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Head of police’s Lahav 433 major crimes unit named as senior officer under investigation

Manny Binyamin suspected of breach of trust and abuse of authority, allegedly interfered in probe to aid an associate

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The Times of Israel

Charlie Summers

Report: Trump pressing Saudi crown prince to ink deal with Israel following Gaza truce

Senior US official tells Axios message to MBS, expected at White House next week, is: ‘We did all the things you asked for. Now, there are things...

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The Times of Israel

Lazar Berman

US proposal at UN for Gaza stabilization force faces pusback from Russia, China and Arabs

US calls on Security Council to back its plan, warns ‘attempts to sow discord’ will have ‘grave, tangible and entirely avoidable consequences for...

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The Times of Israel

Jacob Magid

Not 'Hasbara Failure' to Seek Justice for Palestinians Sexually Abused by IDF Soldiers

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Haaretz

Margo Hughes-Robinson

Former Likud minister Livnat convicted in hit-and-run that left woman partially disabled

Former Likud minister Livnat convicted in hit-and-run that left woman partially disabled

Limor Livnat, a former Likud lawmaker and education minister, was convicted of a hit-and-run after confessing to the incident, Hebrew media...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Israel detains 50 members of Hamas network in West Bank said to be planning attacks

Israel detains 50 members of Hamas network in West Bank said to be planning attacks

Some 50 members of a Hamas network in the Bethlehem area of the West Bank were detained in a series of recent operations, the Shin Bet security...

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

Israel-haters’ incendiary rebranding of Zionism

Israel-haters’ incendiary rebranding of Zionism

This Editor’s Note was sent out earlier Thursday in ToI’s weekly update email to members of the Times of Israel Community. To receive these...

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The Times of Israel

David Horovitz

Daily Briefing Nov. 13: Day 769 – Trump pushes to end Netanyahu trial with ‘free Bibi’ letter

Daily Briefing Nov. 13: Day 769 – Trump pushes to end Netanyahu trial with ‘free Bibi’ letter

Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world....

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The Times of Israel

Amanda Borschel-Dan

This Israeli Civics Teacher Taught Us All a Lesson in Standing Up to Suppression

On Thursday, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem held a graduation ceremony for students of the Faculty of Humanities. Among those in attendance was...

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Haaretz

David Enoch

Iraq’s elections are over, but the country has yet to begin

Iraq’s elections are over, but the country has yet to begin

The elections have ended, but the real struggle has just begun. The outcome of the elections is not in doubt, because Iraq’s political landscape is...

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Middle East Monitor

Karam Nama

How to Measure Climate Progress

How to Measure Climate Progress

NEW YORK – Try putting yourself in Bill Gates’s shoes. You could spend your days on what made you one of the world’s richest people while also...

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Project Syndicate

Gernot Wagner

Scaling the Ocean Economy

Scaling the Ocean Economy

MONACO – Two major events this summer – the Blue Economy and Finance Forum (BEFF) in Monaco, and the third United Nations Ocean Conference in Nice...

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Project Syndicate

Prince Albert Ii Of Monaco

Countering American Hybrid War

Countering American Hybrid War

In an age where the very idea of truth is contested, America’s hybrid warfare against Russia represents not just a geopolitical challenge but also...

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New Eastern Outlook

Pranay Kumar Shome

Sudan’s civilians deserve more than survival

Sudan’s civilians deserve more than survival

This week in al-Afad camp in Sudan, where hundreds of families have arrived after fleeing the fall of el-Fasher, I sat with a mother who had...

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Al Jazeera

Amy Pope

Opinion – Anchored Autonomy: Europe’s Strategy for a Post-Complacent Age

Opinion – Anchored Autonomy: Europe’s Strategy for a Post-Complacent Age

Europe’s strategic environment in 2025 has ended the post-Cold War habit of complacency. A transactional Washington linking tariffs to security, a...

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E-International

Stefan Messingschlager

Trump sprays Syria’s Sharaa with cologne, asks how many wives he has

Trump sprays Syria’s Sharaa with cologne, asks how many wives he has

US President Donald Trump shared a lighthearted moment with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa when he offered the former rebel leader his favorite...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Study: 4,300-year-old cup with oldest depiction of Creation features a ‘celestial ark’

Study: 4,300-year-old cup with oldest depiction of Creation features a ‘celestial ark’

A 4,300-year-old silver goblet featuring the earliest depiction of the Creation narrative from the Near East tradition echoes the struggle between...

