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Note that the translated press releases below are a selection from all of the Hebrew press releases publicized by the Knesset Communications and Public Relations Division, the Knesset Speaker's Office, and the Knesset committees.


May 16, 2013 A delegation of Knesset Members will be going to NATO to discuss the situation in Syria and the Iranian threat
May 13, 2013 The Bank Supervisor: ”Lowering commissions, opening an online bank and starting federal credit unions will help increase the competition”
May 13, 2013 Deputy Minister of Finance in response to the motion of no-confidence: ”Either way, there will be a certain cut to the security budget”
May 13, 2013 Approved in the Plenum: There will be rule of continuity for the bill to prohibit the transfer of infiltrators’ money outside of Israel
May 8, 2013 Minister Bennett in response to an urgent question: “The time has come for us to stop fooling ourselves. One cannot use the two phrases ‘support for united Jerusalem’ and ‘a Palestinian state’ in the same breath.”
May 8, 2013 Google has given the Palestinian Authority status as an independent state. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Zeev Elkin: “This decision only delays the beginning of talks with the Palestinians.”
May 8, 2013 Deliberation of the Internal Affairs and Environment Committee on the issue of prayer services and the jurisdiction of the Temple Mount
May 2, 2013 First stage to approve the State`s Budget: Finance Committee approved the biennial credit facility to the Budget and the Arrangements Law for 2013-2014
May 1, 2013 Approved in the preliminary reading: Subjects of enemy countries may not file claims against Israel from within Israel
May 1, 2013 Minister of Construction and Housing Uri Ariel in response to a question: “We will work together to fulfill the Prime Minister’s commitment to build in every part of Jerusalem.”
May 1, 2013 The bill for Basic Law: Social Rights rejected in preliminary reading
April 30, 2013 Minute-long speeches in the Knesset: MKs condemned the murder at Tapuach Junction
April 27, 2013 Speaker of the Knesset: ”Whoever Delivers His Speeches outside the Knesset Shall Pass His Laws There As Well”
April 24, 2013 Deputy Minister Ofir Akunis to the Knesset Plenum: The Government Will Oppose the Release of Terrorists
April 24, 2013 MK Yoel Rozbozov elected as Chairman of Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs Committee
April 24, 2013 The Prime Minister in his address for Herzl Day: “Anti-Semitism has only taken a break.”
April 23, 2013 The Speaker of the Knesset hosted Azerbaijan Minister of Foreign Affairs
April 18, 2013 An urgent discussion at the Finance Committee due to the budget cut in the reserve soldiers` grants
April 17, 2013 The House Committee elected the chairs of the committees; chairs on behalf of the Opposition were not yet assigned
April 14, 2013 3,000 Members of Bereaved Families Attended “Songs in Their Memory” in the Knesset Courtyard
April 11, 2013 The Knesset will host the citizens who have been chosen to light the torches at the official torch lighting ceremony
April 9, 2013 ”State of Emergency” Extended by Three Months
April 4, 2013 Appointed Labor, Welfare and Health Committee Chairman announced his plans to call an urgent committee deliberation on the State’s failed treatment of Holocaust survivors
April 4, 2013 Unto Every Person There is a Name Ceremony at the Knesset: Reading of the Names of Holocaust Victims
April 4, 2013 The Knesset Has Started to Tweet
April 2, 2013 ”Songs in Their Memory” – the National Memorial Event at the Knesset Plaza
March 13, 2013 The Minister of Internal Security at the Plenum: a Dramatic increase in Stone Hurling at the West Bank
March 12, 2013 Knesset member, Eichler: ”It feels like religion can be abandoned and humiliated.”
