Citations with the tag: ISRAEL. Keneset
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- Livni's warning.
// Middle East; Jun2012, Issue 433, p23The article reports on the resignation of former foreign minister Tzipi Livni from Israel's parliament, Knesset, in May 2012.
- "I was not elected to keep silent or to sit at the table and clap".
Shackle, Samira // New Statesman; 8/9/2010, Vol. 139 Issue 5013, p22The article presents an interview with Haneen Zoabi, a Palestinian member of the Knesset, the parliament of Israel. In the interview Zoabi addresses a number of topics including the treatment accorded her as a Palestinian, nuclear weapons in Israel and Iran, and her hopes for Arab citizens of...
- Brit Tzedek's Marcia Freedom Discusses Role of American Jewish
Community.
Kelley, Sister Elaine // Washington Report on Middle East Affairs; Jan/Feb2005, Vol. 24 Issue 1, p49The article focuses on the views of the former Israeli Knesset member Marcia Freedman, now president of the Chicago, Illinois-based Brit Tzedek v'Shalom, the Jewish Alliance for Justice and Peace. Freedman was a cofounder of the Women's Party in Israel. She described as Israeli Prime Minister...
- ISRAEL-ARABS.
Kelley, Sister Elaine // Middle East Reporter (Daily Edition); 2/3/2011, Vol. 195 Issue 5027, p9The article reports on the enactment of a new law against Arabs residing in small Israeli towns by the Israeli Knesset and its formation of two government panels to investigate funds from human rights organizations.
- Israeli Democracy--Lost at Sea.
Sheikh, Awatef // Washington Report on Middle East Affairs; Aug2010, Vol. 29 Issue 6, p17The author reflects on the concept of democracy and freedom for members of the Knesset (MK) in Israel. He claims Palestinian Israelis have never fully enjoyed full democratic rights. He mentions the international condemnation of the Israeli attack against the Gaza Freedom Flotilla on May 31,...
- Sacred real estate.
Magid, Shaul // Christian Century; 7/25/2006, Vol. 123 Issue 15, p24The article discusses issues arising from Jewish sovereignty over the Holy Land. The Israeli Knesset enacted the Land Acquisition Act, which made it legal for Israel to acquire absentee properties belonging to nonabsentee Arabs, in March 1953. Jewish theologians disputed that dividing or sharing...
- THE PALESTINIANS IN ISRAEL AND THE 2006 KNESSET ELECTIONS: POLITICAL AND IDEOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF ELECTION BOYCOTT.
Ghanem, As'ad; Mustafa, Muhannad // Holy Land Studies: A Multidisciplinary Journal (Edinburgh Univer; May2007, Vol. 6 Issue 1, p51The percentage of those boycotting in the last Israeli elections forms, from our perspective, the most important general development in Israeli politics, and specifically in the political behaviour of the Palestinians in Israel. This article is an in depth analysis of the meaning of this...
- Israel's Arab Democrat.
Bishara, Azmi // Newsweek (Atlantic Edition); 8/5/2002, Vol. 140 Issue 5, p60Presents an interview with Azmi Bishara, a Christian Arab activist and Israeli citizen who has criticized the government of Israel. Membership of Bishara in the Israeli Knesset; Trial of Bishara for a speech which he made that praised Hizbullah; Outlook for more democracy in...
- Israel's Arab Democrat.
Bishara, Azmi // Newsweek (Pacific Edition); 8/5/2002, Vol. 140 Issue 5, p58Presents an interview with Azmi Bishara, a Christian Arab activist and Israeli citizen who has criticized the government of Israel. Membership of Bishara in the Israeli Knesset; Trial of Bishara for a speech which he made that praised Hizbullah; Outlook for more democracy in...
- Former Silver Spring resident wins Knesset seat.
Pollak, Suzanne // Washington Jewish Week; 1/31/2013, Vol. 49 Issue 5, p4The article reports that Dov Lipman, former Silver Spring resident, was appointed a seat in the Knesset, a unicameral legislature of Israel, as a member of the centrist Yesh Atid party. It states that Lipman is also recognized as a rabbi, activist, and author. It also discusses the objectives of...
- Noxious Comparisons.
Efrat, Yacov Ben // Challenge (07924143); 2010, p1This article explores the controversy caused by comparing the suffering of the Palestinians in the Arab-Israeli conflict with that of the Jews in the Holocaust. It criticizes the Israeli government for attacking people who made such a comparison, including film director and producer Yonatan...
