A delegation from the Yesha Council will depart tonight for a ten-day fact-disseminating trip to the United States. The representatives, including MK Eli Cohen (Likud), will meet with Senators and members of the House of Representatives. \"We are going there in order to make clear the true settlement picture,\" Cohen said, \"and to show the dangers inherent in the formation of a Palestinian state...\"



The Supreme Court obligated the Israel Broadcasting Authority to screen the paid commercial, \"Yesha: A Settlement Enterprise on the Go.\" The judges also compelled the IBA to pay the Yesha Council 10,000 for legal expenses. The Court ruled that the IBA\'s Appeals Committee, which banned the commercial as being a \"matter of public debate,\" assumed an authority that belongs only to the Director-General of the IBA...



Three new ambassadorial appointments were approved today by the Cabinet: Danny Ayalon as Israeli Ambassador to the U.S.; Danny Gillerman to the United Nations; and Nissim Zvilli to France...