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ISRAELBRIEFS Israel’s Q1 GDP Unexpectedly Shrinks 6.5%
DESPITE FORECASTS calling for growth of 3.2% in 2021’s fi rst
quarter, Israel’s gross domestic product, or GDP, contracted by
6.5% on an annualized basis, Globes reported, citing estimates
by the Central Bureau of Statistics.

Th e decline was attributed to the impact of the country’s
third pandemic lockdown from late December into February,
and a drop in car imports. Excluding the decline in car imports
because of taxation changes, GDP was down 2.5%.

Private consumption declined by 3.2% on an annualized basis,
although excluding the drop in durable goods consumption, private
consumption grew 7.2%.

“In our estimation, the contraction in the fi rst quarter is not
indicative of an expected trend in the rest of the year, and we
expect a substantial acceleration in growth in the second quarter
and throughout 2021,” Mizrahi Tefahot Bank Chief strategist Modi
Shafrir said.

EL Al to Cut 1,900 Jobs
El Al Israel Airlines said on May 20 it was trimming 1,900 jobs
— about a third of its staff — as part of its plan to recover from
COVID-19’s impact, Th e Jerusalem Post reported.

El Al reported an $86 million loss from January through
March, despite other cost-cutting measures, compared to a loss
of $140 million in the same period in 2020. Revenue fell 64% to
$117 million, while expenses declined 54%.

El Al, which is under new ownership and management, has lost
money for three years and accumulated debt by renewing its fl eet.

Despite the fi ghting between Israel and Hamas, El Al was one of
a few airlines that didn’t suspend its fl ights into and out of Israel.

Earlier in May, the Israeli government approved a bailout for
El Al that includes the state covering $210 million in security
costs. Th e airline raised $83 million in the quarter by selling
options and plans to issue $105 million in shares by July.

Students Expose Fake Israel-Gaza News, Anti-Israel
Propaganda Found on Social Media
About 180 Israeli students at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya
are monitoring social media to sniff out fake news and anti-Israel
propaganda while also advancing Israel’s point of view about the
confl ict between Israel and Hamas, Th e Times of Israel reported.

Volunteers look for falsehoods and present facts, with the
center estimating that their messages have been seen by more
than 2 million internet users.

Aside from rooting out false news, students succeeded in
blocking the Twitter account of a Gaza terror group senior
member, who was inciting violence against Israel.

Th e program began spontaneously during the 2012 Israel-
Gaza war and returned in 2014 for Operation Protective Edge.

Google Pay to Follow Apple Pay into Israel
Google is accelerating plans to launch its digital wallet service
Google Pay in Israel aft er Apple Pay began service in the country
two weeks ago, Th e Jerusalem Post reported.

Google planned to launch the service by year’s end, but appar-
ently is moving the start date into the third quarter aft er nearly
200,000 Israelis began using Apple Pay within its fi rst weeks.

Credit card machines at most Israeli businesses have, since
November, used the EMV standard, which allows for contactless
transactions by cellphones and smartwatches. ●
— Compiled by Andy Gotlieb
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NEWSBRIEFS Actor Charles Grodin Dies at 86
DEADPAN JEWISH COMIC ACTOR Charles
Grodin, who starred in fi lms including “Th e
Heartbreak Kid” and the children’s movie
“Beethoven,” died May 17 at his home in Connecticut,
JTA reported. He was 86.

Grodin was raised in an Orthodox Jewish house-
hold in Pittsburgh but became less observant in his
adult years.

“In Hebrew school,” he told J. the Jewish News of
Northern California in 2004, “we’d recite the Hebrew
written on a blackboard. I annoyed the rabbi so much
he threw me out of class.”
He began his career with supporting roles in fi lms
including “Rosemary’s Baby” and “Catch-22,” then
had a lead role in “Th e Heartbreak Kid” as a Jewish
sporting goods salesman who falls for a college girl.

Grodin later featured in several other major
comedies, including “Heaven Can Wait,” “Seems Like
Old Times,” “Midnight Run” and “Beethoven.”
Grodin won an Emmy in 1978 for co-writing the
“Paul Simon Special” variety show.

Born Marvin Aufrichtig to Jewish parents in
Brooklyn, he was one of basketball’s most prominent
broadcasters, but he also was a national voice for the
NFL and NHL.

Albert called the Olympic gold medal game for the
original basketball Dream Team in 1992 and NCAA
tournament games, boxing and tennis. He was the
sports anchor on New York’s WNBC-TV from 1975
to 1987.

In 1993, he was inducted into the National Jewish
Sports Hall of Fame.

NBC fi red Albert in 1997 aft er he faced sexual assault
charges. Th e network rehired him two years later aft er
he received a 12-month suspended prison sentence.

Suspect in 1980 Paris Synagogue Bombing
That Killed Four, Injured 40 to Stand Trial
A Canadian academic suspected of bombing a Paris
synagogue in 1980 will stand trial, JTA reported.

On May 19, the Cour de Cassation — France’s
highest court — upheld the appeal by prosecutors
against the 2018 release of Hassan Diab, a Lebanon
native who became a Canadian citizen in 1993.

Diab was extradited to France from Canada in 2014
Broadcaster Marv Albert to Retire
Jewish sportscaster Marv Albert, who turns 80 next in connection with the Rue Copernic bombing that
month, announced May 16 that he will retire aft er the killed four people and injured 40, but was released
because of evidence that he was in Beirut at the time.

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Diab has denied being connection to the attack —
which was tied to the Popular Front for the Liberation
of Palestine terrorist group.

Th e Cour de Cassation said the evidence leading
to Diab’s release isn’t suffi cient for dropping the case
against him “and can be taken into account in a trial.”
A court date wasn’t set.

Pakistani Offi cial Repeats Antisemitic Tropes
During a May 20 segment on CNN about the Israel-
Gaza violence, Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah
Mahmood Qureshi echoed a pair of antisemitic
tropes, JTA reported.

Qureshi said Israel is losing “the media war” in
its battle against Hamas, “despite their connections.”
Anchor Bianna Golodryga, who is Jewish,
responded with “What are their connections?”
Qureshi laughed, then said “Deep pockets.”
Golodryga asked what he meant, which prompted
Qureshi to say, “Well, they’re very infl uential people,
they control media.”
“I would call that an antisemitic remark,”
Golodryga responded.

During a seven-minute exchange, Quereshi
described Israel’s actions against Hamas as “genocide,”
“war crimes” and “ethnic cleansing.” ●
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