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Israel to open third crossing into northern Gaza later this month — senior officials

Israel, US remain at odds after holding another virtual meeting on planned IDF offensive in Rafah * S&P slashes Israel’s long-term credit ratings...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Australians urged to leave, US embassy curbs movement amid Iran jitters

American diplomats, families restricted from travel outside Jerusalem, Beersheba, and Tel Aviv area; Canberra warns air travel could be stopped at...

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The Times of Israel

Jamie Freed

Carriers scramble to reroute flights as alleged Israeli strike hits Iran air traffic

Airports in Tehran, Shiraz, Isfahan briefly shuttered, Iran’s western airspace cleared during attack; cancellations compound woes for...

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The Times of Israel

Jamie Freed

Iran says no retaliation planned, as both sides seek distance from Isfahan attack

Ben Gvir tweets alleged reprisal was ‘lame,’ drawing complaints of endangering security by revealing origin of strike, even as Iran indicates it...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Over 100 arrested in Columbia U unrest as NYPD clears ‘Gaza solidarity encampment’

Ivy League school suspends 3 students for their role in anti-Israel activities, including daughter of US Rep. Ilhan Omar, after demonstrators...

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The Times of Israel

Luke Tress

What Matters Now to Mideast analyst Avi Issacharoff: Iran can have nukes in 6 months

Seasoned journalist and ‘Fauda’ co-creator spells out how nuclear Iran must be treated as Israel’s prime existential threat, even as the Jewish...

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The Times of Israel

Amanda Borschel-Dan

Israel braces for ‘Freedom Flotilla’ set to sail from Turkey to Gaza

TV report says Israeli officials hope departure of convoy that aims to break Israeli blockade of Hamas-run enclave will be indefinitely postponed,...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Son of prominent DC-area rabbi arrested for shoving anti-Israel protesters

CAIR demands ‘hate crime’ investigation against Ezra Weinblatt for incident outside Israeli embassy in Washington; Weinblatt calls demonstrations...

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The Times of Israel

Ron Kampeas

Ukraine’s Zelensky attends mock Passover seder at Kyiv Jewish school

Ukrainian leader tells students that Jewish holiday is ‘first of all about freedom,’ says Ukrainians and Israelis must ‘defeat evil’ while...

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The Times of Israel

Marcel Gascón Barberá

Pesach and the Jewish Citizen

Our ancestors’ decision to time this week’s Torah portion, Parshat Metzorah, for the Shabbos before Passover can appear perplexing. On the eve of...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

William Daroff

Unlike its enemies, Israel puts its people first

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

George Monastiriakos

Ride Through Without Seder (Order)

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Meir Charash

Dear Senator…

  Senator John Fetterman, DC Congressman Ritchie Torres, DC Journalist Douglas Murray, London Entertainer Bill Maher, Los Angeles   Dear Senator...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Chaim Bruk

The Meaning of Kol Dichfin

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Benjamin G. Kelsen

Japan’s demographic dialogue: A conversation on population

Japan is well-known for being a mostly homogenous nation. However, it’s aging population necessitates change. So far, the measures taken to...

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Japan Today

Japan Today

Exploring Consciousness: What Are Entheogens?

There are new therapeutic interventions for healing from pain and PTSD.

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Psychology Today

Leslie E. Korn Ph.d

Israel Must Decide if It Honestly Wishes to Adopt the West's Values, Ideas and Way of Life

What Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did to U.S. President Joe Biden is similar to what he did to former Supreme Court President Aharon Barak,...

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Haaretz

Carolina Landsmann

Measures against Stalking: Devise Ways to Help Perpetrators Find Medical Treatment

Editorial 15:53 JST, April 18, 2024 There is no end to the harm done by relentless stalkers. Some cases lead to even more serious incidents,...

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The Japan News

The Japan News Editorial

Cashless Payments: Urgently improvesecurity of transactions

Editorial 14:29 JST, April 16, 2024 With the expansion of cashless payments, as encouraged by the government, damage from credit card abuse has...

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The Japan News

The Japan News Editorial

EDITORIAL: Face-saving must stop; Minamata patients need relief right now

Recent rulings by district courts in Osaka, Kumamoto, and now Niigata, underscored the grim reality that many victims of Minamata disease still,...

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The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun

Israel's God-fearing Finance Minister Found the Real Reason Iran's Attack Failed

1. Smotrich. Early Sunday morning, as the Iranian attack was winding down and it was clear Israel and its allies had intercepted 99 percent of the...

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Haaretz

Nehemia Shtrasler

China’s Rebalancing Imperative

NEW HAVEN – China is facing a broad constellation of problems: an underperforming economy, a superpower conflict with the United States, stiff...

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Project Syndicate

Stephen S. Roach

An Iran-Israel War?

JERUSALEM– It is hard to imagine that anyone in the Levant or the broader Middle East managed to sleep on Saturday night, as Iran launched hundreds...

