President Isaac Herzog and Justice Minister Yariv Levin decided to implement a special amnesty program for those with debts due to fines, including in the field of planning and construction, who found themselves in a difficult economic situation due to the war and are having difficulty paying their debts during this period.
The scene of the direct hit in Ashkelon
As part of the plan, fines will be eased for regular and reserve combatants in the IDF and security forces, bereaved families and families of abductees, as well as for families of evacuees and those whose homes were damaged in the war – who found themselves in economic distress due to the war.
The outline was born out of the understanding that since the outbreak of the war, many of the country's residents have been dealing with difficulties in employment and livelihood, in addition to the severe price that the war exacts on the citizens of the country on the front and on the home front. The outline does not prevent the submission of applications that are not in accordance with the special outline, so that anyone who finds himself in financial distress can apply for relief according to the usual rules for amnesty requests.
Emphasis on the Druze community and Bedouin society
As first reported by Israel Hayom, the special amnesty framework will also include a unique context in the field of planning and construction, in which the difficulty in paying fines imposed on those who build for residential purposes in communities where there is a significant planning challenge will be emphasized.
This outline was formulated against the background of appeals made during the president's visits to bereaved families in the Druze community and Bedouin society, and additional appeals to the Minister of Justice, and against the background of the Druze community's spiritual leader, Sheikh Muafek Tarif, addressing the difficulty of the girls and members of the community fighting in the campaign to cope with paying heavy fines at this time.
In addition, the outline is intended to express the appreciation of the President and Minister of Justice for those who serve the state, and for those who risk their lives for the defense of the state, as well as for those who make a unique contribution to its security, and for those who lost what is most precious in the heavy campaign.
"The standards that the people are setting at this time are imaginary."
"These days are difficult days," Herzog said. "The grief, grief and upheaval we have been going through since the barbaric terrorist attack by the Hamas monsters and the consequences of the campaign it forced on us, are mixed with determination, national strength and faith in the justice of the path – to restore security to all citizens of Israel and bring the abductees home."
"In these challenging moments, Israeli society has emerged and is being revealed in all its glory, in cohesion, mobilization, boundless mutual responsibility, on the front and on the home front, in all the diverse communities of Israel and throughout the country. The standards that this nation is setting at this time are imaginary, and the state and its institutions must meet them in the full sense of the word. The launch of the new amnesty framework rests, among other things, precisely on these foundations of solidarity in our difficult hour."
Justice Minister Yariv Levin said: "The pardons outline is another aspect of the social unity and solidarity that we so desperately need as a people these days. The outline expresses gratitude to those who serve, to the fallen and wounded of the IDF, and to the murdered and victims of the massacre, and proves the state's commitment to the IDF fighters, who fight fiercely for the defense of the homeland on all fronts. Levin added, "The outline also includes special gratitude to the Druze community, whose best sons serve in the IDF and protect the state, and to members of the security forces from all minorities."
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