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01-13-2004, 01:24 PM
PM: State-run companies must have at least one Arab director
By Yair Ettinger, Haaretz Correspondent and Haaretz Service
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon declared Tuesday that every state-run company must have at least one representative of Israel's Arab citizens on its board of directors.
Sharon, who made his announcement at a meeting of the ministerial committee on the non-Jewish sector, said the decision will go into effect in August this year.
Sharon also ordered the civil service appointments committee, headed by retired judge Menachem Ravivi, not to make any more appointments to the boards of state-run companies that do not have at least one Arab member.
Last August, the cabinet decided to adopt a plan proposed by the National Security Council to promote equality among the Arab sector. Among the ideas put forward was the proposal to appoint an Israel Arab to the directorate of all state-run companies and to increase the number of Israeli Arab in the civil service.
Three years ago, the law regulating the running of national corporations was amended to introduce the concept of positive discrimination in the appointment of Israeli Arab to top civil service jobs. Some 18 months ago, the amendment was expanded to include the law regulating the State Comptroller's Office.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/382643.html
By Yair Ettinger, Haaretz Correspondent and Haaretz Service
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon declared Tuesday that every state-run company must have at least one representative of Israel's Arab citizens on its board of directors.
Sharon, who made his announcement at a meeting of the ministerial committee on the non-Jewish sector, said the decision will go into effect in August this year.
Sharon also ordered the civil service appointments committee, headed by retired judge Menachem Ravivi, not to make any more appointments to the boards of state-run companies that do not have at least one Arab member.
Last August, the cabinet decided to adopt a plan proposed by the National Security Council to promote equality among the Arab sector. Among the ideas put forward was the proposal to appoint an Israel Arab to the directorate of all state-run companies and to increase the number of Israeli Arab in the civil service.
Three years ago, the law regulating the running of national corporations was amended to introduce the concept of positive discrimination in the appointment of Israeli Arab to top civil service jobs. Some 18 months ago, the amendment was expanded to include the law regulating the State Comptroller's Office.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/382643.html