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Otzma Yehudit Party head Itamar Ben-Gvir refused to address Joint List Knesset member Ahmad Tibi as “Mr. Deputy Speaker,” saying he belonged in the Syrian parliament.
The mission was organized by the Institute for Voices of Liberty, a U.S.-based nonprofit that seeks to “counter the false narratives propagated by the Islamic Republic and its apologists,” and to act as a voice for the “freedom-seeking people of Iran.”
The cancellation of the project, touted as being among the most significant Israel-UAE partnerships to have followed the Abraham Accords, could negatively impact relations between the two countries.
The Central Bureau of Statistics releases data on Israeli couples and singles right before Israel’s version of Valentine’s Day kicks off.
It will wait at least until the new Israeli government passes a budget, likely by November,
This particular group included doctors, lawyers, teachers, engineers, media professionals and 46 young people under the age of 18.
Anyone found to be a member of four groups that promote communism and refuse claims of anti-Semitism will be banned from the party.
“Our children will become acquainted with the computing world at an early age, seeing as it is woven into, and affects, every field of our lives,” says Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology Orit Farkash-Hacohen.
Israel’s new government hasn’t had time to study the “legal and international ramifications” of evacuating the illegal Bedouin village, says Israel’s foreign minister.
Outraged after footage emerges of Jews singing Israel’s national anthem and even praying discreetly at the site during Tisha B’Av, the Ra’am Party warns of possible “religious war.”
“The government proved it is being held hostage by the Arab parties. We will not rest. This law will pass,” said Likud Knesset member Avi Dichter, one of the bill’s authors.
“The collaboration on space-related technologies has managed to produce projects that could make a difference in the aerospace sector,” said Ami Appelbaum, chairman of the Israel Innovation Authority.