The goal of the amendment is to encourage Aliyah and strengthen the connection with Diaspora Jewry.
By JNi.Media
The new civil service policy intends to replace the need for legislation, the Civil Service Commission announced.
By JNi.Media
Netanyahu told the three Haredi coalition leaders at the meeting, who insist they oppose the draft law in its present form: "I do not want new elections, but I'm not afraid of elections, and if there are elections, I'll do fine."
The UN's Schabes report against Israel relied heavily on reports and testimony from leftwing Israeli NGOs.
No danger of the Jews becoming a minority in the combined area of Judea, Samaria and the pre-1967 Israel.
By Shalom Bear
The IDF wants more Religious-Zionist girls to sign up, and is planning on taking steps to make the IDF more attractive for them.
Chabad emissaries would share the same status as those who do national service.
Ravivi was enraged: "It's unacceptable that we're the leaders in all the most important statistics, yet, in the end, we find ourselves in the 60th percentile."
The Plesner Committee, tasked with crafting an alternative to the Tal Law for haredi service in Israel, is reportedly drafting a proposal which would defer the enlistment of haredi men till age 22, offer financial incentives to yeshivot that have younger enlistment rates, and begin to levy economic sanctions on haredim who don't enlist by age 23.
The bill would have the greatest impact on the Arab and ultra-Orthodox communities.