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Defending Israel, US likens Somaliland recognition to Palestinian statehood acknowledgements

American envoy accuses fellow UN Security Council members of ‘double standards’ for calling emergency meeting on Israeli decision to recognize the...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

Chronic Pain and Learned Helplessness

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Psychology Today

Jennifer Sarche Mph

Israel, Somaliland, and the Arab World’s Missed Opportunity

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Max Webb

Struggle Toward Repair; Ascend Toward Miracles

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jonathan Biatch

Netanyahu's Close Confidante Is Spinning a Hollow Reality for Us Israelis

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Haaretz

Rogel Alpher

Opinion – Israel’s Recognition of Somaliland

Israel’s move to spearhead the re-recognition of Somaliland is a watershed moment that marks a potential point of no return in Somaliland’s quest...

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E-International

Jamal Abdi

Pentagon announces $8.6 billion Boeing contract for Israeli F-15 fighter jets

Amid Netanyahu visit, US aviation giant inks deal to add 25 F-15IA jets to Israel’s arsenal; Trump says ‘seriously’ considering selling F-35...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

Bondi Beach terrorists ‘acted alone’ in attack on Hanukkah event — Australian police

Top cop in Australia says no evidence found showing father and son ‘were part of a broader terrorist cell, or were directed by others’ to...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

Here’s the bad climate news you missed this year

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The Japan Times

David Fickling

What exactly does ‘off the record’ mean in Japan?

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The Japan Times

Kuni Miyake

Memo to liberal democracies: Beware ‘security autism’

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The Japan Times

Stephen R. Nagy

Repeat after me — never, ever underestimate China

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The Korea Times

Shuli Ren

Multilateralism is not dead yet

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The Japan Times

Gordon Brown

The positive climate news you may have missed this year

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The Japan Times

David Fickling

The New Colonial Order: With US Backing, Israel Turns Syria into a Powerless Periphery

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New Eastern Outlook

Muhammad Hamid Ad-Din

Trump, top aides expressed concern over Israel’s West Bank policies in meeting with PM

US official confirms president and his advisers took particular issue with unchecked settler violence, withholding of PA tax revenues as Israeli...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Trump to be awarded Israel Prize next year, the country’s top honor

Education minister tells US president that he’s receiving award for his ‘significant and consistent efforts on behalf of the Jewish people in...

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The Times of Israel

Lazar Berman

Meeting PM, Trump warns of ‘hell to pay’ if Hamas doesn’t disarm in ‘very short’ time

US president insists he and Netanyahu are almost completely aligned as gaps emerge on Syria, Turkey and West Bank; also says he would back IDF...

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The Times of Israel

Lazar Berman

Hundreds of cops raid Bedouin town with live fire after days of clashes, Ben Gvir visit

Residents report cops threw stun grenades into homes, fired tear gas at mosque: ‘It feels like Tulkarem here’; police say they arrested 16 wanted...

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The Times of Israel

Charlie Summers

Ran Gvili’s family meets Trump and PM, demands his body’s return before 2nd phase of truce

Relatives of slain hostage says both leaders received them with ‘attentive ear,’ urge US president ‘to use all the levers of pressure’ on Hamas to...

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The Times of Israel

Nava Freiberg

Aging Well

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Psychology Today

Jaimie L Lusk Psy.d

Mafias of the Startup Nation

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

The Grammar of ‘and’: Loving Israel Without Choosing Between Exile and Home

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Menachem Creditor

PUK says no Kurdistan cabinet can be formed without its participation

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Manish Rai

VOX POPULI: Remembering a Noto earthquake survivor of pure goodness

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The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun

Parsha VaYechi – Stand Up For Yourself

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Gedalia Walls

Endings and the New Shape of Jewish Grief – Parashat Vayechi

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jay M. Stein

Hashomer AI

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Yosef B. Moran

Ben Gvir is Failing – and the Negev Is Paying the Price

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Harel Ben-Michael

Why Zionism Matters

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Leon Harry Silver

Stop Calling It a 'Bottom Line'

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Psychology Today

Linda L. Barkacs

Somali president to visit Turkey after Israeli recognition of breakaway Somaliland

Hassan Sheikh Mohamud will discuss measures for ‘national unity’ and other ‘regional developments,’ after Ankara and Mogadishu both denounce...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Saudi Arabia bombs Yemen port over separatist weapons shipment from UAE

No casualties reported in attack on Mukalla; Riyadh warns Abu Dhabi its actions in war-torn country are ‘extremely dangerous’

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Man swept away by flash flood found dead

Tamer Alzagarneh, 21, from Bedouin town Hura, was seen being carried off Monday near Hebron; body recovered 25 kilometers away, close to Beersheba

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Trump, top aides express concern over Israel’s West Bank policies in meeting with PM

Asked about settler violence, US president says he and Netanyahu don’t ‘100%’ agree on West Bank, but he believes premier will ‘do the right...