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Project Syndicate

Daoud Kuttab

What a Climate-Aligned IMF Would Look Like

MALÉ – Last week, the board of the International Monetary Fund approved current Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva for another five-year term....

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Project Syndicate

Mohamed Nasheed

If only the West backed Ukraine as it did Israel

It’s time to call ourselves out over Ukraine. Because if the approach of the West, and the U.S. in particular, doesn’t change very soon, the...

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The Japan Times

Marc Champion

No barbarism without poetry

When the basic pact that holds society together is crumbling, which appears to be happening worldwide, wild rumors and conspiracy theories...

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The Japan Times

Slavoj Žižek

Indonesia's next finance minister will have big shoes to fill

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Nikkei Asian Review

Priyanka Kishore

Velike zgodbe malega človeka

Moj švedski prijatelj je bil velik ljubitelj Slovenije. Med svojimi delovnimi obiski (in kasneje tudi zasebnimi) je spoznal svojo bodočo ženo....

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Dnevnik

Ivan Lorenčič

Will fresh Middle East tensions blow up risks for small Asian firms?

Asian firms worry that Iran-Israel tensions could spill over to the Strait of Hormuz – a vital oil corridor for Asia – and provide more fuel to...

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South China Morning Post

Biman Mukherji

نحن والرد.. هم والرد

تعيش المنطقة ولا تزال على وقع أزيز الرصاص وسردية المغامرات وحكايات العدوان...

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العين الإخبارية

عبدالجليل السعيد

Court releases Hebrew U. professor held for incitement, call her arrest unjustified

University slams arrest of Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian for month-old comments questioning Hamas atrocities on Oct. 7; judge ‘unconvinced’ she’s...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

IDF: 4 soldiers hurt, several Palestinian gunmen killed in West Bank raid

Palestinians name one person killed in clashes with soldiers in Nur Shams; army bulldozers rip up roads to search for bombs

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

US House speaker ‘anxious’ to pass Israel, Ukraine aid as far-right mutiny brews

Johnson leans on Democrat support as isolationist GOP members in Trump camp threaten ouster over funding for Kyiv’s defense, flirtation with...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

Global community urges Israel, Iran to keep a lid on tensions after reported strike

Italian leader says US warned ‘at last minute,’ as Washington clarifies it had nothing to do with alleged retaliation; indications tit-for-tat...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

S&P cuts Israel’s long-term credit ratings, citing ‘military escalation risks’

Ratings agency says Israel faces risk of ‘a more substantial, direct and sustained military confrontation with Iran,’ notes widening deficit as...

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The Times of Israel

Reuters

Colombia suspende jornada laboral en sector público para ahorrar agua y energía

El Gobierno de Colombia ordenó suspender la jornada laboral de hoy viernes para quienes trabajan en entidades públicas con el fin de...

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América Economía

América Economía

Sector privado chileno critica dictamen de 40 horas

Ayer jueves el Gobierno de Chile, a través del Ministerio del Trabajo y la Dirección del Trabajo (DT), comunicó un dictamen en el que se precisó...

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América Economía

América Economía

The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: Fighting for Survival

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Karen Sutton

Asking Questions without Demanding a Creed

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Gershon Hepner

Mr. Prime Minister, Take the Mulligan

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Susie Becher

Jewish Adoption & Adaptation: The Seder as a Symposium

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sam Lehman-Wilzig

Women entrepreneurs could make the world $6 trillion richer

Every small business owner knows how difficult it can be to get access to affordable capital. But for many women in the Global South, it’s not...

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The Japan Times

Melinda French Gates

Letter from Nikkei Asia's editor: Living with plastic

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Nikkei Asian Review

Shin Nakayama

Argentine senators double their salaries in two-minute vote

The Argentine Chamber of Senators approved a raise in their monthly salaries from AR$1.7 million (US$1,860 at the official rate) to a minimum of...

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Buenos Aires Herald

Facundo Iglesia

Ukraine: 10 biggest providers of military aid

Ukraine's main supporters are providing billions in arms and ammunition. So far, the US has pledged the most in military assistance, followed by...

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Deutsche Welle

Ines Eisele

Germany unlikely to grant Russian draft dodgers asylum

German authorities say that men coming to Germany from Russia to avoid being enlisted in the army are not at risk of persecution if they return....

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Deutsche Welle

Natalia Smolentceva

Faced with China and US, EU warned to find competitive edge

The EU received a stark warning about its ability to compete on the world market amid heavy state spending in the US and China. But carving out a...

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Deutsche Welle

Ella Joyner

US vetoes Security Council resolution granting Palestinians full-member status at UN

12 nations back measure, including France, Japan, South Korea, which haven’t individually recognized Palestinian state; US official: They voted...

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The Times of Israel

Jacob Magid

Producción de azúcar en México se desploma a niveles mínimos debido a continuas sequías

Las condiciones de sequía que persisten en México han impactado negativamente las cosechas de caña de azúcar. Se estima que la producción de...

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América Economía

América Economía

This Passover, I am the Evil Child

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Steven Bayar

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