(NEWS) Yishai: I’ll Do All I Can To Preserve Jewish Majority

"Coalition, opposition both drafting comprehensive immigration bills; gov't estimates as many as 1,000 people enter from Egypt illegally every month.

Interior Minister Eli Yishai said on Sunday that he will do everything possible to maintain Israel’s Jewish majority.

Speaking at a conference in the capital on the nation’s immigration policy, Yishai said that faced with the threat of hundreds of thousands, and perhaps even millions, of Africans who want to enter the country, Israel would advance legislation to protect its Jewish character."

(NEWS) Yishai: 'Hamas Won't Let The PA Reach A Peace Agreement'

"Yishai says renewed negotiations will lead to nowhere, as Hamas won't honor Abbas's agreement; Shas declares opposition to building freeze.

Interior Minister and Shas Chairman Eli Yishai said that peace talks will lead to nowhere in this week's issue of the Shas newsletter From Day to Day, released Thursday.

Yishai said that the shootings only prove that 'peace talks will lead to nowhere, because Hamas is the ruler on the ground, and won't let the Palestinian Authority reach an agreement.'"

(NEWS) After Attack, Yishai To Ease Settlers’ Gun Controls

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"Move comes after it emerges that one of the victims had his gun permit revoked months prior to the attack.

Interior Minister Eli Yishai moved Wednesday to relax gun controls for West Bank residents after it emerged that Yitzhak Ames, one of four people killed in Tuesday night’s terrorist attack near Hebron, had his weapons permit revoked a few months prior to being murdered.

Yishai requested that Populations Registry head Amnon Ben-Ami act to relax conditions, including allowing settlers to acquire weapons without police approval, relying instead on professional opinions from the Interior Ministry, the Population Registry and the Immigration Authority."

(NEWS) Yishai: Revoke Citizenship Of Anyone Who Helps Anti-Israeli Groups

"Interior Minister Eli Yishai announced at the Knesset he had proposed a bill stating that "anyone who takes actions that help the battle of any state or terror organization against the State of Israel" must be stripped of citizenship."