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Following lengthy Cabinet deliberations, the government on
Monday agreed to cut NIS 6 billion ($1.5 billion) from the
state's 2002 budget. After the cuts, the proposed budget for
2002 is reduced by 2.4 percent to NIS 248.65 billion. Peres' New Peace Plan On the diplomatic front, coalition pressures were evident in
the scrambling that accompanied the revelation of a new peace
plan devised by Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and Palestinian
official Abu Allah. At first the prime minister said that he
had not approved the plan and that it was "imaginary" but
later he was forced to admit that he had in fact approved the
talks that led to the plan. A Torah Education is College-Equivalent
Two weeks ago, the scandal of the phony university degrees
broke loud and clear in secular Israeli circles. No less than
the president of the Israeli Teachers' Union was forced to
suspend his activities under the suspicion of having acquired
his university credentials under false pretenses. It is
suspected that he did not do all of the work necessary to
earn his college degree but rather just paid to use another's
work. He was given a financial break to look the other way as
others also bought their degrees.
Applause
I don't know where the tradition of giving applause started
but it's interesting how applause is used today. There are
basically three venues where you'll hear applause: at a play
or show, at the end of a lecture or at a touchdown (plane,
not football). It's noteworthy that the three professions
that merit applause are airline pilots, actors/musicians and
speakers. IN-DEPTH FEATURES Retirement in Israel: Is It For You? |
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