Politics and Knesset
Before the British parliament, the embattled president of Ukraine talked of World War II and Shakespeare. Before the U.S. Congress, it was Pearl Harbor and 9/11. But despite being Jewish, Volodymyr Zelenskyy was less successful in his appeal to Israel’s government.
“This is why I want to remind you of the words of a great woman from Kyiv, whom you know very well. The words of Golda Meir: ‘We intend to remain alive. Our neighbors want to see us dead. This is not a question that leaves much room for compromise,’ ” says Ukraine‘s president.
The Ukrainian government approached Knesset Speaker Mickey Levy to arrange the event, which should happen on March 20.
“What we are trying to achieve is to decentralize the power of the Chief Rabbinate,” said Tani Frank, director of the Center for Judaism and State Policy at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem, which was involved in drafting the bill.
Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked thanked “responsible lawmakers” after opposition support allowed the legislation to pass despite nay votes from Ra’am and Meretz.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has spoken to lawmakers in the United Kingdom and European Union, where he has received standing ovations in the attempt to rally the world to help Ukraine.
Kids from Ukraine will be flown to Israel’s Schneider Medical Center in Petach Tikvah, where they will continue to receive medical care.
In the course of his political career, he also served as minister of communications and tourism.
Opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu accuses the Israeli government of inaction vis-à-vis the emerging nuclear deal with Iran, saying they are “engendering Israel’s future.”
Spiegler, 63, is currently director general of Israel’s National Insurance Institute • Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett: “Jews fleeing places of danger need to know that they have an open door.”
Sheikh Jarrah has been a focal point of tension, and Hamas used the issue as a pretext for violence against Israel, which eventually led to the 11-day war with Israel last year.
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Rabbi Rick Jacobs and Rabbi Jacob Blumenthal discussed kickstarting the framework agreement for egalitarian prayer at the Western Wall.