- If Barak builds peace, can he sell it?
Barr, Cameron W. // Christian Science Monitor; 8/25/2000, Vol. 92 Issue 193, p1Discusses the challenges facing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and questions on how will he win parliamentary approval for any peace agreement he achieves with the Palestinians. Promises by Barak to put a peace deal to Israeli voters in a referendum; Hopes that he can win sufficient public...
- Ehud Olmert: A Degree of Autonomy.
Barr, Cameron W. // Harvard International Review; Sep/Oct1982, Vol. 5 Issue 1, p11The article presents an interview with Ehud Olmert, a member of the Israeli Knesset, on the Palestinian issue. Olmert agrees that the Israeli-Arab conflict is the center of the conflict in the Middle East and has caused the region's instability. To solve the conflict, he suggests that the...
- GOVERNMENT.
Barr, Cameron W. // Background Notes on Countries of the World: Israel; 12/10/2010, p5The article presents information on politics and government in Israel. The country adopts a democratic parliamentary form of government based on laws enacted by the unicameral legislature, the Knesset. Various political parties that compose the Knesset are elected by secret ballot. The judiciary...
- SHARON'S SWITCHEROO.
Derfner, Larry // U.S. News & World Report; 11/8/2004, Vol. 137 Issue 16, p40Reports on the passage in the Knesset of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip. Military action carried out against Palestinian militants; Number of votes by which the plan passed; Nature of the plan; Amount of settlements that will remain if the plan is...
- Clinton administration sharpens war on terrorism as Israeli elections near.
Marquand, Robert // Christian Science Monitor; 5/2/96, Vol. 88 Issue 110, p1Focuses on US President Bill Clinton administration's campaign against international terrorism in preparation for the Israeli national election on May 29, 1996. Expansion of intelligence cooperation with the Israeli government; Counterterrorism pact between Clinton and Israeli Prime Minister...
- M.K. Hanin Zoabi and The Israeli Knesset.
Cook, Geoffrey // Muslim Observer; 4/22/2011, Vol. 13 Issue 17, p2The article reports on the statements made by Palestinian Israeli citizen Hanin Zoabi who represents the Balad Party in the Israeli Knesset concerning the role of women in the Arab-Hebrew struggle over national rights. The Middle East Children's Alliance (MECA) has taken Zoabi to Berkeley,...
- Israel Votes 2013 - News Analysis.
Sales, Ben // Baltimore Jewish Times; 1/25/2013, Vol. 330 Issue 4, p32The article discusses election results of Israel for the year 2013. It reports that Israeli politician Binyamin Netanyahu has failed to retain the number of seats in the voting despite his election as the Prime Minister of Israel. It also highlights that former television presenter and Israeli...
- The Consequences Of Israel's Vote.
Heilman, Uriel // Baltimore Jewish Times; 1/25/2013, Vol. 330 Issue 4, p32The article presents the observations by Uriel Heilman, award-winning journalist, regarding the Israeli Election results. It provides major changes observed regarding topics including occupancy of the Knesset, the unicameral legislature of Israel, by new members, increase in women representation...
- SYRIA-ISRAEL REFERENDUM.
Heilman, Uriel // Middle East Reporter (Daily Edition); 11/25/2010, Vol. 194 Issue 4985, p7The article reports on the move of Israel to hold a referendum with Syria prior to any withdrawal from the Golan Heights or East Jerusalem. It states that the move signifies the extremism of Israel and the rejection of peace. It mentions that the Israeli Knesset approved a legislation which will...
- The "Struggle" Of Peres And Rabin A bitter battle for the Labor Party leadership.
Bonfante, Jordan; Aikman, David // Time; 12/22/1980, Vol. 116 Issue 25, p52The article offers information on the political battle between former Defence Minister Shimon Peres and former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, to gain the leadership of Labor Partyn in Israel. It states that Labor Party has a very strong position in Knesset, Israel and can win the election with...
- European disunion.
Axelrod, Toby // New Jersey Jewish News; 10/27/2011, Vol. 65 Issue 43, p34The article presents information on the uphill battle against European Jewish Parliament. As per Chief Executive Officer of the European Jewish Union Tomer Orni, Jewish Parliament has a plan to establish its offices in front of the European Parliament in Brussels to organize regular assemblies...
- Beyond Palestine.
