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(IsraelNN.com) Nir Chefetz, the head of the national information apparatus, said Monday evening that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was not involved in the decision by Interior Minister Eli Yishai to help the legal standing of Beit Yehonatan in the eastern portion of Jerusalem. Chefetz said the matter involved legal and planning steps between different authorities working in Jerusalem.  

(IsraelNN.com) Secretary-General Avshalom Vilan of the Israeli Farmers Association demanded Monday that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu order Interior Minister Eli Yishai and other government officials to fulfill an agreement between the government and the farmers to allow 26,000 Thai workers in agriculture. The former Meretz member of Knesset said that Yishai's decision to stop importing Thai workers immediately is a serious violation of that agreement. Vilan says there are only 22,000 Thai workers i  

The Interior Ministry is opposed to the cancellation of entry visa requirements for tourists visiting Israel from Ukraine and reiterated Interior Minister Eli Yishai's reasoning against the move during a discussion in the Knesset Subcommittee on Trafficking in Women. Population, Immigration, and Border Authority Director-General Amnon Ben-Ami said during a Knesset discussion on the battle against trafficking in women on Monday, "We are opposed to cancelling the entry visas from Ukraine because this is th

The inspectors and police officers are exposed to difficult images. Therefore, in my opinion, the same inter-ministerial team drafting the treatment plan for trafficking victims must also think of ways to treat these same teams. As of today, trafficking victims are cooperating with the police, and are authorized to remain in Israel for one year under a special work visa   -Orit Zuaretz

 

Two days after Israel submitted to the United Nations its response to the Goldstone Report into Operation Cast Lead, Israeli cabinet ministers on Sunday commented on the move and on the international demand to for an inquiry commission to probe the accusations made in the report.  

Two days after Israel submitted to the United Nations its response to the Goldstone Report into Operation Cast Lead, Israeli cabinet ministers on Sunday commented on the move and on the international demand to for an inquiry commission to probe the accusations made in the report. "It is clear to the entire free world that there is no army as moral as the Israeli army, especially relative to the action of other militaries. Look at NATO in Afghanistan and the United State's in Iraq," said Israeli Interior

There is a lot of hypocrisy here, but the question of whether or not such a committee should be formed remains. We will have to discuss this   -Eli Yishai

 

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Sunday postponed a vote on allowing visitors from Ukraine to enter Israel without pre-approved visas. The new rule would allow visitors from Ukraine coming to Israel, and Israelis visiting Ukraine, to receive visitor's visas upon arrival. The vote was postponed in order to allow Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, who favors the arrangement, to work out a deal with Interior Minister Eli Yishai, who opposes it.  

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided to postpone by one week coming to a decision on granting a visa exemption to Ukrainian tourists visiting Israel. The delay comes on the backdrop of two opposing bills on the issue presented to the cabinet, one by Yisrael Beiteinu in favor of the move, and one by Shas opposed to the move. Netanyahu commissioned Cabinet Secretary Lee Hauser to reconcile the two sides.

Ukraine is a source of prostitution and human trafficking.   -Menachem Mazuz

 

Two days after Israel submitted to the United Nations its response to the Goldstone Report into Operation Cast Lead , cabinet ministers on Sunday commented on the move and on the international demand to for an inquiry commission to probe the accusations made in the report. "It is clear to the entire free world that there is no army as moral as the IDF, especially relative to the action of other militaries. Look at NATO in Afghanistan and the United State's in Iraq," said Interior Minister Eli Yishai.

It is clear to the entire free world that there is no army as moral as the IDF, especially relative to the action of other militaries. Look at NATO in Afghanistan and the United State's in Iraq   -Eli Yishai

 

An Israeli lawmaker has submitted a parliamentary query to the interior minister regarding employment of a large contingent of Indian workers at a paper mill, on mean compensation terms and excessive hours at the job in violation of Israeli norms, a media report here said.