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Leaked Elbit documents reportedly show it was in talks to sell UAE advanced drones

Leaked Elbit documents reportedly show it was in talks to sell UAE advanced drones

Gulf state sent the Israeli arms giant an urgent request for six strategic surveillance systems soon after early 2022 Houthi attack, documents show;...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Record Israeli emigration continued for third consecutive year in 2025, study finds

Record Israeli emigration continued for third consecutive year in 2025, study finds

Using travel data, Tel Aviv University researchers estimate that between 45,000 and 50,000 Israelis left the country amid war and increased political...

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The Times of Israel

Zev Stub

Still Waiting for Your Parent to Change?

Still Waiting for Your Parent to Change?

Understanding the psychology of hope, attachment, and acceptance.

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Psychology Today

Michelle P. Maidenberg Ph.d

Aid, Power, and Patronage: The Crisis of Governance in Somalia

Over the past four decades, Somalia’s state-building efforts have been repeatedly weakened by corruption, patronage, political clientelism, and...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Mohamed Osman

Greater Israel and the Real Deal! Why the Middle East Is Drifting Toward a War Nobody Wants?

Greater Israel and the Real Deal! Why the Middle East Is Drifting Toward a War Nobody Wants? Bombing alone has never won a war — and the current air...

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New Eastern Outlook

Jeffrey Silverman

THE GLASS HALF FULL

THE GLASS HALF FULL

Personally, my attitude toward life is to always try to see the glass half full. There is never a shortage of problems, especially in Israel, where...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ariel Jerozolimski

From the Gulf to the Mediterranean: Energy infrastructure in the line of fire

From the Gulf to the Mediterranean: Energy infrastructure in the line of fire

On 29th July 2026, a suspected drone struck the Energos Winter, a US-owned floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU), at Egypt’s Damietta...

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Middle East Monitor

Dr Umud Shokri

How to Live With Moral Injury and Cope With Loss

How to Live With Moral Injury and Cope With Loss

When recovery seems impossible, there are ways to weather the storm.

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Psychology Today

Wendy L. Patrick

Israel presses doubts about Gaza plan as Hamas warns airstrikes will derail effort

Israel presses doubts about Gaza plan as Hamas warns airstrikes will derail effort

Amid growing criticism from Board of Peace over continued Gaza strikes, Israeli official says agreement ‘does not reflect’ Israeli stance; Herzog...

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The Times of Israel

Lazar Berman

People Are Messy. But You Can Work Well With Others Anyway.

People Are Messy. But You Can Work Well With Others Anyway.

We look for simple ways to understand others. But the mess might be the answer.

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Psychology Today

Robert Kovach Ph.d

Cynická obluda: Podstatná informácia pre konzervatívneho voliča

Igor Matovič vyvracia najhoršie obavy.

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SME.sk

Cynická Obluda

Between Tehran’s Defiance and Trump’s Volatility: When Falsehood Becomes Political Reality

Between Tehran’s Defiance and Trump’s Volatility: When Falsehood Becomes Political Reality

The world today feels as if it is being governed by two master fabulists—Tehran and Donald Trump—each bending reality in his own way, each forcing...

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Middle East Monitor

Karam Nama

Jewish Author Spotlight! Jacqueline Friedland: ‘Breathing Under Water’

Jewish Author Spotlight! Jacqueline Friedland: ‘Breathing Under Water’

It’s nearly pub day for USA Today bestselling author Jacqueline Friedland, as Breathing Under Water hits bookshelves tomorrow, August 4....

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Leah Grossman

The Fastest Way to Calm a Reactive Child

The Fastest Way to Calm a Reactive Child

Why changing a reactive child's behavior has almost nothing to do with the child.

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Psychology Today

Jeffrey Bernstein Ph.d

Ani Liu: eye heart womb

Ani Liu: eye heart womb Now I’m in the kitchen Firelei Báez: an open horizon Transforming scientific enquiry and human bodies into visceral art For...

