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Yuli Edelstein

Judea & Samaria / Settlements / Judaism

Compendium of Scholarly Articles Launched in Tribute to Rabbi Shlomo Riskin

By Jewish Press News Desk

“While Rabbi Riskin defended halachic practice without compromise, he succeeded in revealing religion’s beauty to countless Jews."

Israel / News Briefs / Health and Medicine / Gulf States / UAE

Israel, UAE Ink Healthcare Agreement

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The two countries agreed to promote cooperation on health issues, including a common fight against global epidemics, cybersecurity and data protection, medical education, digital health, artificial intelligence, innovation, technology integration, and personalized medicine.

The Muqata

The Real Knesset Game

By JoeSettler

Perhaps the race isn't really between the current party leaders at all...

Israel / Coronavirus

Israeli Health Minister Urges Public to Refrain from High Holiday Gatherings

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“This year our responsibility is not to gather in large groups around the family holiday table,” says Yuli Edelstein.

Israel / Health and Medicine

First Time Ever - United Hatzalah Receives Official Visit From Israel's Health Minister

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israel's previous health minister did not have a good relationship with the popular volunteer EMT organization.

Featured / Israel / Coronavirus

Get Your Coronavirus Test in Only 15 Minutes at Drive & Test

By Jewish Press News Desk

The tests are forwarded to the Health Ministry where they will be evaluated to determine whether the new technology produces reliable results.

Headline / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Sovereignty

‘Historic Opportunity Cannot Be Missed,’ Netanyahu Tells Settlers

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Settler leaders ramp up objections to Trump peace plan as Yamina leader Naftali Bennett warns of 'existential disaster' of a Palestinian state.

Featured / The Muqata

A Bright Day for Israeli Democracy and the Lessons Learned

By JoeSettler

Who are the winners and the losers of the election crisis, and what did we learn from it?

Headline / Politics / Government / Elections / The Knesset

Unexpected Twist: Benny Gantz Appointed Knesset Speaker

By Jewish Press News Desk

Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid), Gantz's partner strongly opposes the move.

The Muqata

Did You Catch That Brilliant Move by Yuli Edelstein?

By JoeSettler

Blue&White will lose if they try to force Amir Peretz to give up his cozy new chair as Knesset Speaker, and Peretz has his own long-term agenda.

Politics / Government / Elections / Left vs. Right / The Knesset

Knesset’s Legal Advisor: Edelstein Can't Block Committee Formation to Rule on Immunity; Edelstein: Convening the Committee is ‘Grave Mistake’

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The Likud believes that the Knesset Advisor has a conflict of interest, as his wife participated in the state prosecution’s ruling on Netanyahu’s cases.

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs

If There Will be New Elections, They Will be Held on March 2, 2020

By Arye Green / TPS

Elections would have automatically been set for March 10, but that falls out on the Jewish holiday of Purim.

Headline / The Knesset

Knesset Speaker Announces the Renewal of Negotiations for Unity Government

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

“Everyone understands: Israel is in the midst of a government crisis that could lead to an economic and social collapse. It is indeed a real alarm.”

Featured / The Knesset

US Honors Knesset for Employment of Disabled Persons

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

“The Knesset serves as an example for the public and private sectors, and many people from Israel and abroad visit the Knesset to learn from our experience in this field.”

Headline / IDF & Security / Eye on "Palestine" / Israeli Arabs

Israeli Arabs in Rabin Square Rally: 'With Spirit and Blood We'll Redeem You, Palestine'

By JNi.Media

Im Tirtzu activists recorded Israeli Arabs shouting, "With spirit and blood we'll redeem you, Palestine," "Rest in peace, martyr, we continue in your path," "Israel is a terrorist state," and "An Arab Palestine from the sea to the River Jordan."

Government / The Knesset / The Temple Mount

Netanyahu Revokes Ban on MKs Temple Mount Visits

By JNi.Media

"Netanyahu will not tell Muslims, MKs and others, when to enter and when to pray. For non-Muslims, there is nothing to look for in that place," MK Haneen Zoabi declared.

Featured / The Knesset / Israeli Arabs

Knesset Disqualifies Arab Bill Rejecting Israel as a Jewish State

By JNi.Media

The decision to ban a Knesset debate on the proposed “Basic Law: A Country of All Its Citizens” was adopted by a vote of 7-2. MK Bezalel Smotrich (Habayit Hayehudi) abstained.

Politics / Antisemitism / Europe / The Knesset

Knesset Speaker to Swedish Counterpart: Cooperation Marred by Anti-Israel Elements in your Government

By JNi.Media

Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallström, also a Social Democrat, is probably the most outrageous members of government when it comes to hostility to the Jewish State.

Headline / Politics / Government / The Knesset / Jerusalem

Rivlin, Netanyahu Call for Bipartisan Teamwork, Netanyahu Attacked at Opening of Knesset Winter Session

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

"You ... turned the word ‘leftist’ to a synonym for ‘enemy,'” Zionist Camp MK Isaac Herzog accused the prime minister.

