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Shinui Chair Yosef Lapid last night. Avraham Poraz and five other Shinui MKs have announced they will resign from the party. (David Bachar)Mercy killing for terminally ill party By Yossi Verter Shinui's 170-member council did a great kindness yesterday to Yosef Lapid, Avraham Poraz and the rest of Shinui's feeble and failing leadership: By their vote, they shortened the party's death and moved up the final blow the party would have received in any case on election day, March 28. The question of whether Lapid and his colleagues will completely abandon politics or set up a new party called...

Aug. 1, 2004 20:10 | Updated Aug. 2, 2004 17:45 Shinui reverses objections to coalition with Haredim By GIL HOFMAN AND NINA GILBERT Avraham Ravitz: "kick them in some sensitive spot" Photo: Knesset Lapid: "Sometimes you need to risk being asked 'why did you promise'." Photo: AP "There is a moment when you need to give up a bit of your ego and risk being asked 'why did you promise'," Shinui leader Yossef Lapid told reporters Monday after his Shinui faction voted overwhelmingly to consider staying in the government if United Torah Judaism becomes a supporter as long as the...

Nov. 4, 2003 Shinui to formally propose evacuating Netzarim By ASSOCIATED PRESS JERUSALEM (1) Two Israeli soldiers comfort each other after the bodies of three of their comrades were taken away at the Netzarim Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip. (2) Justice Minister Tommy Lapid and (3) Interior Minister Avraham Poraz Photo: AP Shinui, the second largest party in the coalition, proposes dismantling a Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip and halting targeted killings of Palestinian terrorists to revive peace talks, a spokesman said Tuesday. The proposal by the moderate Shinui party, to be formally presented next week, would be...

More on Security Cabinet Decision Regarding Arafat 22:22 Sep 11, '03 / 14 Elul 5763 (IsraelNN.com) Minister (Shinui) Avraham Poraz was the only member of the Security Cabinet to oppose the decision in principle to “remove” Yasser Arafat. Also opposing the decision was GSS (General Security Service/Shin Bet) Avi Dichter. The careful wording of the decision did not state “expel” or “deport”, but “remove, leaving much to one’s interpretation. It was also stated that Arafat is a major “obstacle to peace”. The government at present has cleared the way for future action but it is quite clear at this...

In this first of a number of lessons, students, we´ll concentrate on the study of an old-new subject, aptly titled, “Judaic Self-Hate: the thorough analysis of why Jews hate themselves”; a phenomenon not even remotely seen in any other religion or nationality needs to be defined. These sessions will be conducted as open forums and spontaneous questions will be answered to the best of my ability to respond and your ability to comprehend. As we move along, we will name certain individuals as prominent examples; their impact or lack of same on today´s Jewish world. Let´s begin. There are quite...

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon came out in support of the status quo and against Shinui Minister Avraham Poraz when he concluded Thursday that the Interior Ministry must recognize conversions performed by the Israeli Rabbinical Court as a basis for citizenship. "Israel is a Jewish state and we have to preserve its Jewish identity. Citizenship should be granted automatically to conversions authorized in Israel by the rabbinical court. It will be a harsh blow if a Jew cannot get citizenship when he converts in Israel," Sharon said. He added that failure to give converts the same right to automatic citizenship as...

Jan. 30, 2003Lapid, Mitzna to meet By NINA GILBERT Shinui leader Yosef (Tommy) Lapid and Labor Party leader Amram Mitzna are scheduled to meet on Thursday, as Mitzna continued to insist that Labor won't join a national-unity government headed by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. Lapid convened his expanded Knesset faction of 15 for a celebration on Wednesday. The leadership did not discuss its conditions for joining a coalition and is still focusing its efforts on getting the Labor Party to join a coalition with it. "It is very important for the Labor Party to join the government," Lapid said, adding...