So is this the Israelis with Disabilities Act (IDA), and will Israel need an
IDA Amendments Act?  Also is Israel a signatory of the UN Convention on the
Rights of People with Disabilities?

On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 1:52 PM, Tamar Raine <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> about fricking time! gee whiz!
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> Public buildings to be accessible to disabled
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> http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3668853,00.html
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> New law requires structures serving the public to install access to
> wheelchairs, elevators and services for people with disabilities
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> David Regev
> Published:    02.13.09, 08:16 / Israel Activism
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> For years they have been forced to suffer during every visit to the cinema,
> the shopping mall, the city hall or any other public building. Now their
> lives are about to change, thanks to new regulations forcing public
> buildings to become accessible to disabled people.
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> Some 600,000 invalid and physically handicapped people live in Israel,
> including deaf and blind people. They are all very familiar with the
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> of helplessness upon arriving at the swimming pool, cinema or city hall.
> There is no access to wheelchairs, and if even if they manage to make it to
> the elevator, they cannot reach the buttons.
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> After four years of discussions, the Knesset's Labor, Welfare and Health
> Committee adopted a law over the weekend requiring every public building in
> Israel to become accessible to disabled people and include accessible
> parking, access to wheelchairs where stairs are located, elevators adapted
> to handicapped and blind people and an accessible lavatory.
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> The bill was initiated by former Knesset Member Ilan Ghilon (Meretz), who
> will be returning to the Israeli parliament after the elections.
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> The regulations will apply to every new public structure built in Israel.
> The construction of a new building will not be approved with an
> accessibility plan.
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> The regulations will next be signed by the interior minister. Yuval Wagner,
> chairman of the Access Israel organization, who was one of the people who
> pushed for the law's approval, said that this was a very important step in
> favor of people with disabilities.
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> Israel Even-Zahav, who is in charge of accessibility at the Human Rights
> Organization of People with Disabilities, said in response, "I hope the
> next
> Knesset will continue working for disabled people."
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