Fear of a NIS 140 million cut in the Tekuma budget: "A direct blow to the rehabilitation of the Gaza envelope"

The 'Habayta' forum, which unites 14 communities severely affected on October 7, warns of a planned cut of approximately NIS 140 million in the budget of the Tekuma Directorate, ahead of a government vote on a across-the-board cut. The forum calls on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Finance Minister to exempt the rehabilitation budget from the cuts.

The 'Habayta' forum, which unites 14 communities in the Gaza envelope that were severely affected in the October 7 attack, warns of an expected cut of approximately NIS 140 million in the budget of the Tekuma Directorate. The warning comes ahead of a government meeting on Sunday, where a proposal for a across-the-board cut in government ministry budgets is expected to be brought to a vote. The forum calls on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Finance Minister to exempt the directorate's budget from the planned cut. In the forum's statement, it was said that 'the Tekuma Directorate is the most central and critical channel for returning life to normal,' and that harming its budgets means a direct delay in projects of construction, educational institutions, resilience centers, mental health responses, and strengthening the local economy. The forum emphasized that 'there is no half rehabilitation and no half recovery,' and called on the government 'to demonstrate national and moral responsibility and not to lend a hand to harming the residents of the envelope.' The article is based entirely on the forum's statement, without an official response from the government or the Finance Ministry.

Fear of a NIS 140 million cut in the Tekuma budget: "A direct blow to the rehabilitation of the Gaza envelope"