded critique of American Jewry. In...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

David Harbater

Jewish man in Rome arrested for allegedly shooting left-wing protesters with airgun

Jewish man in Rome arrested for allegedly shooting left-wing protesters with airgun

According to Italian media, suspect has confessed in incident widely condemned by Jewish leaders during celebration that has seen rising tensions...

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The Times of Israel

Rossella Tercatin

The Power of Positive Talking

The Power of Positive Talking

Personal Perspective: Exploring the unacknowledged benefits of praise

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Psychology Today

Mary Allen

When Survival Replaces Childhood

When Survival Replaces Childhood

A story of childhood pain, choice, and the quiet power to choose differently.

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Psychology Today

Sigifredo Castell Britton Ph.d