“It’s just the idea to both save our budget and turn this town around!” Jerusalem, October 21 – Fiscal constraints ahead of a vote on the main spending bill in Israel’s parliament have led several prominent ministers to propose an ...
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“There are some things beyond even my purview,” conceded the fifteen-year government employee. Jerusalem, October 12 – A mid-level functionary in the government office that oversees education in the country acknowledged today her limited capacity and training vis-à-vis the schooling ...
Read More »Palestinian Bureaucracy Stymies Opening Of ‘No-Kill’ Orphanage
The chief factor behind the repeated rejection involves the applicants’ principled refusal to bribe various Palestinian officials. Ramallah, September 30 – Humanitarian activists have failed yet again to penetrate the numerous layers of government oversight, regulation and approval plaguing this already-inefficient ...
Read More »Knesset To Truck In Bikes For Showcase On Air Quality
“It’s a lot of materials – I think we’ll need the volume equivalent to four or five semi-trailers.” Jerusalem, September 9 – The Jewish holidays that bring legislative work in Israel to a standstill in late summer or early fall ...
Read More »Agatha Harkness To Deliver Every Gov’t COVID Statement
If successful, Ms. Harkness has agreed to expand her aegis to other government ministries and entities, the credibility and reliability of which she reflects so well. Jerusalem, August 29 – Israeli public health officials has launched a pilot program under which ...
Read More »Gov’t Runs Out Of Ways To Explain Ban On Temple Mount Jewish Prayer Without Phrase ‘Scared To Enforce The Law’
“If we do our jobs and have to face the violent mob, people might get killed and we might lose our jobs, which would be the biggest tragedy of all.” Jerusalem, August 18 – Enforcement officials acknowledged Tuesday that their ...
Read More »Activist Demands Gov’t Force Everyone To Pay For Expensive, Inconvenient Measure That Won’t Work Anyway
The technologies to which the activist referred have yet to yield reductions in the use of fossil fuels anywhere in the world. Tel Aviv, August 9 – A participant in a demonstration at Rabin Square this evening held aloft a ...
Read More »Consternation As Rabbinate Discovers Kashrut Cash Cow A T’reifah
It spells the end of a cash cow that the Rabbinate has milked for decades, relegating the institution to the more traditional Rabbinic role of not engaging in the flagrantly problematic dynamic of having a kashrut inspector draw a salary directly ...
Read More »Party Aims To Undermine Jewish State Via Behavior Showing Why Jewish State Necessary
A significant and powerful portion of the international community endorses that position. Umm el-Fahm, July 20 – A group of political leaders in Israel’s Arab sector maintained their longstanding position this week that a country designated as the nation-state of only one ...
Read More »Bennett Fails To Win Ra’am Approval To Turn Up A/C
Bennett is more afraid of another round of elections, or of Netanyahu swooping back in with a majority, than a leftist agenda. Jerusalem, July 11 – Israel’s prime minister suffered another political setback today when a chief partner in his ...
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