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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 374

National Committee of Heads of Arab Local Authorities

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich speaks at a press conference at the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem on September 3, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
September 5, 2024, 12:46 pm
As Smotrich holds up funding, some Arab Israeli mayors allege racism
Finance minister’s decision to withhold $55 million for economic development in the Arab sector ‘exacerbating the cycle of poverty and violence,’ says Umm al-Fahm mayor
By Sam Sokol
Illustrative: View of an empty school at in Tel Aviv following a strike of the Teachers Union, on June 19, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 26, 2023, 10:19 pm
High school teachers threaten strike from September 1 amid stalled salary talks
Head of Secondary School Teachers’ Association: ‘We are preparing for a long strike’; Arab communities may also keep schools shut amid deadly crime wave
By ToI Staff
Left to right: Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Jerusalem Affairs Minister Meir Porush and Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion at an announcement in Jerusalem on August 20, 2023. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
August 20, 2023, 5:10 pm
Cabinet okays $843m development plan for East Jerusalem, while other funds withheld
Move comes as local authorities call for nationwide two-hour strike on Monday in solidarity with Arab towns across country that are protesting ongoing budget freeze by Smotrich
By ToI Staff
Arab citizens protest the budget cut in the Arab sector, outside the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem, on August 13, 2023. Banner reads 'Objecting to cutting budgets protesting for life.' (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 14, 2023, 9:22 am
Arab towns plan Jerusalem rally, strike action over Smotrich’s freeze on funds
General strike set for next week; mayors say they won’t let school year start unless government transfers needed millions
By ToI Staff
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