Smooth Stone (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008
From Ethiopian Sigd Made Official Israeli Holiday : The Knesset decided to formally add the Ethiopian Sigd holiday to the list of state holidays, and will be holding an annual state ceremony for it during the Hebrew month of Heshvan, which usually falls in October or November. Sigd is a traditional Ethiopian day of fasting, dedicated to prayers for the rebuilding of the Temple and giving thanks for...
New York Newsday (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
He was born in Casablanca, Morocco, and has sung before Golda Meir, Menachem Begin, David Ben-Gurion and the Knesset in Jerusalem.
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
Back in May, President Bush traveled to Israel's Knesset to deliver a speech that equated negotiations with modern terror-sponsoring states to World War II-era appeasement of the Nazis. At first, U.S.-focused observers took the speech to be an indirect shot at Barack Obama's policy of diplomatic engagement with Iran, which seemed a reasonable enough interpretation (despite the White House's firm denial)....
http://www.CelebrityVideoTube.com (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
MSNBC He was born in Casablanca, Morocco, and has sung before Golda Meir, Menachem Begin, David Ben-Gurion and the Knesset in Jerusalem. He has recorded more than 60 albums in Hebrew, Ladino and Arabic. … Read the full article here
English Webster (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
The prisoner swap has been set and was passed by the Knesset on Tuesday, July 1st. Israel’s politicians agreed to deal with the tyrants of Hizballah in order to retreive information and bodies. The bodies of Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev will be handed over in exchange for Labanese and Palestinian prisoners, supplemented with information about Ron Arad. These Lebanese and Palestinian prisoners have...
Yeshiva World News (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel) SECURITY/DEFENSE: *Elizabeth Goren, 52, a resident of the capital, has been identified as the first fatality in Wednesday’s terror attack. POLITICS, DOMESTIC & MORE: *The Knesset on Wednesday passed a number of bills presented in a preliminary vote addressing action against terrorists with Israeli identity cards as was the case in today’s attack. *Firefighters late [...]...
English Webster (Free subscription) | 02/07/2008
Two bills just got through the first reading in the Knesset, one allowing for the revoking of citizenship rights for the terrorist and his family and the revoking the rights of the family –that is, cutting off the welfare and healthcare benefits the family currently receives. The other allows for the deportation of terrorists who are involved in planning and executing attacks. My suggestion goes further....
Ynet News (Free subscription) | 02/07/2008
In move unrelated to Jerusalem terror attack – Two bills granting interior minister permission to revoke citizenship rights from families of terrorists pass preliminary readings at Knesset
English Webster (Free subscription) | 02/07/2008
I went to the Knesset, or Israeli Parliament, yesterday for a discussion on the right to health of Bedouin Arab women in unrecognized villages of the Negev. The outside reader may not understand any of those terms, so here is a glossary: Bedouin: originally nomadic Muslim Arab people who wandered across the Middle East; in Israel, most Bedouins are settled now. A majority live in the Negev, which is...
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS (Free subscription) | 02/07/2008
Danny Yatom of the Labor party has decided to call it quits . Here's why: Defense Minister Ehud Barak's Labor Party suffered a blow on Monday when MK Danny Yatom resigned from the Knesset due to Barak's decision last week not to quit Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's coalition . Yatom became the second security-minded Labor MK in five weeks to quit the Knesset, following the May 25 departure of Ephraim...
Ynet News (Free subscription) | 01/07/2008
MK Said Naffaa says recently approved law banning those who visit enemy nations from running for Knesset discriminates against minorities
Doc's Talk (Free subscription) | 01/07/2008
Hillel Fendel Danny Yatom is the second Labor MK to resign from the Knesset in the past five weeks. Yatom announced his resignation at a party faction meeting in the Knesset on Monday afternoon. The reason? He no longer wants to be part of what he calls the "deteriorating political culture." At the end of May, MK Ephraim Sneh resigned from the Knesset, citing his dissatisfaction with the way Labor...
Doc's Talk (Free subscription) | 01/07/2008
Nissan Ratzlav-Katz The Knesset approved on Monday the first reading of a bill that would mandate a national referendum on any future Israeli territorial concessions. The Knesset's Golan Lobby sees the vote as a tremendous success, with 65 Knesset Members supporting the bill and only 18 opposed. According to the bill, a Knesset vote and a nationwide referendum would be required for any agreement to...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 01/07/2008
Jerusalem - Arab-Israel legislators reacted furiously Tuesday to a new law prohibiting any citizen who has visited an enemy state from becoming a Knesset member, saying they would challenge the unconstitutional bill in the Supreme Court. The bill p...
Yeshiva World News (Free subscription) | 01/07/2008
Arab lawmakers plan to continue ‘business as usual’ after the Enemy State bill was voted into law in Knesset on Monday. The bill, introduced by MKs Zevulun Orlev (NRP) and Esterina Tratman (Yisrael Beitenu) prohibits travel to nations that do not maintain diplomatic relations with Israel without obtaining permission in advance. Arab MKs frequently visit such [...]
