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Thursday 4 March - MK Anastassia Michaeli telephoned the Taiwanese representative to Israel, Liang-jen Chang to express her concern about the earthquake that had rocked Taiwan in the early hours of the day, registering 6.4 on the Richter Scale. Fortunately, no injuries have been reported. Recently, MK Michaeli hosted Mr. Chang at her office and was invited to lead a delegation of members of Knesset to Taiwan. MK Michaeli said, ... |
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Defense Minister Ehud Barak recently signed a document authorizing the depositing of 282.5 million shekels from banks in Gaza into the Bank of Israel. This humanitarian gesture is supposed to allow continuing commercial and banking activity in the Hamas-controlled aiea follows Hamas's request that Israel exchange shekels for other currencies because smugglers running the tunnels from Gaza into Egypt are not accepting the Israeli currency.Interviewed on Arutz Sheva's Hebrew ... |
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Tourism Minister Stas Meseznikov announced record-breaking numbers of incoming tourists in January, some 212,000, issued by the Central Statistics Bureau on Tuesday.This marks an increase of 62 percent over last year and 17% from 2008. explained Mr. Meseznikov in his opening address to an audience of tourism professionals from around the world at the opening of the International Mediterranean Tourism Market (IMTM) in Tel Aviv.“Record January numbers of incoming tourists reflects ... |
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Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman says, "It's time to forget our obsession of "territory in exchange for peace; all future agreements must be based on 'peace in exchange for peace.'"Speaking at a party faction meeting on Monday, Lieberman said, "Peace is in fact our heart's desire, but it is not more important than Israel's existence as the state of the Jewish people or than lasting security for its citizens. We extend our hand in peace to enemies, ... |
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Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Moratinos met with Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman soon after his arrival in Jerusalem on Monday. Lieberman gave him the report – “Gaza Operation Investigations: Update” – that Israel presented to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday that dealt with some of the war crimes allegations that appeared in the Goldstone Report.Spain abstained in the UN General Assembly vote last year that endorsed the report.“Israel is a ... |
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The Knesset House Committee discussed Balad MK Said Naffaa’s request for diplomatic immunity, which comes in the wake of Attorney General Menachem Mazuz’s indictment of Naffaa for visiting an enemy state, meeting with a foreign agent, and making contact with terrorist organizations. The stormy discussion lasted for over five hours. During the deliberations, MK Anastassia Michaeli of Israel Beytenu voiced her firm disagreement aganist leaving MK ... |
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United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon asked the Israeli Foreign Ministry to send a police contingent to Haiti, to fight growing anarchy there. The plea comes as the streets of earthquake-ravaged Port Au-Prince have reportedly become battle zones between gangs and looting is rampant.Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman consulted with Public Security Minister Yitzchak Aharonovich and Aharonovich spoke to Police Chief Maj. Gen. Dudi Cohen. They decided to send 100 police to the ... |
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Speaking at a joint press-conference with Norwegian FM Jonas Gahr Store, FM Lieberman took the long view on Israeli gestures to the Palestinians and concluded that they have yielded little fruit and that it was time for the Palestinians to make some gestures to Israel."Since this administration came into office, we have made endless gestures. We have given the Palestinians the option of coming to direct negotiations. First, of course was the prime minister’s speech, the ... |
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