March 11, 2013 Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Parted with Minister of Defense Ehud Barak
March 6, 2013 Minister of Public Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs Yuli Edelstein: Israel`s relations with the Diaspora are a strategic asset
March 6, 2013 Acting Speaker of the Knesset: The US President Must Advance the Release of Jonathan Pollard During his Visit
March 5, 2013 Knesset member Rozin: We must prove we have a safe environment for women in the Knesset
March 5, 2013 Chairman of the Acting Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee : The IDF is Expected to Undergo Substantial Budget Cuts
March 5, 2013 The Knesset Plenum: MKs Criticized Violence Towards the Arab Population
March 4, 2013 The Knesset Launches a Smartphone Application
February 27, 2013 The Minister of Internal Security: The possibility of joining international authorities in the prisoner`s death investigation is being taken into consideration
February 27, 2013 The Minister for Immigrant Absorption : In This Term 74,000 Immigrated and About 38,000 Residents Returned
February 3, 2013 Seminar for New MKs
January 10, 2013 The Knesset covered in Snow
January 9, 2013 Elections: The Knesset hosts the Foreign Press
January 8, 2013 Due to the Coalition’s objection: The State Control Committee will not deliberate on the “Harpaz Document”
January 8, 2013 The Ethics Committee remarked on MK Ben Ari’s comments: The line between a legitimate saying and incitement has been crossed
January 7, 2013 From January 1st – The Knesset Channel will not be obtainable via private satellite dish
January 7, 2013 The Recommendations of the Institute for Democracy regarding lobbying were presented to the Knesset Speaker: “The Knesset will fight inappropriate lobbying”
January 3, 2013 The Institute for Democracy’s recommendations regarding lobby activity in the Knesset will be presented to the Speaker of the House today (Thursday).
January 1, 2013 Speaker of the House Reuven Rivlin condemns the spitting incident aimed at MK Tibi at Bar Ilan University.
December 26, 2012 Speaker of the House Rivlin: “The Knesset will be forced to make critical decisions which may cause new elections within 8-10 months”
December 24, 2012 Speaker of the House Rivlin will boycott Organization of World Parliaments visit, which plans to visit Gaza
December 23, 2012 Approved in Second and Third Reading: Local News Broadcasting will be extended 7 months along with the “Channel 10” Law.
December 17, 2012 Speaker of the House Rivlin agrees to Prime Minister Netanyahu’s request to convene the Knesset for debate on urgent matters
December 11, 2012 Rivlin and Netanyahu Agreed: “Legislation will not be pushed forward during election period; the sessions regarding the Economic Concentration will be cancelled”
December 2, 2012 The Foundation for the Benefit of Holocaust Survivors crisis - Knesset Speaker will intervene.
November 28, 2012 Special Session
November 25, 2012 Hannuka in the Knesset – Special Activities for Families
November 22, 2012 The Knesset hosts over 1200 children from the South along with their parents
November 20, 2012 Approved in Second and Third Readings: The Chief Rabbis term to be extended 3 months
November 19, 2012 Speaker of the House Reuven Rivlin to the children visiting the Knesset from the South: “This Battle will have an end, because this is our Land and no one will move us from here”
November 18, 2012 The Knesset will have special tours and fun activities for children from Southern Israel suffering from ongoing rocket attacks
November 18, 2012 Escalation in the South: The Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee will convene to approve the draft of more soldiers to reserve duty.
November 17, 2012 At the behest of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Speaker of the House Reuven Rivlin will speak with various Parliament Heads around the world.
October 17, 2012 On Course for Elections: The Knesset Approves Dissolution Bill
October 14, 2012 Prime Minister and Mrs. Netanyahu to attend the launch of the English translation of the book ”Letters to Talia”
September 23, 2012 Former Deputy Knesset Speaker Gideon Gadot passes on
September 12, 2012 Opposition Leader MK Shaul Mofaz during a special recess session: Prime Minister, did you leak sensitive materials to increase support for military operations?
September 11, 2012 Knesset Speaker to his German counterpart regarding Iran: “Israel is prepared that once again the world will sit on the fence”. Bavarian Prime Minister and President of the Bundesrat Horst Seehofer: “Nuclear weapons in Iranian hands are not an option”
August 29, 2012 Knesset Visitors Center Tours set to resume tomorrow:
August 6, 2012 The Knesset Plenum passes second and third reading of bill to reduce the deficit and change the tax burden
August 2, 2012 Education Committee hosts former NBA players: Key to success is excellent integration of sports and education
July 31, 2012 In the State Control Committee meeting on government activity to release Jonathan Pollard, the committee chairman, MK Uri Ariel, criticized the conduct of the state and said: ”The bottom line is that the man who worked for Israel is still imprisoned.”
July 25, 2012 Approved in first reading: Welfare Bill (adjustment grant for women who had to stay at a shelter)
July 25, 2012 Approved in first reading: A comprehensive ban on tobacco advertising
July 25, 2012 Approved on first reading: Posting online content which constitutes a tortuous act or breach of intellectual property right of another person on an electronic communication network will allow the disclosure of the identity of the poster.
