Opposition given majority on Aliyah and Diaspora Affairs committee
Religious Zionist Party MK Rothman: decision shows aliyah, diaspora affairs committee ‘are low on list of priorities’ of the government.
ONE MAJOR DIFFERENCE between Israel’s electoral system and that of most other Western democracies is the lack of any direct connection between the people who gain a seat in the Knesset and ordinary Israeli voters. (photo credit: ALEX KOLOMOISKY / POOL)ByJEREMY SHARON