In woke culture, clapping has been banned on college campuses. It is considered ‘triggering.' But I wonder if, since Covid-19 can bring back clapping, perhaps it could cancel woke culture and let me watch Woody Allen movies again? It is difficult to know how a country that shared the rationalist dream and whose Declaration of...
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Nine people were wounded in a shooting in the Arab village of Yafia, outside Nazareth, in Israel on Saturday, police told local media. Two of the victims are in critical condition. No arrests have been made at this point, and it is yet unclear how many people were involved in the attack. Police have launched...