July 25, 2012 Approved in final reading: Postponement of entry into force of amendment no. 20 of the Pharmacists Ordinance.
July 23, 2012 As Ramadan nears, the Knesset Speaker praises the Arab citizens of Israel
July 23, 2012 Together with Parliaments worldwide, the Knesset Plenum marks 40 years to 1972 Munich Olympics massacre with minute of silence
July 23, 2012 Knesset Symposium: Peres – “ Ben Gurion fought not the religious but the attempt to turn religion into a mechanism.” Rivlin – “I miss the days when leaders argued about ideology.”
July 17, 2012 The New Knesset Website—relevant and up-to-date
July 16, 2012 Knesset Speaker: “The Knesset session will be extended until an alternative to the Tal Law will be found.”
July 10, 2012 MK Zeev Elkin: ”The subject of space has a unique value as a catalyst to call the attention of youth to Science and Technology.” During the meeting, The Space IL program, involving already 140,000 students, was presented.
July 4, 2012 Toast at Speaker`s office in honor of the incoming State Comptroller: State Comptroller Joseph Shapiro: ”My loneliness will be great. People are afraid to tell me `Come and talk `”
July 4, 2012 Retired Judge Yosef Shapira sworn in as Israel`s eighth state comptroller
July 3, 2012 The Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee approved the amendment: Security investigations will not be documented
July 3, 2012 Passed first reading: Precedence in organ transplants from live donors for family members or friends
July 2, 2012 The coffin of the late former Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir was placed in the Knesset. Speaker Rivlin eulogized: ”You were a rock, unbreakable, with only one weakness gnawing at you: Your love of your homeland, your family, of Shulamit...”
July 1, 2012 The coffin of Yitzhak Shamir will stand in the Chagall State Hall of the Knesset beginning at 10:00 Monday morning
June 30, 2012 Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin about Yitzhak Shamir: A great leader, a man of the people. The State funeral will begin at the Knesset plaza on Monday
June 28, 2012 German Foreign Minister to Knesset Speaker Rivlin: ”On the Iranian threat, is not our intention to settle for words alone, we want to see significant results”
June 28, 2012 Hungarians informed Rivlin: ”The Hungarian President will be at the memorial for Raoul Wallenberg in the Knesset, instead of the Speaker of the Parliament”
June 27, 2012 Circumcision banning affair in Germany: Bundestag President to Rivlin: ”I`m not concerned, the Court did not say the last word”; Rivlin to his counterpart: ”The Bundestag has the authority to resolve the crisis between the law and freedom of religion”
June 26, 2012 In response to the Knesset Speaker`s request: The Bundestag to join request to hold minute of silence for Munich victims during London Olympics
June 26, 2012 MK Wilf in Plenum: Every attempt to compare an apartheid regime with the West Bank Authority is a lie
June 26, 2012 Approved: Extending the validity of emergency regulations which regulate the legal relationship between Israel and Judea and Samaria
June 26, 2012 Passed first reading: Establish a Bible Center in Jerusalem
June 25, 2012 Approved for second and third reading: Illegal employment of a minor will be stopped, even if the employer is not yet charged
June 25, 2012 Minister Erdan responds to the Motion of No-Confidence on the subject of continued settlement construction: “The built area of the settlements is no more than four percent of West Bank land”
June 25, 2012 Eritrean Ambassador in Knesset: “We will not receive Eritreans coerced into returning — Eritrea is being demonized worldwide, just like Israel”
June 24, 2012 Rivlin rescinds invitation for Hungarian counterpart: “You will not attend the Knesset memorial for Raul Wallenberg”
June 20, 2012 The proposed amendment to Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty on equality between genders has become a motion for the agenda
June 18, 2012 For the first time – A Knesset representative departed for Myanmar to assist with the establishment of technological infrastructure for the local parliament.
June 6, 2012 Saxony’s Public Petitions Committee is interested in Israel – taking a tour of the Knesset with no less than 28 members of the committee from the State of Saxony, Germany
June 6, 2012 State Control Committee: State Comptroller will investigate conduct of the State Attorney`s Office regarding the Ulpana neighborhood
June 5, 2012 Internal Affairs and Environment Committee Chairman in special Earth Day discussion: “Preventing animal cruelty one of the most important principles”
June 5, 2012 Knesset to mark International Earth Day
June 4, 2012 Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Chairman: Security issues in the Sinai are only the third priority for Egyptian government
May 30, 2012 Czech Parliament Speaker and other senior officials of her country had an official visit to the Knesset; Knesset Speaker: ”The deep friendship between the Czech Republic and Israel shows that there things can be done differently”
May 30, 2012 Approved on preliminary reading: country of origin and language will be added as factors for the selection of a place for a children who were removed from parents.
