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A year before Carson Block launched Muddy Waters Capital, his hedge fund firm, he started trying to line up a prime broker — an investment bank that could lend him stocks so he could then sell them short. But the task was proving arduous. The problem, he believes: Block had made his name calling out China frauds, and Wall Street loved China. After several bulge-bracket banks turned him down, Block decided to try his luck with Jefferies Financial Group, a scrappy up-and-comer known for its trading skill. Muddy Waters, then only a research firm, was based in San Francisco, so he arranged an i...

Palestinian volunteers clean the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, ahead the Muslims holy month of Ramadan, in Jerusalem’s Old City on April 10, 2021. (Photo: Jamal Awad/APA Images) Palestinian volunteers clean the Al-Aqsa mosque compound ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in Jerusalem’s Old City on April 10, 2021. (Photo: Jamal Awad/APA Images) The Latest: 306,961 Palestinians have tested positive for COVID-19; 271,906 recoveries; 3,223 deaths Of Palestinians who tested positive, 189,831 live in the West Bank, 88,304 live in the Gaza Strip, and 28,826 live in East Jerusalem  83...

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets the 4,000,000th person who had been vaccinated in Israel on February 16, 2021 [Alex Kolomoisky/Pool via Reuters] When we circulated an open letter calling on Australian Professor Alison Bashford to reconsider accepting Israel’s Dan David Prize, we expected there would be overwhelming support for our call from academics around the world. We were right. More than 300 academics and researchers have signed so far and the list of signatories keeps growing. Bashford is one of seven recipients of the prize, which this year was given out for scholarly...

Scholars are urging historian Alison Bashford to decline the Dan David Prize in rejection of Israel’s colonial violence. (YouTube) More than 250 Australian and international scholars are calling on a prominent Australian historian to reconsider accepting the 2021 Dan David Prize in rejection of Israel’s colonial violence and apartheid. The $1 million prize is awarded by a foundation based at Tel Aviv University, an institution complicit in maintaining Israel’s systemic violations of Palestinian rights. Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser to the US president, was also awarded the Da...