Welfare Minister Demands Exemption from War-Budget Cuts: "Direct Blow to Israel's Weakest"
שר הרווחה קורא להחרגת המשרד מהקיצוץ: "פגיעה ישירה בחלשים בישראל"
Summary
Israeli Welfare Minister Chaim Katz has urged the Finance Ministry to exempt his department from the across-the-board budget cuts introduced to finance war expenditures. He warned that without an exemption, his ministry would retain only about 35% of the funds earmarked for improving welfare services in the coming year. Among the programmes at risk is a plan to raise salaries for residential care instructors, urgently needed to address a severe staffing crisis in Israel's social care sector.
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