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“Equality before the law and equality of parenthood," health minister says, adding the change in the law would also expand surrogacy to single men and transgender people.

Generous contribution will allow construction to commence on the Adelson National Center for Advanced Cancer Therapy, which will include an oncology institute, inpatient units, clinics, and Israel's first proton therapy institute, among others.

Kibbutz Ein Tzurim plans traditional "kabbalat Shabbat" service that will also acknowledge the cultural practices of Israelis born in the former Soviet Union.

Overall, Israel saw its population increase by some 1.7%, mostly due to natural growth, standing at an estimated 9,449,000 at the year's end.

National Insurance Institute report finds government aid during pandemic prevented standard of living in Israel from decreasing 10%. Despite the improvement, some 665,000 children and 500,000 families in Israel remain food insecure.

State postal service is the most complained about agency in the country. The privatization move pegs the agency's worth at over 1 billion shekels.

"We are all children of Almighty God, the same God, and we all dream of a better world by filling it with peace, goodness, charity, and mercy. We can do it together, united by our values common rather than dividing the world with differences,” President Isaac Herzog says.

Upon conclusion of the meeting, Public Security Minister Omer Bar-Lev said participants agreed that once the visitor center is up and running on the site, government and group "will work together to assure the safety of the expected large number of visitors.”