Smotrich's comments on the cuts to youth movements/Knesset channel
Being a resident of the north in days like this is not easy.
Being the head of a council in the north is much more difficult - you may be the address for the questions, but you don't have any answers, certainly not a good answer.
What to do?
We try to make an effort with the decision-makers, we run between the hotels to which the residents have been evacuated, we try to keep the community as united as possible, so that, the next day, they will find as many returning residents as possible, otherwise we can really close the business here: at first in the school areas, then also In the center of the country.
Now imagine that the man who has the keys to a better future for localities and the heads of councils in his pocket wants to meet with you.
Apparently this is a dream - here finally the person responsible for the public treasury arrives.
Now go out and learn how much the heads of the authorities do not trust the Minister of Finance, Bezalel Smotrich - and are not willing to be extras in his show anymore.
This is not about ego, as some of the heads of authorities were willing to donate an organ from their bodies to save their communities, speaking here of an acute crisis of trust that has never been the same, between a local government and a government that has lost all legitimacy in his eyes.
"Until the Minister of Finance transfers the money, there is no point in meeting," say the frustrated heads of authorities, but what do they mean?
Netanyahu with the heads of authorities in the north 4 months ago.
Where is the money he promised?/Government Press Office, Amos Ben Gershom
Where's the money?
Here is the summary of the previous chapters: As a lesson from the massacre in the south, the government ordered the residents of the conflict line in the north to evacuate their homes.
Some were evacuated by her order, others who felt threatened evacuated themselves, knowing that the fact that they are a kilometer beyond the line established by the government does not guarantee them anything - and the pleading cries of the residents of the south besieged by the Mmadim, still echo in their ears. Others were forced to abandon fields that are in a direct line of fire from Lebanon, dairy farms, orchards and vineyards.
We note that although this is an area with spectacular scenery and loved by the residents of Israel, it is not considered particularly well-established even in times of peace. The farmers, for example, are those who, whenever a proposal is made to open the food market for imports, become the poster boys of the agricultural lobby, routinely exploited by their owners The large barns and dairies, the egg cartel and other councils that were founded ostensibly for their sake and in fact so that those involved in agriculture would get richer than those actually engaged in it (but that is a topic for another discussion that can be held in times of peace and normality).
The Israeli government may be less dangerous to their existence than the threat that lurks behind the border fence, but abuses them To be fair: the prime minister, for example, who has many voters in some localities, promised them immediate emergency aid of 3 billion shekels. Where is the money? Maybe along with what they promised to the reservists, maybe it will be shelved like free education for ages 0-3.
Maybe the treasury was busy convincing the agency Moody's not to downgrade Israel's credit rating, even though according to the Minister of Finance this is a political and uninteresting audit report, which is intended to impose proposals on us that will lead to our destruction (as opposed to the excellent idea of settling in Gaza, for example).
Whatever the reason, money did not pass "before the end of January" as Netanyahu promised them.
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Smotrich arrives in the north - heads of authorities refuse to meet with him
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How much mistrust do you have to sizzle in the man of the century, to refuse a meeting with him when you need money?
Minister of Finance, Bezalel Smotrich/Reuven Castro
What has happened since then?
A long time, even a long time.
A time that will soon put many of the business owners in the north on a complex and much more difficult path of compensation, a time during which more families broke up as a result of staying in a hotel room in the north, a time during which businesses are closed, a time when with every passing day more of the evacuees receive alternative job offers: "Why do you have to be open-minded and village Gaza coming?"
Relatives ask - "Let's try to arrange a job for you with us, actually looking now, move house, take care of the children, make a living, start over...".
We will remind you that these are not people whose homes were broken into by terrorists (thank God!) but that, on the contrary, it is the State of Israel that intervened preventively in their lives, it is the one that is supposed to provide for them, it is the one that should have a supreme interest in order for them to return to their homes as quickly and safely as possible (also at the level of security, the solution We still don't see it on the horizon. We promise them that it will calm down with them after it calms down in the south. It makes sense only until you remember that these are the same generals and politicians who called them crazy when they claimed that they were being dug under the fence).
Destruction in Kibbutz Menara.
If the settlement in the areas of the book is eliminated, it is possible to start and fold the rest of Israel/Official website, Upper Galilee Regional Council
Time is working against the North
Just think how ridiculous is the scenario in which those who need the money the most refuse (note that there were heads of authorities who did come to the meeting, but the majority refused), to meet with the Minister of Finance.
How great is the crisis of trust, how great is the suspicion.
What is the Minister of Finance doing in the meantime?
Ran to the studios to defend himself following the credit rating downgrade: "Israel's economy is strong!"
He calls out loud.
the truth?
It's strong, but that's mainly because there are good plots that he inherited from his predecessors and hasn't been able to spoil yet.
This is also the reason why it still enjoys high demand for its bonds, which are prevented by the assessment of many investors that he will not remain in his position for much longer.
Even if that is the case, the Minister of Finance will not remain unemployed: even if responsible officials in the Israeli government prevent him from settling in Gaza, he will always be able to resettle near the border in the Galilee, an area that, by the time help arrives from him, may already be empty of residents.
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