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Netanyahu cheers first round of stimulus payments to 1.25 million families
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Finance Minister Israel Katz and the head of the National Insurance Institute, Meir Shpiglar.
The prime minister cheers the stimulus checks for nearly all Israeli citizens, after the first round of payments began earlier in the day.
“As we promised, another 40,000 businesses today received an additional round of aid and also 99.57% of the children of Israel, who are three million children in 1,250,000 families,” says Netanyahu.
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