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Beytenu in Acion
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I hear a knock at the door in the middle of my breakfast. “Who could it be at this hour,” I wonder to myself. When I open the door, I see that it is my son and his army friends come to evacuate me from my home in the Judean hills. I know that such scenarios are the nightmare of many of our soldiers and their families. I know that fear and anger over the specter of future settlement evacuations are fueling the recent spate of soldier ... |
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Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch paid a surprise visit to the Israeli-Arab town of Kafr Kassem on Friday, where he vowed to increase police efforts to fight crime in the Arab sector.He was joined by Police Central District Commander Nissim Mor and Sharon District Commander Shimon Shomroni.During his tour, Aharonovitch met with Mayor Nader Sarsur and City Council Head Tzalah Fridij, as well as an assortment of local residents. Aharonovitch told them he would instruct heads of ... |
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Tourism Minister Stas Misezhnikov met with his Cypriot counterpart, Antonis Paschalides, to discuss collaboration in developing both countries’ tourism markets. The two ministers raised, among other things, the possibilities of joint travel packages to both Israel and Cyprus – which would be mutually beneficial. “Cyprus and Israel have much in common as tourist destinations with both religious and recreational sites. Collaboration in our tourist ... |
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Exactly 20 years after the great immigration from the former Soviet Union, which brought many scientists to Israel, a program aimed at helping immigrant scientists integrate into the Israeli academic world is about to be closed. If no budget is found for the program, some 150 scientists who immigrated to Israel will be fired and new scientists won't be admitted. Immigrant Absorption Minister Sofa Landver stressed that a coalition crisis may take place over the cutbacks in the immigration ... |
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National Infrastructure Minister Uzi Landau unveiled the government's new energy efficiency plan on Monday, along with a media campaign aimed at reducing household electricity usage.The plan's goal is to curb energy consumption to meet the country's "20/20" target of reducing 20% of its energy use by the year 2020."The ministry is trying to implement a plan that will alter the country's resource consumption practices," Landau said."Israel has a high ... |
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Immigrant Absorption Minister Sofa Landver represented Israel at a Euro-Med conference dedicated to the status of women, held in Morocco this year. Landver, who gave a speech in Hebrew and told Ynet on Thursday, "Despite an improvement in the status of women in Israel in recent years, we still have a log way to go." Nonetheless, she stressed that over the past few years there have been "great achievements, both in terms of legislation and in terms of female ... |
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Deputy Foreign Minister held a briefing, along with Foreign Ministry Director General Yossi Gal and Deputy Legal Adviser Daniel Taub, for the diplomatic corps in Israel.Deputy Foreign Minister Ayalon called on the ambassadors to vote against the Goldstone report at the United Nations General Assembly, saying that "the report harms not only Israel but every democratic, peace-seeking state that is fighting terrorism." He added, "Israel will not stand by while the Palestinians ... |
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Internal Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch met with Spanish Security Minister Antonio Camacho, who is visiting Israel. The two discussed the cooperation between the countries in combating terror and organized crime. ... |
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