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NEWSBRIEFS AG Says White Supremacists a Growing Threat
ATTORNEY GENERAL MERRICK GARLAND
told a Senate panel on May 12 that domestic violent
extremists — especially white supremacists — represent
a growing threat to the United States, Reuters reported.

“The threat of lethality is higher than it ever was ...

I have not seen a more dangerous threat to democracy
than the invasion of the U.S. Capitol” by rioters on
Jan. 6, Garland said.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas
told the committee that while right-wing militia
groups are most likely to target police, racially or
ethnically motivated extremists are “most likely to
conduct mass-casualty attacks against civilians.”
Mayorkas noted that attacks inside the U.S. by
foreign militants such as Islamic State also are possible.

“It is not as if they have disappeared ... We don’t
take our eye off one to focus on the other,” he said.

Amid Crisis, The New York Times Posts
Palestinian Affairs Reporter Job
The New York Times announced May 12 — in the
midst of the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian
territories — that it’s looking for a reporter to focus
on covering Palestinian affairs.

The reporter will cover politics, culture and
Actor Apologizes for Moderating Clubhouse
Room Full of Antisemitism
Actor Lakeith Stanfield apologized for moderating
a room May 7 on the audio app Clubhouse where
participants made multiple antisemitic remarks.

“I entered an online chat room on Clubhouse about
the teachings of Louis Farrakhan,” said Stanfield,
who was nominated for an Academy Award for his
Mourner’s Kaddish Cited for George Floyd
At the first Jewish People of Color National Shabbaton part in “Judas and the Black Messiah,” on Instagram,
held May 14-16, participants cited the Kaddish for referring to the antisemitic Nation of Islam leader.

“When the room’s participants noticed me, I was
George Floyd, who died last year under the knee of a
quickly made a moderator of this room,” Stanfield
Minneapolis police officer, JTA reported.

According to the Hebrew calendar, May 13 was the said in his Instagram post. “At some point during
the dialogue the discussion took a very negative
one-year anniversary of Floyd’s murder.

“We felt, as Jews of color on this anniversary, it turn when several users made abhorrent anti-Semitic
was important to lift up the racial justice work that’s statements and at that point, I should have either
being done across the country and to also lift up shut down the discussion or removed myself from it
George Floyd’s memory,” said Harriette Wimms of entirely.”
Baltimore, the event’s lead organizer.

Stanfield did not make any of the antisemitic
Wimms goes by “Harriette Mevakeshet” in Jewish remarks.

spaces and is a rising kohenet, studying at the Kohenet
On Instagram, Stanfield said “I condemn hate
Hebrew Priestess Institute.

speech and discriminatory views of every kind. I
The Shabbaton also featured community-building unconditionally apologize for what went on in that
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H EADLINES
ISRAELBRIEFS Israel’s Defi cit Declines
AS ISRAEL’S ECONOMY continues to recover, its
fi scal defi cit is declining, Globes reported.

Th e cumulative defi cit for the 12 months ending in
April was $483.5 million, or 11.2% of gross domestic
product. Th at compares to $515.4 million, or 12.4% of
GDP, for the 12 months through February.

Th e defi cit from January through April was $81.5
million, compared to $85.8 million in the same
period in 2020.

Total civilian spending this year, however, was
28.6% higher, largely because of the economic aid
plan; excluding that aid, the increase was only 4.2%.

Defense spending grew 4.8% compared to the corre-
sponding period in 2020.

Economic Cost of Three Days Fighting
Estimated at $163.4 Million
Th e economic damage caused by the fi rst three days
of fi ghting between Israel and Hamas was estimated
at about $163.4 million by the Israel Manufacturers
Association, Globes reported.

Th e estimate is tied to the damages to businesses
and factories from working in accordance with
Israel Defense Forces Home Command directives.

Th ose directives curtailed business activity in central
and southern Israel.

Th e estimate is tied to the cost of a day’s work,
assuming that about 35% of employees in southern
Israel were absent from work, as were 10% in the center.

Th e estimate doesn’t include damage from direct
hits on business premises, damage to profi tability and
indirect damage such as canceled deals.

“Israeli industry continues to produce under fi re
and with fewer workers turning up for work, and
the damage to economy is smaller than in previous
rounds,” association President Ron Tomer said. “Th e
state should quickly deal with payments to employees
who have been absent from work, and thereby give
peace of mind to workers and employers.”
Flights to Israel Rerouted, Canceled
Inbound fl ights to Ben-Gurion Airport were rerouted to
Ramon International Airport in southern Israel starting
on May 13 because of the ongoing fi ghting between
Israel and Hamas, Th e Jerusalem Post reported.

Departing fl ights still took off from Ben-Gurion.

El Al is running emergency fl ights out of the country.

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military wing, told international airlines that it planned
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Israel’s Competition Authority is considering fi nes
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buying two Israeli companies without its consent, Th e
Times of Israel reported.

Th e two companies Facebook bought were RedKix,
Inc. in 2018 and Service Friend, Ltd. In 2019.

Th e authority said in a statement that Facebook
was obligated to report the transaction to it because
the social media giant is a “monopolist” force since
its market share exceeds 50%. Israel’s Economic
Competition Law requires entities with 50% or more
of a market to get the director general’s consent.

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