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In the Cabinet meeting on Sunday, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
briefed ministers on his eighth trip to the US and claimed
that his visit had been friendly and successful. The Prime
Minister said that his visit was designed to improve the
relationship and deepen understanding on various issues, both
vis-a-vis the Palestinians and regarding strategic issues
such as Iran, Syria, international terrorism and Iraq. Now that Israel has entered the ranks of the space powers and
has seen, besiyata deShmaya, their value, it is
planning further efforts in that field, hoping to launch
three new satellites in the next five years.
Police on Monday were searching in the Galil for a 19-year-
old yeshiva student from the U.S., who is feared missing.
Investigators have not ruled out other possibilities, but a
vast search effort is underway. Police, meanwhile, are
bolstering forces at junctions nationwide due to additional
threats of kidnappings.
A public furor has erupted over Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's
unprecedented criticism of halachic conversion as practiced
in the State of Israel. At a government meeting last week
Sharon said the State should "stop getting involved in the
converts' personal lives" and announced he intends to
initiate reform in every area of conversion, including "not
forcing converts to keep mitzvos and a Jewish way of
life." Finance Committee Approves Transfer of only Two-Thirds of
Chareidi Cultural Funding The Knesset Finance Committee voted unanimously last week to
transfer NIS 36.037 million ($8 million)--two-thirds of the
total amount budgeted for 2003--to the Education Ministry for
chareidi cultural organizations, which work to provide Torah
shiurim and lectures. Jerusalem Launches Campaign for Chareidi Tourism Jerusalem Mayor Rabbi Uri Lupoliansky launched a tourism
campaign last week aimed at the chareidi sector with the
cooperation of the City of Jerusalem, the Jerusalem Hotel
Association and the Ministry of Tourism. CBS Reports Significant Increase in Chareidi Population
Centers Chareidi population centers such as Jerusalem, Beitar Illit,
Modi'in Illit, Beit Shemesh and Elad posted substantial
increases in 2002, both as a result of positive internal
migration and natural growth. Kiryat Yearim (Telz Stone) did
not show an increase in the number of residents, Rechasim
posted a slight increase, Bnei Brak dropped slightly and
Emmanuel posted a decrease. City of Jerusalem Wants to Build New Neighborhoods
The Mayor's Office in Jerusalem says that plans for new
neighborhoods are at advanced stages. Such plans include
Antenna Hill in Bayit Vegan, where initial construction plans
have already been approved; 2,000 residential units on the
edge of Har Nof (a neighborhood to be named after HaRav Shach
zt'l); an additional 800 units in Ramat Shlomo; a plan
to build behind Givat Shaul's industrial zone; a plan to make
Sanhedria denser; and a plan to build a new neighborhood next
to Ramot. Immigrant Policy Eyed as German Community Swells
Germany was main refuge for Jews fleeing persecution last
year. Germany took in 19,262 Jewish immigrants from the
former Soviet Union in 2002, while Israel took in 18,878.
Those numbers did not represent a surge in Jewish immigration
to Germany but rather a drop in immigration to Israel. Shinui Demonstrations in Kfar Saba Shinui Party members from Kfar Saba demonstrated outside a
Zol-Poh outlet in Kfar Saba's industrial area to protest
management's request to come to the store in modest and
suitable attire. Reasons for a Weak Dollar are Still Strong
Israel is not the only country with economic problems. With
the possible exception of China, there is no major country in
the world that is satisfied with its recent economic
performance, and the prognosis everyplace for the future is
uncertain, at best.
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