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ISA Director Avi Dichter briefed ministers at the weekly
Cabinet meeting last Sunday, and said that the part of the
Security Fence built so far has been an unqualified success.
Dichter said he does not know of another meter of fence in
Israel that has been as worthwhile as the 107 kilometers of
the security fence that have been constructed so far in the
northern part of the border with Palestinian areas. This
fence, Dichter said, has already paid for itself "with
compound interest." Real estate developer Shmuel Einav recently bought a 1,000
dunam area north of Modi'in, beyond the Green Line. Einav and
his partners paid the sellers, local Arabs, $10 million,
which comes out to $10,000 per dunam or $40,000 per acre.
Einav plans to build East Matityahu on the site, with at
least 5,000 apartments and 30,000 residents, all chareidi.
University of Bar Ilan researchers presented the Knesset
Education Committee with a study that found vast differences
in atmosphere and discipline in separate chareidi educational
institutions from government schools--both secular and
religious.
Government ministries continue to plot against the Torah
world. Last week the Education Ministry imposed further
economic decrees against the yeshivos ketanos. 81st Agudas Yisroel of America Conference Opens in
Connecticut The Agudath Israel of America annual conference, which draws
thousands of participants from around the United States and
many guests from abroad every year, is scheduled to open at
the Stamford Westin Hotel in Stamford, Connecticut this
Thursday. The theme of the weekend is, "Measured Gains,
Growing Pains: Shouldering the Burden of our Blessing."
Olmert Trying to Bypass Knesset and A-G on Shabbos Law Justice Minister Yosef Lapid and Trade, Commerce and Industry
Minister Ehud Olmert must present the Knesset with all
regulation changes in the Labor and Rest Hours Law, including
changes in the level of fines for violating the law by
working on Shabbos or opening a store on Shabbos, the
Knesset's legal advisor, Anna Schneider, announced on Monday
in response to a question posed by MK Rabbi Moshe Gafni. "Mercy Killing" Bills Pass Preliminary Vote Two bills that would allow doctors to refrain from
administering lifesaving care at a patient's request received
approval by a Knesset plenum in a preliminary reading last
week. Environmental Ministry Funds Pig Projects
The Environmental Ministry, headed by Yehudit Naot of Shinui,
allocated hundreds of thousands of shekels in budget funding
to local and regional authorities to provide generous
financial aid to authorities that construct large pigsties
within their bounds despite the law against raising pigs in
Israel. NGO Headed by Poraz Suspected of Illegally Transferring
Funds to Meretz
The registrar for non-governmental organizations (NGOs) is
conducting a inquiry into the Liberal Institute for Research
and Education, formerly headed by Interior Minister Avraham
Poraz, which is suspected of illegally transferring funds to
the Meretz Party. New Signs at Egged Bus Stops in Jerusalem "Passengers are requested to sit in the bus according to
halacha," read signs posted at 120 bus stops in
Jerusalem's chareidi neighborhoods. The signs were installed
by Egged based on an initiative by the Traffic Advisory
Council for the Chareidi Sector as part of efforts to promote
the idea of separate seating on all lines serving the
chareidi public. The Message of Agudath Israel of America's Boruch MiBonim
Fund
This week, in which Agudath Israel of America holds its
annual convention, is an appropriate time to express our
admiration and appreciation for their Boruch MiBonim newborn
subsidy fund that sends both money and a message to Eretz
Yisroel.
Clever Mom
Feminine intuition, to do what is right for our children,
implanted in Chava, inherited in our genes from Sora,
Rivka...
From Kishinev Until Bialystok -- and Since HaRav Moshe Shmuel Shapira's Historic Visit to
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