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Likud says all of Netanyahu bloc has endorsed replacing Knesset speaker
Mickey Levy announces parliament will convene next Monday to vote on his replacement; presumed incoming PM's party also cites 'significant progress' on forming new government
By TOI staff 5 December 2022, 2:14 pm Edit
Likud head MK Benjamin Netanyahu seen after coalition talks outside a hotel in Jerusalem, December 5, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
The Times of Israel liveblogged Monday's events as they unfolded.
Knesset speaker says vote to replace him will be held next Monday
Knesset Speaker Mickey Levy leads a plenum session on November 21, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Knesset Speaker Mickey Levy says he'll convene the plenum next Monday to choose his replacement, after presumed incoming prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc gathered enough signatures to force a vote.
In a statement, Levy says the request to select a new speaker is meant "to advance legislation that will allow people convicted [of crimes] and sentenced to conditional prison time to serve as ministers," in reference to ultra-Orthodox Shas leader Aryeh Deri.
"Despite the incredible pain in knowing that that this is the intention of the emerging coalition, I will act with statesmanship and respect the will of the voter," Levy adds.
Likud announces that the all the factions in presumed incoming premier Benjamin Netanyahu's right-religious bloc have endorsed replacing Knesset Speaker Mickey Levy with one of their own.
A statement from Likud also cites "significant progress" on forming a government over the past several hours, without elaborating.
It's not immediately clear if Levy will convene the plenum this week to select his replacement. If not, the vote is expected to be held next Monday.
It is also remains unclear who Netanyahu and his allies will select as the new speaker, which will give them control of the Knesset even before the coalition they are working to assemble is sworn in.
PA premier calls for US to play more active role in Israeli-Palestinian peace process
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh at a press conference in Ramallah, February 27, 2021 (WAFA)
WASHINGTON — Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh calls on the Biden administration to play a more active role in bringing about a resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
In a pre-recorded video address to the dovish Mideast lobby J Street, Shtayyeh thanks US President Joe Biden for renewing US aid for the Palestinians, mainly through the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA.
However, he then laments Biden's failure to follow through on campaign promises to reopen diplomatic missions to the Palestinians in Jerusalem and Washington and went on to go through a list of steps Ramallah expected the US to take.
This includes doing more to prevent Israeli settlement expansion and entrenched control over the West Bank and East Jerusalem; pressuring Israel to allow Palestinian elections to take place in East Jerusalem; revoking congressional legislation deeming the Palestine Liberation Organization a terror group; and restarting direct aid to the PA, which ceased due to Ramallah's stipends to Palestinian security prisoners and the families of slain terrorists.
Shtayyeh highlights the uptick in violence in the West Bank that is unfolding under the outgoing government and warns that the situation will likely worsen under the hardline coalition that prime minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu is seeking to finalize in the coming days.
The PA premier claims that the next government is threatening to expropriate more Palestinian land in the West Bank, increase the number of settlers beyond the Green Line and adopt a "shoot to kill" military policy against Palestinian protesters.
Incoming national security minister Itamar Ben Gvir has pledged to loosen open-fire rules to allow soldiers to use more lethal force against Palestinians throwing rocks or Molotov cocktails. He has also backed soldiers filmed taunting and assaulting Israeli activists.
Shtayyeh says PA President Abbas remains willing to enter negotiations with Israel toward a two-state solution, arguing that a failure to reach it will mean Israel will no longer be a Jewish nor democratic.
At World Cup, England fan shocks Israeli correspondent with call to 'free Palestine'
An Israel reporter was surprised when interviewing jubilant England fans last night after their World Cup win over Senegal.
The reporter for the Kan public broadcaster was talking to a fan identified as Harry Hatton when he shouted, "It's coming home! But more importantly, free Palestine."
The reporter throws his hands up in desperation, saying, "Come on, let's talk football."
Israeli reporters in Qatar have faced frequent instances of anti-Israel and pro-Palestinian calls at the World Cup, the first held in the Middle East.
This was LiVE on an Israeli TV, when English fan Harry Hatton @harryhatt0n shouted:
❝Free Palestine❞
In #Qatar2022 the Zionist – Apartheid Hasbara media can't run away from #FreePalestin & 'From river to the sea, Palestine will be free'
You're boycotted by the People ✊🏾 🇵🇸 pic.twitter.com/Tx04epTR0h
— Mohammed Al Rahbi I مُحمد الرحبي (@MohammedAlRahbi) December 5, 2022
Kohavi said to vow to stop Smotrich interference in appointment of IDF generals
IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi speaks at a conference of the Gazit Institute in Tel Aviv, November 4, 2022. (Gideon Markowicz/ Flash90)
Israel Defense Force chief of staff Aviv Kohavi is reportedly vowing to stop Religious Zionism leader Bezalel Smotrich from being able to nominate army generals for two key positions.
"I won't allow any interference in the appointment of IDF generals. There is no possibility of this happening," Kohavi tells confidants in closed conversations, according to Channel 13.
The Haaretz daily reports similar comments from Kohavi and says that incoming IDF chief of staff Herzi Halevi agrees with Kohavi.
According to a report yesterday, the incoming coalition parties have agreed to change the process for choosing the heads of the Civil Administration and Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, also known as COGAT, two key Defense Ministry positions managing life for Palestinians and Israeli settlers in much of the West Bank.
Under the already-announced terms of a coalition deal between Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu and Smotrich, a junior minister embedded in the Defense Ministry by Religious Zionism will exercise control over COGAT and the Civil Administration, agencies under the ministry and the Israel Defense Forces which serve as the military liaison to the Palestinians and direct civilian life in Area C of the West Bank.
According to the report, that authority may also extend to appointing who leads the agencies, a task that currently falls to the head of the Israel Defense Forces, with the approval of the defense minister the only form of political intervention.
The Channel 13 report also quotes a senior defense official as saying that such a move "will break the chain of command and create anarchy."
The IDF spokesperson department denies leaking the comments.
Deri said to walk out of coalition talks with Netanyahu, Smotrich
Shas chairman MK Aryeh Deri seen after coalition talks with Religious Zionist party head MK Bezalel Smotrich and Likud head MK Benjamin Netanyahu, outside a hotel in Jerusalem, December 5, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
Shas chief Aryeh Deri reportedly walks out of coalition talks with Likud's Benjamin Netanyahu and Religious Zionism head Bezalel Smotrich, the Kan public broadcaster reports.
Deri was reportedly demanding that the interior and health ministries, which his party is set to get, be exempt from oversight by the Finance Ministry's budgetary department.
Smotrich who is set to become finance minister vehemently refuses, saying such a move violates his coalition agreements with Netanyahu.
Deri, for his part, says failure to exempt his ministries violates his agreements with Likud.
This is the second time in a week that Deri has reportedly clashed with Netanyahu during talks.
Man arrested for road rage attack in Bnei Brak
A 29-year-old man is arrested after attacking another motorist with his helmet in a road rage attack in Bnei Brak.
