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Jerusalem One of the world’s best-known human rights groups said Tuesday that Israel is guilty of the international crimes of apartheid and persecution because of discriminatory policies toward Palestinians within its own borders and in the occupied territories. In a sweeping, 213-page report, the New York-based Human Rights Watch joins a growing number of commentators and rights groups who view the conflict not primarily as a land dispute but as a single regime in which Palestinians – who make up roughly half the population of Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza – are systematically denied...

New York Earlier this month, Twitch announced it would start banning users for behavior conducted away from its site. The move by Amazon’s live-streaming platform involved hiring a law firm to conduct investigations into users’ offline misconduct, a new twist and the latest prominent example of tech companies acting on “off-service” behavior. How platforms enforce against activities conducted not just on their services but on other sites and offline is often only described vaguely in their rules. But as lawmakers and researchers examine tech’s relationship with real-world violence o...

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One hundred days after his inauguration, President Joe Biden is keeping his election promise to restore America’s international leadership. But the rest of the world, friend and foe alike, is still not convinced that attitude will live on beyond his term in office. The Republican Party is still dominated by Donald Trump, who pulled Washington back from its international engagement during his presidency. Midterm congressional elections in 18 months and another presidential election two years later mean Mr. Trump’s influence could hold sway once more. Why We Wrote This President Biden...