El Al staff told a female passenger to change seats because her neighbor, a Jewish religious fanatic, said that a woman near him was against his religion.

This sort of thing has happened on El Al many times before, but now the defenders of equal rights for women have a good case to fight. The woman in question was an 81-year-old widow, making the supposed danger of her attractiveness absurd.

However, even if she had been a beautiful 21-year-old wearing something skimpy, that would not give another passenger the right to demand that she move. There is nothing wrong about being 21 and beautiful, and wearing revealing clothing is not an aggression against anyone.

If the man had been less arrogant, if his goal had been to follow his beliefs rather than to subjugate women in general, he might have looked for someone who would switch seats with him.

The ultra-orthodox continue looking for ways to oppress women in Israel, and I fear that as their numbers grow they will eventually win. At that point, non-orthodox Jews will face oppression in Israel and will need to seek a homeland somewhere else.

Belgium plans to require immigrants and long term visitors to sign a statement in favor of "European values" and promising to report plans of terrorism.

I think this is basically legitimate, but "European values" is too vague.

It is self-contradictory to claim (1) that one can take this for granted so there's no need to raise the issue and (2) it would drive some immigrants away.

I think most immigrants will agree with it and sign it, and it will lead them to reflect on the values they are agreeing to.

Snowden urges future whistleblowers not to regard exile as defeat or disaster. He says he can campaign more effectively for freedom from exile than he could have done in the US.

Amerindians are protesting an oil pipeline that could pollute their drinking water: the Missouri river.

Finally, a good reason why the UK should leave the EU: to thwart the IMF's continuing attack on poor Greeks.