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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 588

Eli Alaluf

The Hiriya Landfill Restoration Project, located southeast of Tel Aviv, Israel. Food waste dumped into landfill is doubly negative for the environment, because of the environmental costs of producing food. (Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)
October 23, 2018, 11:51 pm
Knesset passes law protecting restaurants that donate their excess food
In effort to reduce food waste, Israel become fifth country to introduce laws absolving donors of legal liability for damages caused by donated goods
By Michael Bachner
An Ethiopian-Israeli woman tells the Interior Ministry she has waited 16 years for two of her children to come to Israel at a Knesset hearing on March 21, 2017. (Melanie Lidman/Times of Israel)
March 21, 2017, 10:31 pm
Let our people come, Ethiopian Jews plead as immigration stalls
MKs accuse Interior Ministry of sabotaging Ethiopian aliyah; ministry claims it’s trying to overcome logistical challenges
By Melanie Lidman
Illustrative: A security guard at the entrance to the Knesset in Jerusalem. November 4, 2009. (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)
December 12, 2016, 10:00 pm
2nd aide this week denied entry to Knesset over ‘short’ dress
Guards refuse to allow female adviser to MK to enter because of her outfit, forcing her to go home and change
By ToI Staff
Israeli medics and emergency units work at a construction site where an underground car park collapsed on September 5, 2016 in the Ramat Hahayal neighborhood of Tel Aviv (AFP Photo/Gil Cohen-Magen)
October 5, 2016, 1:11 pm
Only half of construction worker deaths investigated — report
With Israel’s rate of worker deaths among highest in West, lack of coordination between government breeds negligence
By Raoul Wootliff
Rescue workers evacuate a wounded man at the site where a building collapsed in Tel Aviv on September 5, 2016. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
September 5, 2016, 4:15 pm
Before building collapse, MKs pushed stricter safety bill
New legislation seeks to enforce automatic 2-day closure of sites where workers die or are seriously injured
By Stuart Winer and Raoul Wootliff
Illustrative photo of a demonstration disabled people demanding better rights, Jerusalem, October 25, 2010. (Abir Sultan/Flash 90)
July 25, 2016, 12:58 pm
Knesset advances affirmative action for disabled in workplace
Bill would require public bodies with over 100 employees to boost ratio of of employees with disabilities to 5%
By Stuart Winer
Shas party leader Aryeh Deri speaks during a party faction meeting at the Knesset, May 23, 2016. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
June 8, 2016, 1:17 pm
Digging in, Shas shuns Knesset sessions over ‘racist’ comments
Party doubles down on demand Channel 10 news director be fired for reportedly using racial stereotypes about Mizrahi Jews
By Raoul Wootliff
The family of Dafna Meir at her funeral in Jerusalem on January 18, 2106. Meir was stabbed to death at the entrance to her home in the settlement of Otniel on January 17. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 24, 2016, 6:39 am
Israel’s first foster care law dedicated to terror victim Dafna Meir
Advocates hope new legal protections and clearer regulations will encourage more Israelis to become foster parents
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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