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Tsega Melaku

Illustrative photo of a person standing on a scale. (Richard Villalon/iStock)
May 7, 2026, 1:22 pm
Over half of Israeli adults are overweight or obese, Knesset Health Committee told
31.4% of 7th graders overweight; officials blame high cost of medications, inadequate health services in low-income areas, lack of accessible educational materials in Arab, Ethiopian sectors
By Diana Bletter
Aviva Siegel (L) and her daughter Shir testify at the Knesset caucus on victims of sexual and gender violence in the war, January 23, 2024 (Screen grab used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
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‘Right now someone is being raped in a tunnel’: Knesset hears of Hamas sex crimes
Captors treating hostages like sex dolls, former hostage says; another survivor notes some female hostages no longer getting periods, prays they won’t become pregnant
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January 30, 2015, 3:40 am
After last-minute lineup tinkering, elections begin in earnest
Thursday’s deadline for submitting Knesset slates sparked fierce battle for the center, and shed light on the campaigns and their strategies
By Haviv Rettig Gur
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By Jonathan Beck
Moshe Kahlon announces Tzaga Malko's joining Kahlon's Kulanu party in Tel Aviv on January 11, 2015. The election committee disqualified Malko for not leaving her government job in time. (Photo credit: Flash90)
January 26, 2015, 1:31 pm
Kulanu candidate barred from running in March elections
Election committee finds Tsega Melaku did not resign from her state radio job in time to join Kahlon list
By Judah Ari Gross
Jewish Home celebrates the end of its primaries on January 15, 2015. (Ben Kelmer/Flash90)
January 16, 2015, 12:28 pm
On elections, Hebrew press takes a page from BuzzFeed
Lists, polls, and of course, opinions give readers more than enough election news to last them the weekend
By Yossi Nachemi
Kulanu party leader Moshe Kahlon surrounded by the party's Knesset candidates at a campaign kickoff event in Givat Brenner, January 15, 2015 (photo credit: courtesy/Facebook)
January 15, 2015, 10:48 pm
Kahlon kicks off campaign, wants to appeal to everyone
At packed event, veteran lawmaker’s Kulanu party unveils boundary-shattering Knesset slate laden with social activists
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Tsega Melaku, an Ethiopian-born activist and journalist, and a candidate for Moshe Kahlon's Kulanu party. (screen capture: YouTube)
January 11, 2015, 1:07 pm
Ethiopian-born Tsega Melaku joins Kahlon’s party
Journalist, a former director of Israel Radio’s Reshet Alef, gets No. 3 slot on Kulanu Knesset slate
By Tamar Pileggi
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