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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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Israeli Minister Accused of Sexual Misconduct to Resign

JERUSALEM — A top official in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government who has been accused of sexual misconduct said on Sunday that he would step down. The official, Silvan Shalom, the Israeli interior minister and deputy prime minister, has denied