Women’s rights in Israel have sharply declined under Netanyahu’s far-right, religiously backed government, activists and experts say.

Efforts to weaken the Supreme Court and expand the power of male-only religious courts threaten decades of legal protections for women, including in marriage, divorce, finances, and child custody.

The rollback is reflected in global rankings: Israel has fallen from near the top tier on gender equality to the lower half worldwide. Women’s political representation has also dropped, with few women in senior government roles and none leading major parties.

Source: CNN

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📊 🇮🇱 🇹🇷 Israel Ranks Turkey as Second-Largest Threat

A JPPI survey shows Israelis rank Türkiye as the second-largest threat after Iran, citing defense industry advances and regional operations. The poll also finds 50% favor greater independence from U.S. pressure amid Gaza war fallout

The survey underscores how Türkiye’s operational footprint beyond its own borders has factored into Israeli perceptions. Military engagements and security operations stretching from Syria to Africa were cited as evidence of a wider strategic reach, reinforcing the sense that Türkiye is no longer confined to a narrow defensive role.

https://clashreport.com/world/articles/israel-poll-ranks-turkiye-as-threat-owyqg6jhsva

📖 🌍 ⛓️ Volume and direction of the trans-Atlantic slave trade
from all African to all American regions

This map summarizes and combines the many different paths by which captives left Africa and reached the Americas. While there were strong connections between particular embarkation and disembarkation regions, it was also the case that captives from any of the major regions of Africa could disembark in almost any of the major regions of the Americas. Even captives leaving Southeast Africa, the region most remote from the Americas, could disembark in mainland North America, as well as the Caribbean and South America. The data in this map are based on estimates of the total slave trade rather than documented departures and arrivals.

https://www.slavevoyages.org/blog/-volume-and-direction-of-the-transatlantic-slave-trade/123