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Sunday, September 8, 2024
Government approves NIS 320 million to document, commemorate October 7
Sam Sokol is the Times of Israel's political correspondent. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"
The government approves the allocation of NIS 320 million ($85.8 million) in funding to document and commemorate the events of October 7.
All such “documentation, commemoration, memory and heritage activities” are to fall under the auspices of the Prime Minister’s Office and be carried out by the Tekuma Administration — which was established last year to rehabilitate Israel’s southern Gaza border communities — and “embodies the State of Israel’s commitment to a proper and meaningful commemoration,” according to the PMO.
Per the decision, the money will be split into two tranches of NIS 190 million and NIS 130 million “intended for the development and preservation of heritage infrastructure in the years 2024-2028,” part of which will go toward the establishment of a “national commemoration site.”
A full action plan is currently being promoted in the Knesset, the PMO says.
