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התקציב שהממשלה מעלה היום הוא הרסני. אין בו שום בשורה, אין בו רפורמה שתשפר את מצב המשק, אין מנועי צמיחה, אין מאבק ביוקר המחיה, יש רק סחטנות אינסופית. אנחנו נתנגד לתקציב הזה, ונעבוד קשה כדי לחזור מהר לשלטון. כי צריך יהיה לבטל את כל מה שהם עושים עכשיו לפני שהנזק הופך להיות ממשי.

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Paul Simon Confronts Death, Profoundly, on ‘Seven Psalms’

The 81-year-old songwriter ruminates on mortality, faith and meaning in an album that could be a farewell.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/18/arts/music/paul-simon-seven-psalms-review.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

 

City Planning Council Approves Expansion of East Jerusalem Settlement

Plan includes construction of 100 residential units and 275 hotel rooms in Nof Zion, a settlement inside an Arab neighborhood

 https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-03-06/ty-article/.premium/city-planning-council-approves-expansion-of-east-jerusalem-settlement/00000186-b31a-d24e-af96-f3da8ad00000

 

Destructive Middle East Rituals (Hard Questions, Tough Answers- May 22, 2023)

https://peacenow.org/entry.php?id=41632&eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=7b24310f-6286-468e-a634-5273a7ab34c2

 

Bibi Advocates ‘Unique Two-State Solution’

One for charedim and one for the rest of Israel; massive concessions to coalition revealed.

https://garyrosenblatt.substack.com/p/bibi-advocates-unique-two-state-solution?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Cardiff: Two teenage boys killed in crash before Ely riot

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-65677472

Nota bene - I am not endorsing the editorial slant of any of these articles; Some I agree with, others maybe not. I am saying they are worth knowing about.  Your recommendations for WHAT'S WORTH KNOWING are welcome.  ej5@nyu.edu

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On the way up to the Temple Mount, Likud is becoming Otzma Yehudit

Most ruling party members have always shunned visits to the holy site, both for security and religious reasons, but a new breed of Likud MKs are following the lead of the far-right

https://www.timesofisrael.com/on-the-way-up-to-the-temple-mount-likud-is-becoming-otzma-yehudit/

Majority of U.S. Twitter users say they’ve taken a break from the platform in the past year

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/05/17/majority-of-us-twitter-users-say-theyve-taken-a-break-from-the-platform-in-the-past-year/?utm_source=Pew+Research+Center&utm_campaign=6195bed327-Weekly_5-20-23&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-6195bed327-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D

 

The slow cracking of Greg the Egg

How the No. 1 boy of ‘Succession’ fans turned into just another Disgusting Brother

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/05/18/greg-succession-hbo-nicholas-braun/

 

Foreign Bodies: Pandemics, Vaccines and the Health of Nations by Simon Schama review – scientists to the rescue

The historian offers up lessons from past pandemics in an indictment of modern leaders’ response to Covid

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/may/19/foreign-bodies-pandemics-vaccines-and-the-health-of-nations-by-simon-schama-review-scientists-to-the-rescue?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

 

Orwell: The New Life by DJ Taylor review — the Etonian poser who wanted to be famous

George Orwell put his career before his dying wife, his little boy and his friends. Will Lloyd on a selfish genius

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/orwell-by-dj-taylor-review-r27nxw39p

 

Nota bene - I am not endorsing the editorial slant of any of these articles; Some I agree with, others maybe not. I am saying they are worth knowing about.  Your recommendations for WHAT'S WORTH KNOWING are welcome.  ej5@nyu.edu