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The holder of the education portfolio in the Haifa municipality is also the vice president of an association that works with it

Despite her role in the municipality, Sigal Zioni also holds a senior position at Yad Ezer LaHever.

Although she says there is nothing wrong with that, the parties refuse to present conflict of interest agreements.

The organization claimed that "it is prevented from interfering in anything related to us," and Zioni denied any connection between the activities: lies that are driven by foreign considerations

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Yoav Itiel

Wednesday, 02 September 2020, 22:50

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The holder of the education portfolio in the Haifa Municipality, Sigal Zioni, has also been employed for several weeks as VP of Operations and Fundraising at Yad Ezer LaHever, which operates in the city. The municipality and the association believe that this is not wrong, given the limitations of conflict of interest agreements. introduce them.

Zionist right hand of a mayor Einat Kalish-Rotem, appeared this week in photography planting urbanite its Facebook page. the picture shows scores gives a computer to one of the students in Haifa. "I met with Siegel scores, which holds the education portfolio Haifa municipality and with Shimon Sabag, founder "And the CEO of the Yad Ezer LaHever organization, who donated a new computer to the girl so that she can study easily. Zoom thank you," the girl's father wrote on Facebook.

The association's CEO Sabag explained that "yesterday, in collaboration with Zionists, we distributed toys, bags and computers that the association raised for four million shekels." He said, "The municipality helped us distribute it to all kindergartens and schools." The

post was much praised, but some also expressed surprise. "What happened to the donations of the mayor and her deputies who said they would buy computers for children who have difficulty obtaining them?" Sabag?

Does it solve the problems of distress in the city? "

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Gives a computer to one of the students in Haifa.

Zionist Siegel

Sabag, for his part, claimed that he had never met the mayor of Haifa.

"I have no dialogue with her, unfortunately the municipality did not help us with one shekel," he said.

However, he admitted that Zioni has been serving as his association's vice president for three weeks. "She has worked in aviation for 25 years, she has the talent to run an operation of hundreds of employees who worked under her," he explained. "She is the vice president for all areas, to remove me. The burden. "

The chairman of the association denied the allegations of a conflict of interest on the part of Zionist, and claimed that the salary it receives is not particularly high.

"We do not receive a single shekel," he said. that "it is not mayor of Haifa and her deputy - is a member of the city council."

He also claimed that basically dividing Savage computers and toys genes not present a conflict of interest. "these genes have our equipment for 20 years.

The division takes place in the weakened gardens, and sees no conflict of interest, "he said." It is prevented from interfering in anything related to the association. "

The post posted on Facebook by the father whose daughter received a computer

Despite this, the association's website published that "Earlier this week, Sigal Zioni, VP of Operations and Resource Recruitment of Yad Ezer LaHaber, arrived with schoolbags equipped with all the equipment required for a student to one of the educational institutions." How it is presented.

If she had taken it to the municipal employees - that's something else already. "The

father who wrote the post about Zionist on Facebook, is surprisingly an employee of the Haifa municipality." I do not know this association, "he claimed. she knows the girl. "he said he applied to the computer for his daughter last year through the school, but did not receive." within two days, scores achieved my computer, "he said.

the computer is received at the offices of the" friend a helping hand ", where they waited for him Sabag and Zioni. "They called me there and gave me the computer," said the father, "Zioni was waiting for me there." He was surprised to hear that Zioni worked as the association's vice president and not as the holder of the education portfolio in Haifa.

"I did not ask and she did not tell me anything. I personally did not know."

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Sigal Zionist: "Any attempt to link things is driven by foreign considerations"

Sigal Zioni denied any connection between her activities at the municipality and her work at the association.

"I am a full-time, unpaid volunteer city council member and have been fulfilling a volunteer public mission for 29 years," Zioni said.

"Of which about seven years as a city council member and less than two years as the holder of the education portfolio."

There is no connection between my public volunteer activity nearly three decades between work organization. "

Scores made it clear that the" conflict of interest agreement signed by duly, and is customary for the legal advice of the city of Haifa.

I applied on my own initiative demanding the municipality's legal advisor ahead of time and even included the relevant clauses in my employment contract.

This is in order to adhere to all the rules and instructions.

I will abide by any instruction and guidance of the Attorney General as required from being a member of the City Council. "

She said," Distribution of computers or any other donation made on behalf of the association is done in an orderly and professional manner by lists of those in need, and by management.

This is at the sole discretion of the executive director and founder of the association. "

Zioni noted that "any attempt to link things, or between my public volunteer activity and my work as a vice president of an organization funded solely by donations and operating on a large scale nationwide and not just in Haifa - are unfaithful to reality and are vain and irresponsible." .

"There is no connection between my volunteer activities and my work in the association."

Zionist

Although she claimed that a conflict of interest arrangement existed, Zioni refrained from sending it.

"Everything is with the municipal attorney general legally," she argued.

The latter, Adv. Yamit Klein, also did not send the conflict of interest agreement. "Sigal informed us in advance, and before she took office, a suitable conflict of interest arrangement was made for her, including participation in events," she said.

Shimon Sabag undertook to send the legal opinion The association, however, later apologized and said that this would not be possible.

According to him, the reason is that the terms were written into the contract with Zionists.

He referred to the Haifa municipality's spokesperson to ask for the opinion of the attorney general, who he said was presented to him before hiring the services of the education portfolio holder.

Haifa Municipality spokeswomen also chose not to comment on the request.

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