The driver flees the scene on his scooter, but is tracked down and arrested by police after a video of the attack is posted on social media.
Israel has seen a spate of road rage incidents, including a fatal stabbing, in recent weeks.
תיעוד בסקופים: אלימות בכבישי בני ברק – רוכב אופנוע ניגש לרכב שנסע אחריו, פותח את הדלת ומכה עם הקסדה את הנהג שככה"נ ביקש לעקוף. pic.twitter.com/FvMO0Hzjwi
— חדשות הסקופים. (@Haskupim) December 5, 2022
Netanyahu said to tell Maoz to keep a low profile, stop anti-LGTB comments
Noam's sole lawmaker, Avi Maoz, speaks at the outset of his Knesset faction meeting, December 5, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/ Flash90)
The presumed incoming prime minister has sent a message to Noam party head Avi Maoz, telling him to keep a low profile with regard to his anti-LGBT rhetoric, Channel 12 reports.
Netanyahu's transfer of control of educational ministry projects to Maoz has caused a massive outcry, heightened by an interview Maoz gave last week, during which he vowed to cancel the Jerusalem Pride Parade.
Following the interview, Netanyahu issued a statement promising that there would be no change to LGBT rights in Israel and has now sent a message to Maoz.
The report says it is not only Netanyahu's Likud that is uncomfortable with Maoz's blatant homophobia, but the other far-right and ultra-Orthodox coalition partners have expressed concern that Maoz was harming the image of the whole bloc, the report says.
Croatia beat Japan on penalties to reach World Cup quarter-finals
Croatia's goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic celebrates with teammates after their victory in the Qatar 2022 World Cup round of 16 football match between Japan and Croatia at the Al-Janoub Stadium in Al-Wakrah, south of Doha on December 5, 2022. (Ina Fassbender / AFP)
Croatia beat Japan on penalties to reach the World Cup quarter-finals after a 1-1 draw in their last-16 clash on Monday.
Daizen Maeda gave Japan a half-time lead and Ivan Perisic headed home an equalizer for the 2018 runners-up, before goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic saved three of four penalties as Croatia won the shoot-out 3-1.
Moscow blames Ukraine drone strikes for explosions at Russian airfields
The Russian defense ministry said Ukrainian drone attacks caused explosions at two airfields in the Saratov and Ryazan regions, leaving three dead.
This morning, "the Kyiv regime attempted to strike the Dyagilevo airfield in the Ryazan region, and the Engels airfield in the Saratov region, with Soviet-made drones," the ministry says in a statement, adding that three soldiers had been killed.
BREAKING: Two powerful explosions at Russian Engels airfield near Saratov pic.twitter.com/5u2wglpkcE
— AlexandruC4 (@AlexandruC4) December 5, 2022
Turkish military vehicle runs over, kills woman and child in Syria
Turkish military convoy drives through the village of Binnish, in Idlib province, Syria, February 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed, File)
A Turkish military vehicle ran over a woman and a child in a northern Syrian town on Monday, killing them instantly and sparking protests by locals, opposition activists say.
The apparent accident happened in the town of Atareb west of the northern city of Aleppo as two armored vehicles drove through the town, the activists said. Afterward, angry residents pelted the vehicles with stones, as they drove slowly through the town located about 16 kilometers (10 miles) from the Turkish border, they say.
Residents in northern Syria frequently complain about the aggressive way in which Turkish convoys drive through their towns and villages.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition war monitor, said members of a rebel group in Atareb protected the Turkish soldiers from the protesters and took them to a nearby police station.
There is no immediate comment from Turkish officials.
World Cup gets first extra time as Japan-Croatia tie 1-1
Croatia's Ivan Perisic, left, scores his side's opening goal during the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Japan and Croatia at the Al Janoub Stadium in Al Wakrah, Qatar, December 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
The World Cup match between Japan and Croatia in the round of 16 goes to extra time, with the teams tied at 1-1 after 90 minutes.
Daizen Maeda fired Japan ahead on 43 minutes before 2018 World Cup finalists Croatia leveled through Ivan Perisic in the 55th minute.
If neither side can win in the extra 30 minutes, the game goes to a penalty shoot-out.
Putin drives across Crimea bridge reopened after October blast
Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, listens to Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin, left, as he visits the Crimean Bridge connecting Russian mainland and Crimean peninsula over the Kerch Strait, which was damaged by a truck bomb attack in October, after restoration works, not far from Kerch, Crimea, Monday, Dec. 5, 2022. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Russian President Vladimir Putin visits a bridge that links Moscow-annexed Crimea to the Russian mainland weeks after the vital link was hit by a blast, images on state television showed.
It is the closest the 70-year-old Russian leader has come to the frontline in Ukraine, after sending troops to the pro-Western country on February 24.
Putin dives a Mercedes across the bridge as Russia re-opened it to traffic following an October blast Moscow blamed on Ukraine.
The Kremlin chief also hears a report from Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin about repair work on the bridge and spoke to construction workers.
In October, the Kerch bridge was partially destroyed in an attack attributed to Ukraine by Moscow.
Two Border Police hurt in West Bank as Palestinians throw explosive device, rocks
Border Police troops clash with Palestinians in the Aida Refugee Camp, near Rachel's Tomb on the outskirts of Jerusalem, December 5, 2022. (Israel Police)
Police say two Border Police officers were lightly hurt after Palestinians hurled an explosive device and rocks at troops in the West Bank's Aida Refugee Camp, near Rachel's Tomb on the outskirts of Jerusalem.
One of the officers, who was hit by the explosion, is taken to Jerusalem's Shaare Zedek medical center. The other officer is treated at the scene, police say.
A Border Police spokesman says the group of some 40 Palestinians also hurled stones and marbles at troops.
"Border Police troops responded with riot dispersal means," the spokesman says.
Sacha Baron Cohen brings back Borat to tackle Ye: 'Too antisemitic, even for us'
This image released shows Sacha Baron Cohen in a scene from "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm." (Amazon Studios)
Jewish comedian Sacha Baron Cohen brings back his Borat character to take on Kanye West's antisemitic tirades, the Guardian reports.
Appearing at the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington DC to pay tribute to U2 singer Bono, Borat addressed West, who now goes by Ye.
"Before I proceed, I will say I am very upset about the antisemitism in US and A," he says. "It not fair. Kazakhstan is No. 1 Jew-crushing nation. Stop stealing our hobby. Stop the steal! Stop the steal!"
"Your Kanye, he tried to move to Kazakhstan and even changed his name to Kazakhstanye West. But we said: No, he too antisemitic, even for us," Borat says.
Borat then sings his version of U2's "With or Without You."
"With or without Jews," he sings, before adding "What's the problem? They loved this at Mar-a-Lago. They chose 'without Jews.'"
Australia offers $1 million for info on 1982 bombings of Israeli mission, Jewish club
A composite of three suspects in the 1982 bombing of the Israeli consulate in Sydney Australia, released in 2012 by Australian Police. (Australian Federal Police)
Australia is offering a $1 million (about USD $680,000) reward for information on the 1982 bombings of the Israeli consulate in Sydney and the Jewish Hokoah club, the Guardian newspaper reports.
