News
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Goodbye to the Drought Tax
09/11/2009 13:53
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Uzi Landau, Minister of National Infrastructure, intends to submit a proposal to the government requesting to cancel or freeze the drought tax, and instead to focus on the desalination project. Landau: Water consumption has decreased by 15%, when we only set a goal of a 10% decrease.
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Rosh Yeshivat Mir in US
Yochanan Weisberg 09/11/2009 13:00While visiting the United States, Rabbi Finkel, shlita, will attend a dinner for the benefit of the yeshiva, and will receive students, rabbis, community figures, and the general public for advice and blessings.
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Water, Water, Everywhere
Avi Greenwald 09/11/2009 12:30The rain and floods of the past few weeks have left their mark on the "water line" being constantly measured in Israel's only natural, freshwater lake.
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In the Ohel of Avraham
Akiva Gottlieb 09/11/2009 12:27
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Many Jews reconstructed Avraham’s tent last Shabbat and adopted Jewish diners at the tables of Beit Hatavshil, on the occasion of ‘Shabbat Hachnasat Orchim’ – to walk in the ways of Avraham Avinu.
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Netanyahu in US
Eitan Fried 09/11/2009 09:30After leaving the Israelis in limbo for two days, the White House finally decided late Sunday night to respond to the Israeli request for a meeting between Netanyau and Obama, during Netanyahu's visit to the United Sates. The confirmation only arrived after Netanyahu's plane took off and was en-route to Washington. The meeting will be held this evening.
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Jewish Death Redefined
Moshe Schwartz 08/11/2009 23:30The Deputy Minister of Health has made a ruling regarding the disagreement over the issue of determining when a patient is dead. The doctors are furious. Litzman: This is a halachic matter.
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Will Labor Split?
David Shmueli 08/11/2009 22:39In a conference of Labor ‘rebels’ held in Tel Aviv, MK Daniel Ben-Simon, who recently resigned as chairman of the Labor faction and even came up against party Chairman Ehud Barak, came to find a solution to the ongoing conflict in the Labor faction, but still does not think the party should split.
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Swastikas Painted on Shul
Avi Moshe 08/11/2009 21:54A mere 24 hours before commemorating 71 years after the infamous Kristallnacht, neo-Nazis painted swastikas on a synagogue in Dresden
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Fish Poisoning Man Convicted
Avi Moshe 08/11/2009 20:51A Beit Shean courthouse convicted a man who poisoned fish in the Kinneret and fished without license
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Disabled Soldiers Protest
08/11/2009 19:13Disabled IDF soldiers blocked the intersection near the Kirya in Tel Aviv, and burnt tires, in protest of government violation of their rights.
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