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Follow Jan. 11, 2021 Israel’s Civil Administration has opened a telephone hotline for receiving information about construction that is being done in the West Bank without permits. The website of the settlement of Kokhav Yaakov calls it a “snitch-line” – and leaves no room for guesswork: The target of the snitching is Palestinians. Last week the website posted the Civil Administration announcement of hotline Hamal C (literally, “Operations Room C”), and interpreted it as follows: “Have you seen Palestinian construction work that looks to you to be suspicious and unauthorized? Hav...

JNS.org - Israel celebrated a special milestone Sunday, as the Matnat Chaim non-profit organization, which encourages and facilitates living kidney... According to Reuven Pinsky, who heads the Authority for National-Civic Service, “The definition of participation in a heritage program as a sufficient condition for entering the circle of volunteers was aimed at avoiding the Interior Ministry’s bureaucratic circles necessary for recognition of eligibility for an immigration certificate.” During the committee’s discussions, it was decided that the state would cover any additional expense...

New reforms aim to bolster Diaspora Jewry’s ties to Israel The reforms will for the first time allow any individual eligible for an immigration visa or certificate according to the Law of Return—or a participant in a Jewish heritage program, such as Masa or Taglit-Birthright—to perform national service in Israel. The Knesset approves a plan that will allow any individual eligible for an immigration visa or certificate according to the Law of Return—or a participant in a Jewish heritage program—to perform national service. By Dan Lavie, Israel Hayom via JNS The Knesset’s Labo...

Former senior rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner called on Tzipi Hotovely to 'be ambassadorial' amid controversy over her remarks about Palestinians