The incident, in which two people were injured outside the consulate and in which the second bomb failed to detonate properly, is regarded as the first international terrorist attack in Australia.
It has been blamed on Palestinian terrorists, but the culprits have never been found.
Police Minister Paul Toole says he hopes the $1 million reward would "be the final push members of the public need to offer up information – no matter how big or small it may seem – to help police in their unwavering quest for answers and provide closure for all those involved."
The reward is an increase on the $100,000 offered a decade ago when Australian police also released composite drawings of three suspects.
New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies chief executive, Darren Bark, says the Jewish community remains hopeful that someone with information would come forward.
"For four long decades, our community has searched for answers about this heinous terrorist attack targeting innocent Australians on our own soil," Bark says.
Netanyahu dismisses criticism of coalition deals as 'lies and scare-mongering'
Presumed incoming prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismisses criticism aimed at him by his political opponents over the appointment of a far-right MK to oversee parts of the education system and transferring Defense Ministry responsibilities to his allies as "lies and scaremongering."
"Lapid and Gantz don't recognize the results of the elections and are spraying around lies and scaremongering against the government elected by the majority," Netanyahu says.
Netanyahu accuses Lapid of waging a campaign to "delegitimize the choice of the people."
Netanyahu vows to rule according to the will of the voters who elected his far-right religious bloc, but says he will do so "responsibly."
Netanyahu says the security responsibility being transferred is "less than a thousandth of the Defense Ministry," while the far-right anti-LGBT misogynistic Noam party will only control "a thousandth of the education budget."
Gantz to likely successor: You will be a second-class defense minister
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
MK Yoav Galant attends the inauguration ceremony of a new neighborhood in Beit El, in the West Bank, July 12, 2022. (Sraya Diamant/Flash90)
Defense Minister Benny Gantz warns his successor — likely Likud MK Yoav Gallant — that if he takes the job, he will end up being a second-class defense chief.
Gantz refers to coalition agreements that agree to strip away key Defense Ministry powers and hand them over to the responsibilities of Religious Zionism leader Bezalel Smotrich and Otzma Yehudit leader Itamar Ben Gvir.
"I would like to say to my replacement — if you take the position as it is presented to you — your task will be to become the contractor for the dismantling of the security apparatus and the IDF," Gantz says.
"You will be a second-class defense minister," he says, adding that "the mark of Cain will be upon you."
"On your shift, the use of force will be taken away from the [military's] chief of staff and given to Ben Gvir. On your shift, the people's army will disintegrate," Gantz says at the outset of his National Unity party's faction meeting.
"Smotrich will appoint a major general and brigadier-general in the army according to how he perceives the size of their kippa and the fervor of their faith," he says.
Lapid to Netanyahu: If you think this is rebellion, you ain't seen nothing yet
Prime Minister Yair Lapid speaks during a faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on December 5, 2022.(Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
Prime Minister Yair Lapid slams his likely successor, Benjamin Netanyahu, for criticizing his call against giving the anti-LGBT Knesset member Avi Maoz control over parts of the education system.
"Netanyahu said this week that the fact that I am calling on the heads of the authorities not to cooperate with Maoz is sedition. There is no limit to this man's shamelessness," Lapid says at a faction meeting of his Yesh Atid party.
"If you think what I've been saying the last few days is rebellious, I have news for you, you ain't seen nothing yet. I have just started," Lapid says.
"We are not your suckers. We are not here just to pay taxes and send our children to the army. Most of the people are against this conduct, including the Likudniks," he says.
Amid Kanye controversy, White House to host antisemitism talks with Jewish leaders
Against the backdrop of Kanye West's pro-Nazi tirade on Infowars and his dinner with former US president Donald Trump and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes, US Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff will convene a roundtable with Jewish leaders on Wednesday to discuss the rise of antisemitism and efforts to combat hate in the country, the White House announces.
Also participating in the event will be antisemitism envoy Deborah Lipstadt, White House domestic policy advisor Susan Rice and senior Biden aide on public engagement Keisha Lance Bottoms.
Ben Gvir accuses Likud of 'stuttering,' trying to backtrack on coalition agreements
Head of the Otzma Yehudit party Itamar Ben Gvir at the scene of a suspected terror attack near the entrance to Jerusalem, on November 23, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Otzma Yehudit chief Itamar Ben Gvir appears to confirm reports Likud is trying to walk back some deals signed with his far-right party, accusing it of "stuttering."
"In the past days, I hear stuttering about agreements that were already signed and agreed upon," Ben Gvir says at the outset of his party's faction meeting.
Ben Gvir points to his demand to loosen open-fire rules and legislate immunity for security forces.
Adding a fresh demand, Ben Gvir says he wants an influential role in the powerful Ministerial Committee on Legislation, the government's filter for coalition-supported bills.
Presumed incoming prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is said to want the top spot chairing the committee for himself, and Ben Gvir's spokesman confirms that the Otzma leader will push to be his stand-in.
"In order to make sure the agreements will happen, we stand by our request to receive tools" the party needs to carry out its security policy, Ben Gvir says.
US says 'nothing suggests' Iran improving treatment of women
In this file photo taken on October 15, 202, demonstrators chant slogans while marching during the 'March of Solidarity for Iran' in Washington, DC. (Stefani Reynolds / AFP)
The United States says "nothing suggests" Iran is improving the treatment of women following reports Tehran was scrapping its notorious morality police after months-long protests.
"We have seen the reports but will not comment on ambiguous or vague claims by Iranian officials," a State Department spokesperson says. "Sadly, nothing we have seen suggests Iran's leadership is improving its treatment of women and girls or ceasing the violence it inflicts on peaceful protesters."
UTJ set to end efforts to obstruct change of Knesset speaker, MK says
United Torah Judaism (UTJ) lawmaker Moshe Gafni arrives for coalition talks at a hotel in Jerusalem, on November 9, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
Asked by reporters whether United Torah Judaism would finally lend its support to to a Likud-backed request to swap the current Knesset speaker with an incoming coalition politician, Moshe Gafni says it might be as early as today.
UTJ has held back its seven seats from the 61 signatures required to press for the swap, in a negotiation tactic meant to better its hand in seeking roles in the next government.
UTJ is the only party in the expected coalition that has not yet finalized its portfolios with Likud, although Shas has also yet to ink its deal.
Top IDF intel officer: Protests a real challenge to Iran but regime will survive
Iranians protest the death of Mahsa Amini in Tehran, October 27, 2022. (This photo was taken by an individual not employed by The Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran)
The head of the Military Intelligence research department says he believes the Iranian regime will survive ongoing protests that have been swept the country.
Speaking at a conference hosted by Gazit, a military think tank, Brig. Gen. Amit Saar says the protests sparked over the death of a young woman, Mahsa Amini, after her arrest by the morality police in Tehran in September, are different from previous protests against the regime.