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Aeon

Aeon Video

Katz tries to walk back on-air removal of top general, as opposition, allies call to oust Katz

Katz tries to walk back on-air removal of top general, as opposition, allies call to oust Katz

Lawmakers, former generals, settlement leaders decry defense minister’s live TV replacement of Maj. Gen. Avi Bluth; IDF said freezing senior...

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

In world first, Israeli scientists find active ingredient in Viagra may stop cancer spread

In world first, Israeli scientists find active ingredient in Viagra may stop cancer spread

Researchers say mouse models and data from 5 million health fund members show erectile dysfunction drug and statins may improve outcomes by blocking...

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The Times of Israel

Diana Bletter

Europe Must Defend Its Borders, Not Spain’s Empire

Europe Must Defend Its Borders, Not Spain’s Empire

Ceuta exposed the bargain beneath Europe’s border: Spain retains an African empire, Morocco keeps it governable, and Brussels mistakes outsourced...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Shay Gal

Decision-Making Alternatives

Decision-Making Alternatives

Attribute and associative styles of decision-making.

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Psychology Today

Bruce Wilson Ph.d

Ceuta shows how the worldwide migrant crisis has been weaponised by propagandists.

Ceuta shows how the worldwide migrant crisis has been weaponised by propagandists.

Stark images of thousands of migrants swarming across Africa’s border with Europe during the Ceuta crisis appeared heaven sent...

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Middle East Monitor

Nabila Ramdani

The Ketamine Paradox

The Ketamine Paradox

A breakthrough treatment meets an emerging public health challenge.

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Psychology Today

Mark S. Gold M.d

Certainly a Jew but not Jewish

Certainly a Jew but not Jewish

Public discourse commits a basic category error: it treats Jewish descent and Jewish identity as if they are the same. They are not. And refusing to...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Barry Mellinger

Returning to Paradise: Churches & Shuls

“When you can’t find your way home.” – Don’t Dilly-Dally on the Way, Charles Collins (1919) Every summer, when New York City closes one...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Isaac Steven Herschkopf

Beyond the language of decline: Hope for democratic renewal

Beyond the language of decline: Hope for democratic renewal

A thoughtful essay by a Japanese author, circulated anonymously within a private discussion group to which I belong, captured a sentiment many people...

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The Japan Times

Kumiharu Shigehara

AI can create startups, just not good ones

A smartphone displaying the Claude Mythos logo is shown in Tunis,Tunisia, July 11. AFP-TNS The U.S. Census Bureau said July 9 that it received 531,423...

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The Korea Times

Gautam Mukunda

Howard Stern to America: We Don’t Deserve Freedom?

One of America’s great iconoclasts over these last decades has been Howard Stern. He made his mark on talk radio like none other, courageously...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

David Nabhan

Strategic Value of Somaliland to the Free World

For 35 years, Somaliland has consistently safeguarded one of the most strategically sensitive maritime corridors in the world. Somaliland’s...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Edna Adan Ismail

Boy George: Music Becomes an Act of Moral Courage

Boy George’s We Will Dance Again: When Music Becomes an Act of Moral Courage Music has always had the power to preserve memory when the world is...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Shane Shmuel

Peace for Our time

I couldn’t help but compare our current situation to Edgar Allan Poe’s classic short story, The Pit and the Pendulum. The prisoner in the story is...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Moshe Raab

Prabowo’s false claim about Iran’s nuclear weapons will cost him in the Middle East

Prabowo’s false claim about Iran’s nuclear weapons will cost him in the Middle East

On 1 August, at a business forum in Jakarta, President Prabowo Subianto told a room of executives that Iran already has nuclear weapons, and that a...

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Middle East Monitor

Dr. Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat

Thucydides the perspicacious

Thucydides the perspicacious Far from thinking that ‘might makes right’, the great historian’s analysis of war identifies a vice common to all...

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Aeon

David Polansky & Daniel Schillinger

The Canary in the AI Coal Mine

The Canary in the AI Coal Mine

CAMBRIDGE—The AI race between the United States and China is accelerating at a breathtaking pace. Time and again, the US has appeared to pull ahead,...

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Project Syndicate

Kenneth Rogoff

Your Mind Is Poison; Fortunately, It Is Also the Antidote

Your Mind Is Poison; Fortunately, It Is Also the Antidote

That which we attempt to suppress is exactly that which pops into our heads.

