Right-wing NGO Im Tirzu says foreign governments using radical propaganda groups to undermine Israel's Zionist identity. The phenomenon of massive funding by foreign nations is a real threat to Israel's continued existence, report argues.
Having passed the highly controversial kashrut and conversion reforms, the Knesset moves on to another explosive national issue: civil marriage.
Among the drugs seized were more than 440 pounds of marijuana and hashish.
Israeli media reports that the police hacked the phone of a key state witness in case 4,000 without court authorization. Police investigating matter.
"The best thing to do is expose the facts; to show that that they’re making things up," says Anne Herzberg, of NGO Monitor. "Transparency is another big issue. I don’t think anyone has revealed yet who wrote the report."
Aryeh Deri admitted to tax offenses as part of a plea bargain and was given a suspended sentence. Conviction does not preclude him from running in the next elections. The head of the Sephardi ultra-Orthodox party served a 22 months sentence in the early 2000s after he was convicted of taking bribes while serving as interior minister.
Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef criticizes Religious Services Minister Matan Kahana, who spearheads the controversial kashrut and conversion reforms, for "heeding the advice of uninfluential rabbis who confuse him."
Women Speaking Hebrew chief says the NGO has a critical social impact on participating women. Palestinian men have more opportunities to learn Hebrew through their jobs while women are left behind, unable to be self-reliant, she notes.
Government earmarks NIS 100 million to combat loneliness among elderly Israelis, 80% of whom live independently.
The chairman of the Likud Central Committee, MK Haim Katz, however, tells Israel Hayom that no one had discussed the prospect with him, and that party primaries will only be held if the government falls or half a year before the Knesset disperses.
