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Daily Archives: July 27, 2020

British rapper Wiley, Nov. 25, 2011. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.

UK Home Secretary blasts Twitter, Instagram, over ‘abhorrent’ anti-Semitic posts

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Home Secretary of the United Kingdom Priti Patel demanded an explanation from Twitter and Instagram on Sunday regarding the length of time anti-Semitic posts by British rapper Richard Kylea Cowie Jr., aka Wiley, were allowed...
Cyber and National Digital Matters Minister David Amsalem arrives at the District Court in Jerusalem, ahead of the start of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's trial on criminal allegations of bribery, fraud and breach of trust. May 24, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Likud minister threatens to block all non-coronavirus-related legislation

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Israeli Cyber and National Digital Matters Minister David Amsalem of the  Likud Party said on Friday that no laws would be passed in the Knesset this week other than those urgently needed to help...
The heads of the Arab-Israeli parties Hadash, Ta’al and UAL seek a joint list, July 27, 2019. Credit: Hadash.

Report: Growing discord may dissolve Joint Arab List

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Internal conflicts plaguing Israel’s Joint Arab List could soon spell the end of the road for the faction, Israeli media reported over the weekend. Formed ahead of the 2015 elections, the alliance, comprising the Arab...
Elbit Systems safe grenade. Credit: Courtesy.

Safe-grenade production program up and running at disability center

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A housing complex for adults with learning disabilities has begun producing a key component in a grenade that is able to withstand gunfire without detonating. The Rimon (Grenade) Center was inaugurated earlier this month at...

Thinking Seriously While There Is Still Time: Classical Economic Wisdom at the Eleventh Hour

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“The rich man glories in his riches, because he feels that they naturally draw upon him the attention of the world….At the thought of this, his heart seems to swell and dilate itself within...

July 27, 1656: Baruch Spinoza Was Excommunicated

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Bento de Spinoza was a young merchant in Amsterdam, one of many Sephardic Jews in that city involved in overseas trade in the early 1650s. The specialty of his family’s firm, which he and his brother Gabriel had been...

« Reconnu » mais non légitime : un gouvernement non élu de Frères musulmans affiliés à...

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Par Yigal Carmon et Romany Shaker* La situation politique en Libye est caractérisée ces jours-ci par une guerre civile entre une partie majoritairement islamiste basée à Tripoli, dans l’ouest de la Libye, et une partie...

What Is Really Being Cancelled Out With Cancel Culture

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The notion of cancel culture refers to the boycotting or shunning of someone whose behavior or speech is deemed in some way objectionable or controversial.  The boycotting or shunning can damage a person’s reputation...