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Lapid Defends Austerity Messures
by Sagit Levi The Knesset’s first reading of this year’s budget began on Monday with neo-liberal Finance Minister Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid) presenting an impassioned defense of his brutal austerity plan...
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Arens: Israel Can Survive without US Aid
by Eitam Abadi Moshe Arens, a former minister of defense and foreign affairs, said Tuesday that the more than $3 billion in annual foreign aid Israel receives from the United States each year is not...
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Growing Demands for Knesset Debate on Gas Exports
by Sagit Levi On the eve of Sunday’s cabinet session during which a decision on gas exports is scheduled to take place, a number of lawmakers drafted letters to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu...
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Jacob Frenkel to Return as Bank of Israel Governor
by Naama Ben-Yaakov JP Morgan Chase International chairman Jacob Frenkel was nominated on Sunday to be the next Bank of Israel governor, returning to a post he held from 1991 to 2000. His nomination...
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Calls to Boycott McDonald’s Nationwide
by Eitam Abadi Activists are calling to boycott McDonald’s restaurants nationwide over the refusal by Omri Padan, owner / CEO of McDonald’s Israel and a founder of the European-backed Peace Now...
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Lapid Under Fire for Cutting Child Payments
by Eitam Abadi A plan to cut child payments led to a stormy debate Sunday morning in the Knesset’s finance committee. Neo-liberal Finance Minister Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid) has proposed a cut to the...
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Anniversary Protest Targets Lapid
by Sagit Levi Almost exactly two years to the night that Daphni Leef pitched a tent at Tel Aviv’s Habima Square, launching social protests that swept the country that summer, she joined a few thousand...
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EU Officially Bans Jewish Entities Past the Green Line
by Naama Ben-Yaakov The European Union has issued orders forbidding its member states from cooperating, transferring funds, giving scholarships or research grants to bodies in any of the territories...
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Lapid Defends Cutting Child Benefits
by Eitam Abadi Cuts in child benefits, which go into effect on Tuesday, will end a cycle of poverty, neo-liberal Finance Minister Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid) claimed in a letter to supporters. “This was one...
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Opposition MKs Blast Child Benefit Cuts
by Sagit Levi Member of Knesset Yitzhak Herzog (Labor) lashed out at neo-liberal Finance Minister Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid) on Tuesday as cuts in National Insurance Institute (NII) child allotments went...
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