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Sunday, December 14, 2014
Cabinet Communique

Cabinet Communique
(Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser)

At the weekly Cabinet meeting today (Sunday, 14 December 2014):

1. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made the following remarks:

"Today, the Cabinet will discuss the appointment of Maj.-Gen. Gadi Eizenkot
as the next IDF Chief-of-Staff. Gadi Eizenkot is the right man in the right
place at the right time. Gadi has been a soldier and a commander. He is a
veteran commander and he can lead the IDF in the face of the major
challenges that surround us. The challenges are unceasing; they are not
taking even a moment's respite, and I am convinced that with determined,
responsible and strong leadership and policy, along with Gadi's command of
the IDF, we will be able to overcome any and all obstacles and challenges. I
wish Gadi Eizenkot great success; his success in all areas is our success.

Tomorrow I will leave for Rome to meet with Italian Prime Minister Matteo
Renzi and US Secretary of State John Kerry. I will tell them that Israel, to
a large degree, stands as a solitary island against the waves of Islamic
extremism that are washing over the entire Middle East. Until now we have
successfully withstood and repelled these attacks and now we also stand
against the possibility of a diplomatic assault, i.e. an attempt to compel
us – by means of UN decisions – to withdraw to the 1967 lines within two
years. This will lead to Islamic extremists to the suburbs of Tel Aviv and
to the heart of Jerusalem. We will not allow this. We will strongly and
responsibly rebuff this. Let there be no doubt, this will be rejected.

Today, the Cabinet will also discuss a five-year plan to aid Druze and
Circassian communities. I recently met with Druze community leaders, led by
Sheikh Muwafaq Tarif. I told him that we would be submitting this plan. This
is a wide-ranging plan on infrastructures, employment, education and other
issues and it will do two things: One, it will reduce gaps between this
population and the population at large. Two, it will express appreciation
for the unique role of Druze and Circassian policemen and soldiers, who are
our very flesh, who fight and fall in defense of our people. I think that
this is one of the ways to express this appreciation.

This week we will celebrate Chanukah. I think that we all find very great
inspiration from it. It is a holiday that, almost more than any other except
perhaps for Passover, expresses the spirit of freedom. It expresses the
great strength latent in our people, the victory of light over darkness and
of the few against the many. Nothing has changed, neither the mission nor
the result. As it was then so it is now. Happy Chanukah to the entire Jewish
People."

2. Pursuant to Article 3c of Basic Law: The Army, the Cabinet approved the
appointment of Maj.-Gen. Gadi Eizenkot as the next IDF Chief-of-Staff.

3. Pursuant to Article 18a of the 1989 Antiquities Authority Law and in
accordance with the decision of the Israel Antiquities Authority Council,
the Cabinet decided to approve Culture and Sports Minister Limor Livnat's
proposal to appoint Yisrael Chason as Director of the Israel Antiquities
Authority.

4. Deputy Minister in the Environmental Protection Ministry Ofir Akunis
briefed ministers on the actions being taken to deal with the ecological
disaster in the Aravah as a result of a breach in the Eilat-Ashkelon
pipeline.

5. The Cabinet discussed linking Haifa Bay to natural gas infrastructures.
Click here for details.

6. The Cabinet discussed the continuation of the Morasha program – study
tours in Israel for Jewish students from the Diaspora. Click here for
details.

7. Civil Service Commissioner Moshe Dayan discussed the implementation of
various civil service reforms. Click here for details.

8. The Cabinet approved a national plan to advance gender equality and
instill gender awareness in the work of government ministries in order to
promote equality between men and women in Israel.

9. The Cabinet approved Prime Minister Netanyahu's proposal for the first
allocation – approximately NIS 185 million – of a five-year plan for Druze
and Circassian communities.

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