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Government approves new boss at directorate tasked with rehabilitation of south
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleSue Surkes is The Times of Israel's environment reporter
Just days after the State Comptroller criticized the lack of a full-time boss at the Tekuma Directorate, the government approves the appointment of Aviad Friedman, a former Housing Ministry director general it says has led strategic processes in infrastructure, housing, and public services in senior positions in government and the private sector.
The directorate, established after the deadly invasion of southern Israel by Hamas-led terrorists on October 7, 2023, is tasked with the region’s rehabilitation.
The Tekuma directorate has been without a full-time director and deputy since August, when Brig. Gen. (Res) Moshe Edri and his deputy left their posts.
Yossi Shelley, director of the Prime Minister’s Office, was sent to run it in addition to his regular duties. In November, it was announced that he had been appointed ambassador to the United Arab Emirates.
That same month, responsibility for rehabilitating the Gazan border in the south and the Lebanese one in the north was moved from the Prime Minister’s Office to the Finance Ministry. MK Ze’ev Elkin was appointed a minister there with overall responsibility for both regions.
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