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The Knesset cracks down on informal attire
By: Israel Insider staff   
Published: October 9, 2007   
 
The Knesset is enforcing a new dress code to combat the exceedingly informal attire that is acceptable in most formal settings in Israel, according to the Jerusalem Post.

"Entrance to the Knesset will be barred to anyone wearing unbecoming attire, such as sleeveless T-shirts, short pants, jeans and, for women, short T-shirts that expose the midriff," Knesset director-general Avi Balashnikov said.

However, some MKs think that the Knesset's time and effort should be spent on matters of more substance.

"The time has come for the Knesset speaker to stop dealing with irrelevant and stupid things like flower arrangements, carpeting and the fabric of my assistant's pants and start dealing with matters of substance," Labor MK Shelly Yacimovich said.


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