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Thursday, April 16, 2020
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Thursday, April 16, 2020
Treasury officials said at loggerheads with Health Ministry over lockdown relief
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleHealth and economy officials are again butting heads over proposals to lift the closure.
According to the Ynet news site, during a briefing with the prime minister, Finance Ministry Director-General Shai Babad says the health authorities’ plan “can’t be serious. This is not what an exit strategy looks like. We must let the economy breathe.”
Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon worried people would take to the streets in protest.
Netanyahu said earlier the relief must be “gradual and responsible.”
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