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Bad Hebrew costs thousands of immigrants their jobs as armed guards
By Eli Shvidler, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: Israel News, Israel guns 

Thousands of immigrants have lost their jobs as security guards after failing Hebrew tests now required in order to receive gun licenses. The Knesset Committee for Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs will meet today to discuss the matter.

Committee chairwoman Lia Shemtov (Yisrael Beiteinu) decided to convene the committee after Haaretz revealed that the new regulations have led many immigrants to lose their gun licenses or be refused permits.

A joint committee from the interior and public security ministries decided to require immigrant security guards to pass a test in Hebrew reading and writing as part of the gun licensing procedure.
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In addition, immigrants who have been in Israel for more than 10 years must pay for the licensing course and exam out of their own pockets, and are not compensated by the state or their employers.

Many older immigrants cannot meet the new requirements even though they have decent spoken Hebrew.

This has created a black market for gun licenses, leading to suspicions that many new licenses have been granted in return for bribes.

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      1.   Walter Scott 06:48  |  Colin Wright 08/06/09
      2.   Correction 06:50  |  Colin Wright 08/06/09
      3.   Guns not necessary for some jobs as security guards 06:54  |  Joseph.E 08/06/09
      4.   What about IDF conscripts? 07:31  |  Maureen Ann 08/06/09
      5.   Quite right too 08:27  |  Niv 08/06/09
      6.   ridiculous! how many pigua heroes are new immigrants? 08:43  |  michelle 08/06/09
      7.   Licensing Bureau at Standstill 09:09  |  Mike 08/06/09
      8.   Even the lowly Shin Gimel in the IDF, has to . . . 09:56  |  Zev Davis 08/06/09
      9.   Mauren Ann #2 10:54  |  the usual me 08/06/09
      10.   Ethiopim 11:45  |  ethiopia 08/06/09
      11.   Maureen and her foolish comments 11:53  |  JonathanInTelAviv 08/06/09
      12.   #Johnathon in Tel Aviv. The common language of Australia... 12:05  |  Maureen Ann 08/06/09
      13.   lieberman a immigrant will remove all immigrants rights 14:29  |  muslim-- 08/06/09
      14.   How much Hebrew do they need? 19:41  |  Witness 08/06/09
      15.   #10 from Ethiopia: Fortunately, they are probably less at risk 21:30  |  5th generation 08/06/09
      16.   It`s not fair 15:26  |  Amal 10/06/09
      17.   That`s right 15:38  |  Nabila 10/06/09
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