Shalom Friends, As you might have seen in the news, Israel’s Security Cabinet decided last night to reschedule the annual Jerusalem Flag March to this upcoming Tuesday in order to give the police more time to prepare. They did so after the police initially cancelled the march, which was set to take place today, due…
We spoke in an emergency discussion in the Knesset on the subject of demilitarizing Gaza and brought our friends from the Bedouin Forum for the Security of Israel to speak as well. Pictured: Im Tirtzu CEO Matan Peleg (above), and head of the Bedouin Forum for the Security of Israel, Staff Sgt. Naif Rahal (below).
In August 2020, Im Tirtzu’s Arab Desk filed a police complaint against Joint Arab List MK Sami Abou Shahadeh for participating in an event celebrating the release of a convicted terrorist, which constitutes a violation of Israel’s Counter-Terrorism Law. This week, we were notified that the investigation in not only ongoing, but that none other…
After learning that decision makers were interested in creating new ministries in order to form a unity government, we used our contacts to push for the creation of the Ministry of Higher Education. Higher education was previously under the purview of the Education Ministry and therefore didn’t receive adequate attention. Now, higher education will receive…