Gafni fumed: "I won't let continued abuse"

Stormy at the Finance Committee: This morning (Tuesday) Holocaust survivors were hosted at the Finance Committee hearing and raised the problems that exist on various issues - from offsets of which they are suffering because of taxing, to the budget crisis that prevents the transfer of funds to the survivors. Long hours of discussion became heated at stages where legal advisors tried to rationalize things and postpone the hearings.
Committee chairman MK Moshe Gafni was furious about the possibility to postpone matters once again, and said that in two weeks if the budget is not passed for Holocaust survivors, the committee is going to escalate the discussions with bodies which need to transfer the funds to the survivors, "I'm here representing the weakest in Israeli society and we all owe them, sometimes they do not have bread to eat at home, we will not allow the continuation of ill-treatment."

Gafni said he founded a team to review section by section the issues that survivors have and solve them one by one with the treasury. Regarding other issues, Gafni promised involvement, such as with survivors from Holland whose budgets are cut.
At the end of the debate, Gafni went over to the survivors and promised to continue to stand behind them, "eight years ago it was worse, and now we are moving another step forward, but there is no time and we will not rest until everything is solved now." The survivors for their part, thanked him, "We're happy that you care."
It should be noted that the in previous term, the chairman of the Finance Committee was also the 'redeemer' of Holocaust survivors, he led the compromise that freed hundreds of millions of shekels from the National Bank for Holocaust survivors and passed bills that have improved the country's benefits for them, and in light of his compliance with their rights he received the Outstanding Friend of Holocaust Survivors prize.

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