Haredi officials clarify 7,846 Ethiopians Jews slated to immigrate Israel will have trouble marrying if they fail to undergo strict conversion process
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Settler leaders, Likud MKs convene in Minister Yuli Edelstein’s office for emergency meeting ahead of cabinet’s approval of 90-day settlement construction moratorium. MK Danon sends letter to Shas spiritual leader, says ‘he has the power to stop the freeze’
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Knesset’s Ethics Committee decides to impose sanctions on United Arab List-Ta’al MK for meeting with Muammar Gaddafi, not to reprimand five other MKs who attended meeting as no previous similar complaints filed against them
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Arab students hold gathering with Balad lawmaker, who criticizes institution for banning larger event. Jewish students protest in front of building, sing national anthem, call Zoabi ‘terrorist’
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Jerusalem District Planning and Construction Committee decides not to discuss plan to build 130 housing units near village of Beit Safafa. ‘It’s clear that there was pressure here, and it was in place,’ says committee member Yosef Pepe Alalo of Meretz
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PA sources say Washington will commit to agreement on Palestinian state’s borders within three months, Ramallah to receive financial and diplomatic aid package. Direct talks with Israel likely to resume in early December
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Supreme Court discusses appeal filed by PM Rabin’s murderer over decision to keep him in solitary confinement for six additional months. ‘Terrorists are not forced to regret their acts in order to be removed from solitary confinement,’ his wife Larisa says before session
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Judge rules circumstances of ‘minor incident’ involving Noam Federman, Breaking the Silence activist do not justify conviction
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Foreign Ministry says Norwegian authorities funding anti-Israel film, exhibition, and play. Norway: We support freedom of expression
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After 45 years of work, Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz publishes translation of entire Talmud from Aramaic to Hebrew
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