 Transparency revolution in Knesset deliberationsGuests and participants in committee deliberations will identify themselves through a card reader. 'Haredim, Ethiopians more likely to be arrested'MK Uri Maklev tells committee police already abuse their power, 'they cannot do whatever they want to citizens.' State detaining Jewish youths 'out of laziness'Meir Ettinger's attorney slams legal system for 'bypass road' without evidence, trial; civil rights activist urges end to draconian tool. Extensive Counterterrorism Bill Passes 1st ReadingHarsher jail sentences and broader definition of terror stipulated in bill that collects all existing counterterrorism legislation one law. Livni Request Against Settlement Division RejectedLeftists Galon and Livni initiative to limit WZO division for Judea and Samaria blocked by Knesset Committee. Bill To Raise Knesset Threshold Passes ReadingsSecond and third readings pass proposals to raise threshold, reduce ministers, change vote of no-confidence. Knesset Committee to Discuss Applying Levy Report2012 report found Israeli presence in Judea and Samaria to be legal according to international law, called for continued settlement. US Legal Tools to Fight Anti-Jewish DiscriminationInterview with Kenneth L. Marcus, Pres. of the Louis Brandeis Center for Human Rights under Law" "The key to the use of Title VI is that it prohibits discrimination in federally funded programs on the basis of race, color or national origin." Livni: 'Jewish State' Second to DemocracyJustice Minister calls to override religious disagreement to create a constitution. |
