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Israel is raising tobacco taxes
Updated : 2 years ago IST
The government said the tax hikes are in furtherance of its decision on "preventing smoking and promoting a healthy lifestyle," and come with the approval of the Knesset Finance Committee of the Knesset.
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Israel presses offensive in Khan Yunis as Netanyahu vows 'Complete Victory
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
"Our goal is a complete victory over Hamas," Netanyahu said at a Likud faction meeting in the Knesset. "We will kill the Hamas leadership, so we must continue to operate in all areas in the Gaza Strip. We must not end the war before then. It will take time--month, not years."
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120 patients exposed to medication error during hospital software malfunct
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Ariela Even, Director of Pharmacy and Technologies in the Government Medical Centers Division of the Ministry of Health, told the Knesset's Health Committee that after checking 85% of the healthcare institutions affected by the malfunction, 120 patients were given prescriptions not ordered b
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Senior Israeli security leader accuses Knesset member of outing and slande
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Bar said Gotliv posted on X "false details about events that supposedly took place before the outbreak of the war [in Gaza], including a delusional claim about acts committed by an employee of the General Security Service."
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Israel: New amendment eases medical treatment of adults who cannot give in
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The Knesset approved an amendment to the Patient's Rights Law, which will facilitate the provision of urgent medical treatment to an adult patient who cannot give informed consent to his treatment because he does not understand the matter.
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Knesset Caucus reveals shocking accounts of Hamas' brutal sexual violence
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The Lobby for Victims of Sexual and Gender Violence, a caucus of Israeli Knesset members, opened Tuesday's meeting with a trigger warning, accompanied by continuous weeping among the participants.
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Benjamin Netanyahu pledges billions for northern economy
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday directed that the 3.5 billion Shekel (USD 950 million) government program on the development of the north, of the country, which is currently being formulated, be submitted for approval by the Knesset in the coming days.
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Knesset gives approval to loyalty pledge for Israeli diplomats
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Backed by former Israeli foreign minister Eli Cohen, who was officially replaced by Israel Katz on Tuesday, the amendment to the Civil Service Law requires that diplomats swear allegiance before taking up a post as head of a diplomatic mission or consulate.
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First-ever Iranian opposition figure speaks at Knesset
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
"We have to get together and be united against this terrorism if we claim our hearts beat for humanity," Beheshti, a journalist and human rights activist, told the Tazpit Press Service shortly before he joined other Israeli officials discussing the war at a Knesset event.
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Netanyahu interrupted by families of hostages during Parliament speech
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Holding posters and signs with their loved ones' photos and names, the families expressed dissent as Netanyahu, who recently returned from Gaza, mentioned that troops needed more time for their operation.
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We aren't stopping and won't stop until victory...: Israel PM Benjamin Net
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
In his remarks at the Knesset, Netanyahu said, "We aren't stopping and we won't stop until victory because we have no other land and no other path," he says, to boos from the hostages' families."
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Israel pledges to upgrade electric grid in druze communities
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Israel's Minister of Energy and Infrastructure Israel Katz and Knesset Coalition Chairman Ofir Katz met with the spiritual leader of the country's Druze community, Sheikh Mewafek Trif in order to reassure him, and his community, of their importance to Israeli society.
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