He says the protests have lasted longer than expected, now nearly three months, and have been exceptionally violent, especially by protestors against Iranian security forces.
"The 2009 protests were because of politics, the 2019 protests were over the economy, but in 2022 they are over the very essence of the regime," Saar says.
"The protesters aren't shouting 'Change the hijab law,' they are shouting 'Down with the regime,"
"The oppressive Iranian regime will likely manage to survive these protests. It has built very very strong tools for dealing with such protests," he says.
"But I think that even if these protests wane, the reasons [for them] will remain and the Iranian regime will have a problem for years to come," Saar adds.
Ben Gvir claims Druze teen was still alive when taken by Palestinian gunmen
Mourners hold up a picture of Druze teenager Tiran Fero at his funeral in Daliyat al-Karmel, northern Israel, November 24, 2022. (Shir Torem/Flash90)
Otzma Yehudit chief Itamar Ben Gvir claims Israeli Druze teenager Tiran Fero, was "still alive" when he was snatched by Palestinian gunmen from a Jenin hospital in November.
The Israeli government and military have refuted the Fero family's claims that Tiran was still alive and hooked up to life support following a car crash, when removed from the Jenin hospital at gunpoint by Palestinian terrorists.
Fero's body was returned several days later, after pressure from the Israeli government and the Druze community.
Fero's father and uncle flanked Ben Gvir at the Otzma faction meeting, and several members of Fero's family were in attendance.
A man identifying himself as Fero's cousin confirms that the family supports this claim, speaking to The Times of Israel at the Otzma Yehudit faction meeting.
Top military intel officer: West Bank violence only going to get worse
Brig. Gen. Amit Saar, head of the Military Intelligence research department, speaks at a Gazit conference in Tel Aviv, December 5, 2022. (Screenshot/Youtube)
The head of the Military Intelligence research department says he believes the escalating situation in the West Bank will only get worse in the coming year and is not a "wave of terror" as many officials have described it.
Speaking at a conference hosted by Gazit, a military think tank, Brig. Gen. Amit Saar says the rising violence in the West Bank will be Israel's second most challenging issue in 2023, after Iran.
"People can say nothing has changed… the terror is seasonal, every few years we have a wave and afterward it calms down and comes back. There are people in the security establishment who believe this to be the case, but I think otherwise," Saar says.
"I think we need to examine what we have seen in recent months — not through the number of attacks, but the causes," he says.
"We are seeing the beginning of the weakening of the foundations that allowed us to manage the conflict. We are far from being able to solve the conflict, but there were foundations allowing us to manage the conflict," Saar says.
Saar says the Palestinian Authority has lost its legitimacy with young Palestinians, and there is easy access to firearms in the West Bank, enabling repeated shooting attacks.
"They lash out at everything, the PA, Hamas, the organized groups. They are angry and exposed to weapons and incitement. They want to make their own story, and put it on TikTok," he says, referring to the Lion's Den terror group and other local groups of armed Palestinians in the West Bank.
"It's much more complicated to deal with," Saar adds.
Maoz says attacks against him are 'a wild political campaign from the left'
Responding to an outpouring of criticism against his promised appointment to head a Jewish identity office, Avi Maoz, head of the anti-LGBT, misogynistic Noam party, says attacks against him are the political campaign of a bitter minority.
Speaking at his one-man party's faction meeting, Maoz says the criticism is "a wild political campaign by the left, headed by Yair Lapid and the media, against the elected prime minister and his attempt to form a government."
"This is a campaign of the minority that lost the elections — against the majority of the people who spoke decisively at the ballot box," he says.
"This campaign is nothing short of a rebellion and an attempt to prevent a prime minister from forming the only legitimate elected government after the elections," Maoz continues.
Herzog meets UAE president, reassures him all Israelis support Abraham Accords
President Isaac Herzog meets with UAE President Mohammed Bin Zayed in Abu Dhabi on December 5, 2022. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
President Isaac Herzog meets with UAE's President Mohammed Bin Zayed, seeking to reassure him that "the Abraham Accords are a national consensus in Israel on all sides of the political spectrum."
"Now we have to reach cruising altitude," he continues, "that is, to upgrade ties between us even more, to strengthen them and to bring more nations into the Abraham Accords."
The two meet in Bin Zayed's private home in Abu Dhabi.
Bin Zayed tells Herzog "that we built a very strong bridge between the countries that we both can be proud of."
He also tells his Israeli counterpart that the UAE is Herzog's "second home."
Herzog now heads to the airport to head back to his first home, Israel.
In Gulf, Herzog says Israeli leaders must push to expand Abraham Accords
President Isaac Herzog lands in Abu Dhabi, where he is greeted by UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah Bin Zayed, December 5, 2022. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
Israeli leaders must continue to work to expand the Abraham Accords, President Isaac Herzog says as he prepared to meet his Emirati counterpart in Abu Dhabi.
"This visit was an opportunity to take stock after two years of the Abraham Accords," Herzog tells Israeli journalists who joined him for his two-day trip to Bahrain and the UAE.
"It started as an agreement, turned into ties between states, and now the two countries want to upgrade the agreements and are working to add more countries," he says.
"This requires Israel's leadership to understand that this challenge continues," he says, as polls show declining support for the accords in all three of Israel's new Arab partners.
In a message likely meant to allay concerns in Manama and Abu Dhabi, Herzog stresses that "there is great importance to the Abraham Accords."
Turning to the Bahrainis, he says that their approach is "to work toward peace and not conflict. The Bahrainis believe deeply in ties with the Jewish community."
"This shows the massive change in the paradigm in the dialogue between the states and the peoples," he says.
Labor's Michaeli: Netanyahu selling our country piece by piece
Transportation Minister Merav Michaeli speaks at her Labor party's faction meeting at the Knesset, November 28, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
Labor leader Merav Michaeli says that presumed incoming prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is "selling our country piece by piece."
Michaeli charges that passing the override clause and Netanyahu's "personal interests" are what motivates him.
"The State of Israel isn't for sale," she adds.
Lapid urges Netanyahu: End deal giving anti-LGBT MK control over education programs
Outgoing Prime Minister Yair Lapid speaks during a faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on November 21, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Prime Minister Yair Lapid attacks his expected replacement Benjamin Netanyahu for signing over the Education Ministry's unit responsible for educational vendors to a far-right, anti-LGBT hardliner politician.
"You made a mistake, you know you made a mistake," Lapid says, calling on Netanyahu to cancel the deal with Noam's Avi Maoz.
Referring to the dozens of local authorities who have said they would either separately fund their own programming or oppose Maoz's appointment, Lapid says "we'll help them because they're totally correct."
Yesh Atid opened a hotline last week to assist citizens concerned by the move.
Liberman: Netanyahu's 'state of darkness' is trying destroy Zionist liberal Israel
Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman speaks during a faction meeting of his Yisrael Beytenu at the Knesset on November 15, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor Liberman warns that presumed incoming prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands at the head of a "state of darkness" that is trying to destroy "Zionist, liberal Israel."