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The Times of Israel

Rossella Tercatin

US envoy: Syria to help in fight against ISIS, Iran-backed Hamas and Hezbollah

US envoy: Syria to help in fight against ISIS, Iran-backed Hamas and Hezbollah

Tom Barrack says meeting between Rubio and Turkish and Syrian envoys discussed ‘redefining Turkish-Syrian-Israeli relations’ and helping to...

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The Times of Israel

Amanda Borschel-Dan

Teen charged with murder, weapons offense over killing of classmate

Teen charged with murder, weapons offense over killing of classmate

Prosecutors filed charges on Thursday against a high school student accused of fatally stabbing his classmate last month in Kafr Qara, an Arab city...

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The Times of Israel

Charlie Summers

Zohran Mamdani’s win redefines U.S. politics

Emancipatory movements around the world rightly rejoiced at Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the New York City mayoral race. Clearly, today’s populist...

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The Japan Times

Slavoj Žižek

The art of rebellion: Justine Kurland’s utopian photography

The art of rebellion: Justine Kurland’s utopian photography

For Justine Kurland, utopia is never a destination but a practice – a way of reimagining inherited worlds. In this video by the Museum of Modern...

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Aeon

Aeon Video

The realities of smallholder farmers must take center stage at COP30

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The Korea Times

Mary Robinson

A Turning Point for Clean Energy

A Turning Point for Clean Energy

WASHINGTON, DC – This year marks a historic milestone: for the first time, global renewable-energy production has surpassed coal. In the first half...

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Project Syndicate

Agnes Dasewicz

A welcome change as voters and Supreme Court justices challenge Trump’s falsehoods

A welcome change as voters and Supreme Court justices challenge Trump’s falsehoods

Trudy Rubin Could Tuesday’s elections and Wednesday’s U.S. Supreme Court hearing on the legality of Donald Trump’s tariffs spell the beginning...

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The Korea Times

Trudy Rubin

All Under Heaven: China’s Awakening

All Under Heaven: China’s Awakening

This is an excerpt from The Praeter-Colonial Mind: An Intellectual Journey Through the Back Alleys of Empire by Francisco Lobo. Download the book...

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E-International

Francisco Lobo

The deepest South

The deepest South

Listen to this essay Over the past century, historians of the United States have made increasing efforts to challenge the predominant 19th-century...

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Aeon

Ana Lucia Araujo

Mossad arranged Austrian asylum for Syrian double agent accused of torture – report

Mossad arranged Austrian asylum for Syrian double agent accused of torture – report

A top Syrian suspect accused of torture crimes under the Assad regime was smuggled into Austria by Mossad, the Israeli spy agency, which arranged...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Israel seeking 20-year ‘America-first’ security agreement with US — report

Israel seeking 20-year ‘America-first’ security agreement with US — report

Israel is angling for a 20-year security agreement with the US with “America first” elements, US media reported on Thursday, a deal that would be...

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The Times of Israel

Lazar Berman

An immersive dinner takes a culinary journey through the Jewish Diaspora

An immersive dinner takes a culinary journey through the Jewish Diaspora

With cuisine from Ukraine, Ethiopia, Mexico, and Iran, ‘Diaspora’ multi-course meal events aim to push back against ‘Ashkenormativity’ of...

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The Times of Israel

Jackie Hajdenberg

Settlers torch West Bank mosque, scrawl hateful messages after IDF leaders’ reproach

Settlers torch West Bank mosque, scrawl hateful messages after IDF leaders’ reproach

Israeli settlers torched and defaced a mosque in a Palestinian village in the central West Bank overnight Wednesday, villagers said, scribbling...

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The Times of Israel

David Horovitz

MK Gotliv appears to break law by naming senior police officer under investigation

MK Gotliv appears to break law by naming senior police officer under investigation

Likud MK Tally Gotliv triggered a political and legal firestorm on Thursday after publicly revealing the identity of a high-ranking police officer...

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The Times of Israel

Charlie Summers

The entire world is a showcase for Israel’s military might, not just defence exhibitions

The entire world is a showcase for Israel’s military might, not just defence exhibitions

France has reneged on its earlier decision to prevent eight Israel companies from participating in the Milipol Paris exhibition on security and...

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Middle East Monitor

Ramona Wadi

Trump wants to return Palestine to the British mandate

Trump wants to return Palestine to the British mandate

The Trump administration is pushing an Israeli-crafted resolution at the UN Security Council (UNSC) this week aimed at eliminating the possibility...

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Al Jazeera

Jeffrey Sachs

Aggravation of America's Troubles

Aggravation of America's Troubles

The midterm elections held on November 4th in a number of American states revealed that voters are now highly critical of the President Trump’s...

