How did they get there?

The question in Hebrew at the top means "how did they get there?" Heh (Hat Tip: Eliyahu P).

Immoral but courageous?

Lahav Harkov reports on the reaction of coalition and opposition MK's to the announcement late Sunday night that the government intends to free 26 'Palestinian' murderers as a gesture in honor of the 'Palestinians' coming to the 'peace table.' Among the reactions was this one:

Yesh Atid faction chairman Ofer Shelah also said releasing prisoners is immoral and undermines the government's

Lapid blasts his own government for trying to create affordable housing

Finance Minist4er Yair Lapid has blasted his own government for putting out tenders for 1,187 housing units in 'east' Jerusalem and in the 'settlement blocs.'

According to the ministry, 793 of the new homes will be in Jewish
neighborhoods of east Jerusalem. It includes 400 new units in Gilo, 210
in Har Homa and 183 in Pisgat Ze'ev.

In addition it plans to
publish tenders for 394 new

So you really want Haredim to join the workforce?

The State Comptroller's report makes it seem that the government either doesn't really want Haredim to join the workforce or is clueless about how to go about training them to do so. I suspect it's a combination of both.

No specific program to encourage haredi integration into the
workforce has been devised and the Economy and Trade Ministry has not prepared
an operative plan for employment

Israelis not so dumb after all

Israelis are figuring out the truth about their finance minister, Yair Lapid.

Seventy-eight percent of the population disapproves of Yair Lapid's
performance as Finance Minister, a Panels Politics poll for the Knesset
Channel found on Monday.

Asked to grade him in the task of
selecting a new Bank of Israel governor, 53% said he performed badly,
33% gave medium marks, 8% rated the

Flock Builder on how to conduct a National Referendum and simulation of the peace talks

Flock Builder explains how to conduct the National Referendum on
Israel's future and computer expert Geek Bizarre presents a computerized
simulation of the anticipated rounds of peace talks. Yes, it's the weekly LATMA update.

Let's go to the videotape.

An 'unparalleled' disgrace, but to leave the government over it?

Jewish Home party MK Nissan Slomiansky slammed Sunday's cabinet decision to release 104 terrorist murderers just to induce the 'Palestinians' to come to the table and talk. But he didn't slam his own party for continuing to sit in the government that made that decision. He slammed the Americans and the West.

“The government’s decision is an unparalleled disgrace,” Knesset
Finance Committee

Bayit Yehudi (Jewish Home party) MK calls on party to leave coalition

Jewish Home party MK Yoni Chetboun has called on his party to leave the coalition if the release of 104 'Palestinian' terrorists is approved by the cabinet on Sunday.

Bayit Yehudi Yoni Chetboun, a member of the Knesset Foreign Affairs
Committee, speaking at the demonstration taking place outside the PM's
office, called for his party to consider leaving the coalition if the
proposal to free