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Daily Archives: March 18, 2021

Israeli travelers who had been stranded in South America due to coronavirus travel restrictions arrive at Ben-Gurion International Airport from São Paolo through New York on March 23, 2020. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Israel’s High Court rules travel restrictions unconstitutional

Israel’s High Court of Justice excoriated the government on Wednesday over its handling of air travel during the coronavirus pandemic, ruling that the restrictions it imposed on entering and exiting the country were unconstitutional. In...
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden with Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah on March 9, 2016. Photo by Flash90.

Memo: Biden administration aims to ‘reset’ relations with Palestinians

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The Biden administration is looking to hit the reset button with the Palestinians, including the return to a more traditional position on a two-state solution and rolling back several Trump administration positions on Israel. The...
Flagship projects include the “Operational Internet,” which is designed to act like the civilian Internet and turn every component in the military into a partner that can team up with another partner. Credit: IDF Spokesperson's Unit.

IDF is undergoing a digital transformation that will link air, sea and ground units

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In the past, when ground units spotted a target and wished to transmit the data to an Israel Air Force aircraft, the process would take tens of minutes and involve an entire chain of...
Illustrative: Social-media companies displayed on a smartphone. Credit: Twin Design/Shutterstock.

Study: ‘Big Five’ social-media platforms earn ‘B-’ in tackling hate online

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An “explosion of hate and lurid conspiracies” proliferating across various social-media platforms has been observed this year, the Simon Wiesenthal Center said on Tuesday in announcing the release of its annual digital terrorism and...

March 18, 1964: Norbert Wiener, Father of Cybernetics, dies

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Norbert Wiener, a child prodigy who became a world-renowned mathematician and anti-war spokesman, died on this date in 1964. Wiener was a leader in the field of cybernetics (a word he coined), the interdisciplinary...