Speaking at his party's faction meeting at the Knesset, Liberman decries the agenda of the far-right religious parties joining with Likud in the next coalition.
"In recent weeks we have seen some disturbing phenomena — starting with an attempt to establish two states for one people and ending with an attempt to enact the override law," Liberman says.
"Netanyahu is at the head of the state of darkness that is trying to destroy Zionist, liberal Israel," he says.
Israeli woman hurt when car stoned in West Bank
Damage is seen to an Israeli car that was attacked with stones in the West Bank, December 5, 2022. (Magen David Adom).
An Israeli woman is lightly hurt when her car is stoned by Palestinians on Route 505 in the West Bank, medics say.
The Magen David Adom ambulance says the 29-year-old continued driving after the attack and met up with medics at Tapuah Junction.
She is taken to Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva with injuries to her face from shrapnel, MDA says.
Sudan's military, civilian factions sign deal seeking to end crisis
Sudanese demonstrators attend a rally to demand the return to civilian rule a year after a military coup, in Khartoum, Sudan, Nov. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Marwan Ali, File)
Sudan's military and civilian leaders sign Monday an initial deal aimed at ending a deep crisis that has gripped the northeast African country since a coup a year ago.
Army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan seized power in October 2021, derailing a rocky transition to civilian rule that had started after the 2019 ouster of veteran autocrat Omar al-Bashir.
The past year has seen near-weekly protests and a crackdown that pro-democracy medics say has killed at least 121, a spiraling economic crisis and a rise in ethnic violence in several remote regions.
Divisions among civilian groups have deepened since the coup, with some urging a deal with the military while others insist on "no partnership, no negotiation."
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The deal — based on a proposal by the Sudanese Bar Association — was negotiated in the presence of officials from the United Nations, Western diplomats as well as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, according to the FFC.
A normalization deal signed between Sudan and Israel has largely been on hold since the coup.
Activists dismiss claim Iran morality police abolished
In this July 3, 2019 photo, a woman inspects a headscarf at a market in downtown Tehran, Iran (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
Campaigners backing Iran's protest movement dismiss a claim that the Islamic Republic is disbanding its notorious morality police, insisting there was no change to its restrictive dress rules for women.
There are also calls on social media for a three-day strike, more than two months into the wave of civil unrest sparked by the death of Kurdish-Iranian woman Mahsa Amini, 22, after her arrest by the morality police in Tehran.
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Moreover, they say, the abolition would mark no change to Iran's headscarf policy — a key ideological pillar for its clerical leadership — but rather a switch in tactics on enforcing it.
Scrapping the units would be "probably too little too late" for the protesters who now demand outright regime change, Roya Boroumand, co-founder of the US-based Abdorrahman Boroumand Center rights group, tells AFP.
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With Proper Management, calcification and fusion of the joints can be seen. Such a patient needs to be off the foot for at least an Year. After that we have mobilized such patients in customized pressure reducing footwear and thus salvaged the foot.
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Q: composer global require laravel/installer I've tried the first commands from the Laravel documentation

composer global require laravel/installer
I got error

Changed current directory to /Users/bheng/.composer
Using version ^2.0 for laravel/installer
./composer.json has been updated
Loading composer repositories with package information
Updating dependencies (including require-dev)
Your requirements could not be resolved to an installable set of packages.

  Problem 1
    - Conclusion: don't install laravel/installer v2.0.1
    - Conclusion: remove guzzlehttp/guzzle 4.2.3
    - Installation request for laravel/installer ^2.0 -> satisfiable by laravel/installer[v2.0.0, v2.0.1].
    - Conclusion: don't install guzzlehttp/guzzle 4.2.3
    - laravel/installer v2.0.0 requires guzzlehttp/guzzle ~6.0 -> satisfiable by guzzlehttp/guzzle[6.0.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2, 6.1.0, 6.1.1, 6.2.0, 6.2.1, 6.2.2, 6.2.3, 6.3.0, 6.3.1, 6.3.2, 6.3.3].
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    - Can only install one of: guzzlehttp/guzzle[6.1.0, 4.2.3].
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Does anyone know why?
I'm trying to spin out a new Laravel project.

A: I solved it
⚡  Sites  composer global remove laravel/installer
Changed current directory to /Users/bheng/.composer
Loading composer repositories with package information
Updating dependencies (including require-dev)
  - Removing laravel/installer (v1.4.1)
  - Removing symfony/filesystem (v3.3.10)
  - Removing guzzlehttp/guzzle (4.2.3)
  - Removing guzzlehttp/streams (2.1.0)
  - Removing symfony/console (v2.6.6)
  - Removing symfony/process (v2.6.6)
Generating autoload files
⚡  Sites  composer global require laravel/installer
Changed current directory to /Users/bheng/.composer
Using version ^2.0 for laravel/installer
./composer.json has been updated
Loading composer repositories with package information
Updating dependencies (including require-dev)
  - Installing symfony/process (v4.2.4)
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  - Installing symfony/polyfill-ctype (v1.10.0)
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  - Installing symfony/filesystem (v4.2.4)
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  - Installing symfony/polyfill-mbstring (v1.10.0)
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symfony/contracts suggests installing psr/cache (When using the Cache contracts)
symfony/contracts suggests installing psr/container (When using the Service contracts)
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symfony/contracts suggests installing symfony/service-contracts-implementation ()
symfony/contracts suggests installing symfony/translation-contracts-implementation ()
symfony/console suggests installing psr/log (For using the console logger)
symfony/console suggests installing symfony/event-dispatcher ()
symfony/console suggests installing symfony/lock ()
guzzlehttp/guzzle suggests installing psr/log (Required for using the Log middleware)
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A: Most likely you need --update-with-all-dependencies switch:
composer global require laravel/installer --update-with-all-dependencies

Composer refuses to upgrade package if it will require upgrading already installed dependencies - --update-with-all-dependencies is for change this behavior and upgrade also all necessary dependencies.

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"I'm so busy." How can we turn this from a lament to a cheer? In today's world we are challenged to celebrate "being busy." What does this mean to our sense of balance? How can we re-frame our thinking about the fast pace we face every day? Let's take on the new world of work as a challenge – instead of a chore!


My first wave! My first blogpost! I can't believe I actually did this. I've been thinking about a blog for a while, but as you know, sometimes it's easier to keep talking about stuff instead of actually putting in some effort and just doing it.
So here we are. The first one. Let's start with a cliché: the new year's resolutions.
Some people even say they want the new year to be better or they want to be happier. But tell me, how do you accomplish that? Resolutions like these last two need more than just words. They need actions and initiative.
So my new year's resolution is to act on my thoughts. There are so many ideas in my head and sometimes it's hard to not be overwhelmed by them. So instead of creating more ideas, it was time to just do something. Anything. Let's face it, anything is better than nothing. So my first step was… buying a notebook.
I know, I know, that's not a big step, but hey, give me a break. It's a first step. And that's exactly what I'm trying to say here. If you set goals, make sure they are doable. It gives you a happy feeling.
