From the Liveblog of
Sunday, December 24, 2017
Ministers approve NIS 1.5 billion boost in disability benefits
Ministers vote to carry out the first set of benefit increases for the disabled, approving an NIS 1.45 billion ($416 million) package that will see benefits raised for over 200,000 disabled Israelis.
The proposal passes unanimously in today’s cabinet meeting, with the new funds to be made available and distributed to the disabled starting January 1.
The unbudgeted expenditure, which follows a special agreement reached between the Finance Ministry and protesting disability activists earlier this year, must still be either approved by the Knesset Finance Committee or passed as a law in the plenum. According to Hadashot television news, Finance Ministry officials are working to present the plan in bill form to the plenum for its first of three votes as soon as Monday.
The Times of Israel Community.