Lieberman shoots in all directions, even by his own standards

The Minister of Finance hosted a conference of the consulting firm EY and as usual, provided some explosive statements.

According to him, the Likud has become an ultra-Orthodox party even though "Jabotinsky did not fast on Yom Kippur."

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20/12/2021

Monday, 20 December 2021, 15:34 Updated: 16:05

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The Minister of Finance, Avigdor Lieberman, was the guest of honor at the annual CFO's conference of the consulting and accounting firm EY Israel, and as usual provided some explosive statements, one of which will surely upset the mentors, the people Lieberman apologized to just a few days ago. The remarks were made in a conversation with Doron Shaharbani, chairman of EY in Israel.

The first issue that Lieberman addressed was the price spin in the housing market. Living.

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"Absolutely not. There are some components that cause you to end up with an apartment at an unreasonable price. We can influence three components. The first is supply - we are approaching 100,000 marketing, it is an all-time record to this day, except for the period when Arik Sharon was at the helm The housing cabinet. Then we talk about deals, ie someone buys the land, then planning and approval in various committees and at the end of construction starts. We are also in a good position in marketing. We try to suppress demand, speaking of purchase tax.

You can not build without building At the same time infrastructure. The fact that there is a functioning government and planning, helps to move forward at the same time. The place where we can not influence is maritime transport that has risen by about 1,700% since the outbreak of the corona. We can make an impact. Today I am much more confident in the housing sector. We said that we probably will not be able to reduce it, but if there is an increase of 3-5% - and this year there will be an increase of 11%, then so be it.

I met two months ago with the new Japanese Ambassador to Israel. He said that everything here is so expensive, much more expensive than Tokyo. I remembered my first visit there that I thought Tokyo was the most expensive place on earth. If a kilo of yogurt in Israel costs NIS 17 and the average in the EU is NIS 8, then that's the whole story. The cost of the products in relation to other places in the world. "

Lieberman returned to the issue of real estate: "Municipalities are not crazy about bringing new residents to the city because it costs them. On employment areas they earn. That is why land for housing is much more expensive. I believe the state can break the paradigm.

For this we have created all sorts of parallel mechanisms designed to expedite proceedings. The main problem is indeed in the demand areas, Gush Dan. Here, too, there are all sorts of places that have not yet reached the prices of Arlozorov Dizengoff corner. Like Lod, Ramla, Jaffa D., prices that can be dealt with.

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We have to give all the solutions here, the metro that will include 24 cities in Gush Dan, 100 stations is one of them. "

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Doron Shaharbani, Chairman of EY Israel, in a conversation with Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman (Photo: Courtesy of EY)

"Tourists do not come, but Israelis have already been to Dubai 8 times"

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"First of all, as for guides, they also know that it is a very volatile industry. Even in military operations the number of tourists coming immediately decreases. At the weekend there were all kinds of announcements from the G7 health ministers and the World Health Organization, President Biden, etc. When I take the All the posts we have seen in the last week, it is clear that we will have to deal with the epidemic in both 2022 and 2023. Anyone who wants to acquire a profession, has an alternative.Even those who want a temporary livelihood, we lack corona loyalists or those involved in epidemiological chain research, hundreds of people. The name of the salary is NIS 10,000.

When will tourism return and how?

we do not know.

In terms of domestic tourism we broke all records.

I look at the quarterly reports of the hotel chains that are traded in Tel Aviv, they reached record results. The problem is with small hotels that are not part of the chain or those that were built on groups of pilgrims.

This year 6 million people went in and out at Ben Gurion Airport.

At Duty Free they broke all records.

Did 150% compared to the year before the corona.

Even yesterday with all the restrictions, 31,000 people passed through the field, entering and leaving.

I try to see the whole picture and sometimes need to be phrased more successfully, but that does not change the facts.

Before Corona we had 4.5 million tourists and this year 300,000.

But the Israelis, once given the opportunity, had already visited Dubai 8 times each.

That is our reality. "

Lieberman: Tourists do not come, but in Duty Free they have already done 150% of what they did before the Corona (Photo: Official website, Flash 90)

"Soldiers spend time at sea instead of voting in elections"

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"This is without a doubt one of the most difficult dilemmas. It's all 'like'. What is it? There is no public transport? In a city like Haifa there is traditionally. Taxis work. Some municipalities operate some line alone. We of course advocate public transport on Saturdays, I think it is a real need, But there is no majority in the Knesset.

In the end, the public will have to have its say. The secular public mostly prefers to spend time at the beach in elections and does not vote properly. "Everything is confused. First of all Shas and Torah Judaism, then everything else. The only liberal party there is Yisrael Beiteinu, on all levels."

Ze'ev Fortress in Tel Aviv: "When you come to the party house (Likud), it is almost an ultra-Orthodox party" (Photo: Reuven Castro)

"Jabotinsky did not fast on Yom Kippur"

Lieberman went on to point out the sharp differences, according to Yisrael Beiteinu and the Likud: "Jabotinsky does not fast on Yom Kippur, I fast three times a year. He did not keep Shabbat, did not eat kosher food. We are in favor of the liberal, even by public transport.

every Israeli economy two are the most successful high-tech and capital markets, because each of these aspects of government involvement is minimal. I favor as much as possible to reduce the involvement staggered.

those who do not know, North Korea is the most unequal in the world and the US "In the most unequal, we have to be somewhere in the middle.

I will settle for the Scandinavian model.

Public transportation and civil marriage are very important.

"Whoever wants to eat on Shabbat, and whoever wants to eat is not kosher."

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