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Increasing opposition in the Knesset to raising the retirement age for women: "Hunger for bread"

At a digital conference held tonight, MKs from the coalition and the opposition issued a united call against the Ministry of Finance's outline for raising the retirement age for women.

Meretz and the Labor Party even threaten to vote against the Arrangements Law.

MK Michal Rosin: "Finance Minister with his own hands fails the change government"

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Wednesday, 25 August 2021, 22:00 Updated: 22:20

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There is growing opposition in the Knesset to raising the retirement age for women, which is part of the Arrangements Law attached to the state budget.

Tonight (Wednesday) a digital conference was held against the plan to raise the retirement age for women, organized by MKs from Meretz, Yesh Atid and the Labor Party. The

conference was attended by Minister of Environmental Protection Tamar Zandberg and other MKs from the coalition and the opposition, including MK Moshe Gafni (Torah Judaism), former chairman of the Finance Committee, who said the Ministry of Finance's outline would lead to "women starving for bread."

The Knesset is expected to vote on the budget and the Arrangements Law in the first reading at the beginning of next month.

Raising the retirement age for women, which is part of the Arrangements Law, is one of the main points of contention that provokes widespread internal opposition in the coalition - among MKs from Labor, Meretz and Yesh Atid, who also oppose agricultural reform and the establishment of the regulatory authority. Will separate the major reforms into separate legislation.

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In the video: Opposition in the coalition and the opposition to raising the retirement age (Walla system!)

Raising the retirement age has created within the coalition a kind of internal coalition of MKs from various factions, who demand to make significant changes in the outline and especially to provide a safety net and an assistance package for hard-working women who drop out of the labor market early. MK Michal Rosin (Meretz) and MK Naama Lazimi (Labor), who are leading the struggle, signed dozens of Knesset members from the coalition and the opposition earlier this month demanding Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman split the reform on the retirement age arrangement into separate legislation that would allow for in-depth and meaningful discussion. Rosin and Lazimi, together with MK Merav Ben-Ari (Yesh Atid) also organized the online conference, which was held in Zoom, to intensify the struggle.

Rosin opened the conference by saying that the retirement age, agricultural reform and the establishment of the regulatory authority are "red lines" for Meretz and accused the Ministry of Finance of deliberately trying to frustrate the government.

"We demand that these outlines be improved, otherwise the finance minister, with his own hands, will fail the change government. If the outline remains offensive and destructive as it is, we will not be able to vote in favor of the Arrangements Act."

Zimi demanded that the Ministry of Finance address the social gaps that would be created.

"Such a reform cannot pass without a significant expansion of responses and budgets for women who so desperately need it," she said.

"Red line".

MK Michal Rosin (Photo: Niv Aharonson)

"Serious crime against underprivileged women."

MK Moshe Gafni (Photo: Reuven Castro)

The Minister of the Environment, Tamar Zandberg, compared the retirement age outline to the IDF pension outline, which was approved by the government this week: That it will not hurt their pensions. "

The Deputy Minister of Economy, Yair Golan, joined the call and said that "we men have an interest in our women being treated equally. This issue is not subject to coalition negotiations. This is not how we build a wall for women in Israel."

The conference was also attended by representatives of the opposition - MK Moshe Gafni, MK Orit Struck (Religious Zionism) and MK Ofer Kasif (joint list). Gafni said that "raising the retirement age should be done carefully and with careful planning.

Going a big step forward which is a big step backwards for many women, whose job it is to take care of them.

"This is a serious crime against underprivileged women."

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