Featured / Politics / History / The Courts / Religious & Secular in Israel / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Report: Orthodox Justice Defied Supreme Court's Directive, Participated in Gush Etzion Liberation Ceremony

By JNi.Media

Recently retired Justice Elyakim Rubinstein, also an Orthodox Jew, told Army Radio he saw no problem in his former colleague's attending the ceremony as a private person.

Politics / The Knesset

Knesset Rule Change: Remove Immediately MK Disrupting Foreign Visitor's Speech

By JNi.Media

'Often times I found myself asking foreign presidents not to speak at the Knesset for fear of a disgraceful outburst,' Speaker Edelstein said.

Politics / The Knesset / Aliyah / Geulah / Russia

Speaker Edelstein to Russian Parliament: I Greet You in the Language for which I Was Arrested

By JNi.Media

Speaker Edelstein was invited to give the speech exactly 30 years after he had completed a three-year sentence in a Soviet labor camp for his Zionist activities.

Featured / Politics / Police and Crime / The Knesset / Holocaust

Knesset to Debate Lapid Party's Illegal Use of Holocaust Survivors' Data

By JNi.Media

Yesh Atid used the data for direct mail inquiries sent to the same Holocaust survivors prior to the March 2015 elections.

Headline / Judea & Samaria / Health and Medicine

Cornerstone Laid for Largest Medical Center in Judea, Samaria

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The center is modeled on the Efrat Medical Center, which is located south of Jerusalem in the Etzion bloc.

Featured / Religious & Secular in Israel

Survey: 36% of Secular Jews Want to Leave Israel

By JNi.Media

The highest rate of those who wish to leave was among secular Jews, where 36% said they would have left. Among religious Jews only 7% expressed the same wish.

US / Politics / Government / News Briefs / The Knesset

Knesset Bids Farewell to Outgoing US Ambassador Dan 'Island of Stability' Shapiro

By JNi.Media

'We can present an excellent picture of assistance and aircraft and military aid, and we can also talk about less successful meetings.'

Politics / Government / History / News Briefs / The Knesset / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

Netanyahu Tells Knesset Session Honoring Shimon Peres: 'Peace Will Not Be Achieved at Futile Conferences'

By JNi.Media

Isaac Herzog said that 'recently there has been a certain attempt to dim Peres' peace doctrine; his faith in the two-state vision and [his efforts to achieve] a comprehensive peace with our Palestinian neighbors.'

Judea & Samaria / Chessed and Tzedaka

Join the Crowd Funding Campaign to Strengthen Oz veGaon

By Jewish Press Staff

The nature preserve built in memory of Naftali Frenkel, Gilad Shaer, and Eyal Yifrah needs your help.

Politics / News Briefs / The Knesset / Religious & Secular in Israel

Knesset Speaker to Set Up Team to Reexamine Dress Code

By JNi.Media

MK Trajtenberg took off his shirt at the Knesset entrance, cautioning that "tomorrow all of you will have a burqa."

Politics / Government / News Briefs / The Knesset / Religious & Secular in Israel / Israeli Arabs

‘Muezzin Law’ Ready for Vote Despite Arab, Rivlin Objections

By JNi.Media

MK Issawi Freij (Meretz) announced that separating the Shabbat calls from the Muezzin bill exposes it for what it is: yet another example of Israeli racism.

Politics / Police and Crime / Government / Elections / News Briefs / The Knesset / Media / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

Bennett Defends Netanyahu Against Leftwing Attacks as Knesset Commemorates 21st Anniversary of Rabin's Murder

By JNi.Media

"For 21 years, the Left has been trying to blame Netanyahu for the incitement. Over and over Netanyahu said we disagree, but there should be no incitement. And now you're trying to silence him."

Politics / Government / News Briefs / The Knesset

One Third of Public Complaints to Israel's Ombudsman 'Justified'

By JNi.Media

"At the Israel Postal Company, for instance, some 69 percent of the complaints were found to be justified."

Politics / Police and Crime / Government / News Briefs / The Knesset

Speaker Edelstein Calls on AG to Conclude Police 'Blackmail List' Investigation

By JNi.Media

"The head of Investigations and Intelligence Branch has power by virtue of his position. Power corrupts, and great power corrupts more. Therefore, he must act with caution."

Politics / Global / News Briefs / The Knesset / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / Judaism

MK Glick Gets 93,000 Signatures Supporting Jerusalem's Unity

By JNi.Media

Each year, the printed collection of signatures, bound together in a book, is presented to a different MK.

Jewish / US / Politics / News Briefs / The Knesset

Yankee Come Home: Knesset Marks 100 Years of Jewish-American Involvement in Israel

By JNi.Media

During the day, an exhibition titled "Stripes, Stars and Magen David" will be launched in the Knesset's Chagall Hall.

Video of the Day

MK Ahmed Tibi: If You Don't Speak Arabic, You Won't Go to Heaven

By Video of the Day

On Tuesday, it was Arab Language Day in the Israeli Knesset.

