Tag Archive for Ruth Calderon

| July 3, 2014
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View Clip: Palestinian MK Ahmed Tibi Goes Berserk at Knesset’s Podium

Radical Arab MK began screaming loosing his composure when the chairwoman MK Ruth Calderon politely told him his time was up.

By Gil Ronen

 

MK Ahmed Tibi (United Arab List) screamed at temporary Knesset plenum chairperson MK Ruth Calderon (Yesh Atid) Wednesday and accused her of insensitivity to Palestinian suffering, after she informed him that his time was up as he delivered a parliamentary motion.

MK Tibi in tirade after MK Calderon (Yesh Atid) tells him his time is up. - A7 Screenshot

MK Tibi in tirade after MK Calderon (Yesh Atid) tells him his time is up. – A7 Screenshot

The same Tibi who bemoaned the alleged insensitivity of his colleagues insisted last week that Hamas is not a terror organization, fifteen days after two Hamas terrorists kidnapped three Israeli teenagers and in the midst of a rain of rocket fire on Israel from the Hamas-enclave Gaza. Continue Reading »

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| June 25, 2013
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Knesset receives bill to make Declaration of Independence a Basic Law

 

MK Ruth Calderon (Yesh Atid) wants to enshrine the principles of Israel’s Declaration of Independence as a Basic Law.

Calderon: ‘The concept of a Jewish state does not refer to Judaism as a religion, but rather as a culture & nationality.’

By Israel Hayom Staff

Yesh Atid MK Ruth Calderon has proposed a bill in the Knesset that would enshrine the principles of Israel’s Declaration of Independence as one of the country’s Basic Laws.

David Ben-Gurion reads the Declaration of Independence on May 14, 1948, in Tel Aviv – Photo: GPO

Israel does not have a written constitution. Instead, there is a system of Basic Laws. Continue Reading »

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