Knesset confirms Dichter as home front chief
Israel\’s Knesset approved the appointment of former lawmaker Avi Dichter as home front defense minister.
Israel\’s Knesset approved the appointment of former lawmaker Avi Dichter as home front defense minister.
Hamas political chief Khaled Meshaal will soon step down from his position because of term limits, a Hamas official said.
Briefs
Survivors are suing the commission on Nazi-era insurance claims, a commissioner has called for the resignation of its chief and Jewish officials handling the claims acknowledge serious problems.
But they also say there probably isn\’t a better way to dole out the claims.
The anger and frustration some lawmakers and survivors feel toward the International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims peaked last week when several survivors filed suit, claiming the organization was delaying payments.
California\’s insurance commissioner, John Garamendi, a member of the commission, later joined the suit and called for the resignation of the commission\’s chairman, former U.S. Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger.
The Hahn administration, whose tenure has been marked by an often unnecessarily divisive campaign against secession, now faces a far more important decision: the choice of a new police chief.