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Northern Council Heads Urge Netanyahu to Spare Region from Budget Cuts

The chairman of the Confrontation Line Forum called on the prime minister to protect rehabilitation and fortification funds ahead of Sunday's cabinet meeting.


Benjamin Netanyahu
Benjamin Netanyahu · Photo: Itzhak Harari / Knesset Archives · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Moshe Davidovich, chairman of the Confrontation Line Forum, has called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to exempt funding for northern communities from an upcoming across-the-board cut to government ministries. According to reports by ynet and Maariv, the appeal was submitted in a letter ahead of Sunday's cabinet meeting.

In the letter, Davidovich warned that spending reductions would undermine resident security, fortification efforts, municipal services, and the rehabilitation of frontline localities. He stated that Netanyahu had previously committed to local leaders to safeguard these allocations.

An official response from the Prime Minister's Office has not yet been released.

Sources: מעריב — עסקים, ynet — חדשות

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