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Article: Israeli parliament okays new justice minister appointment
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- February 7, 2007
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Israeli parliament okays new justice minister appointment
JERUSALEM, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Knesset (parliament)
approved on Wednesday the appointment of Professor Daniel Friedman as
the new justice minister, Israel's Jerusalem Post newspaper reported
on its website.
The approval, by a vote of 50 to 24 with one abstention, came
after the cabinet unanimously endorsed Israeli Prime Minister Ehud
Olmert's nomination of Friedman for the post in a special meeting on
Tuesday evening.
The 71-year-old Friedman was the winner of the 1991 Israel Prize
for achievements in the field of law and former dean at Tel Aviv
University's Faculty of Law.
He was chosen by Olmert to replace former ...