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The Times of Israel

Jacob Magid

An Ellipsis in Moscow-Seoul Relations

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New Eastern Outlook

Konstantin Asmolov

Al-Aqsa Flood: Two years of steadfastness and the will for liberation

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Middle East Monitor

Sayid Marcos Tenório

America’s Post-Trump China Strategy

America’s Post-Trump China Strategy

NEW HAVEN – With the United States in the hands of an unstable president, diplomacy is not the answer for a conflict-prone US-China relationship....

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Project Syndicate

Stephen S. Roach

Odd man out: Kim Byung-kee’s fall in the DPK

Odd man out: Kim Byung-kee’s fall in the DPK

Rep. Kim Byung-kee, floor leader of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), looks pensive during the DPK's supreme council meeting on Dec. 21....

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The Korea Times

Kang Hyun-Kyung

Germany: Imprisoned ‘Palestine Action’ activists face harassment

Germany: Imprisoned ‘Palestine Action’ activists face harassment

For years, Palestine activists in Germany have looked to Britain with a sense of astonishment. The state that promised Palestine to Zionist settler...

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Middle East Monitor

Leon Wystrychowski

Indian Arms End Up in Ukrainian Hands

[Nicholas Lovric] Indian ammunition, initially sold to Italy and the Czech Republic, is now in the hands of Ukrainian forces. […] If verified, this...

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Oped Column

Nicholas Lovric

Former hostages Matan Zangauker and Ilana Gritzewsky become engaged

Former hostages Matan Zangauker and Ilana Gritzewsky become engaged

Former hostage Matan Zangauker and his girlfriend, former hostage Ilana Gritzewsky, have become engaged, according to a photo posted Sunday...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Netanyahu set for meetings with Rubio, Trump after arrival in Florida

Netanyahu set for meetings with Rubio, Trump after arrival in Florida

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Monday’s events as they unfold. US President Donald Trump says that Saudi Arabia “has done everything that we...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

High Court freezes government’s closure of Army Radio until final ruling on issue

High Court freezes government’s closure of Army Radio until final ruling on issue

In a blow to the government’s plans to shutter Army Radio, the High Court of Justice on Sunday issued an interim order freezing the closure until...

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The Times of Israel

Jeremy Sharon

Keeping Jane Goodall's Magic and Hope Alive and Well Forever

Keeping Jane Goodall's Magic and Hope Alive and Well Forever

Celebrating a lifetime of science, humanitarianism, hope, and peace.

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Psychology Today

Marc Bekoff Ph.d

What Makes You Leave? Maybe It's Time to Break the Pattern

What Makes You Leave? Maybe It's Time to Break the Pattern

Deciding to quit is often about reaching the same emotional bottom line.

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Psychology Today

Robert Taibbi L.c.s.w

VOX POPULI: Some remarkable words from 2025 that left a lasting impression

VOX POPULI: Some remarkable words from 2025 that left a lasting impression

We live through words. At times our hearts leap with joy; at others we tremble with anger or sink into sorrow. Yet it is always through words that...

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The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun

Adolph Eichmann, Donald Trump, & Rhyming History

“I am not and I have never been an antisemite,” said German SS officer Adolph Eichmann in Israel in 1960 to his government interrogator, Avner W....

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Warren J. Blumenfeld

Trump: give Bibi Iran, take Gaza in return

Dear President Trump: It’s the deal of the century. Give Bibi a free hand in Iran, and he’ll have no reason not to give you back a free hand on...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ira Straus

Asia adrift, Asia alone

Not since the Vietnam War has security in Asia seemed so fragile. By the time the United States withdrew after a decade of combat in Indochina, an...

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The Japan Times

Akihisa Nagashima