04.07.2016 “Israel has strayed from the route” Ksenia Svetlova. Photo Twitter “I am a product of this country,” 38-year-old Knesset member Ksenia Svetlova exclaims proudly, “I have been living here for 25 years.” A Russian-born immigrant to Israel, she studied Middle Eastern History at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and went on to become a respected Arab…
Jerusalem, Israel June 3, 2016 The Arabic language day in the Knesset, and Being an Arabic teacher to Israeli 12 years old Jewish pupils in Jerusalem The Knesset marked its first-ever Arabic language Day, which saw Arab and even a few Jewish lawmakers speak in the plenum in Arabic with simultaneous translation into Hebrew, and committee…
Jerusalem, Israel June 3, 2016 The Arabic language day in the Knesset, and Being an Arabic teacher to Israeli 12 years old Jewish pupils in Jerusalem The Knesset marked its first-ever Arabic language Day, which saw Arab and even a few Jewish lawmakers speak in the plenum in Arabic with simultaneous translation into Hebrew, and committee…
MK Svetlova says integration of Muslims ‘has failed’ in a call to rethink paradigm, says ‘ISIS declared war on Israel’ in Istanbul. israelnationalnews.com By Hezki Ezra First Publish: 3/22/2016, 9:11 PM MK Ksenia Svetlova (Zionist Union) spoke to Arutz Sheva on Tuesday about the lethal Islamic State (ISIS) bombings in Brussels earlier in the day in which 34…
MK Svetlova criticizes Bnei Brak Chief Rabbi for posting public banners requesting girls not congregate in the streets during Purim. israelnationalnews.com By Chaim Lev, Shoshana Miskin First Publish: 3/21/2016, 11:22 AM Ksenia Svetlova Photo: Knesset spokesperson This year, like every year, posters signed by the Rabbi of Bnei Brak, Rabbi Moshe Yehuda Leib Landau, have…
timesofisrael.com A charged committee meeting discusses ‘ticking bomb’ of 350,000 FSU immigrants who can’t convert to Judaism through state religious authority BY AMANDA BORSCHEL-DAN March 9, 2016, 11:14 am Born in Moldova, David immigrated to Israel with his family as a child in 1997, where they qualified for citizenship under the Law of Return. But…
In an interview with Al-Monitor, Zionist Camp Knesset member Ksenia Svetlova claims that while progress is being made, Egyptian society is still influenced by anti-Israeli discourse and not yet ready for normalization. Mazal Mualem March 7, 2016 Read more: http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/03/ksenia-svetlova-knesset-egypt-al-sisi-security-cooperation.html#ixzz42K272mGn Activists shout slogans against Israel during a protest in front of the Syndicate of Journalists…
jpost.com By LAHAV HARKOV 02/24/2016 Lawmaker decided to remove the bill from the agenda in order not to offend WWII veterans. Soviet World War Two veterans march in Israel. (photo credit:MARC ISRAEL SELLEM) MK Yoav Ben-Tzur removed his bill that would have Victory Day be marked on its Hebrew date – 26 Iyyar – as…
israelnationalnews.com In an unprecedented move, Prime Minister and Knesset Speaker file complaint against Arab MKs who met with family members of terrorists. By Ido Ben Porat First Publish: 2/5/2016 Edelstein and Netanyahu Yonatan Sindel/Flash 90 In an unprecedented move, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein on Thursday evening announced they would…
