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Word: shelli (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1978-1978
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...uproar. Rabbi Menachem Hacohen, a member of the Labor Party, asked: "What is that? A peace poster?" (The reference was to an earlier incident in which Defense Minister Weizman had ripped down a poster outside Begin's office.) Called out Meir Peil, head of the left-wing Shelli Party: "A Premier on the rostrum ripping up papers?" Begin answered with sarcasm: "Did I wake you up, Knesset Member Peil? Shalom alechem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Storm in the Knesset | 7/31/1978 | See Source »

...April, the government introduced legislation that would automatically exempt women from the army if they declared they had religious objections. The move encountered stiff opposition in the Knesset from the Labor and Shelli parties and from one of Likud's key coalition partners, the Democratic Movement for Change. At the same time, Agudat Israel threatened to quit Begin's coalition if the bill did not pass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ISRAEL: Exemption for the Pious | 7/24/1978 | See Source »

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