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Psychology Today

Kurt W Ela Psy.d

What We Can Learn From France's Celebration of a Jewish Resistance Hero

What We Can Learn From France's Celebration of a Jewish Resistance Hero

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Haaretz

Emmanuel Deonna

Abraham’s Three Ongoing Religions

Ashura marks the 10th day of the 1st month of Muharram, on the Islamic lunar calendar of 1448. Ashura for 2026 was observed on sundown of June 25th...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Allen S. Maller

Covenant Over Consent: A Jewish Answer on Burial and Cremation

Covenant Before Consent A Response to “It Was Their Wish” — The Case for Burial Over Cremation Presented by Rabbi Anchelle Perl Based on and...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Anchelle Perl

Nauru, 3rd smallest country, changes name to Naoero, reflecting native pronunciation

Nauru, 3rd smallest country, changes name to Naoero, reflecting native pronunciation

Tiny pacific island, which will put its new name on soon-to-be-opened embassy in Jerusalem, says change looks to ‘faithfully honor our nation’s...

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The Times of Israel

Ap

What If Fear Has Been Driving Us?

What If Fear Has Been Driving Us?

What if we have misread our own response to the hatred gathering around us? Since 7 October, fear has been driving the proverbial bus. It had every...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Catherine Perez-Shakdam

The Hidden Reason You Feel Empty Inside

The Hidden Reason You Feel Empty Inside

What that hollow feeling is really telling you and what to do about it.

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Psychology Today

Jonice Webb Ph.d

Cynická obluda: Kauzy sú ešte ten menší problém

Komunikačná panika a prejavy amaterizmu sú oveľa horšie.

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SME.sk

Cynická Obluda

Samozrejme, že Korčokove peniaze sú hlúpe (píše Samo Marec)

V prvom rade je to však otázka miery.

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SME.sk

Samuel Marec

How Falsehoods Have Squeezed the Joy Out of Youth Athletics

How Falsehoods Have Squeezed the Joy Out of Youth Athletics

Exploring the poisons infecting today's sports world for young people.

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Psychology Today

David Udelf Psy.d

Endurance Is a Team Sport

Endurance Is a Team Sport

How our big challenges matter to each other.

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Psychology Today

Cami Ostman M.s

You Don’t Have to Be at 100%, 100% of the time

I trained for an Ironman mostly on my own. That does not mean nobody supported me. Friends joined me for certain rides, runs and training sessions,...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Johnathan Orlianski

Iran hangs two accused of spying for Israel as wartime executions ramp up

Iran hangs two accused of spying for Israel as wartime executions ramp up

Tehran says Omid Behzad and Pouria Safvat were convicted of espionage for ‘transmitting the coordinates of sensitive military and security sites to...

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The Times of Israel

Afp

Before Asking Israelis to listen, the Israeli Left Must Learn to Listen

Before Asking Israelis to listen, the Israeli Left Must Learn to Listen

If the Israeli Left wants to govern and strengthen Israeli democracy, it needs a different political culture – one that listens more, broadens...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Adam Refaelov

The Opportunity Cost of conflict – GDP numbers.

The Opportunity Cost of conflict – GDP numbers.

1. Peace is the normal state; war is an exception Both traditions treat peace as something to be sought, even while recognising that conflict may...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ibrahim Mukherjee

Former Mossad chief David Barnea to take top role at defense company

Former Mossad chief David Barnea to take top role at defense company

Ondas Defense says recently retired top spy to join as global president and chairman; will will work to develop ‘the next generation of AI-enabled,...

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The Times of Israel

Lazar Berman

Trump’s New Iran Doctrine

Trump’s New Iran Doctrine

Military pressure against Iran is entering a different phase. Rather than concentrating primarily on nuclear facilities or the Islamic Revolutionary...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Saurav Dutt

AI Can Predict; Entrepreneurs Still Have to Judge

AI Can Predict; Entrepreneurs Still Have to Judge

AI maps the patterns, but founders decide which unproven futures survive.

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Psychology Today

Giang Hoang Ph.d