Matan Vilnai
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"Matan Vilnai" is an Israeli politician and a former Major General in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). A former Knesset member and government minister, he was appointed ambassador to China in 2012.

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It was very dramatic in there.

They are doing their utmost in order to catch up. And we have to do our utmost, with the support of the USA, to keep this qualitative edge all the time.

People did not vote for us so that we would head a government of the Right and the ultra-Orthodox. It is totally illegitimate and also stupid.

The Cabinet decision today grants the army the freedom to act as it sees fit from the operational point of view in the Gaza Strip, the freedom to operate without any restriction. The goal we should all share at the moment is that on Sept. 1, every child will find his place in school.

Unless significant changes are made in the budget there is no way it will pass.