May 29, 2012 Knesset Speaker on events in South Tel Aviv: when there is an angry mob, leaders must restrain them and find solutions, not inflame them
May 29, 2012 MK Amnon Cohen, Committee Chairman calls for immediate and intensive steps to verify the religious status of new immigrants, considers establishing special religious court for verifying Judaism of applicants
May 29, 2012 Knesset Exhibition: 70 years marking Heidrich`s elimination
May 23, 2012 A bill for stricter punishment for those who interfere in elections on ethnic, gender, religious or nationalist backgrounds is now motion for the agenda
May 23, 2012 82% of British Jews: Israel a central part of our identity
May 22, 2012 Increasing consumer protection in the finance sector: An investment advisor who misleads customers will be fined up to 500,000 thousand NIS
May 21, 2012 According to a forthcoming bill consolidated in the Internal Affairs and Environment Committee headed by MK Amnon Cohen: Installation of solar water heating systems on rooftops will be mandatory for all buildings with no limitation of the number of floors
May 21, 2012 Knesset Speaker marks Jerusalem Day: ”Post-Jerusalemism is post-Zionism”; Prime Minister: ”whoever suggests we remove the temple mount from our hands in order to bring peace, errs fatally—it will bring deterioration.”
May 21, 2012 Akram Hasoon sworn in as MK in Kadima in place of MK Gideon Ezra who passed away last week; Knesset Speaker : Hasson sixth MK from the Druze community
May 15, 2012 After three rounds of voting, the Knesset elects Judge Yosef Shapira as eighth State Comptroller.
May 14, 2012 Serious clash between Arab and right-wing MKs in Education Committee discussion about marking Naqba Day in Tel Aviv University
May 9, 2012 The Knesset approved the government`s request to have MK Shaul Mofaz join the government as a minister and vice prime minister
May 9, 2012 The Speaker of the Knesset marks the day of victory over Nazi Germany in the Plenum
May 7, 2012 After stormy debate, Israeli betting agreement for horse racing abroad approved
May 3, 2012 Office of Knesset Speaker: Three candidates for role of State Comptroller: Shlomo Kaldron, Yosef Shapira, and Eliezer Rivlin
May 3, 2012 Chairman of Committee on Foreign Workers: Qualify Israeli workers to build the military training city in the Negev
May 2, 2012 Labor, Welfare and Health Committee: Smoking to be banned at performances, swimming pools, train platforms, bus stations and other locations
April 19, 2012 ”Unto Every Person There is a Name” ceremony in the Knesset; Speaker Reuven Rivlin read out the names of the babies from the town of Shklov: ”Every person has a name but there are names that will never be known to the world”
April 16, 2012 “Songs in Their Memory”: National Memorial Day Eve event to be held in the Knesset plaza
April 5, 2012 Economic Affairs Committee Chairman: A 10% or greater commission rate for exchanging currency at Ben Gurion Airport cannot continue—it is not conversion, it’s robbery
April 2, 2012 The Finance Committee supports the Dead Sea: The hotel district in the south of the Dead Sea was declared an area of national preference in the tourism field and will be eligible for more resources
March 26, 2012 The “Kuntzonim” in the Knesset
March 26, 2012 Approved by Finance Committee: Labels for price-controlled products will appear on products themselves and not only on shelves; Chairman Shama Hacohen: ”This will prevent the misleading of customers”
March 22, 2012 Approved: Establishment of a Ethiopian Jewry Heritage Center
March 21, 2012 Tens of exit ban orders for soldiers who accumulated debts to cellular companies
March 20, 2012 Passed first reading: The “Grandmother and Grandfather” bill; courts will be authorized to decide on the connection between grandparents and their grandchildren
March 19, 2012 Passed first reading: Tax credit for donations to public institutions supporting settlement
March 19, 2012 Passed first reading: Bill to boost electronic waste recycling; a recycling collection corporation to be established; districts responsible for recycling
March 14, 2012 Preliminary Approval: Recognized schools will be obligated to operate the “Schoolbooks Lending Plan”
March 14, 2012 Knesset Chairman to Head of Georgian Parliament in Knesset Plenum: Iran`s willingness to take any action, including terror, in friendly states is another example of why it is impossible to trust this murderous regime
