For Netanyahu's attention: A massive protest is expected in front of the government meeting
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich sent an urgent letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu demanding the integration of the rehabilitation of IDF wounded soldiers into the multi-year plan of the defense establishment. The letter comes against…
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Finance Minister Smotrich has sent an urgent letter to Prime Minister Netanyahu demanding that the rehabilitation of wounded IDF soldiers be included in the defense establishment's multi-year plan. The letter comes as a large protest by the IDF Disabled Veterans Organization is planned for Sunday near the cabinet meeting. Smotrich's circle insists the letter was sent to support the wounded soldiers' struggle, not because of the demonstration. The disconnect between the government's pace and the protesters' urgency is the real story here; watch whether the protest's scale forces a faster response than Smotrich's letter alone would achieve.