Minister of Immigrant Absorption Sofa Landver Fights Successfully for Great Gains in the Budget for Aliyah
Achievements of the Ministry of Immigrant Absorption under Minister Sofa Landver in the 2013 Budget: The Student Authority will continue to work, housing eligibility will be extended by five years. After long discussions with the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of...
The “Governability Law” Is Approved
Yisrael Beytenu MK David Rotem achieved a great accomplishment by officially proposing an amendment to the Basic Law: Government called “Increasing Governability and Raising the Electoral Threshold.” The purpose of the amendment is to allow the for more efficient governance...
Yair Shamir in Foreign Policy Magazine on the Misunderstanding of Islamist Terrorism
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Yair Shamir pens an article in the prestigious Foreign Policy Magazine titled ‘Our Shared Islamist Enemy‘ George Orwell wrote in his seminal tome, 1984, “The object of terrorism is terrorism … Now do you begin...
Protest-related violence kills 49 in Iraq
A wave of clashes and attacks involving Iraqi security forces, protesters and their supporters on Tuesday killed 49 people and prompted two Sunni ministers to quit, sending tensions soaring. The unrest, which also included the kidnapping of a soldier by...
Kidnapped Syrian bishops are released – church official
Two bishops who were abducted by gunmen in a rebel-held area of northern Syria have been released, a church official has said. The pair have returned to the city of Aleppo, Greek Orthodox Bishop Tony Yazigi told Reuters. The senior...
“Iran and Hezbollah bear responsibility for every Syrian killed, every tree felled, and every house destroyed”
“Iran and Hezbollah bear responsibility for every Syrian killed, every tree felled, and every house destroyed.” This is not a quote from a Shi’ite leader calling for a review of Shi’a doctrine: it comes from Sheikh Subhi Al-Tufayli, a pillar...
Al Qaradawi Boycotts Qatar Interfaith Meet Attended by Jews
Influential Muslim cleric Yousuf Al Qaradawi boycotted an inter-faith dialogue conference that opened in Doha on Tuesday, refusing to sit in the meeting also attended by Jewish representatives, a local daily reported. “I decided not to participate so I wouldn’t...
Jordanian Journalist: The Jews And The American Right Are Behind Boston Bombing, Just As They Were Behind 9/11
In an article titled “The Boston Explosions – Look For Jews” on the Jordanian website Ammon News, Palestinian-born Jordanian journalist As’ad Al-’Azouni, known for his antisemitic articles, wrote that the Jews and the “American right” were behind the recent Boston...
Friday Street Battles in Cairo Leave Dozens Injured after Islamist Protest
Clashes broke out between Islamist protesters and unknown opponents near Cairo’s High Court on Friday, leaving dozens injured. Thousands of Islamist protesters were holding a rally before the High Court in downtown Cairo to demand the “purge of Egypt’s judiciary”...
Yair Shamir on the Visit of the Party’s Settlement Forum to the Arava
Yesterday, I participated in a tour of the Arava, with the Yisrael Beytenu Settlement Forum, including the chairman of the party, ministers, Members of the Knesset and other prominent figures involved in settlement issues. This was my first tour of...