March 12, 2012 U.S. rejects visa request from MK Ben-Ari; Knesset cancels delegation of Knesset Members to Congress. ”An attack on the entire Knesset”
March 6, 2012 Finance Committee approved 3 billion NIS for upgrading busy and dangerous roads
March 6, 2012 Bill turned to motion: Nonresidents who buy real estate in Israel would pay purchase tax at rate of 20% of sales value
March 5, 2012 MK Haim Amsalem on Tal Law: Haredi community interested in change; Haredi factions aren`t
March 5, 2012 Approved for second and third reading: Minimum weight restriction for advertisement models
March 5, 2012 Passed first reading: 100,000NIS grant to IDF orphans with no living parent
March 1, 2012 Rejected: Determining a percentage threshold as a Knesset Basic Law and raising it to 5%
February 29, 2012 Rejected in preliminary vote: Value Added Tax on the excise to be cancelled
February 27, 2012 Mikhail Margalov, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Federation Council of Russia: ”There is no serious agent in the Russian government supportive of a nuclear Iran”
February 27, 2012 Approved in preliminary reading: Forced hospitalization for anorexics in life-threatening condition
February 22, 2012 Chair of the Internal Affairs and Environment Committee: ”Historic environmental revolution - every citizen in Israel, could, at the touch of a button, know the state of the environment where they live”
February 22, 2012 Rejected at preliminary reading: Obligation of national or civilian service for those who do not do regular military service
February 21, 2012 IDF: ”If we received budgetary compensation we would enlist many more Haredim”
February 20, 2012 Economic Affairs Committee puts an end to the long waiting times at telephone service centers; Chairman Shama Hacohen: ”We made telephone justice for the consumers”
February 20, 2012 Passed: Person fired for doing a year of national service to receive dismissal compensation
February 20, 2012 Economic Affairs Committee Chairman: Lobbyists have no significant influence in the Committee
February 20, 2012 Education, Curlture, and Sports Committee: Hebrew language Ulpans need to continue running
February 20, 2012 Passed final reading: Paid maternity leave to be extended for mother with hospitalized infant
February 15, 2012 The President of Croatia to the Knesset Plenum: Apologizes and asks for forgiveness from Holocaust survivors; they should be included in the Croatian law to restore properties
February 13, 2012 Implementing free education from age three: Finance Committee approves transfer of 1.3 billion NIS to build kindergartens
February 8, 2012 Over 4000 people visited the Knesset as part of an “Open House” commemorating 63 years to the Knesset
February 7, 2012 MK Amnon Cohen: ”New water regulations will enable everyone in Israel to drink tap water”
February 2, 2012 Knesset Open House on Tu Bishvat, the Knesset`s Birthday: Thousands already registered for the open house celebrating its 63rd birthday
February 1, 2012 The Prime Minister marks the passing of Vaclav Havel in the Plenum: ”We have no greater friend than the Czech Republic in Europe; I admire Havel, there are no greater leaders than he.”
February 1, 2012 For the first time, an agreement to establish a joint committee between the German Parliament and the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee
January 30, 2012 Knesset Speaker to new Speaker of Egyptian Parliament: ”The Egyptian nation is working courageously for a better future, in the hopes that we will walk together on the path that leads to a basis of peace and neighborliness”
January 25, 2012 U.S. Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro meets with members of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee
January 23, 2012 Minister of Internal Security Yitzhak Aharonovitch speaking at the Subcommittee on Trafficking in Women: “We have succeeded in narrowing the amount of trade for prostitution purposes, but not the trade for the purpose of work”
January 23, 2012 The Head of Opposition to the Prime Minister in a motion of no-confidence: ”Remove your political arm from the appointment of senior army officers”
January 23, 2012 Passed first reading: Free calls to emergency call centers offering assistance to victims of sexual assault
January 22, 2012 Jordan refuses Israel`s greetings. Knesset Speaker: ”Our relationship with Jordan is precious; we will happily clarify matters directly with the Jordanian Speaker of Parliament”; ”The Zionist idea is not directed against Islam nor the Arab Nations.”
