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Budget Crisis of National Religious Educational Institutions Ends
David Shmueli 11/11/2009 11:27
The Religious Education Forum organizations have called off a demonstration planned for Sunday. In a meeting this morning between Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz, Education Minister Gideon Sa'ar, Coalition Chairman Ze'ev Elkin and Director-General of the Prime Minister's Office Eyal Gabbai, it was agreed that an additional 75 million shekels will be allotted to the State Religious Education system, as a partial solution to its budgetary difficulties.