Author: station3

As of Wednesday, black market traders in Lebanon are selling the US Dollar for 46,100 LBP and buying it for 46,200 LBP. The current official rate still stands at $1 = 1,500 L.L. and the bank rate at $1 = 8,000 L.L. Lebanon is currently experiencing hyperinflation as a result of an ongoing economic crisis since the end of 2019. The Lebanese lira has been drastically falling against the previously fixed US dollar rate of $1 = 1,500 L.L. This has caused banks to create an unofficial capital control – basically freezing accounts and only releasing a limited amount of…

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has gone too far in ordering police to remove Palestinian flags from public spaces and arguing that they display an identification with terrorism. In the interest of upholding free speech, we urge the government to reconsider the matter carefully and overrule this directive, which in any case will be extremely difficult to back up in court and enforce on the ground. We understand that Ben-Gvir’s order came a day after protesters against the government’s planned legal revolution hoisted Palestinian flags at a large rally in Tel Aviv on Saturday night, and a week after freed…