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May. 17, 2006 0:44 | Updated May. 17, 2006 5:48 Olmert promises UTJ 5-year extension of Tal Law By ANSHEL PFEFFER Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has promised United Torah Judaism that the coalition will support a five-year extension of the Tal Law. Although the law, which allows yeshiva students to defer their army service, was not canceled by the Supreme Court in its ruling last Thursday, the court stressed that the law ran against civil equality and may be considered unconstitutional in the future. While official coalition talks between UTJ and Kadima are to resume only in a couple of...

Jerusalem, March 9, 2003 Cabinet Communique (Communicated by the Cabinet Secretariat) At the weekly Cabinet meeting today (Sunday), March 9, 2003:/P> Prime Minister Ariel Sharon discussed IDF operations in the wake of the recent terror attacks in which 18 citizens were murdered. The Prime Minister said, "Terror's main purpose is to kill innocent civilians - men, women, children and babies. The murderous terror attacks, murder for the sake of murder, underscore to us and to the free world, what we are dealing with. Local and global terror is a danger to both Israel and the world, and the world understands...

Basic Guidelines of the 30th Government of Israel Jerusalem, February 2003 General The Government will strive to achieve the following national goals: To ensure national and personal security for every citizen of the State. To achieve security and genuine peace between Israel and its neighbors on the basis of stable peace agreements. To create conditions conducive to free economic development, a thriving economy, and social welfare. To fortify the status of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. To intensity educational efforts and strengthen the connection with our Jewish heritage and the realization of Zionism. To fight poverty and unemployment,...