Treasury Warning After Surrender to Haredim: Shelving Transportation Reform - 40 Billion Damage
First publication: The Director General of the Ministry of Transportation and the Deputy Budget Commissioner at the Ministry of Finance sent a harsh letter to Coalition Chairman Ofir Katz - who, as part of the…
Assessment
Senior officials from the Transportation and Finance Ministries have warned coalition chairman Ofir Katz that removing the metropolitan authorities bill from the agenda, as part of a deal with ultra-Orthodox parties, will cost 40 billion shekels in lost benefits. The bill was designed to reduce traffic congestion. The warning letter signals a rare public rift between professional civil servants and political coalition management over a policy trade-off.