Government / News Briefs / The Knesset / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Israeli Arabs

Netanyahu Tells Knesset He Wants 'Broader Government,' Herzog: Stop Zigzagging

By JNi.Media

Herzog did not explain how a 55% majority of the house can be considered "extremist" while the remaining 45% are the proverbial moderates.

Israel / US / Politics / News Briefs

Speaker of the US House to Israel: “We Stand Shoulder to Shoulder With You”

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

I and members of Congress are working and fighting vigorously with every discovery of BDS and boycott of Israel, Ryan emphasized.

Terrorism / Government / News Briefs / The Knesset

Speaker Edelstein Making Overtures for Unity Government

By JNi.Media

Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein (Likud), told the Knesset on Tuesday there was an urgent need to form a unity government.

News Briefs / The Knesset / Religion

Shmita News: Knesset Committee Approves Bill to Erase Debts of the Destitute

By JNi.Media

A new “Shmita Law,” releasing more than 20 thousand Israelis who are too poor to meet their debt obligations, will now go to a vote in the Knesset.

Politics / News Briefs / The Knesset

Shades of 2003, Vote Fraud in the Knesset Already!

By Shalom Bear

During a Knesset voice vote, an MK yelled out "in favor" in place of the missing MK Xenia Svetlova. Is this 2003 all over again?

News Briefs / The Knesset

Ayelet Shaked Has Armed Escort following Death Threats

By Jewish Press News Desk

A personal armed guard now is escorting Bayit Yehudi (Jewish Home) Knesset Member Ayelet Shaked following death threats. Shaked is slated to be the Justice Minister, an appointment that has riled up the left-wing, which usually goes to bat for women but not if they are on the "wrong side" of the road. The decision […]

Government / Elections / News Briefs / The Knesset / Israel Elections 5775

Election Date Set for March 17, 2015

By Jewish Press News Desk

Party faction leaders were actually able to sit together in a room and agree on something.

Israel / Jewish / News Briefs

Hundreds of World Jewish Leaders to Meet in Rocket-Battered South

By Jewish Press News Desk

Hundreds of Jewish leaders from around the world who are part of the Jewish Agency for Israel Board of Governor will convene in Ashkelon, one of Hamas favorite targets for rockets and missiles, next week. The Board had been set to meet in Mexico as part of its annual rotation amongst the world's Jewish communities, […]

Dov Shurin

Presenting Arafat's Dead Sea Tonic

By Dov Shurin

An Israeli company should make “Arafat's Dead Sea Tonic” with this warning: “may cause severe vomiting or even death.”

Israel / UK / News Briefs

British PM Cameron to Visit Israel Next Week

By JTA

British Prime Minister David Cameron will visit Israel and address the Knesset on March 12. Cameron was originally scheduled to visit Israel in February but had to postpone the trip because of flooding in the United Kingdom. This will be Cameron’s first visit to Israel since becoming prime minister in 2010. Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein […]

Israel / News Briefs / Obituaries

Wife of Knesset Speaker Edelstein Passes Away

By Jewish Press News Desk

The wife of Knesset speaker Yuli Edelstein, Tatiana (Tania) Edelstein passed away on Thursday night at age 63. The Edelsteins became religious while still living in the USSR, where Tatiana was a Hebrew teacher and promoted Aliyah until they were allowed to leave to Israel. While still in the USSR, Yuli was arrested, as Jewish […]

News Briefs / The Knesset / Judaism

Tzohar Rabbis Help Lead Knesset’s First Ever Tu B’Shvat Seder

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Tu B’Shvat holiday Thursday literally has roots in the Land of Israel

Life in Israel

No Christmas Tree in the Knesset

By Rafi Goldmeier

The Speaker of the House does not think the idea of installing a Christmas tree is appropriate.

Middle East / Levant / Haredim & Hassidim / Politics / News Briefs / The Knesset

Knesset Swears in New Govt with Hugs and a Walkout

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The 33rd Knesset is off to a flying start. MKs kissed and hugged each other, Haredim walked out, and Arabs called the coalition”racist.” Tomorrow, the Knesset return to more bickering.

The Muqata / Israel Elections 5773

Likud Primaries: How to Vote?

By Jameel@Muqata

So far, the only candidates that I am 100% certain about are from the list from Mattot Arim.

Analysis

A Russian Refusenik Remembers Jerusalem

By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency

Minister of Diaspora and Public Affairs Yuli Edelstein: “For me, Jerusalem is more than just a capital to be proud of. As the former Minister of Immigrant Absorption, I can say that for Jews who immigrated to Israel--from as far as Ethiopia-- making aliya to Israel always meant returning to Jerusalem, to Zion."

Analysis

Dutch Government Opposes Anti-Israeli EU Report

By Peter Martino

The Dutch government is on a collision course with the EU over Israel, and some critics warn that the position of the Dutch will isolate their country in Europe. It is, however, also possible that the Dutch are pioneers, whose example will soon be followed by others.

News Briefs

Hamas Praises Recent Cyber Attacks Against Israel

By Jewish Press Staff

Hamas: Cyber attacks "a new field of resistance against the Occupation."

Serials

Persuaded - Chapter II

By Barbara Bensoussan

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