So I'm happy as a child with my notebook and I use it a lot. Every idea, about this blog, about school, about conversations I need to have, everything has a rough copy in my notebook. So now I have a little book full of lists, things to do, things I can't forget, things I already did, things I want to tell someone, … Well, I am who I am, there's still a lot of chaos in there… But it's still fun to see my ideas are developing.
So that's it. I hope some of you will buy a notebook too. Write everything down, it's yours. Make sure it's a written version of your thoughts and read them again and again (and again if necessary). They give you a whole new perspective on things. I also chose to make the front page a little more personal (see picture above!), so it would really be MY notebook.


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Our Roots of Prediction Addiction
Some of us have learnt over the years to view "Bible Prophecy" with a jaundiced eye. The attempt to turn the complex texts of the Old and New Testaments into a coherent road map for the near future is doomed to failure from the outset. Ancient writings simply can't be read that way with any integrity. It's not just bad theology and rotten exegesis, it's a display of dull and incompetent basic reading skills.
Where did we pick up the bad habit? When did the peculiar blend of Bible-quoting, fear-saturated fantasies we are familiar with first take recognizable shape? Doomsdayers have of course been with us from the earliest days of Christianity - with deep roots in Jewish apocalyptic. If we are honest about it, we can probably trace the trail even further back to the influence of dualistic religions like Zoroastrianism.
But the version we're most familiar with owes a great deal to the Adventist "Midnight Cry." Stepping back into the nineteenth century we find the seeds of our particular prediction addiction. The various churches that have historic ties to William Miller (and, on the other side of the Atlantic, the equally disturbed John Nelson Darby) are still largely in thrall to bizarre and naive biblical misinterpretations, and the delusion that they have some kind of special "inside knowledge" about the future.
This was brought forcibly home recently when I stumbled across a copy of the magazine Adventist World.
Although we see many natural and human atrocities, life continues to move on, giving the illusion that "all things continue as they were from the beginning" (2 Peter 3:4).
But we Seventh-day Adventists know better. Prophecy opens our eyes and tells us the truth, with the books of Daniel and Revelation pulling back the curtain, revealing what has happened in the past and what is soon to happen in the future. "The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but those things which are revealed belong to us and to our children forever" (Deut. 29:29).
We have to know who we are, and where we are in the spectrum of end-time events... I encourage you, if you haven't already done so, to return to biblical prophetic belief and understanding. The freedoms we now enjoy will not last indefinitely: the devil and those who do his bidding will see to that.
Is there a single sentence here that isn't flawed and, to put no too fine a point on it, a display of wanton biblical and theological ignorance? Amazingly, the writer isn't a backwater SDA missionary expressing a personal view, but the president of the Seventh-day Adventist denomination, Ted Wilson.
There's a lot worthy of respect in the SDA tradition. Adventists have been pioneers, for example, in the field of health awareness and, unlike some kindred groups, have a lively sense of social responsibility and community engagement. But can any denomination, no matter how well intentioned, holding uncompromising stands on six-day creationism and Chicken Little eschatology, really be taken seriously in the twenty-first century?
All of which, if nothing else, puts the prattle of Church of God prognosticators, fellow travellers in the same tradition, in perspective. They may be nuts, but they're far from alone.
Quotation from Ted N.C. Wilson, "Frog Syndrome: Basking in the Warmth", Adventist World (South Pacific Edition), March 9 2013.
Allen C. Dexter 19 March 2013 at 18:07
The Adventists aren't all that great in medicine either. When I see ridiculous statements about diet and nutrition, I like to look to see where it came from and it quite often is Loma Linda University. They're not to be trusted for the very reason that they have a doctinal axe to grind.
larry 20 March 2013 at 07:45
Gosh Gavin, we always know where you stand. You have truly thrown the baby out with the bath water...
Corky 20 March 2013 at 09:40
I keep thinking of the "times of the gentiles" (2520 years) depending on when you start counting the years, of course. Well, they've been stretched as far as possible, even if you add a final generation to the mix, the time has long passed. No one has dared to start the 2520 year long "times of the gentiles" in 70 AD - but they will, sooner or later.
Only about 577 years to go, folks, better give the work a big push right now, we have billions of Chinese and Muslims to convert yet! Or, maybe we should start the count from the second Jewish war...oh well, we can't know the day or the hour, can we?
What really gets my goat about these "end times prophecy" lunatics is their incredible arrogance multiply displayed:
1. We only out of all the Bible readers since the Bible began REALLY understand!
2. The various books (or maybe just Daniel and Revelation) with their different contexts were mainly about MY generation, and therefore irrelevant to all other readers.
3. We-but-not-others are the "elect".
Phrontistes 20 March 2013 at 13:37
It is difficult to pick on HWA these days since the worms have deflated his balloon long ago. But several of his proteges still remain. Meredith, for instance, having learned from his master, is a bit less specific and is content with saying the end will come in the next 5-15 years. But after saying the same thing for nigh on 50 years (yes it has been that long) it is a shame that none of those who hang on his every word have caught on to the con.
It seems pretty safe to say that folks like Flurry, Pack, Thiel, Dart, and Meredith are/were clueless. They all did/do seem to have something in common though....hubris. Hubris is not a good thing, and certainly not in keeping with God's personality.
If anyone has a true understanding of Biblical prophecy, it would be someone whom likely you have never heard of. And, anyone actually having understanding would be knowledgeable enough to avoid setting dates. That has never been a useful endeavor. God Himself says that NO ONE KNOWS. I believe Him.
I much prefer to rub the magic lamp and when the talking snake pops out I ask him to grant me the wish of knowing good and evil...no, wait...I'm getting two fables confused...
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It may be hard to believe in an era of Walmart, Citizens United, and the Koch brothers, but corporations are on the decline. The number of American companies listed on the stock market dropped by half between 1996 and 2012. In recent years we've seen some of the most storied corporations go bankrupt (General Motors, Chrysler, Eastman Kodak) or disappear entirely (Bethlehem Steel, Lehman Brothers, Borders). Gerald Davis argues this is a root cause of the income inequality and social instability we face today. Corporations were once an integral part of building the middle class. He points out that in their heyday they offered millions of people lifetime employment, a stable career path, health insurance, and retirement pensions. They were like small private welfare states. The businesses that are replacing them will not fill the same role. For one thing, they employ far fewer people—the combined global workforces of Facebook, Yelp, Zynga, LinkedIn, Zillow, Tableau, Zulily, and Box are smaller than the number of people who lost their jobs when Circuit City was liquidated in 2009. And in the "sharing economy," companies have no obligation to most of the people who work for them—at the end of 2014 Uber had over 160,000 "driver-partners" in the United States but recognized only about 2,000 people as actual employees.Davis tracks the rise of the large American corporation and the economic, social, and technological developments that have led to its decline. The future could see either increasing economic polarization, as careers turn into jobs and jobs turn into tasks, or a more democratic economy built from the grass roots. It's up to us.
