"Treatment of residents of South - national crime"

Despite the pre-election period, Chairman of the State Control Committee, MK Uri Ariel, convened the State Control Committee on Sunday morning for a discussion of the treatment of residents of the South. The discussion was also attended by the State Comptroller Justice, Yosef Shapiro.

Although the Commission ceased its activity during the elections and the lack of approval of its convening by committees, MK Uriel held a voluntary session today to formulate a protocol of principles for government compensation for civilians and municipal authorities during and after the emergency security in the fastest time. The Protocol will be called "minimum time period for compensation".

During the conference, MK Ariel called on the State Comptroller to check what is being done for residents of the South and examine why compensation funds are delayed.

In response to his request, Eliahu Assis, a businessman from Be'er Sheva and chairman of an organization for support of needy families in Be'er Sheva, "The prime minister had the courage to push the button and recruit 75,000 soldiers and to spend millions of shekels from state funds, now he should have the courage to push the button and compensate the affected citizens. A wall damaged can be repaired. A hungry soul is very difficult to correct. "

According to him, "Treatment of residents of the South is a national crime. Just like one doesn't leave soldiers abandoned on the battlefield, so too one does not leave the residents in the rear deserted in the battlefield of bureaucracy. The safety of residents is mainly the mental security and economic strength and if one harms their national strength, we must have an orderly system and measures to set a minimum time for compensation which is agreed upon and defined. "

The existing regulations do not address the base issue, the method. Only a minimum time for compensation would require the government to respond to citizens in real time, For the government and the tax authority this is a reasonable period of time, for residents of the South it is eternity. We should predict the future, not only investigate the past. "

State Comptroller and Ombudsman, retired judge Yosef Shapiro, said at the hearing: "During my tenure, I made a point to focus on laws of the weaker sectors. We take actions that relate to populations from different strata. I would be glad to have people to whom personal harm was caused, complaints of which we can take care of in the Control Division. "

Tax Authority Director, Moshe Asher said that during Operation Cast Lead a total of 430 million NIS was paid as compensation for indirect damages, when it is difficult to know whether the fund in a war would be sufficient for the amount of compensation.

Eitan Piles, a business owner from Beer-Sheva cut in and said that these words are not true and until now business owners affected by Operation Cast Lead have not been compensated.

Chairman of the State Control Committee announced that he will hold a joint meeting with representatives of the government and the remaining two weeks will produce an organized protocol of the steps agreed upon, as well as practical steps for the future.

The protocol will be presented to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, demanding the government to adopt it in the next two weeks.

Daniella Shodron-Parnes turned in an emotional appeal to the committee: "My house received a direct hit, the property tax people were very empathetic but in practice there is a large gap between the estimates of damage for the reconstruction of the building and professionals who come to price the renovations. I still do not have time cope with the emotional damage of my children and myself. Everyone is returning to normal, only I go back to a blackened and destroyed house. "

Among the participants at a conference were parliamentarians and politicians from across the political spectrum including MK Avishai Braverman Labor MK Akram Hasson of Kadima, Deputy Managing Director of the Tax Authority, Moshe Asher, Dimona Mayor and Chairman of the Development Authority of the Negev and Galilee, Meir Cohen, vice Mayor of Be'er Sheva, Avi Wartzman, Council Member of Ashkelon, Eitan Kasantini, head of Marom council, Amit Sofer, head of Lachish district council, Danny Moravia.

MK Avishay Braverman said: "The Prime Minister's role is not only to fight and win the elections, let's define priorities. Perhaps as a result of this debate the Prime Minister will receive a number of decisions so that the people who are here will understand that this house is not all talk. "

The conference was held following numerous requests from mayors in the South and many civilians affected economically by Operation Pillar of Cloud.

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