Netivot petitions High Court again: Government not transferring funds allocated for rehabilitation plan
The Netivot municipality has petitioned the High Court of Justice for a second time against the Prime Minister and ministers, claiming the government is not implementing Decision 3303 for the city's rehabilitation following October 7. The municipality argues its share of the rehabilitation budget, totaling approximately 1.8 billion shekels for 25 communities, is disproportionately small, and in some cases approved funds have not been transferred at all.
The Netivot municipality has petitioned the High Court of Justice for a second time against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the ministers of finance, national security, Negev and Galilee, and welfare and labor, demanding the state implement Government Decision 3303. The decision, passed in August 2025, approved a rehabilitation and development plan totaling approximately 1.8 billion shekels for 25 communities that were exceptionally affected following October 7. The municipality claims that more than a year after the decision was made, its implementation by government ministries has significantly reduced Netivot's share of the rehabilitation budgets. Netivot has about 61,000 residents, constituting roughly 50% of the total population of the communities covered by the decision, but receives only a quarter of the budgets. The petition points to unsuitable criteria, such as a national budget model for violence prevention applied to a dedicated rehabilitation plan, and to approved budgets that were not realized, including 10 million shekels for security technology measures and approximately 21 million shekels in welfare, whose 2025 budget was lost due to the Finance Ministry's refusal to transfer the remainder.