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A Question of Equivocation
I don't watch a lot of television. In fact I hardly watch it at all; I don't even have a television set in my rooms at college. When I'm in London or elsewhere there is just far too much to do, places to go, people to see, books to read, premiers to attend, parties and more parties! Besides most of what's broadcast is complete rubbish, a form of death by entertainment, the kind of mind-numbing real live life shows anticipated with stunning prescience in The Year of the Sex Olympics, a play I wrote about here a couple of years ago (The Live Life Show, 9 June, 2010.)
I do, however, use catch up services like BBC iPlayer, just to make sure I've not missed anything worthwhile. My viewing tends to be a bit sporadic, though, depending very much on what else is happening in my life. I had some time to spare at the weekend and decided to see what was on offer. I'm so glad I did because each broadcast has a limited shelf-life.
There was an excellent documentary by Professor Mary Beard on life in ancient Rome. It's not that I want to talk about, though. Rather it's The King and the Playwright: a Jacobean History, presented by Professor James Shapiro. Hitherto I'd never heard of Schapiro, an American specialist in Shakespeare based at Columbia University.
It was quite brilliant, an exploration of the way in which the transition from Tudor to Stuart rule impacted on Shakespeare's drama. In plays like Measure for Measure, Timon of Athens and King Lear Shapiro shows how the dramatist, now part of the King's Men playing company, both flattered and subtly criticised James I, the new monarch.
But it was in the second episode, touching on 'equivocation' that really opened my eyes. In placing Macbeth, the Scottish play, in the context of English history, Professor Shapiro delivered a real wow-me effect. He brought out contemporary nuances that I was completely unaware of, matters relating to the aftermath of the Gunpowder Plot. For an American professor of literature to alert me to a novel dimension of English history really is something!
The key here is the word 'equivocation', which entered general usage during the early Jacobean period. It acquired a particular resonance in the aftermath of the Gunpowder Plot, when a nation was beset by uncertainty, by fear of terrorism and the even greater fear of potential terrorism.
Even as the principle plotters were executed in January, 1606 the authorities continued to look for the mastermind behind a scheme that, if successful, would have killed not only the king but virtually the whole of the English establishment. The man they alighted on was Henry Garnet, a Jesuit priest, who had been charged with keeping the faith alive in England. Now the Plot acquired a whole new dimension, implicating the Catholic community at large.
In the course of investigating Garnet's alleged complicity a document was discovered, quite explosive, appropriately enough, on the question of equivocation – namely, the justifiable lie. A Treatise of Equivocation was really just a guide for Catholics living in a hostile Protestant environment. As Shapiro explains, it was a 'how to guide' for English Catholics, torn in their loyalties between the King and the Pope, on evading direct questions by subtle forms of dissimulation; lying, in other words, without lying. The government had its mastermind.
The trial of Garnet was a sensation. He was accused of being involved in not just the Gunpowder Plot but other treasonable schemes going back some fifteen years. Equivocation was used as a fundamental part of the prosecution's case. In parrying the accusations Garnet said that even Jesus himself had equivocated, which doubtless deepened the offence. The jury took a mere fifteen minutes to reach a verdict. As a contemporary said, Garnet would equivocate even so far as the gallows, but he will hang, without equivocation.
Shakespeare, in his brilliance, caught both the word and the national mood in his new play – Macbeth. Those who know the play will immediately call to mind the supposedly comic devil porter scene. It's night. To the gates of Macbeth's castle comes an unknown visitor, who proceeds to knock loudly at the door. The porter arises and enters into a mood of devilish reverie, as if at the gates of hell;
Here's a knocking indeed! If a
man were porter of hell-gate, he should have
old turning the key.
Knocking within
Knock,
knock, knock! Who's there, i' the name of
Beelzebub? Here's a farmer, that hanged
himself on the expectation of plenty: come in
time; have napkins enow about you; here
you'll sweat for't.
knock! Who's there, in the other devil's
name? Faith, here's an equivocator, that could
swear in both the scales against either scale;
who committed treason enough for God's sake,
yet could not equivocate to heaven: O, come
in, equivocator.
knock, knock! Who's there? Faith, here's an
English tailor come hither, for stealing out of
a French hose: come in, tailor; here you may
roast your goose.
knock; never at quiet! What are you? But
this place is too cold for hell. I'll devil-porter
it no further: I had thought to have let in
some of all professions that go the primrose
way to the everlasting bonfire.
The whole play, which centres on a regicide, had a tremendous topical relevance. The porter is alert to treason and equivocation. James himself would have recognised who the principle equivocator was, the traitor who could not equivocate his way to heaven.
Macbeth is full of equivocation, of evasions in the face of the truth. Macbeth equivocates, Lady Macbeth equivocates, dissimulation in multiple forms, high and low. In the end Macbeth realises that he himself has been the victim of the witches' equivocation;
I pull in resolution and begin
To doubt th' equivocation of the fiend
That lies like truth.
How carefully Shakespeare walked here. To deal with such sensitive issues with such directness carried potential dangers. A play centring on regicide might have been fatal in less skilful hands. But Shakespeare balances equivocation with flattery, holding up a mirror to the king when the play touches on the issue of the succession. Now the witches stop equivocating. Macbeth sees into the future; he sees James himself; his treachery has been fruitless; the rightful line will prevail. There is no more equivocation.
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anthony 7 May 2012 at 19:05
It is well known that W. Shakespeare 'The Actor' didn't personally write all 'That Stuff' but the myth is tightly knit into the fabric of the English psyche. Religion inseparable from politics or the attempt to separate it from politics has been the cause of much conflict throughout history. 'Fear of Eternal Damnation' or such has been a useful tool in keeping society compliant.
Anastasia F-B 8 May 2012 at 16:42
Anthony, so far as Shakespeare's authorship is concerned have a look at Will Power, published on 25 April, 2010. It's true that he collaborated with others on some of his later plays.
ColonialBoy 8 May 2012 at 14:15
Ana, I guess great minds think alike! (or watch the same shows? :-P )
I was going to ask you about it after watching it online the other day, but couldn't think of any good way to weave it into a comment (I HATE making off-topic posts). I learned quite a bit, and saw (perhaps) why you decided to specialize in this complex historical period! I admit that I was a little worried how accurate an American historian's research and analysis might be - I'm glad to see you've given him the A F-B stamp of approval!
It increased my admiration of Shakespeare even more - what a dangerous minefield his was tip-toeing through when he released MfM and ToA! Knowing that he was risking imprisonment or unpleasant death, but still writing and performing political plays just amazes me.
I too enjoyed Prof Beard's documentaries about working-class Rome. I noted that not only was she from your Uni, but she also spoke with one of Cambridge's Dons (I forget his name - Wallace-Hadrill(?). Do you know them very well? Or do you Jacobean doctoral candidates not interact with those of the Classical mob?
