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The Government Will Likely Postpone the Vote on the National Priorities Map
The vote on approval of the National Priorities Map might be postponed and passed to discussion due to the expected opposition of Shas and Labor Ministers. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu suggested that Defense Minister and Labor faction Chairman, Ehud Barak, should establish a Ministerial Committee to study the map.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu suggested that Ehud Barak, the Defense Minister and Labor Party Chairman should establish a Ministerial Committee to examine the map and submit recommendations on the subject before the proposal will be transferred to government approval. In this way, Netanyahu in essence caved in to the opposition of Labor and Shas Ministers to the map in its current form.
The Prime Minister is willing to consider the inclusion of Maale Adumim in the plan, under which every citizen living in 90 areas declared as national priority regions will be awarded with 1000 shekels per person.
The total cost of the program will be approximately 110 million shekels.