Moshe Baram, chairman of the Alignment Knesset faction, issued a warning that unless Alignment members were more diligent in attending the Knesset, the opposition just might catch them napping and deal the coalition some embarrassing defeats.
Apart from Cabinet ministers, the number of Alignment members in attendance at the plenum is in the low twenties, Baram said. The Labor-Mapam Alignment has 56 Knesseters, including Cabinet ministers.
Baram singled out deputy ministers and said there was no reason why they could not attend-more often, especially on Wednesdays when motions for the agenda and private bills are debated.
Twenty Jewish communities throughout the United States will play host to Israeli intellectuals for period of two weeks, as part of Israel’s 25th anniversary celebrations. These visits are part of a special project entitled “Scholars-in-Residence” sponsored jointly by the American Zionist Federation and the American Zionist Youth Foundation. The project will begin March 26. On April 8 a major dialogue will be held in N.Y. concerning “The American Jewish Experience and its Relationship to Israel.”
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