The 21st Knesset may have only been sworn in yesterday, but 900 bills have already been submitted to the Knesset secretariat.
The legislative blitz began at 4:01 PM yesterday when the Knesset Secretariat opened and the bills began to flow. It should be noted that this is mainly a cycle of bills from the previous Knesset that did not pass through three readings and were submitted again to advance them.
MK Elharar submitted 73 bills, MK Mickey Levy submitted 70 bills, and MK Uri Maklev submitted 100 bills submitted to the Knesset secretariat.
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Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature awarded to Michael David Lukas for his book 'The Last Watchmen of Old Cairo' telling stories drawn from the Cairo Geniza

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The following message was released by family members of Boaz, who has disappeared, leaving on Wednesday morning and has since been out of contact.
“Our brother Boaz left yesterday (Wednesday) from Jerusalem to the south – Route 60 in his white Nissan Micra at 11:00 AM.
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Sirens were sounded early Thursday morning in the Shaar Hanegev and Sdot Negev regional councils in southern Israel.
The IDF confirmed that two launches had been identified from Gaza toward Israel. The rockets appear to have exploded in open areas, without causing injuries or damages.
IDF Spokesman Ronen Manelis said that the Islamic Jihad was behind the rocket fire and that the attack was aimed at disrupting the agreement between Israel and Hamas.
Read more at Arutz Sheva.
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