The Knesset marked its seventh annual Arabic Language Day Jan. 25 with special discussions and debates devoted to the topic in the various committees. Participating committees included the Internal Security Committee, Committee for the Advancement of the Status of Women, Finance Committee, Education Committee and the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee.
As part of these events, Knesset members were also introduced to a new initiative by the Knesset’s Director General Gil Segal, who had commissioned the first ever dictionary of basic parliamentary terminology in Arabic. This new parliamentary dictionary includes dozens of rudimentary terms, such as “leader of the opposition,” “Ethics Committee” and “faction,” as well as important parliamentary terms such as “parliamentary query,” “revision,” “filibuster,” and so on. The dictionary also includes important information about the proper spelling and pronunciation of these terms in Arabic.
