|
|
|
From Our Knesset Members |
 |
From Our Knesset Members
 |
This week sees the Knesset discussion of the Chairman of the Knesset's Constitution, Law and Justice Committee MK David Rotem 's proposal to amend the Basic Law that requires members of Knesset to swear allegiance by stating, "I swear to remain loyal to the State of Israel and to faithfully fulfill my mission in the Knesset." According to Mr. Rotem's more robust version, the words "State of Israel" will be followed by "as a Jewish, Zionist and ... |
 |
This week, Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon visited the Negev town of Rahat and met with its Bedouin mayor, leading townspeople and IDF veterans. Meeting in the town’s Peace Tent, Mr. Ayalon said, “We must embrace the Bedouin community, especially its IDF veterans. It is not enough to accompany Bedouin soldiers to the enlistment office, We should be seeing them through their integration into Israeli civilian life. I ... |
 |
In a heated debate on Tuesday, MK David Rotem, chair of the Knesset's Constitution, Law and Justice Committee was adamant in claiming his right to defend Israel as the Jewish State. "If you think that I should be ashamed to defend Israel as the Jewish State, you are mistaken," said MK Rotem to MK Ahmad ... |
|
Since the reestablishment of our state, Israeli leaders have sought peace with their Arab neighbors. Our Declaration of Independence, Israel’s founding document that expressed our hopes and dreams reads, “We extend our hand to all neighboring states and their peoples in an offer of peace and good neighborliness, and appeal to them to establish bonds of cooperation and mutual help.” These words are as true today as when they were first written in 1948. Sadly, sixty one year ... |
 |
The nation's courts are too keen to accept plea bargain arrangements which result in light prison terms for convicts, Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch said in a talk in Beersheba.The plea bargains were part of the reason for the leniency being shown to convicted felons by the courts, Aharonovitch argued."I am not in favor of striking any plea bargain with any criminal. I am in favor of full convictions and not shortcuts," Aharonovitch, who is a former deputy police ... |
 |
MK Anastassia Michaeli called together women from diverse sectors of society to discuss the urgent issue of domestic abuse. The meeting was such a productive brainstorming session on how to help abused women and to prevent such abuse in the first place,that the group decided to meet regularly. MK Michaeli addressed the Knesset Plenum on domestic abuse and spoke of the need to tackle to problem on all fronts – from the social to the legal. “We are ... |
|
|
HomePage
