Minister of Science
After a rotation with MK Michael Eitan, Shalom, on July 13, 1998, became minister of science. During his year old term in office, he created the "science flowers" project, which helped universities get to the Israeli periphery and helped under privileged students to excel. Another main project Shalom was involved in, was in spreading the internet in Israel and enlarging the internet's bandwidth and as a result of it, its surfing speed.
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