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Palestinian teen killed by IDF in clashes near Ramallah; IDF says he had ‘flaming object’

PA names victim as 15-year-old Yamen Hamed of Silwad; settlers attack several towns, torch vehicles, while video shows settlers killing sheep in...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

PA premier says Ramallah best placed to lead postwar Gaza, despite Israeli obstacles

Mohammad Mustafa says West Bank-based body is committed to seeing reforms through, insists PA offers the best chance for stability in the Strip

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The Times of Israel

Jacob Magid

The Evolving Question of What's Considered "Normal" in Psychiatry

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Psychology Today

Mark L. Ruffalo M.s.w

How Embracing Vulnerability Redefines Strength

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Psychology Today

Tess M. Kilwein Phd

How Tall Poppy Syndrome Can Hold Back Your Career

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Psychology Today

Mark Travers Ph.d

Romantic Love Is Conditional

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Psychology Today

Tyler Jamison Ph.d

Strategic Patience: The Counterpoint to Constant Disruption

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Psychology Today

Nigel R. Bairstow Ph.d

Dostoevsky, AI, and the Man Who Couldn't Stop Thinking

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Psychology Today

John Nosta

The Essential Element in Every Creative Endeavor

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Psychology Today

Anthony D. Fredericks Ed.d

Why So Many Adult Children Feel "Not Good Enough"

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Psychology Today

Jeffrey Bernstein Ph.d

Food Insecurity Harms Child Development

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Psychology Today

Jenalee Doom Ph.d

The Paradox of Calm Is When Safety Feels Unsafe

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Psychology Today

Stacey R Pinatelli Psy.d

How to Reach a Child Who Rejects You After Divorce

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Psychology Today

Ann Gold Buscho Ph.d

Ghost Growth Is Silently Killing Workplace Engagement

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Psychology Today

Janelle E. Wells

Early Cannabis Use Poses Risks to Physical and Mental Health

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Psychology Today

Mark S. Gold M.d

Monsters in the Mind: The Frankenstein Collector

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Psychology Today

Shirley M. Mueller M.d

Why Your Boring Skills Might Be Your Most Valuable Strengths

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Psychology Today

Alice Boyes Ph.d

How Teens Can Become Responsible Digital Citizens

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Psychology Today

Amber W. Childs Ph.d

How to Keep Medical Procedures From Traumatizing Your Child

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Psychology Today

Evan Shopper

Rituals for a Shattered Mind

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Psychology Today

Loren Kleinman

Don't Believe the Hype About Yourself, or the Haters

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Psychology Today

Kelly G. Manix Ph.d

5 Commitments to Make to Yourself If You Love a Narcissist

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Psychology Today

Margaret R Rutherford Ph.d

Remains of deceased hostages Amiram Cooper 84, and Sahar Baruch, 25, returned to Israel

Remains of deceased hostages Amiram Cooper 84, and Sahar Baruch, 25, returned to Israel

Hamas on Thursday returned to Israel the remains of two deceased hostages, Amiram Cooper, 84, and Sahar Baruch, 25, with Israeli authorities...

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

NYC mayor warns antisemitism spreading ‘like a cancer’ across city

NYC mayor warns antisemitism spreading ‘like a cancer’ across city

As mayoral election campaign nears end, Eric Adams says ‘we must bring down the temperature,’ takes shot at anti-Israel Mamdani, in speech focused...

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The Times of Israel

Luke Tress

Israel deporting two US Jews who entered closed IDF zone to aid Palestinian farmers

Israel deporting two US Jews who entered closed IDF zone to aid Palestinian farmers

Two Jewish-American women who were participating in an initiative to help Palestinian farmers harvest their olive crop in the northern West Bank...

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The Times of Israel

Jeremy Sharon

Freed hostage Alon Ohel plays piano on ‘Eretz Nehederet’

Freed hostage Alon Ohel plays piano on ‘Eretz Nehederet’

Ohel, wearing a patch on his right eye due to untreated injuries he sustained on October 7, grinned from time to time during the performance of...

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The Times of Israel

Jessica Steinberg

US to limit refugee acceptance to record low 7,500, mostly white South Africans

US to limit refugee acceptance to record low 7,500, mostly white South Africans

WASHINGTON, United States — The Trump administration announced plans on Thursday to drastically cut back the number of refugees to be accepted...

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The Times of Israel

Brian Melley

King Charles III strips Prince Andrew of titles, evicts him from royal residence

King Charles III strips Prince Andrew of titles, evicts him from royal residence

LONDON, United Kingdom (AP) — King Charles III is stripping his disgraced brother Prince Andrew of his remaining titles and evicting him from his...

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The Times of Israel

Brian Melley

Nepal's Gen Z uprising is a catalyst for real economic renewal

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Nikkei Asian Review

Brabim Karki

Turkish basketball team Fenerbahce to play home games against Israeli teams in Munich

Turkish basketball team Fenerbahce to play home games against Israeli teams in Munich

Fenerbahce’s upcoming EuroLeague home games against Israeli basketball teams Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Tel Aviv have been moved to Munich next...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

US energy secretary nixes visit after Israel puts Egypt gas deal on hold

US energy secretary nixes visit after Israel puts Egypt gas deal on hold

US Energy Secretary Chris Wright cancelled his upcoming six-day visit to Israel on Friday, after Energy Minister Eli Cohen refused to sign off on a...

