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This is the third time that Israel has served on the Board of Directors of this prestigious and important organization, after a break of over 40 years. |
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Israel’s term as member of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Executive Board begins on 1 January 2013. This is the third time that Israel has served on the Executive Board of this prestigious and important organization, after a break of over 40 years.
UNICEF, which operates in approximately 200 countries, is a humanitarian rescue organization that is concerned with children’s health around the world, and supplies them with clean water, proper nutrition, education, humanitarian relief in disaster zones and more.
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A delegation of 6 Israelis, from all walks of life and the entire political spectrum, meets a similar Palestinian delegation to negotiate an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The negotiations are conducted in front of an audience which is invited to participate in the peacemaking process. The assembly has 5 sessions, over one weakened, to reach peace agreements.
The Palestinian delegation includes five ex-prisoners: Ali, who is the head of a Palestinian municipality, served 30 years in an Israeli jail. Wael, Riad and Mahmud are entrepreneurs and businessmen who served a total of 22 years. Ibrahim is a peace activist and a businessman. Along with his many other activities, Ibrahim took part in tailoring the deal which helped to free the kidnapped Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit.
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, today (Sunday, December 23 2012), held a special discussion, on learning the lessons of Operation Pillar of Defense, with the main agencies that deal with the home front. Attending the discussion were ministers and director-generals from the relevant ministries: Home Front Defense, Defense, Health, Finance, Interior, Social Welfare and Social Services, and Public Security, as well as the heads of IDF Home Front Command, the Israel Police, the Fire and Rescue Service and Magen David Adom.
Participants presented the main lessons from Operation Pillar of Defense especially points for strengthening and improvement.
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The upcoming national elections in Israel will be held on Tuesday, 22 January 2013.
Israel's elections reflect the strong democratic tradition of the State of Israel. Election campaigns are a lively affair, accompanied by vigorous debate of the issues. Israelis take great interest in political affairs, including internal policy and foreign relations, and actively participate in the electoral process.
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Israel is a parliamentary system. The Prime Minister, who heads Israel's government, is chosen after the elections from a member of the newly-elected Knesset, Israel's parliament. National elections to the Knesset are held once every four years, unless circumstances call for early elections.
The framework of the Israeli electoral system is defined in Article 4 of the Basic Law: The Knesset, which states: "The Knesset shall be elected by general, national, direct, equal, secret and proportional elections, in accordance with the Knesset Elections Law."
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at Masaryk University in Brno in the Czech Republic. This is after a chair in the name of Thomas Masaryk was dedicated last January at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya.
The Herzl chair will deal with research into leadership, research of the Zionist idea and the State of Israel's place in the family of nations.The establishment of the chair was agreed upon during Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's meetings with Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas during the 17 May 2012 consultative meeting between the Israeli and Czech governments.
