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Participating in the meeting were Beytenu MKs Leah Shemtov chairperson of the committee, Absorption Minister Sofa Landver, and Faina Kirschenbaum. The committee hosted veterans, who attended wearing their medals. The committee praiseThe Knesset Aliyah Committee on Monday saluted female veterans of World War II, in honor of International Women's Day, and as its opening commemoration of the 65th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany. d the veterans as representatives of over ... |
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Beytenu MK Hamed Amar, caucus chairman of the battle against road accidents in the Knesset, said following the fatal accident in the Negev, that the reason for an increase in fatalities is a weakening of the national Road Safety Authority. "Last night five people were killed in two accidents, and if that wasn't enough, today four more deaths were added to the list. I give my condolences to the families of the dead and wounded. This is certainly a black day for us all," ... |
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Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon met with Ukrainian Deputy Transportation Minister Alexander Davidov. The two signed a protocol, imporoving the air transport agreement between the two governments. According to the new protocol, an additional air freighter will begin operating on the Israel-Ukraine route and there will be no need to coordinate commercial activities between the two sides, so to encourage full competitiveness. ... |
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Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon addressed the Seventh Jerusalem Conference on Wednesday.He explained that the Jewish settlement enterprise in Judea and Samaria is not, as is commonly stated, an "obstacle to peace." He reminded his audience that for years before there was even one Jew living in these areas, there were terrorist massacres against Jews - "and certainly no Arab thought of co-existence." The PLO was established in 1964, three years before Israel regained ... |
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Speaking during a visit to Azerbaijan's capital Baku, Lieberman said that Israel had been "supporting close relations with Turkey for 10 years." He said that the recent change in Ankara's stance, since Operation Cast Lead against Hamas terrorists in Gaza, was "unexpected." Turkey can't keep repeating this "sharp anti-Israel line" every week, the foreign minister told an Azerbaijani television station.Nonetheless, he said, Israel is doing everything in ... |
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On Monday MK Michaeli presented a bill to the Ministerial Committee seeking the banning of the sale of sets containing workbooks, CDs and textbooks together. MK Michaeli would like to see it “prohibited to sell packages like these that force parents to buy a new textbook just because they need the workbook.” Michaeli’s bill is the first step of a larger reform that will ultimately see school books free of charge to parents and ... |
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Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch said that "violence in an Israeli courtroom is unacceptable," while Knesset Constitution Committee chairman David Rotem termed it an assault against the judicial system and the state as a whole. On Wednesday, a 52 year old Jerusalem resident with previous convictions for violent behavior entered the court room in which Judge Beinish was presiding and threw his shoes at her. He claimed that his actions were ... |
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Deputy Foreign Minister Daniel Ayalon Sunday afternoon warned Michael Williams, the United Nations special coordinator in Lebanon, that the supervision of the Syrian-Lebanese border was not strict and that arms smuggling to Hizbullah continues and causes instability in Lebanon.Referring to reports of tension along the Israeli-Lebanese border, the deputy foreign minister said, "We do not seek an escalation. On the contrary, we think Israel's interests, as well as Syria's and ... |
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