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Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's budget for the next
fiscal year includes a NIS 10 billion cut in spending that
features a NIS 3 billion cut in the defense budget. The Shin
Bet and Mossad are seen being forced to cut at least 13
percent of their officers in the coming three years. President George W. Bush received a detailed letter from
Agudath Israel of America laying out reasons for why
imprisoned spy Jonathan J. Pollard, currently serving a life
sentence for spying, deserves a pardon from the US
President.
At a Yeshivas' Union meeting last week at the organization's
Bnei Brak offices a report was presented on the increasingly
harsh economic decrees against the yeshiva world--including
budget cuts by the Finance Ministry and scheming by the
Education Ministry--that are leading to severe financial
strain at mosdos HaTorah.
There was a personnel shift in the Palestinian Authority as
Mahmoud Abbas resigned on Saturday and Ahmed Qurei (also
known as Abu Ala) was selected by Yasser Arafat to take his
place. Israeli government sources said that the selection of
a prime minister is an internal Palestinian process and they
will deal with the new prime minister according to the way he
performs. Flu Can Mask SARS The Health Ministry and the kupot cholim are strongly
recommending that everyone who is at risk take the flu
vaccine this year in October or November. India and Israel Strengthen Ties Prime Minister Ariel Sharon flew to New Delhi and Bombay this
week for the first prime-ministerial visit there since the
two countries first established full ties 11 years ago. He
was received with great ceremony. Anti-Jewish Conspiracy Theories on WTC Attacks Compiled by
ADL On September 10, 2001, 4,000 Israelis were issued a secret
directive by the Mossad, warning them not to report to work
at the World Trade Center the next day. The Mossad was
working in cahoots with the Jewish owners of the World Trade
Center, who supplied the Israeli agency with the information
necessary to destroy the buildings. Rabbi Gafni Sends Cutting Letter to Minister Orlev
MK Rabbi Moshe Gafni has launched an unprecedented attack on
Welfare Minister Zevulun Orlev (Mafdal) in response to his
harsh stance toward chareidi Torah institutions receiving
support from his ministry. Chareidi Education: A Majority in Beit Shemesh
Chareidi education in Beit Shemesh has now become a majority
of the city's educational system. Of the 18,520
talmidim enrolled in all of the educational
institutions, about 54 percent are studying in chareidi
institutions. The rapid increase in the number of chareidi
students has made them the majority within just a few
years. Mercaz Harmony Honors Batya Feigenbaum Mercaz Harmony is the pioneering educational program which
reaches out and includes children with special needs
alongside their typical peers. The amazing factor about
Mercaz Harmony is the fact that when someone enters their
facilities, one can almost be oblivious to the fact that the
classes are integrated. Solving Israel's Demographic Problems
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is worried about the demographics
of Israel and he has a characteristically grandiose and
dramatic solution: bring in 1,000,000 Jews. Fortunately he is
distracted by other problems and has not been able to focus
on this policy, but it is a proposal that he has referred to
frequently and consistently since he became prime
minister.
Don't Cast Me Off
Dina sauntered down the street, delighting in the sight of
the dancing sunbeams which burnished the leaves of the trees.
"Ah, what bliss," she sighed. "Hashem's world is so
beautiful!" In the Front Line of the Battle for Torah Chinuch in Eretz
Yisroel and Brazil -- HaRav Zelig Privalsky zt'l Where is Yossele?
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