At the meeting of the heads of the coalition, it was decided today (Sunday) that the government will completely cancel the tax on sweet drinks.
Shas Chairman Rabbi Aryeh Deri: "We promised to cancel this offensive tax and so we will."
The cancellation of the tax also includes diet drinks.
As I recall, this is a decision of the Lapid-Bennett government that will now probably be canceled.
As you may recall, the previous government's decision to impose a tax on disposable products was also canceled.
A stormy confrontation in the Finance Committee regarding the lowering of the tax on disposable and sweet drinks
The Association of Health Doctors in Israel attacked: "The decision of the leaders of the coalition today to completely abolish the tax on sweetened beverages will have a heavy health cost, which will cost human lives, limb amputations and heart attacks. This is an irresponsible and unreasonable decision, against the Israeli public, against science and logic and against what is accepted in the world.
Canceling a decision of the previous government.
The meeting of the heads of the coalition (archive), photo: None
"Waiting for the beverage companies in the amount of about one billion shekels per year will not ease the cost of living. We call on the Minister of Finance to act according to the public interest and not cancel the tax. We will continue to fight against the disregard for human life and for public health. We call on the public to choose the healthy and cheap alternative - drink water." .
Participated in the preparation of the news:
Yehuda Shlesinger, Sonia Gorodisky
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