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Israel to Mark Day Celebrating Immigrants

A bill enacting an annual day celebrating immigration to Israel passed the Ministerial Committee on Legislation on Sunday, paving the way for a preliminary vote in the Knesset plenum on Wednesday. The legislation, sponsored by Likud MKs Miki Zohar and

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Israel to Appoint First Openly Gay Interior Minister 

TEL AVIV – The Likud party tapped its first openly gay Knesset Member to take over as Interior Minister following former minister Silvan Shalom’s resignation. Amir Ohana, a lawyer, IDF reserve officer (pictured second from left), and veteran of the

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Green Light for Bill Banning Store Openings on Sabbath

TEL AVIV – A bill closing all stores on Saturday, the Jewish Sabbath, has been approved by the Israeli government, the Haaretz newspaper reported. The Ministerial Committee on Legislation on Sunday approved Likud Knesset Member Miki Zohar’s bill preventing grocery stores and other

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Israel Lawmakers Snub Netanyahu Plan To Tap Major Gas Field

JERUSALEM (AFP) –  An Israeli parliamentary committee refused to give its blessing Monday to a natural gas deal aimed at tapping a huge field in the Mediterranean despite a strong push by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The 7-6 vote against the

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Netanyahu’s Dog Bites Political Visitors

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recently adopted dog Kaiya has sunk her teeth into her new position, biting two visitors at an event on Wednesday, including the husband of the deputy foreign minister. At a candle-lighting ceremony to

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Netanyahu in Trouble as Right-wing Foreign Minister Quits

JERUSALEM, Israel — “Only in Israel can you win an election and lose it the next day,” intoned the announced on Israel’s Army Radio on Tuesday morning, over audio of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s victory speech from the elections in March. On Monday, Netanyahu’s fragile coalition-building effort suffered a dangerous setback with the sudden departure of Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman, which leaves Netanyahu with a slim and unstable 61-59 majority in the Knesset.

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Israel FM: Behead Arab-Israelis Who Commit Treason

In a use of extremely aggressive rhetoric to describe the punishment for those who commit treason against the State of Israel, Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said that Arab-Israelis who side with the enemy should have their heads “chopped off with an axe” as punishment.