Finals week draws to a close and winter term is officially over. While students crammed and cried in Knight Library, the world kept turning. Here’s what you may have missed while wishing you had dropped your anthropology class.
Netanyahu wins again
Benjamin Netanyahu was once again voted prime minister of Israel on Tuesday night. Netanyahu’s win is the subject of many opinion editorials across the globe, many speculating about the relationship between the U.S. and Israel. The Obama administration and Netanyahu aren’t on the greatest of terms. Netanyahu campaigned against Obama’s potential nuclear deal with Iran, the Obama administration criticized Netanyahu’s rhetoric and much more.

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Who is Robert Durst?
Where to begin? Robert Durst, the subject of the new HBO documentary The Jinx, was arrested for the 2000 murder of his friend Susan Berman. Durst was arrested the same night that the last episode of the documentary aired.
The show itself is about the real estate mogul’s connections to three separate murders, including Berman’s. Durst’s wife, Kathie, disappeared under suspicious circumstance in 1982. Prosecutors say that Berman may have been a witness to this crime.
Durst has been trending on Twitter all week. The Jinx isn’t the first time Durst has been in the pop culture-sphere, the 2010 film All Good Things was loosely based off the disappearance of Durst’s wife.
Spoiler alert, there may not be a second season.
Virginia governor orders an investigation into excessive force in the arrest of a UVA student
Early Wednesday morning, Martese Johnson was arrested by Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control agents. Johnson was arrested for resisting arrest, profane swearing or intoxication and obstructing justice without threats of force.
Photos and videos of the arrest showed lots of blood after officers slammed Johnson’s head into the pavement. The Cavalier Daily reported that Johnson sustained a head injury during the arrest.
The UVA Vice President for Diversity & Equity Marcus L. Martin and Dean of African-American Affairs Maurice Apprey released a statement Wednesday denouncing police brutality.
“Violence against an individual, no matter the color of his or her skin, gender, religious beliefs, or sexual orientation, is inexcusable and appalling,” the statement said.
Martin and Apprey aren’t the only people upset. On Wednesday, the UVA community held a rally in support of Johnson.

Students gathering at #UVA following #MarteseJohnson arrest. @KellyAvellino will have a live report at 11. pic.twitter.com/lsN2qsgifh
— NBC12 WWBT Richmond (@NBC12) March 19, 2015