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The director of Military Intelligence, Major General Aharon
Ze'evi, said that he does not believe that Israel's
assassination of Sheik Yassin will lead to a significant rise
in terror attacks even in the short term. Degel HaTorah secretary MK Rabbi Moshe Gafni asked Attorney
General Mani Mazuz to instruct Interior Minister Avraham
Poraz (Shinui) to enforce the law prohibiting the sale of
chometz in public during Pesach.
High Court President Aharon Barak claimed the chareidi public
criticizes High Court rulings because they thwart the
political achievements of the chareidi parties, which he
referred to as "a minority that acts like a majority."
"The fact that thousands of families of religious council and
local authority workers have remained without pay and the
State has refrained from attending to the matter is a crime,"
said Knesset Interior Committee Chairman Yuri Stern (HaIchud
HaLeumi) on Sunday, referring to the failure to pay religious
council workers, which has brought religious services in the
country to the verge of collapse.
The CER welcomes the appointment of Rabbi Chaim Burshtein as
the new rabbi for Lithuania. In a letter addressed to Rabbi
Burshtein, the Secretary General of the CER Mr. A Dunner, and
the Director General Rabbi M Rose, expressed the hope that
Rabbi Burshtein will lead the community of Lithuania towards
greater observance and higher standards, and especially
concentrate on the field of Jewish education. Shearis Yisroel Distributes Terumoh Oil to Kohanim Hundreds of kohanim received 4-liter canisters
containing terumoh gedoloh and terumas ma'aser
from oil produced by the Zeita factory, which is a subsidiary
of the Shemen oil company whose kashrus is supervised by
Shearis Yisroel and other kashrus organizations.
Court Ruling In South Africa A Blow Against Antisemitism South African Jewish leaders have welcomed the decision by
the Johannesburg High Court that a Muslim radio station must
answer for its antisemitic broadcasting. The court upheld an
application by the South African Jewish Board of Deputies
(SAJBD) to set aside a previous decision by the Independent
Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) letting the
radio station off the hook. Yad Vashem Cancelled Prize to Tumarkin Following Yated
Ne'eman Expose Israeli artist Yigal Tumarkin is currently slated to receive
the Israeli Prize awarded every year on Independence Day of
the State of Israel. Though Tumarkin has expressed himself in
ways that deeply insulted most of the citizenry of Israel at
one time or another, the prize committee decided to award him
anyway. The Movement for Decent Government filed a motion
with the High Court to change the award. Foreign Ministry Talking Points
The Foreign Ministry suggested its representatives abroad use
the following points to explain the assassination of Hamas
leader Ahmed Yassin. Eliminating Reshoim, One by One
Sheik Ahmed Yassin, founder of the Hamas terror organization,
was killed in Gaza on Monday morning in an IAF attack.
Yassin founded Hamas and led it on its path of terror. He was
personally and directly responsible for dozens of attacks
that claimed the lives of Israeli civilians, foreign
citizens, and security personnel.
A Pre-Pesach Revelation
R-i-i-i-n-g-g-g!
Masha's hand reached out from underneath the warm blanket and
banged down on the snooze button. "Five more minutes," she
promised herself. Meat Production in South America Reb Michel Goodfarb -- The Rav Chanina ben Teradyon of Our
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