Surprising: the Ministry of Religious Affairs for civil burial

Ministry of Religious Affairs for civil burial, it is clear today (Wednesday) Attorney Zohar Porat, a representative of the Ministry for Religious Services Committee hearing on Immigration and Absorption Committee.

Committee Chairman Joel Razvozov (Yesh Atid) plans to submit a bill for civil burial, namely, all zones assigned to Civil Cemetery Burial to serve immigrants or Israeli citizens who wish to bury their relatives in a civil burial.

According to the data there was an increase in demand for such burial in recent years. And a representative of the burial society Mordechai Elbaum who attended the hearing opposed the allocation of civil burial plots in the cemetery is: "It is impossible to allocate part in all local cemeteries. But there is a plot in the center of the country which can be designated to civil burial."

Representative of the Ministry of Religious Affairs also expressed support for the idea and said that "the issue of civil burial is our top priority. We have 12 sites we would like to declare them and you cannot for various reasons."

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