Merchants welcomed the decision of the Corona Cabinet to allow them to open stores next Sunday • "Beg the people of Israel, free the November holidays from the Chinese and buy in Israel"
Danny El-Harrar, Magen Yavneh, a fashion manufacturer and owner of a wholesale business in the field of fashion in south Tel Aviv named "Daniel" this evening (Wednesday) welcomed the decision of the Corona Cabinet to open the street shops.
El-Harrar praised his position on the issue of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: "First of all, it is good that he kept his word in the face of the position of the Minister of Health.
We have no hatred for Bibi.
The only thing is we feel that for all the last few months he has hit us because he could have opened the stores and not opened.
We welcome the decision, but we are seeking compensation for inventory or a VAT exemption for a fixed period, which will give us a boost to get by. Just as we gave the Chinese a VAT exemption, they will give us a six-month exemption until the corona runs out.
"A third of the opening stores will no longer be relevant. No one will give these store owners goods, because during that period they increased their debts. The state had to say: Take compensation like the stock you had two months before the closure, to create cash flow for them."
Shops closed in Ashdod // Photo: Liron Moldovan
Regarding the four-person restriction in stores, Elharar says, "It supposedly looks good after we were closed, but I would like the writers to be limited to 20 people as well, so that it would be fair. Why don't you limit the writers? For two months they sold the goods in our category. Once the morbidity rises they will say it is because of the trade.
"In addition, I beg the people of Israel, release the November holidays from the Chinese and buy in Israel. Every shekel you spend in Israel is on the border of the mitzvah."