Politics and Knesset
Tony Gelbart and Yehoshua Fass finish each other’s sentences as they run the nonprofit “like a business with a heart.”
“People who decided now to make aliyah write the history of Israel with their feet,” Ofir Sofer, the Israeli aliyah and integration minister, told JNS.
The suspect was charged on Aug. 7 with preparing and inciting a serious act of violence endangering the state.
The biggest need, Aliyah and Integration Minister Ofir Sofer told JNS, is integrating professionals into the workforce in Israel and getting jobs that reflect their level in the United States.
“Every delay comes at a price—in security, legitimacy and our national future. This is the time to decide,” the Likud lawmakers wrote to the Israeli premier.
“We must finish the job and defeat” the terrorist group in Gaza, the Israeli prime minister told his Cabinet.
From protests at symbolic 6:29 a.m. to evening rallies in Tel Aviv’s “Hostage Square,” millions of Israelis are expected to participate in the largest coordinated demonstration since the war began.
The incident at Yariv Levin’s home came after the minister changed the locks on an office shared with outgoing Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara.
“It is important that everyone out there who helps Israel in various ways knows that, when the time comes, Israel will assist them,” the victims’ attorneys said.
“The office is the office of the minister, not of the attorney Baharav-Miara,” stated Levin. Israel Bar Association head Amit Becher urged Levin’s arrest over the move, calling him an “existential threat” to the state.
JNS has learned that Sharren Haskel is also expected to visit South Sudan in the first official Israeli delegation to the country.
Local police arrested suspects, the embassy announced.
