Bill honoring Jewish refugees from Arab countries likely to pass first reading

04.02.2014                      04.Adar I.5774

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Bill honoring Jewish refugees from Arab countries likely to pass first reading

A bill making November 30 an official day marking the expulsion of Jews from Arab countries was expected to pass its first reading.

The proposal, by MK Shimon Ohayon (Likud Beytenu) would allow the senior citizens minister to hold an official ceremony, education minister to instruct schools to discuss the history behind the day and foreign minister to hold events around the world on the matter….