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Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Tuesday that Israel's most urgent problem was its perception by the international community. "Our position within the international community does not reflect reality and we cannot continue with our foreign policy without radically improving this perception, which is not good," he told the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting. Ido Aharoni of the Foreign Ministry's international branding project said that ... |
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A welcome new stage in Azerbaijani-Israeli tiesBy ALEXANDER MURINSON Israel has actively sought to establish friendly relations with Azerbaijan and other Muslim states in the post-Soviet space. Relations between Israel, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan serve as a model for cooperation between the Jewish state and Muslim nations. As a result of the meeting between Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Israel's new Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman in Prague on May 6, an agreement about a state ... |
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Professor Eliav Shuchtman of the Sha'arei Mishpat law school, says, "The State has the right to educate the public and mold the citizens' character, even through tools of legislation." Shuchtman told Ynet, "I don't see anything wrong with a State that proclaims it is Jewish not giving legitimization to the denial of it being so. Imagine US Jews declaring a day of morning on July 4 - that would be unacceptable. "How can citizens view the birthday of ... |
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Last Friday, many of Israel's Arab citizens took to the streets for annual “Nakba Day” events, in which they mourn edthe Nakba, or "catastrophe," of the creation of the State of Israel. However, if MK Alex Miller of Israel Beytenu has his way, this year's Nakba Day will be the last.Miller, who serves as deputy Knesset speaker, has proposed a law that would make public events mourning the creation of the state of Israel illegal on Israeli soil. Individuals will ... |
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Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharanovitch is moving to create a new body to lead the economic war on organized crime, after despairing that the Israel Tax Authority (ITA) will cooperate, a source from the Public Security Ministry told The Jerusalem Post on Sunday. "We hoped that we could find a solution involving the tax authority, but things are stuck and cooperation is not forthcoming," the source said. "The economic war is the central component in the struggle against ... |
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The government approved the appointment of Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman as the minister in charge of the strategic dialogue with the United States. The foreign minister will be put in charge of the most sensitive issues between Israel and the US, including the Iranian issue and the security aid. ... |
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Italy urges better EU-Israel ties Italy has said ties between Israel and the EU must be strengthened if the EU wants to play a "major role" in the Middle East peace process. Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini was speaking after talks in Rome with his Israeli counterpart Avigdor LiebermanDuring his European tour, Mr Lieberman is also scheduled to visit France, Germany and the Czech Republic, which currently holds the EU's rotating presidency. 'Concrete results' ... |
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Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharanovitch has said he will fiercely challenge any proposal to cut the police budget.Speaking during a ceremony to inaugurate a new Tel Aviv police chief, Aharanovitch said police faced daily challenges which required complex preparations in terms of recruitment, intelligence, and enforcement."There is a need to increase the police's budget," Aharonovitch added(Jerusalem ... |
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