It was only a matter of time before someone would ask whether the international scandal engulfing Rupert Murdoch’s empire was good for the Jews. And if you feel compelled to ask, the answer is almost always “no.”
The head of the Israel Medical Association went on a hunger strike to ramp up doctors\’ demands for better wages.
A man who spray-painted anti-Semitic slogans on three Jewish sites in Calgary was sentenced to 18 months probation.
The Israel Chamber Orchestra plans to perform a composition by Richard Wagner in Germany, breaking an Israel taboo against playing the anti-Semitic composer’s music.
The Austrian economist Joseph Schumpeter argued famously that the forces of “creative destruction” unleashed by capitalist economies were largely positive, as they favored the best innovations. Just as the mom-and-pop video store was destroyed by Blockbuster and Blockbuster now finds itself made largely obsolete by Netflix, capitalism perpetually lays low old orders, replacing them with more efficient ones better able to take advantage of new technologies.
Israel\’s finance minister, Yuval Steinitz, denied that there was any plan to oust him.
Palestinian rockets will hit Tel Aviv in any future conflict in the Gaza Strip, Israel\’s civil defense minister said.
The United Nations deferred the release of its findings on Israel\’s deadly seizure of a Gaza-bound Turkish ship to give Jerusalem and Ankara more time to mend fences.
The Czech Republic became the first European Union country to say it would boycott the United Nations-sponsored Durban III conference.
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