News
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Let the People Decide
David Shmueli 09/12/2009 09:31Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will back a bill that will require a national referendum before going forward with any agreement that involves a withdrawal from the Golan Heights or East Jerusalem. "Any historic peace agreement I bring won't be based on a majority within the coalition but on substantial support from the majority of the public," said Netanyahu.
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Referendum on Golan
Reuven Stein 08/12/2009 22:42Tomorrow it will be possible to bring to a vote in the Knesset the law obligating a national referendum for withdrawals from the Golan Heights or East Jerusalem. Minister Dan Meridor attempted to block drafting of the bill. The Ministerial committee rejected his appeal.
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Who Owns the Paper?
Reuven Stein 08/12/2009 18:42A new law has been drafted that seeks to prohibit foreign residents from holding control of a newspaper in the country.
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Prevent Closing Plants
Avi Moshe 08/12/2009 17:19The Finance Committee held a hearing about the expected firing of hundreds of workers from plants in the north. The factory managers attacked the banks.
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EU on Jerusalem
Eitan Fried 08/12/2009 15:54European Union ended the debate in Brussels on the Swedish proposal for recognition of East Jerusalem as the capital of the Palestinian people without a clear decision on the issue, calling for Israel and the Palestinians to engage in dialogue about the issue, and through negotiations reach an agreement for recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of two nations.
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Selective Enforcement
Avi Moshe 08/12/2009 15:42A petition to the High Court reveals the selective enforcement of a department within the State Prosecutor's Office when dealing with illegal Jewish construction in Judea and Samaria as compared to the Palestinians.
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Together in Life and Death
Yochanan Weisberg 08/12/2009 14:56Mrs. Yocheved Lider a"h passed away Monday morning in her home. In the afternoon her husband, Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Lider a”h passed away in the hospital. They were buried next to each other on the same day.
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More Barak Indiscretion
David Shmueli 08/12/2009 14:36Minister of Defense is further involved in a scandal: This morning it was revealed that Ehud Barak home hired a foreign worker without a work permit.
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Ne'eman Must Resign!
Eitan Fried 08/12/2009 14:32A few words spoken by the Israeli Minister of Justice, regarding the place of halacha in the legal world of Israel, were received – as can only be expected – with anger, and calls for the Minister to resign. Lawmakers in Israel are saying that Ne'eman's "Jewish" remarks "have no place" in the Israeli legal system, and that he should immediately resign from his position. They claim that his words were a call to "nullify the status of the Knesset and judges."
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Rabbi Micha ben Raizel
Yochanan Weisberg 08/12/2009 12:53Daven and beg for Divine mercy: Rabbi Micha Rothschild was seriously injured in a traffic accident late last night, at the Sha'ar Hagai interchange, due to the wet road.
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