Business owners respond to Lieberman: "There is an actual closure here, people will lose everything"

The finance minister's statement that "there is no closure - no grant for every citizen" provoked outrage among some business owners, who claim that Lieberman "ignores the situation on the ground among restaurateurs."

According to them, the one that is closed is only the trade industry, and "in the meantime we are paying all the expenses that were hitherto normal"

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09/01/2022

Sunday, 09 January 2022, 21:50 Updated: 21:58

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In the video: Lieberman to business owners: "No general closure - no grant for every citizen" (Walla system!)

Business owners were angry this evening (Sunday) at Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman's remarks that there would be no help for all businesses, but "there would be targeted help for businesses affected by the corona." "This time it will be worse than the first closure," they said.

Businessman Roni Insaz from the owners of the "Scoop" shoe chain told Walla! About his feelings. "A grant is not a grant it does not help. There are a lot of people who lose their homes, this time it will be worse than the first closure that all the expenses continue, the workers and the property tax, people will lose everything."

"What needs to be done is what they did in the rest of the industries," Insaz said. "Open the banquet halls, open the flights - they will also open the shortage. What is here is an unequivocal closure for business owners. After all, all the banquet halls and football games are open. There is no closure in anything else.In the meantime, we are paying all the expenses that have been the usual hitherto. "

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"Quiet closure."

Lieberman (Photo: Flash 90, Yonatan Zindel)

Tomer Moore, CEO of "Strong Restaurateurs Together" said that "the Minister of Finance refers to the macro economy and ignores the situation in the micro field among restaurateurs. As the morbidity of the fifth wave rises and the government's decision to allow barriers leads to the closure of customers at home.

" At a time like this, there is a 'quiet closure' so relying on shipments produces an economic distortion as the shipping fee of about 32% steals the bulk of the turnover and can lead to a loss.

" Economy, Finance, Health and the Prime Minister's Office. We agreed that the green mark would be abolished and replaced by a stricter purple mark on trade in Israel. Summaries and agreements must be respected. "

"Regarding the words of the Minister of Finance regarding the outline of compensation for businesses, we would like to emphasize that today we are in a state of closure in practice without being in closure," they claimed.

"We would like to remind the Minister of Finance that during the previous closures the business owners did not pay rent and today yes, no management fees and today yes, no property taxes and no electricity and today yes. In daily revenue, close to a 50% decrease. "

Green sign in the Ofer Mall (Photo: Reuven Castro)

"Every commercial business in Israel is bleeding from the moment it is decided on a 'green mark' on trade. The situation has even worsened against the background of the huge number of isolators and the negative sentiment created as a result of the panic in which some citizens are fleeing the trade."

"We call on the Israeli government to activate the workers' compensation mechanism in order to facilitate business. We also demand that a fair compensation plan be formulated for businesses in Israel, assuming that the severe damage will continue over the coming weeks."

"No grant This grant does not help" (Photo: Reuven Castro)

On the other hand, Lily Ben Shalom, chairwoman of the restaurant industry at the Craft and Industry Association and owner of a night restaurant in the Carmel market, is pleased with the finance minister's move, but she criticizes the government's conduct: Better that way, the tax authorities have all the data and they can determine who was harmed. If in the past the government would make cuts by industry, not just halls and malls, then the situation would be much better. Talk to crying shareholders who have no livelihood, culture and leisure are the first to be harmed by the omkiron or war. Let them put the bars in. Why hotels and nightlife? How is it different? "

"People just want to survive. No one is currently thinking about making a profit," says Ben Shalom.

"I am in favor of targeted assistance, but they should sit down with the business owners and bring data. After all, Eran Yaakov, head of the Tax Authority, was proud to have a new system that he could launch data with one click, so let's enter and see what happens to businesses. "That one day they will do something right. My point then is forward, that they will collect data from now on and that this government will work like a business."

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