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The meeting came two hours after the Israel Roads Company’s board met in order to sign a Government Companies Authority document committing to uphold the ban on government companies from aiding election campaigns in any form.
At that meeting, the board approved a document by the Government Companies Authority reminding them of their obligation to not use government company employees or assets in election campaigns.
“This document emphasizes the importance of not damaging public trust through political behavior at government companies – and to maintain the ban, on using company assets in any form for political purposes,” it states.
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The Berg brothers, Yaakov, 44 (R) and Yonatan Berg, 39, debate at the Psagot Winery, owned by Yaakov, in the industrial park of Sha ar Binyamin near the Psagot settlement where they grew up, in the West Bank on December 12, 2020 (Emmanuel DUNAND / AFP)
PSAGOT WINERY, West Bank (AFP) They shared a childhood in a West Bank Jewish settlement, but as adults Yaakov and Yonatan Berg have developed radically different views.
The brothers were raised in the settlement of Psagot, which like all Jewish communities in the West Bank is widely regarded as illegal under international law though Israel disputes this characterization and the US no longer accepts it.