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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 23, 2012 82% of British Jews: Israel a central part of our identity
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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