After serving in Knesset for decades, it appears President Shimon Peres sees there is a better way. In his address during a ceremony in which he officially received the Israel Democracy Report, Mr. Peres stated Israel should take an example from other countries which limit terms in office to 4 or 8 years. The president stated one mustn�t make a lifetime career of serving in public office.

The president also believes with some 230,000 students in the nation�s institutions of higher learning, students who have completed IDF service and �were given guns and planes� and they should be able to be directly elected to Knesset, suggesting that the universities be designated as their own electoral districts to accommodate such a reality.�

(Yechiel Spira � YWN Israel)