Thanks, CB. I've seen her in passing but we are separated by centuries. :-)
Oh, incidentally, there is a response to your comment on my Discord in Concord article on Broowaha...from a Yankee. :-))
Chris Coffman 8 May 2012 at 16:53
Hi Ana, thank you for drawing my attention to Shapiro's new book. He is no flash in the pan. His 2005 book 1599: A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE is one of the finest books I've ever read on Shakespeare. Shapiro blows away noisier, more famous Shakespeare scholars like Greenblatt and Bloom, and his research supercedes much of the work of the previous generation of Shakespeare scholars.
From what you write in your post, it sounds like he has maintained his extraordinary standard in his latest book--I'll order it immediately.
A propos of "equivocation", are you familiar with the sinister political connotations of the word "imagination" during the Elizabethan period? One of the main sources would be Conyers Read's biographies MR SECRETARY CECIL AND QUEEN ELIZABETH and LORD BURGHLEY AND QUEEN ELIZABETH . . .
Chris, I love new discoveries and Shapiro's work is a new discovery for me. I ordered Contested Will. I'll now add 1599.
No, I wasn't aware that there was a problem with 'imagination'. I shall have to add the Cecil also!!!
Calvin 8 May 2012 at 17:12
Perhaps one should consider an alternative possibility: that King Jim or his minders might have had some direct influence on what Shakespeare's play should communicate to the standees and grandees? We are quite used to the idea of visual artist as executioner of works commissioned to enhance the image of a patron. Why not playwrights and poets? Would it be implausible to suggest Will wasn't the only plotter plotting plots?
Not at all, Calvin. That's an intriguing conjecture.
Dennis Hodgson 8 May 2012 at 18:11
You will know more about the subject than I do Ana, but I remember watching an "In Search of..." program by Michael Wood a few years ago in which the presenter said that many in Shakespeare's wider family were Catholics, and he would have known how important it was to keep that quiet. I wish I could have seen this program, but the iPlayer isn't available in Hong Kong.
Dennis, yes I suspect he knew about the need for 'equivocation' from personal experience.
It's such a pity you can't see this. It really is a first class dissertation.
Rehan Qayoom 28 May 2012 at 18:00
Shapiro was also new to me. I started watching the program just because the review in Radio Times made it sound worthwhile and shortly into it had a "Hang On" moment and realised I had to watch this at another level instead of at the level where I'm watching iplayer and writing/reading at the same time. This program had my full attention and I was completely drawn into it. Some fascinating insights as you point you.
Anastasia F-B 29 May 2012 at 16:44
Rehan, I was captivated.
Holy Willie's Prayer
The Hammer of Prejudice
Deeper Still and Deeper
Somewhere East of Eden
A King for All Seasons
The Eye of the People
Strasbourg Flips the Bird
The Protocols of New Labour
A Rattling Good Yarn
Polly of the Manor; a tale of Modern Labour
A Frightful Fiend
Love Lost and Won – an American Destiny
Laughing in the Face of Absurdity
An Never Ending Story
Old Soldiers Never Die
Daria and I
Obama's Creeping Tyranny
Bye, Bye, King Newt
1812 and all that
Scheitert Europa?
Memoirs of an Anti-Semite


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Qu'est-ce qu'un auteur ? est une conférence de théorie littéraire donnée à la Société française de philosophie le 22 février 1969 par le philosophe, sociologue et historien français Michel Foucault .

La conférence considère la relation entre l'auteur, le texte et le lecteur; concluant que :[L'auteur] est un certain principe fonctionnel par lequel, dans notre culture, on délimite, on exclut, on sélectionne. : ... L'auteur est donc la figure idéologique par laquelle on conjure la prolifération du sens.Pour beaucoup, la conférence de Foucault répond à l'essai de Roland Barthes La Mort de l'auteur.

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Garry Marshall stays in his comfort zone with 'New Year's Eve'
Ed Symkus
Before writer-director-producer Garry Marshall clicked in Hollywood (his first hit was "Pretty Woman," he had a smash with "Valentine's Day" and he's trying that film's holiday ensemble formula again with "New Year's Eve") he was a sports journalist, jazz drummer and gag writer.
Then he wrote for a number of comedy series, including "The Joey Bishop Show," "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and, oops, "Me and the Chimp."
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A chat with Marshall revealed that the Bronx native has a soft spot for Boston, or at least for Red Sox chairman and Harvard grad Tom Werner, whom he referred to as a friend and an influence early in Marshall's career.
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"At my age I know a lot of these people," he said, "and my sister Penny knows everyone else." Still, there's a difference between knowing the actors and having to direct them in a series of seemingly unrelated stories. But the task wasn't out of Marshall's comfort zone.
"There's all sorts of directing I do. But Penny and I are from the begging school," he said, then shouted as an example, "It's late! I got a headache! Please, do the scene, for God's sake!" Marshall laughed at that, then added, "I think what I bring to it is that I make sure no one is ever embarrassed. All the cast know if they ever do something that's not good, it'll be right out. If it's funny, it stays in the gag reel, but if it doesn't work it's out. And I rarely say anything too negative. My best line is, 'Well if we're going to do it like that, this movie's going straight to video. Otherwise we can try it a different way.' But I will say they can try it their way. So we try it their way, then I say, 'OK, now let's try it my way.'
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His smile turned into a big grin, and he admitted, "Sometimes I do make mistakes."


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Like new Stainless appliances, pantry with lots of shelving. Wood-burning fireplace – and yes of course, you can convert to gas logs if you must :-). SOHO – Small Office, Home Office – work from home in your slippers. About 1/2 acre of landscaped grounds with mature trees – see the photos = gorgeous. Watch the stars on your beautiful deck with a private Hot tub deck and pergola.
The fenced in backyard is your private oasis – wait till you see the blooms on the cherry trees in the spring – they are sincerely captivating.
Oops, I almost forgot to tell you one of my favorite features of this house – the full walkout basement 2000 sf. oversized 2 car garage, workshop area, laundry area. Spotless – could easily be finished for additional 2000± sf? living space.


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The Costa Rica Summer Spanish Language Program takes place in Carrillos de Alajuela, Costa Rica from mid May through the last week of June. This is a direct-credit, full immersion, language intensive University of Virginia program that allows students to complete their foreign language requirement (through SPAN 2020) immediately at the end of the spring semester, in six (6) weeks, following completion of either Spanish 1020 or Spanish 1060.
For more advanced students, the program offers a two-course, six credit sequence that includes SPAN 3010 (Grammar and Composition I) and SPAN 3030 (Latin American Cinema/Conversation), both of which can be applied toward completion of the Spanish major.
Class size in this intensive language program is generally comprised of no more than five students to each professor. Formal language instruction is complemented by homestays with Costa Rican families, numerous in-country excursions (including a three-day overnight trip to the world renowned Monteverde nature preserve and the Arenal volcano), bi-weekly cultural activities (e.g., Latin dance and cooking classes, plays, movies, music, museum visits, and instruction on environmental preservation), and the need to use and communicate in Spanish on a daily basis.
The program is directed by E. Michael Gerli, a native Costa Rican and Commonwealth Professor of Spanish.
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