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The Times of Israel

Lazar Berman

Ellison’s Oracle poised to run TikTok, raising hopes for tougher antisemitism rules

Ellison’s Oracle poised to run TikTok, raising hopes for tougher antisemitism rules

JTA — American Jewish leaders have blamed TikTok for allowing antisemitism to spread among young people and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...

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The Times of Israel

Asaf Elia-Shalev

IDF probe credits Ein Habesor residents with repelling Oct. 7 attack on moshav

IDF probe credits Ein Habesor residents with repelling Oct. 7 attack on moshav

An internal probe has concluded that the military failed to defend the Gaza border community of Ein Habesor during Hamas’s October 7, 2023,...

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The Times of Israel

Stav Levaton

Housing snapshot: Home sales and rentals across Israel in October 2025

Housing snapshot: Home sales and rentals across Israel in October 2025

Home prices in Israel fell in May and June for the sixth consecutive month, the market’s longest decline since 2018. The housing market has cooled...

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The Times of Israel

Zev Stub

Head of US right-wing think tank defends Tucker Carlson after talk show with antisemite

Head of US right-wing think tank defends Tucker Carlson after talk show with antisemite

The president of the Heritage Foundation, the leading conservative think tank, defended right-wing pundit Tucker Carlson and said the group would...

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The Times of Israel

Brian Witte

AI Companions and Teen Mental Health Risks

AI Companions and Teen Mental Health Risks

New research highlights the heightened dangers of AI companion use for teens.

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Psychology Today

Marlynn Wei M.d

Could You Have Delayed Life Syndrome?

Could You Have Delayed Life Syndrome?

Some people sacrifice their present for a future that may never occur.

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Psychology Today

Kurt W Ela Psy.d

VOX POPULI: Japan needs to find its own ‘game’ for foreign affairs

VOX POPULI: Japan needs to find its own ‘game’ for foreign affairs

The United States plays chess, while China plays go. This well-known metaphor was popularized by Henry Kissinger (1923–2023), the long-time...

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The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun

Japan’s demining deployment is a security milestone

Japan’s demining deployment is a security milestone

While the domestic political situation and Donald Trump’s visit captured all the media attention in October, Japan’s Ministry of Defense delivered...

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The Japan Times

Michael Macarthur Bosack

Takaichi deserves better than gendered stereotypes

Takaichi deserves better than gendered stereotypes

Sanae Takaichi has made history as Japan’s first female prime minister yet much of the commentary from liberal journalists, scholars and...

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The Japan Times

Waka Ikeda

The China–ASEAN Pact: Strengthening the Eastern Bloc against U.S. Protectionism

The China–ASEAN Pact: Strengthening the Eastern Bloc against U.S. Protectionism

Amidst surging US protectionism, China and ASEAN have a free trade agreement to minimize the impact of the US sanctions. The Return of U.S....

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New Eastern Outlook

Taut Bataut

Ex-cop with PTSD seriously hurt after self-immolating outside top defense official’s home

Ex-cop with PTSD seriously hurt after self-immolating outside top defense official’s home

A former policeman suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder set himself on fire Friday morning outside the home of a senior official in the...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

‘An eye for an eye’: Hamas wrote message to Ben Gvir on hostage Maxim Herkin’s back

‘An eye for an eye’: Hamas wrote message to Ben Gvir on hostage Maxim Herkin’s back

Freed hostage recounts in interview how his captors would beat him after far-right minister worsened conditions for Palestinian prisoners; Ben Gvir...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

IDF’s top lawyer quits; says she approved leak of detainee abuse video

IDF’s top lawyer quits; says she approved leak of detainee abuse video

The military’s top lawyer, Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, announced her resignation from the Israel Defense Forces on Friday, acknowledging that...

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

Hurricane Melissa leaves nearly 50 dead after thrashing Caribbean

Hurricane Melissa leaves nearly 50 dead after thrashing Caribbean

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba — The death toll from Hurricane Melissa rose on Thursday to nearly 50 people, officials said, after the ferocious storm...

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The Times of Israel

Zev Stub

Friday Focus with Lazar Berman: New hope for Catholic-Jewish ties

Friday Focus with Lazar Berman: New hope for Catholic-Jewish ties

ToI’s diplomatic correspondent assesses the fraught relationship 60 years to Nostra Aetate and delves into the landmark document’s genesis

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The Times of Israel

Amanda Borschel-Dan

After Yair Netanyahu fiasco, new deal could mark comeback for current WZO chief

After Yair Netanyahu fiasco, new deal could mark comeback for current WZO chief

Following the dramatic collapse Wednesday night of an agreement on appointments at key Zionist institutions, a new arrangement for the leadership...

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The Times of Israel

Zev Stub

Jewish Maryland official indicted in conspiracy case involving secret sex video

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland (AP) — A Maryland state senator has been indicted on charges in US federal court, including extortion, for allegedly conspiring...

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The Times of Israel

Brian Witte

Will AI Kill the Firm?

Will AI Kill the Firm?

DUBAI – Almost everywhere, debates about AI remain narrowly focused, indeed almost fixated, on its impact on employment and return on investment....

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Project Syndicate

Sami Mahroum