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Thursday, February 23, 2017
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Thursday, February 23, 2017
Jerusalem to get NIS 700 million budget boost
The Finance Ministry and the Jerusalem Municipality reach an agreement that will see NIS 700 million allotted to the capital’s 2017 budget, ending months of financial crisis and a brief strike last month aimed at pressuring the national government to fill a funding gap of some NIS 300 million.
In late January, labor unions and municipal workers called a general strike, suspending garbage collection, welfare and social services for three days before Mayor Nir Barkat called for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to intervene. School schedules were also disrupted.
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