TABIN, JOHN // American Spectator; Mar2013, Vol. 46 Issue 2, p37The article discusses the results of the legislative election in Israel held in January 2013. The new centric party Yesh Atid got the second largest number of seats in the Knesset after Likud, the party led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Yesh Atid was founded by journalist Yair Lapid....
- It Ain't Over Yet.
TABIN, JOHN // Newsweek (Atlantic Edition); 06/19/2000, Vol. 135 Issue 25, p3Focuses on the perceived confidence of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak in the wake of the preliminary vote in the Knesset for early elections. Barak's opinion that the vote can be won through negotiation; Comment from political analyst Chemi Shalev.
- It Ain't Over Yet.
TABIN, JOHN // Newsweek (Pacific Edition); 06/19/2000, Vol. 135 Issue 25, p3Focuses on the perceived confidence of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak in the wake of the preliminary vote in the Knesset for early elections. Barak's opinion that the vote can be won through negotiation; Comments by political analyst Chemi Shalev.
- The Knesset's Year of the Woman'.
POGREBIN, LETTY COTTIN // Moment Magazine; May/Jun2013, Vol. 38 Issue 3, p14The author discusses the increase women members of Knesset (MKs) in Israel. He is critical on the ideological commitments and activists social agendas of the women MKs. He states that MK Merav Michaeli, one of the 27 MKs achieved major transformations in public policy. He states that Michaeli's...
- The politics of prayer in Israel.
POGREBIN, LETTY COTTIN // Christian Century; 06/21/2000, Vol. 117 Issue 19, p677Focuses on the legislation passed by Israel's Knesset which prohibited women to pray and wear Jewish ritual garments at Jerusalem's Western Wall. Information on a decision of the Israel Supreme Court which allows such rituals; Impact of the legislation; Comments from Anat Hoffman, leader of the...
- GOVERNMENT.
POGREBIN, LETTY COTTIN // Background Notes on Countries of the World: Israel; 12/17/2009, p5The article presents information on politics and government in Israel. The country adopts a democratic parliamentary form of government based on laws enacted by the unicameral legislature, the Knesset. Various political parties that compose the Knesset are voted in a secret ballot. The judiciary...
- Grandmothers Against the War Rally in San Francisco's Union Square.
Pasquini, Elaine // Washington Report on Middle East Affairs; Sep/Oct2010, Vol. 29 Issue 7, p48The article presents updates on political protests related to the Middle East. An anti-war demonstration was held in San Francisco, California on June 17, 2010, facilitated by Grandmothers Against the War, wherein members asserted the need to end the U.S. war in Afghanistan. The rejection of the...
- Israel passes tech export law designed to end Pentagon boycott.
Pasquini, Elaine // Geo-Strategy Direct; 8/1/2007, p6The article reports that the Knesset, Israel's parliament, has passed the Defense Export Control Law, on July 17, 2007. The legislation would publish a list of certified exporters, transfer significant oversight responsibility to the Foreign Ministry and impose heavy penalties on violators. It...
- American Lawmakers Swarm to Israel During August Recess.
McArthur, Shirl // Washington Report on Middle East Affairs; Nov2003, Vol. 22 Issue 9, p24Although the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), Israel's Washington, DC lobby, for years has been sponsoring U.S. Congressional delegations visiting Israel, it outdid itself during August 2003. AIPAC's "nonprofit educational arm," the American Israel Education Foundation (AIEF)...
- Syrian peace efforts.
McArthur, Shirl // Presidents & Prime Ministers; Jan/Feb95, Vol. 4 Issue 1, p32Presents an excerpt of the remarks of United States President Bill Clinton to the Israeli Knesset in Jerusalem, Israel on October 27, 1994.
- BBC Says Bill Before Knesset Would Make Possibility Of Israeli-Syrian Peace Even More Remote.
Jones, Lucy // Washington Report on Middle East Affairs; May2000, Vol. 19 Issue 4, p27Reports on political developments in the Middle East as of May, 2000. Introduction of a legislative bill in the Israeli Knesset that would require a majority of registered voters to ratify any Israeli withdrawal from Golan Heights; Riot during French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin's visit to...
- The Problem Is Palestinian Rejectionism.
Kuperwasser, Yosef; Lipner, Shalom // Foreign Affairs; Nov/Dec2011, Vol. 90 Issue 6, p2The authors argue that peace attempts between Israel and the Palestinians have failed because of the failure of the Palestinians to adhere to the spirit of the 1993 Oslo peace accords to recognize Israel as a Jewish state. The authors assert that the Palestinian leadership established...
