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	<title>Holocaust Survivors &#38; Grown-Up Green Leaf</title>
	<link>http://ale-yarok.org/english</link>
	<description>Bringing Progressive Values to the MidEast</description>
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		<title>Ministry approves marijuana for 14-year-old cancer patient</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Haaretz article is typically poorly written and clearly they have no editors on staff of any kind, but it&#8217;s important that Haaretz cover news of the suffering patients who are receiving medical marijuana, so that other 88-year old women and 14-year old children don&#8217;t have to fear asking their doctors about a medication that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ale-yarok.org/english/2009/12/23/ministry-approves-marijuana-for-14-year-old-cancer-patient-haaretz-israel-news/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Feds to stop prosecuting medical marijuana users 
Pot-smoking patients or their sanctioned suppliers should not be targeted for federal prosecution in states that allow medical marijuana, prosecutors were told Monday in a new policy memo issued by the Justice Department.
READ the whole article.

By the government&#8217;s count, 14 states allow some use of marijuana for medical [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ale-yarok.org/english/2009/10/20/282/</link>
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		<title>California on the BRINK of Legalizing/Taxing Marijuana FOR REALS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[looks to me like Obama&#8217;s political appointments have already had a powerful impact on legalization &#8211; by empowering states to make their own decisions &#8211; as NORML, MPP and other U.S. lobbying groups have been advocating for years&#8230;smoke one down because this is worthy of celebrating!

Link to Can Marijuana Help Rescue California&#8217;s Economy?
Article text:
Could marijuana [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ale-yarok.org/english/2009/03/13/california-on-the-brink-of-legalizingtaxing-marijuana-for-reals/</link>
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		<title>Legalize Pot and Tax the Crap Out of It!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[*IF* I&#8217;ve failed to mention it before, Jeffrey Rowland is a genius, and it just goes to show that a redneck cowboy poet from Oklahoma can save the world with a whittled pencil and an internet education.

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		<link>http://ale-yarok.org/english/2009/03/05/legalize-pot-and-tax-the-crap-out-of-it/</link>
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		<title>BBC Interview</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yaakov Kfir (Holocaust Survivors) and Ohad Shem-Tov (Grown-Up Green Leaf) are interviewed by BBC&#8217;s Lyse Doucet.
 

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		<link>http://ale-yarok.org/english/2009/02/10/bbc-interview/</link>
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		<title>Holocaust survivors and cannabis enthusiasts join forces</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Green Leaf Graduates party, which advocates cannabis legalization, has created a buzz in the world of Israeli politics with their plan to join up with the Holocaust Survivors Party.

It&#8217;s high season for politics in Israel ahead of their upcoming parliamentary elections on February 10, and the Holocaust Survivors Party is turning over a new [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.russiatoday.com/features/news/36650</link>
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		<title>Jerusalem Post: Holocaust survivors&#8217; party teams up with pro-marijuana offshoot</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Max Socol and Shelly Paz , THE JERUSALEM POST
The Green Leaf Graduates, which split from the political party Aleh Yarok, best known for its advocacy of the legalization of cannabis, is making waves with its most recent announcement: a plan to incorporate the Holocaust Survivors Party.
The Holocaust survivors are focused on the controversial issue of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233050198716&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull</link>
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		<title>AP: Small Israeli parties promote offbeat agendas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[TEL AVIV, Israel (AP)  Even in the world of politics and its strange bedfellows, this coalition is odder than most.
On Tuesday, a party representing Israeli Holocaust survivors joined forces with the pro-marijuana Green Leaf party for a run at Israel&#8217;s parliament. The new party launched its campaign in a near-empty, underground, graffiti-filled nightclub in south [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h3MAF-u5lPd5Wt8cK77KtW5Q0wmAD960M8QO0</link>
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		<title>Meet Our Candidates for Israel&#8217;s 2009 General Elections</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ohad Shem-Tov

At 29 years old, Ohad lives on Ben Yehuda Street in Jerusalem and is completing his M.A. in Political Science at Hebrew University. Ohad has headed the Green Leaf Party (Ale Yarok) since 2006.
Ohad is a fourth generation Jerusalemite, born in 1979. Ohad grew up and studied in Jerusalem neighborhoods, including French Hill, Rechavia [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ale-yarok.org/english/2009/01/16/candidates-09/</link>
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		<title>Dan Biron is running for mayor of Jerusalem on the Green Leaf Party ticket</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dan Biron, a veteran television director with Channel 1, yesterday announced he is running for mayor of Jerusalem on the Green Leaf Party (Ale Yarok) ticket. Biron officially presented the list to the elections commission yesterday, making him the first candidate to do so. The rest are expected to so today.
from: Ha&#8217;aretz
Visit our campaign website
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		<link>http://ale-yarok.org/english/2008/10/08/dan-biron-is-running-for-mayor-of-jerusalem-on-the-green-leaf-party-ticket/</link>
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