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Culture and Sport Minister Limor Livnat caused an uproar among Arab MKs late Monday night, saying they have more freedom in Israel than anywhere else. During a plenum discussion ahead of the first vote on an amendment to the Film Law, which sets the Culture and Sport Ministry’s budget for movies at NIS 79.5 million, a debate arose on the kinds of films the government should fund. “The job of cinema is to be provocative. There should not be a connection between art and politics,” MK Muhammad Barakei (Hadash) said, adding that “the Right and culture have no connection.” Video...

24 outposts to be removed Israel will evacuate unauthorized outposts built in March 2001 and later, as stipulated by the road map, Prime Minister Sharon tells United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan; U.N. head is in Israel for new Holocaust museum’s inauguration By Doron Sheffer and Attila Somfalvi Annan, Sharon in good spirits Photo: GPO JERUSALEM - Israel will remove unauthorized outposts built in March 2001 and later, as stipulated by the “road map” peace plan, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan during their meeting Sunday. Sharon’s decision conforms with the position advanced by senior...

Feb. 25, 2003 Sharon's prospective new cabinet By THE JERUSALEM POST INTERNET STAFF Assuming the rightist National Union goes ahead with plans to sign a coalition agreement tonight with the Likud, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's new cabinet will have a number of new players with just several top ministers remaining the same. Binyamin Netanyahu will likely stay on as foreign minister, and Shaul Mofaz will continue as defense minister. Also expected to continue in her post is Education Minister Limor Livnat. The rest of the lineup is likely to be different, according to media reports. Ehud Olmert, the former mayor...

Feb. 1, 2003 Ramon to be remembered in Israeli schools Sunday morning By THE JERUSALEM POST INTERNET STAFFIsraeli schools are set spend the first hour of class Sunday, the first day of the Israeli school week, on a special program to commemorate the life and achievements of Israeli astronaut Col. Ilan Ramon, who died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster Saturday. Minister of Education Limor Livnat instructed schools Saturday night to devote the first hour of the day to discussing Ramon's life, his mission in space and his career as an Israeli Air Force pilot, Jerusalem Mayor Ehud Olmert told...