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No coalition lawmakers at Knesset meeting on rising food prices
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleAriela Karmel is a political correspondent at The Times of Israel. She previously reported for Calcalist and Haaretz. She holds an MA in Middle Eastern and African History from Tel Aviv University and a BA in Political Science from the University of British Columbia.
No coalition lawmakers are present at the Knesset’s Economic Affairs Committee meeting today to discuss the fifth rise in food prices in two years, apart from Likud MK and committee chair David Biton.
Present at the meeting is Yesh Atid MK Jasmine Sachs Friedman, who tweets, “Only Knesset members from the opposition are present. The price madness at supermarkets apparently hasn’t reached the disconnected coalition members.”
Food prices in Israel have surged dramatically in the last two years since the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, onslaught and Israel’s subsequent multi-front war, putting severe pressure on households. According to Leket Israel-The National Food Bank, food prices have risen by 5% in the past year alone.
Yesh Atid MK Meir Cohen says, “We have become one of the most expensive countries in the world. That’s a fact.”
He calls for cooperation between coalition and opposition lawmakers to address the needs of the 22% of Israelis living below the poverty line, who can’t independently afford “basic” food items.
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