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Monday, May 18, 2020
New finance chief takes 10% pay cut to signal solidarity with out-of-work Israelis
New Finance Minister Israel Katz says he’s slashing his salary by 10 percent in a show of solidarity with the over one million Israelis out of work due to the economic crisis accompanying the coronavirus pandemic.
“At this difficult time we must set a personal example as elected officials,” he writes on Twitter.
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