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Prime Minister Ehud Barak lost a no-confidence vote but under
current rules the government did not fall because there was
not an absolute majority of 61. The Knesset vote of 54 to 52
with seven abstentions allows the government to continue. The
five members of UTJ did not participate in the vote. NRP, Yisrael Ba'aliya and Shas Quit the Government Barak set out for the summit with US President Bill Clinton
and Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat with a
dramatically smaller coalition than he had just 24 hours
earlier. The withdrawal of NRP, Yisrael Ba'aliya and Shas
will take the Barak government down to 13 cabinet ministers
from 22 just a few weeks ago and it reduces Barak's Knesset
supporters from 68 MKs to 42. Archaeologists Destroy Haifa Burial Cave A burial cave discovered last week in Haifa has been
destroyed by archaeologists. Two avreichim who
protested desecration of the cave on Shivat Tziyon Street
were detained by police but released shortly. The special conversion court in Gush Etzion headed by headed
by Rabbi Chaim Druckman and his assistant Rabbi Yosef Avior
has rubber-stamped the bogus conversions of hundreds minors
brought into the country for adoption.
Budgetary Delay Prevents Solution to Tumas Kohanim Problem
In Ramat Beit Shemesh The Ministry of Housing and Construction is delaying the
allocation of hundreds of thousands of shekels needed to
solve the problem of tumas kohanim at the entrance to
Ramat Beit Shemesh.
The recommendations of the Tal Commission on the issue of
drafting yeshiva students, which passed their first reading a
week and a half ago were the subject of much passion. The
entire delegation of UTJ was united in a valiant effort to
ensure the passage of the bill and their parliamentary
efforts displayed an encouraging unity. Dangerous Child - How to React to a Child Who Habitually
Endangers His Life My nine-year-old son drives us insane. This time he has
really gone over the top, in both senses of the word. They
call him the class acrobat and he puts himself into the most
hazardous situations. For example, he can climb up to the
third floor from the outside of a building and then swing
nonchalantly from the window frame by one hand, while the
onlookers hold their breath in apprehension. Countdown to Shmitta 5761 |
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