Word: knesset
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Though Sharon remains a controversial figure in his country, many Israelis were sympathetic to his case. Knesset Member Ehud Olmert, who was a witness for Sharon at the trial, praised the case as "a mark of honor both to Sharon and the state of Israel." But many of those who hoped Sharon would win his suit still held him accountable for the troubles that followed the country's war in Lebanon. Al Hamishmar, a Hebrew-language daily, hailed the jury's initial finding of defamation, but went on to say that "the court . . . was not asked to, and could...
...role that has led to 610 Israeli deaths in the past 31 months and cost the economically strapped government / about $600,000 a day. The move was a popular one: in some recent polls, nine out of ten Israelis have favored a withdrawal. Said Abba Eban, chairman of the Knesset's defense and foreign affairs committee: "Everyone wants...
...flights were canceled after Israeli officials confirmed newspaper reports / that a rescue mission was under way. Infuriated that premature publicity had compromised the airlift, the left-wing Citizens' Rights Movement and the right-wing Tehiya Party introduced no-confidence motions against the government in the Knesset. But Prime Minister Shimon Peres persuaded the parties to drop the motions by arguing that they would only bring more attention to the Falashas. "We Israelis manage to take a wonderful thing like this operation and create controversy all around it," said one Israeli immigration official in Jerusalem...
Last week's report is only the beginning of the investigations of the bank- stock fiasco. Tunik accused no individuals by name, but called on the Knesset to appoint a full-scale commission to delve deeper into the financial disaster. Ha'aretz, a prominent Tel Aviv daily newspaper, demanded a probe "to determine who is responsible and to recommend steps to be taken against them...
...another controversy, American-born Rabbi Meir Kahane was rebuffed by his Knesset colleagues. Elected to parliament last July, Kahane advocates the forced removal of all Arabs from Israel and Israeli-occupied territories. Troubled by Kahane's anti-Arab activities, the Knesset last week limited his right as a member to travel without restriction. Next day Israeli police barred Kahane from entering the Israeli Arab village of Taibe, where he had gone to urge Arabs to leave Israel...