cabinet Archives – Page 4 of 4

Briefs: Hamas kills off faux Mickey Mouse; Rabbi named to new British cabinet

Jewish Journal July 6, 2007

Briefs

Challenges Loom for New Olmert Regime

Dan Baron May 4, 2006

Just in time for Israel\’s 58th Independence Day, Ehud Olmert has clinched his new coalition government.

Invasion Pros and Cons

David Landau November 1, 2001

Israel this week is weighing the interim results of the largest military operation it has mounted during the past 13 months of violence. The balance is complex, informed observers say, with both pros and cons. Israel Defense Force (IDF) troops and tanks pulled back from Bethlehem and neighboring Beit Jalla, just south of Jerusalem, overnight Sunday, after a day in which Palestinians desisted from shooting at the nearby Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo.

Empathy in Tragedy

David Landau September 13, 2001

Israel\’s civilian and military authorities swung into full alert after the magnitude of the terror attacks against the United States became apparent.

Good or Bad?

Sidney Zion January 4, 2001

There\’ll be no Yiddish spoken in the Bush Cabinet — unless Colin Powell starts talking to himself. Dubya spells diversity with his picks. Three Blacks, a Cuban émigré and most recently, an Asian American Democrat and an Arab American Republican named Abraham.

Confidence Game

Eric Silver June 26, 1997

After a raucous six-hour debate, 55 legislators registered their confidence in Netanyahu, 50 voted against, and an unprecedented 15 abstained or absented themselves from the ballot. The government\’s paper support is 66 out of 120 Knesset members, plus two far-right sympathizers from Rehavam Ze\’evy\’s Moledet.