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January 5, 2018

Bitcoin Could Be a Boon to Terrorists

Israel needs a policy regarding the cybercurrency.

Over the past year, the use of bitcoin—an Internet-based “currency” that operates without the control of a central bank—has increased significantly, generating some debate about whether it is the wave of the future or simply a new market for financial speculation. Shmuel Even asks a different question, of particular import to Israel: can it be prevented from serving as a tool for terrorists?

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January 5, 2018

  1. Western Governments Should Stop Dithering and Give Their Wholehearted Support to Iranian Protesters

    Don’t repeat the mistakes of 2009.

  2. Bitcoin Could Be a Boon to Terrorists

    Israel needs a policy regarding the cybercurrency.

  3. The Latest Attempt to Close Israeli Supermarkets on the Sabbath Is So Much Posturing

    It won’t impinge on religious freedom—or encourage Shabbat observance.

  4. Remembering Aharon Appelfeld, One of Israel’s Most Distinguished Novelists

    A survivor, he chronicled not just the Holocaust but also anti-Semitism and its spiritual effects.

  5. Abraham Isaac Kook’s Doctrine of Science and Kabbalah

    And the 17th-century Spanish book that influenced it.