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What Is Hate Crimes

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Our civilization is truly a melting pot of various people with diverse ideas, religions, values, races, and many exclusive attributes that make for society. Some believe that this very assortment is what makes the U.S. great; some trust the opposite. What is true is that this variety makes many challenges and often great struggle. As an outcome, overtime laws ratified to discourage unreasonable behaviors. California has passed not only anti-discrimination laws but also hate crime laws. Other states have done similarly.   During the last few years, there has also been a powerful anti-immigrant emotion that often leads to not only judgment against people because of their alleged ethnicity or nationality, but the strong anti-immigrant soppiness leads to crimes committed against these people. These crimes are measured to be of greatness, and the penalty is much more severe than the punishment for other crimes. A crime becomes more critical when the prey is a member of a protected c...

Pandemic emergency bill and the closure of schools due to new outbreak in Israel

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Israel's Ministry of Justice said Friday that officials have drafted a softened version of a bill that would introduce emergency regulations to deal with the coronavirus pandemic. After criticism rained over certain clauses that gave the police forces excessive power, lawmakers will discuss the new proposal. Justice Minister Avi Nissenkorn wrote on Twitter on F riday: “This morning we finished a round of amendments on the emergency bill. Fighting the coronavirus, protecting democracy, the official said that according to the new bill, the police will not be able to enter homes without a court order, apparently reversing one of the most controversial provisions in the package. As the number of new coronavirus cases increases, so does the number of closed schools due to students contracting it. According to the Ministry of Education, 92 schools and kindergartens have been closed to stop the spread of the virus, five more than yesterday. According to   Israeli News Live , the min...