Archive for the ‘Interior Ministry’ tag
Economy and Society: February 18, 2013
Former Interior Ministry Director-General, Gabi Maimon, will be indicted (pending a hearing), on suspicion of purchasing land plots without meeting the conditions of the tender, instead utilizing straw men and forged documents.
(Hebrew – Haaretz)
Military and Security Forces: February 8, 2013
Four Israeli citizens are being denied the right to visit Israel, see their families and update their documents at the Interior Ministry just because they happen to live in the Gaza Strip, even though the authorities do not deny that the women are citizens. (Haaretz)
(Hebrew – Haaretz)
Local Government: December 25, 2012
The State Comptroller’s Report on Local Councils found that the Interior Ministry-appointed council which has been running the municipality of Lod for the past 12 years has been ineffective at all levels of municipal activity and the city’s condition continues to deteriorate. (Haaretz)
(Hebrew – Haaretz)
Closed Society: November 6, 2012
The Tel-Aviv District Court recently gave a harshly critical ruling against the Interior Ministry, saying that ”the Interior Ministry’s conduct grossly violated its obligations as the agency responsible for determining the nationality” of asylum-seekers. (Haaretz)
(Hebrew – Haaretz)
Internal Security: June 18, 2012
Inspectors from the Interior Ministry’s Oz Unit arrested a family of asylum seekers from Africa in its home in Arad, and transferred them to a detention facility in Omer, even though the family is from North Sudan and therefore cannot be deported. (Haaretz)
