Cabinet Communique

(Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser)

At the weekly Cabinet meeting today (Sunday, 2 December 2012):

1. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made the following remarks:

"The response to the attack on Zionism and the State of Israel must
reinforce and underscore the implementation of the settlement plan in all
areas in which the Government decides regarding settlement.

These are not my words. These are the words of the government of Prime
Minister Yitzhak Rabin and this is the language of the Cabinet's 1975
decision in the wake of the UN decision that equated Zionism with racism.

Today we are building and we will continue to build in Jerusalem and in all
areas that are on the map of the strategic interests of the State of Israel.

The Palestinian Authority's one-sided step at the UN constitutes a gross
violation of the agreements that have been signed with the State of Israel;
accordingly, the Government of Israel rejects the UN General Assembly
decision.

I would like to reiterate: There will be no Palestinian state without an
arrangement in which the security of Israeli citizens will be ensured. There
will be no Palestinian state until the State of Israel is recognized as the
state of the Jewish People. There will be no Palestinian state until the
Palestinians declare an end to the conflict. Israel will not agree to Judea
and Samaria becoming a base for Iranian terrorism, as happened in the areas
we evacuated in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon.

I would like to thank US President Barack Obama, Canadian Prime Minister
Steven Harper, Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas and the leaders of the other
countries that voted against the proposal at the UN. History will favorably
judge those countries that lined up on the side of truth, on the side of
peace and alongside Israel at this time.

Today, the Cabinet will be briefed on the incitement that the Palestinian
Authority is leading against Israel. I must say that in addition to this
report, there is, to my regret, Abu Mazen's sharp incitement speech at the
UN, in which he incited against IDF soldiers and Israeli citizens while
using lies and historical distortions.

I must note that Abu Mazen did not see fit to say even a single word about
the terrorism and rocket fire being directed against Israeli citizens; this
is not the talk of a man who wants peace.

Over the weekend, we heard reports that Jonathan Pollard has taken ill. On
behalf of the entire Cabinet, I would like to send from here our wishes for
his rapid recovery. We will continue to act however we can in order to bring
Jonathan Pollard back home.

Another monthly report – this week we learned that last month approximately
40 people tried to enter Israel, 40 infiltrators; they were all detained. I
remind you that only a few months ago, thousands were coming here, crossing
into the country and entering Israel's cities every week. Our actions have
blocked this phenomenon.

One more piece of data that was published over the weekend – The Economist
ranked Israel in 20th place on list of the best countries to be born in
http://www.economist.com/news/21566430-where-be-born-2013-lottery-life
This is after Israel was ranked 14th in the World Happiness Report
http://www.earth.columbia.edu/sitefiles/file/Sachs%20Writing/2012/World%20Happiness%20Report.pdf
and as the world's 6th healthiest country
http://www.bloomberg.com/slideshow/2012-08-13/world-s-healthiest-countries.html#slide16
We will continue to work to develop the State of Israel in the face of all
challenges, to turn the State of Israel into a good and developed place, and
one of the most developed countries in the world in terms of its economy,
infrastructure, quality of life and social welfare. Today we will discuss
these indices."

2. The Cabinet discussed the rejection of UN General Assembly resolution of
29 November 2012 and decided as follows:

"The Jewish People has a natural, historical and legal right to his homeland
and to its eternal capital, Jerusalem; the State of Israel, as the state of
the Jewish People, has a right and claim to areas, the status of which is
under dispute, in the Land of Israel. Therefore:

* To reject UN General Assembly Resolution 67/191, of 29 November 2012.

* To determine that there is nothing in the aforesaid resolution that
changes the status of the areas under dispute, that grants any right or that
detracts from of the State of Israel's, or the Jewish People's, rights
whatsoever in the Land of Israel.

* To determine that the aforesaid decision will not constitute a basis for
future negotiations, and that it contains nothing that advances a solution
by peaceful means."

3. Strategic Affairs Minister Moshe Yaalon and Strategic Affairs Ministry
Director-General Yossi Kuperwasser briefed ministers on the "Culture of
Peace and Incitement Index in the Palestinian Authority"
http://www.pmo.gov.il/English/MediaCenter/Spokesman/Pages/spokehasata021212.aspx

4. The Cabinet discussed declaring terrorist organizations according to the
1948 Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance
http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/1900_1949/Prevention+of+Terrorism+Ordinance+No+33+of+5708-19.htm
and decided as follows:

Pursuant to Article 8 of the 1948 Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance, to
declare that the following bodies of persons or organizations, according to
the names included herein or by any other name by which they may be known,
including any faction, branch, center, committee, group, faction and
institution of said organization, are terrorist organizations:

* "The Al-Quds Force of the Revolutionary Guards"

* The Change and Reform List or "Al-Atzlach v'Al-Tajair"

* The Charity Coalition (Atlaf Alchayir)

* The Iranian (or) Palestinian Humanity Support and Coordination Staff, the
Popular Committee for Support of the Palestinian People, and the Iranian
Popular Committee for Support of the Palestinian Intifada.

* The Al-Quds Institution and Al-Qods International Institution

* The Palestinian and Lebanese Families Welfare Trust

* The Popular Resistance Committees and its military arm, the Saladin
Brigade

* The IHH ("Insan Haklary ve Hurriyetleri"), Vakfi International
Humanitarian Relief Organization, "Internationale Humanitere
Hilfsorganisation"

This declaration applies to the foregoing organizations even if they are
known by other names, nicknames or acronyms, or translation into any other
language, whether permanently or occasionally, and all of their factions and
attached bodies.

5. Pursuant to its 4 November 2012 decision
http://www.pmo.gov.il/English/MediaCenter/SecretaryAnnouncements/Pages/govmes041112.aspx
on establishing institutions and processes that will provide a strong basis
for Government strategic planning in the socio-economic field, the Cabinet
instructed Environmental Protection Ministry Director-General Alona Sheafer
Karo to – in consultation with Prime Minister's Office Director General
Harel Locker, National Economic Council Chairman Prof. Eugene Kandel and
Chief Statistician Shlomo Yitzhaki – prepare a proposal on an outline for
determining quality of life indices. Please click here
http://www.pmo.gov.il/MediaCenter/SecretaryAnnouncements/Pages/govmes021212.aspx
for further details.

6. Pursuant to its 8 May 2011 decision
http://www.pmo.gov.il/English/MediaCenter/SecretaryAnnouncements/Pages/govmes080511.aspx
on commemorating those who fell in civilian activity, the Cabinet appointed
an inter-ministerial steering committee to examine the best way to implement
the recommendations of the Kasher committee, which was appointed to evaluate
the issue. Please click here
http://www.pmo.gov.il/MediaCenter/SecretaryAnnouncements/Pages/govmes021212.aspx
for further details.