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New Eastern Outlook

Veniamin Popov

Trump’s climate retreat is ASEAN’s moment to lead

Trump’s climate retreat is ASEAN’s moment to lead

America’s renewed scepticism, and even hostility under Donald Trump’s second administration, does not for one moment alter the fact that climate...

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Al Jazeera

Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad

PRO hits pause on LLA alliance, decides against merger in Congress

PRO hits pause on LLA alliance, decides against merger in Congress

Right-wing party PRO will maintain its own bloc in Congress and will not merge with La Libertad Avanza (LLA), party members announced following a...

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Buenos Aires Herald

Martina Jaureguy

Safari Sarajevo. Najviac stáli deti, starých si mohli odstreliť zadarmo

Vojna ako luxusná zábavná strelnica v lunaparku?

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Pravda.sk

Silvia Ruppeldtová

Netanyahu decries ‘slander’ of his wife and son by leading right-wing commentators

Netanyahu decries ‘slander’ of his wife and son by leading right-wing commentators

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a lengthy statement Wednesday evening pushing back on a wave of recent criticism of his wife, Sara, and...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

MKs push to end hospital stays for terror detainees, suggest they be given worse care

MKs push to end hospital stays for terror detainees, suggest they be given worse care

Lawmakers are pushing to end the practice of allowing Palestinian security detainees to receive treatment in Israeli hospitals, proposing instead...

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The Times of Israel

Charlie Summers

ISIS, al-Qaeda have evolved in last decade, still pose global threat, say analysts

ISIS, al-Qaeda have evolved in last decade, still pose global threat, say analysts

PARIS, France (AFP) — A decade on from deadly attacks in Paris, the world’s two most notorious jihadist groups, Islamic State and al-Qaeda, have...

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The Times of Israel

Fabien Zamora

How Well Do You Treat Yourself?

How Well Do You Treat Yourself?

Self-compassion's twin kingpins: love and the concept of the self.

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Psychology Today

Robert N. Johansen Ph.d

How To Navigate Thanksgiving Stress Without Losing Your Mind

How To Navigate Thanksgiving Stress Without Losing Your Mind

Handle family conflict with attunement and emotional awareness.

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Psychology Today

Helen Marlo

Roblox Isn't a Game

Roblox Isn't a Game

What makes Roblox problematic and how to protect your children.

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Psychology Today

Andrew Fishman Lcsw

VOX POPULI: Actor Tatsuya Nakadai typified the golden age of Japanese cinema

VOX POPULI: Actor Tatsuya Nakadai typified the golden age of Japanese cinema

Actor Tatsuya Nakadai thoroughly practiced the martial art of iaido for the final duel scene of “Tsubaki Sanjuro” (“Sanjuro” in English), the 1962...

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The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun

How Takaichi should navigate Beijing’s diplomatic threats

The recent threat by Chinese Consul-General Xue Jian to “cut off that dirty neck without a second of hesitation” is not just an isolated diplomatic...

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The Japan Times

Stephen R. Nagy

The Trump-Orbán Summit - A Blueprint for Peace in a Divided Europe

The Trump-Orbán Summit - A Blueprint for Peace in a Divided Europe

In the heart of Washington, D.C., at the White House on November 7, 2025, US President Donald Trump welcomed Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán....

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New Eastern Outlook

Adrian Korczyński

Police chief expected to name assistant commissioner to replace top officer under probe

Police chief expected to name assistant commissioner to replace top officer under probe

Palestinian man reportedly shot during settler attack on West Bank village * Rubio: US will ‘have some good agreements to sign’ with the Saudis...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Rubio says ‘there’s some concern’ West Bank violence could undermine Gaza ceasefire

Rubio says ‘there’s some concern’ West Bank violence could undermine Gaza ceasefire

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday said “there’s some concern” about events in the West Bank undermining efforts to maintain the...

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The Times of Israel

Jacob Magid

Rubio ‘optimistic’ as US advances new UN resolution to establish foreign force in Gaza

Rubio ‘optimistic’ as US advances new UN resolution to establish foreign force in Gaza

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday that Washington is “optimistic” about the chances of establishing the International Stabilization...

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The Times of Israel

Jacob Magid

Never-revealed Holocaust artifacts illuminate tragedy and triumph in new Yad Vashem exhibit

Never-revealed Holocaust artifacts illuminate tragedy and triumph in new Yad Vashem exhibit

A picture book illustrating how a family hid from the Nazis during the Holocaust. A stack of yellow Star of David patches to be distributed to...

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The Times of Israel

Zev Stub