A roundup of the most talked about political and global stories in the Jewish world this week:
Longterm ceasefire
“The war in Gaza ended on Tuesday after Israel and the Palestinians agreed to halt fighting indefinitely, putting an end to seven weeks of catastrophic loss of life and destruction, but on terms which are likely to leave many on both sides of the conflict wondering what was achieved,” ” target=”_blank”>wrote Yossi Melman in The Jerusalem Post. The war also showed some problems within the Israeli government, ” target=”_blank”>reported The New York Times. “This seems like a tidy demonstration of why diversity is useful in the workplace. I’m just spitballing here, but it feels pretty unlikely that any Jews got a look at this shirt before it went into production,” ” target=”_blank”>added Heather Cichowski at The Gloss, pointing to other recent flareups from the company. “There are only so many times these 'unfortunate coincidences' can happen before people begin to believe they’re intentional. From now on maybe they should stick with selling plain shirts.”