Hi,

Following Michal's email, I just want to update that the Knesset, the
Israeli parliament, released the story out earlier this week. Here is their
press release (in Hebrew): http://main.knesset.gov.il/News/PressReleases/
Pages/press26.07.18.aspx

This unique collaboration was shared on many official Facebook pages, among
them:
* The Knesset: https://www.facebook.com/TheKnesset/photos/a.
208518629234440.51187.202758726477097/1780330265386594/?type=3&theater
* The Ministry of Justice:
https://www.facebook.com/justice.gov.il/posts/1803422976378511
* The Governmental Freedom Of Information Unit:
https://www.facebook.com/FreedomOfInformationUnit/posts/1087069034773404
* Wikimedia Israel:
https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaIL/posts/1731560666898582
and Public Knowledge Workshop:
https://www.facebook.com/hasadna.org.il/photos/a.210740292276182.66759.167171689966376/2294486067234917/?type=3


*Itzik Edri*
Chairperson
it...@wikimedia.org.il
+972-54-5878078



On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 4:25 PM, Michal Lester <mles...@wikimedia.org.il>
wrote:

>  Hi all,
> Together with the Public Knowledge Workshop[1], a non-profit organization
> whose mission is to release public information, we signed a Declaration of
> Principles with the Israeli Parliament regarding the Open Law Book project
> on Wikisource[2]. This project began in 2004 and is an initiative to make
> all the laws and regulations passed by the parliament accessible to the
> public in a clear and reliable manner. Recently, the Israeli Parliament
> launched the National Legislation Database, which contains all information
> and data regarding the state's laws. In the  collaboration agreement signed
> between the three stakeholders, it is agreed that the Nationals Legislation
> Database will include links to the corresponding information in the Open
> Law Book, while vice versa the database may freely use any information from
> the Open Law Book. This collaboration will allow the public to have the
> most up-to-date information in a clear and understandable way, and thus
> also increase the transparency of legislation in Israel. This
> groundbreaking achievement is an example to the kind of impact that open
> knowledge initiatives can have on civil life.
>
> *Michal Lester,*
>
>
>
> *Executive DirectorWikimedia Israel*
> *http://www.wikimedia.org.il <http://www.wikimedia.org.il/>  *
>
>
> * [1] http://www.hasadna.org.il/en/about/
> <http://www.hasadna.org.il/en/about/>[2]
> https://he.wikisource.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99%
> D7%98%D7%A7%D7%A1%D7%98:%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%A8_%D7%94%D7%97%
> D7%95%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%94%D7%A4%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%97
> <https://he.wikisource.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99%
> D7%98%D7%A7%D7%A1%D7%98:%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%A8_%D7%94%D7%97%
> D7%95%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%94%D7%A4%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%97>
> *
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