‘Culture’ Archives
Cannabis Activists Challenge Police Department
by Eitam Abadi Local cannabis activists have legally challenged a police ban on a Marijuana Day rally, in which people publicly smoke the substance in protest of its illegal status each year. But the police department notified the activists that any such rally in Tel Aviv would not be tolerated, refusing to authorize the event due to claims [...]
Religious Soldiers Fight IDF for Rights
by Sagit Levi The Association for Religious Soldiers has submitted a complaint to the state comptroller protesting the treatment of more traditional soldiers at the IDF’s Officer’s Training Base. In a letter sent to the office of Micha Lindenstraus Sunday morning, the association listed a series of events that have occurred at the base [...]
Orlev Opposes Renewing Tal Law
by Sagit Levi Member of Knesset Zevulun Orlev (Jewish Home) criticized attempts to renew the Tal Law Thursday night. The lawmaker expressed his opposition to the law during a visit to the "suckers tent" erected by military reservists in Tel Aviv to protest what they call an unjust distribution of national service requirements in Israeli [...]
New Bill Attempts to Enshrine Western Values
by Sagit Levi The Ministerial Law Committee is expected to discuss a piece of legislation on Sunday that would define "exclusion of women" as a criminal act. The bill, proposed by Member of Knesset Yitzhak "Buji" Herzog (Labor), is being criticized by political analysts as an attempt to enshrine Western values and cultural norms in the state [...]
N’eman Clinches Solberg Appointment to Supreme Court
by Sagit Levi The Committee for Appointment of Judges selected four new justices to the Supreme Court on Friday, including the hotly debated Judge Noam Solberg. The announcement followed disagreements over Solberg between Surpeme Court President Dorit Beinisch and Justice Minister Yaakov N'eman, who chairs the committee. Solberg, who [...]
Katz Unfazed by ‘Grunis Law’ Delay
by Naama Ben-Yaakov Member of Knesset Yaakov Katz (National Union) appeared unfazed Monday by the government's decision not to bring his so-called "Grunis Bill" to a final vote in the plenum. The vote was scheduled for Monday but postponed because the Coalition was concerned that the bill may not have enough support to pass. Unspecified [...]
Clinton Criticizes Israeli Resistance to Westernization
by Eitam Abadi Israeli political figures on Sunday rejected comments by American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, in which she expressed concern for the state of what she called "democracy" in Israel. Clinton was cited by the Israeli press late Saturday as expressing concern over recent Knesset legislation and social trends signifying [...]
Educational Aid for IDF Veterans in Jerusalem
by Eitam Abadi Israel's cabinet on Sunday unanimously approved new financial aid towards higher education for discharged IDF soldiers and national service graduates seeking to learn at Jerusalem institutions. Full scholarships worth 9,300 Shekels for the first year's tuition will be granted to all those who are eligible, according to [...]
Protest Movement Schism Follows Rejection of Trajtenberg Committee
by Eitam Abadi Social protest movement leaders on Wednesday called on Professor Manuel Trajtenberg to resign from the neo-liberal committee he was appointed to lead by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu (Likud), saying they have no expectations the committee will find solutions to the social issues facing Israel and that the Knesset must return to [...]
Activists Oppose Beck’s Jerusalem Rally
by Naama Ben-Yaakov Resistance activists are working to thwart Rightist American broadcaster Glenn Beck’s planned rally in Israel's capital this coming Wednesday. Yehuda HaKohen of the Semitic Action movement told Indy News Israel that although he understands the temptation of Israelis to accept conservative support, such support "comes [...]
