Cabinet meeting postponed after police retirees block PM’s office in prostest

5 September 2018, 3:00 pm

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A scheduled cabinet meeting is postponed after dozens of retirees from the police force and prisons service demonstrated outside the Prime Minister’s Office and blocked the entrance.

Reports in Hebrew-language media said roads were blocked in the surrounding area, and scuffles broke out between a number of the protesters and security guards.

Channel 10 reports that cabinet ministers were told the weekly meeting would be held at a later date due to the blocked roads.

Yesterday, Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan said it is a “serious error” that the pensions of police officers and prisons service employees do not match those of career military personnel.