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        <title>Israel Votes: And what if it’s deadlocked? - Sponsored Content</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 09:59:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 08:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 15:38:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why does Israeli political life appear hopelessly frozen at the top even as tectonic shifts stir beneath the surface? 

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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 08:35:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yossi Klein Halevi joins Sara Labaton to reflect on power, victimhood, and what we owe the next generation of Jewish learners.<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/05/AP26103721234779-1024x640.jpg" title="Why are young Jews turning against Israel?" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 08:41:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The author of 'Memoirs of a Jewish Extremist' plumbs his personal experiences to share insight into the psyche of those fringe settlers who are lighting up the West Bank<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/08/2-2-1024x640.jpg" title="Yossi Klein Halevi: Why Jewish extremism is so seductive &#8211; and dangerous" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 06:46:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Donniel Hartman dissects the Jewish tradition's ambivalent view of human nature, mitzvah as training for decency, and the IDF Code of Ethics now under pressure after Oct 7. <figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/08/F260806CG33-1024x640.jpg" title="Humanness: from mensch to warrior" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 17:32:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How do the Jewish people reclaim our story when our very right to self-defense is under assault? Yossi Klein Halevi sits down with the author and former White House speechwriter.<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/01/518047437_10165809398454778_997182960031496897_n-1024x640.jpg" title="The Post Oct 7 Jew &#8211; with Sarah Hurwitz" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 09:02:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How does a Jewish state navigate its future when the most fiercely contested issue at the ballot box is the definition of Judaism itself?
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 06:31:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What happens to a nation's psyche when the basic need to breathe is blocked by the geopolitical reality of an endless war?
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        <title>Israel Election: the change we hope for - Sponsored Content</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 09:02:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is it possible to rebuild a shared national vision when a society remains deeply traumatized and divided over its own moral obligations?<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/06/F191218HP22-1024x640.jpg" title="Israel Election: the change we hope for" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 07:32:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What do 4 political earthquakes in a single week – as the Knesset is on the brink of dissolving – reveal about the election that will define Israel’s future?
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 18:54:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is Israel’s social contract breaking under the weight of the ultra-Orthodox draft exemption?

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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 06:09:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What do American Jews owe Israel when their own political and moral worlds feel under threat?
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 17:43:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why is Israel’s next election being driven more by fear than hope?
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 17:25:10 +0000</pubDate>
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