On December 20, the Israeli Knesset approved in the final reading a bill on state funding of higher education for demobilized soldiers of mandatory and extended service.

On May 24th a screening was held for the film “Witnesses,”  dedicated to the memory of the Holocaust. The inventive account of the Holocaust is told through stories, following a pair of women’s shoes in a store window, a German Shepherd puppy, and a violin.

Every year, about 10,000 repatriates with professions requiring licensing arrive in Israel.