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Daily Archives: June 10, 2020

A Tale of Freedom

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The riots throughout the United States and in cities around the world, protesting the killing of George Floyd, trigger recollections of the sometimes violent freedom protests during the Civil Rights Movement in America in...

The George Floyd case as seen from Israel

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Is there anyone within range of this letter who doesn’t know the sad story of George Floyd? Here, half a world away from Minneapolis, and with our own problems of disease and violence, we’ve seen...
John Scott (date unknown) holding a canary cage used in coal mines rescue training at Cannock Chase, United Kingdom. Image courtesy of Museum of Cannock Chase

Never again the canary in the coal mine

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Facing ever growing anti-Semitism in the decades following the Holocaust, the Diaspora Jewish community’s common response has been to cry “Never Again” and to describe ourselves as the “canary in the coal mine,” which...
A Black Lives Matter protest against police brutality in St. Paul, Minn., in 2015. Credit: Fibonacci Blue via Wikimedia Commons.

Cancel culture comes to the Conference of Presidents

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Americans are united in their outrage about the death of George Floyd, an African-American man who was wrongfully killed by a Minneapolis policeman. But the reaction to the death of Floyd has transcended the...
A a mosaic stands at the entrance to a rest area and memorial site honoring Dvir Sorek, killed in a terror attack on Aug. 7, 2019. Credit: Courtesy of Ohr Torah Stone.

Outdoor rest area honors memory of Dvir Sorek, killed in 2019 terror attack

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Nine months after a terrorist murdered Dvir Sorek, high school students from Ohr Torah Stone institutions dedicated an outdoor rest area in his memory at the site of the attack. Sorek, a student at Ohr...
The Jewish town of Karnei Shomron in Judea and Samaria, June 4, 2020. Photo by Sraya Diamant/Flash90.

Home stretch: Sovereignty to bring good tidings to homeowners in Judea and Samaria

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Israel’s plan to extend its sovereignty to the Jordan Valley, and parts of Judea and Samaria, is sparking considerable debate, mostly about the diplomatic aspects of U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Peace to Prosperity” plan,...
Illustrative image of a person smoking marijuana. Feb. 11, 2020. Photo by Yossi Zamir/Flash90.

Likud, Blue and White to work towards decriminalizing cannabis

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party and Vice Premier Benny Gantz’s Blue and White Party issued a joint statement on Tuesday saying they would work to “resolve the issue of decriminalization and legalization”...
Israeli Health Minister Yuli Edelstein speaks during a press conference on COVID-19 at the Health Ministry in Jerusalem on May 31, 2020. Photo by Flash90.

Israeli health minister: Country nearing 200 new COVID-19 cases a day

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The rise in coronavirus cases in Israel is becoming dramatic and cause for concern, Israeli Health Minister Yuli Edelstein said on Tuesday. “At this rate, we are heading toward 200 new cases per day. Just...
A global color mosaic of Neptune's moon Triton, taken in 1989 by "Voyager 2" during its flyby of the Neptune system. Credit: NASA/JPL/USGS.

Israel team aims to reach Neptune’s moon with Trident project

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Is there life on Triton, the largest moon circling the planet Neptune? An Israeli project aims to find out. One of its key measurement tools will be a super-accurate clock that loses less than...
Israeli Supreme Court Chief Justice Esther Hayut at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on May 3, 2020. Photo by Oren Ben Hakoon/POOL.

Israel’s Supreme Court overturns ‘Settlement Regulation Law’

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Israel’s Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday against legislation aimed at retroactively legalizing settlements in certain parts of Judea and Samaria (the West Bank). The Judea and Samaria Regulation Law, passed by the Knesset in 2017,...