“It’s just the idea to both save our budget and turn this town around!” Jerusalem, October 21 – Fiscal constraints ahead of a vote on the main spending bill in Israel’s parliament have led several prominent ministers to propose an ...
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“There are some things beyond even my purview,” conceded the fifteen-year government employee. Jerusalem, October 12 – A mid-level functionary in the government office that oversees education in the country acknowledged today her limited capacity and training vis-à-vis the schooling ...
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The chief factor behind the repeated rejection involves the applicants’ principled refusal to bribe various Palestinian officials. Ramallah, September 30 – Humanitarian activists have failed yet again to penetrate the numerous layers of government oversight, regulation and approval plaguing this already-inefficient ...
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“It’s a lot of materials – I think we’ll need the volume equivalent to four or five semi-trailers.” Jerusalem, September 9 – The Jewish holidays that bring legislative work in Israel to a standstill in late summer or early fall ...
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If successful, Ms. Harkness has agreed to expand her aegis to other government ministries and entities, the credibility and reliability of which she reflects so well. Jerusalem, August 29 – Israeli public health officials has launched a pilot program under which ...
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“If we do our jobs and have to face the violent mob, people might get killed and we might lose our jobs, which would be the biggest tragedy of all.” Jerusalem, August 18 – Enforcement officials acknowledged Tuesday that their ...
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The technologies to which the activist referred have yet to yield reductions in the use of fossil fuels anywhere in the world. Tel Aviv, August 9 – A participant in a demonstration at Rabin Square this evening held aloft a ...
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It spells the end of a cash cow that the Rabbinate has milked for decades, relegating the institution to the more traditional Rabbinic role of not engaging in the flagrantly problematic dynamic of having a kashrut inspector draw a salary directly ...
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A significant and powerful portion of the international community endorses that position. Umm el-Fahm, July 20 – A group of political leaders in Israel’s Arab sector maintained their longstanding position this week that a country designated as the nation-state of only one ...
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Bennett is more afraid of another round of elections, or of Netanyahu swooping back in with a majority, than a leftist agenda. Jerusalem, July 11 – Israel’s prime minister suffered another political setback today when a chief partner in his ...
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