January 17, 2012 Storm in Finance Committee after public transportation tariff rises
MKs warn: ”We are facing civil disobedience! There were protests, promises were made, but nothing happened!” Also, ”raising MK salaries at this time is problematic and unseemly.”
January 17, 2012 Passed first reading: Holocaust survivors to be recognized as ”morally entitled” and not ”in need”; the words ”destitute” and ”in need” in The Victims of Nazi Persecution Law to change to ”entitled”
January 16, 2012 Passed first reading: Expanding the representation of Druze community members in government companies
January 15, 2012 Approved in preliminary reading: four bills prohibiting use of Nazi symbols and name-calling
January 15, 2012 Committee for Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs: ”We must foster the relationship with Israelis who chose to live abroad”
January 15, 2012 The Knesset Presidium will discuss authorizing two bills by Knesset Member Ahmad Tibi: Al-Quds the Capitol of Palestine and of the Islamic Nation Bill and a State Education Bill - fixing content and definitions in textbooks
January 15, 2012 Unusual move in Israeli-Irish relations: Knesset Speaker leaves for first official visit in 27 years
January 10, 2012 Approved in First Reading: The Discharged Soldiers Bill (Amendment - Increasing Benefits)
December 28, 2011 An Additional 1.67 Billion Shekel for the Security Budget Approved
December 27, 2011 The Ministry of Defense, on the proposal to establish an international airport at Nevatim: ”There is a limit to how many risks we can take”
December 14, 2011 Converts wishing to marry religious Jews disheartened by the government conversion process—and wed through civil marriage
December 14, 2011 Head of IDF Personnel Directorate: One out of every two women does not enlist and we are watching the phenomenon helplessly from the side
December 14, 2011 Approved in preliminary reading: Alternative therapists will be prohibited from having sexual relations with their patients
December 12, 2011 Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee to NATO: ”Iran is a security challenge for NATO and not just for Israel.”
December 11, 2011 The Knesset presents a family tour: “The History of the Menorah: From the Temple to the Symbol”
December 8, 2011 Minister of Internal Security says in an Urgent Motion for the Agenda one year since the Carmel Disaster: “Over 300 new firefighters are receiving training today as a result”
December 7, 2011 Urgent debate at the Committee for Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs on the subject of the Ministry of Immigrant Absorption`s controversial ad campaign yields different responses from the Prime Minister`s Office and the Ministry of Absorption
December 6, 2011 Chairman of the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee speaks during an Urgent Motion filed to commemorate International Human Rights Day: “Are citizens of Judea and Samaria not human beings?”
December 6, 2011 Approved in final reading: Juvenile delinquents will not face trial
December 6, 2011 Economic Affairs Committee: The Comptroller for National Accessability: ”The only way to ensure safe road crossing for the blind is through audio buzzers”
November 30, 2011 Passed First Reading: The ability to expose the details of an anonymous web surfer will be permitted by law
November 27, 2011 Ivory donor’s granddaughter visited the Knesset
November 21, 2011 New Policy Advisor for the Knesset: Oded Ben Hur
November 15, 2011 Speaker of the House congratulated the Prime Minister of Kenya and called on him to join the economic sanctions against Iran and to use his influence to prevent the purchase of nuclear materials and technology by the Iranian Government.
November 14, 2011 Finance Committee approves a 68 million NIS loan for the Israeli Military Industries unanimously, the loan will allow for the payment of salaries.
October 31, 2011 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu`s address at the Knesset`s opening session: ”Iran continues in its efforts to arm itself with nuclear weapons and presents a direct threat to us”
October 31, 2011 Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin addresses the opening session of the Knesset: ”The social agenda has been neglected in favor of the addiction to superficial arguing of the various security policy issues on the agenda”
October 10, 2011  Speaker of the House will address the European Parliament
October 6, 2011 Knesset Speaker at Hanan Porat`s funeral: ”You were one of few men of vision and of action, a public servant whose words were like poetry; your poetry will continue to follow us with your endless love of this nation and country for many years.”
September 26, 2011 Knesset Speaker meets with outgoing Japanese Ambassador to Israel: ”Abu Mazen mourns the loss of his house in Safed, not the establishment of housing over the Green Line”
September 6, 2011 The European Council`s Policy Committee Meeting in Caserta, Italy




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