Two coalition members will be absent from the votes today (Wednesday) in the Knesset plenum, MK Almog Cohen from 'Otzma Yehudit' who is angry about the reduction of tax benefits for several cities in the south. It should be noted that in the last two days difficulties arose with his appointment to the position of deputy minister in the Prime Minister's Office after the quota of deputy ministers MK Dodi Amsalem, who is not feeling well, will also be absent from the votes.
Cohen told Israel Hayom: "Someone in the State of Israel decided that the tax benefits would be taken away from communities in the south that were besieged by the Wall Guard. We cannot live with that. Our goal is to settle the Negev, which is not an easy task anyway, and the heads of the authorities in the Negev are furious and angry about it. I The messenger of the people of the Negev and I cannot stand by" regarding the issue of the appointment, Cohen clarifies that this is not the reason for his planned absence "Although there is an agreement signed in black and white, but that is not the issue. What is important is the residents of the south".
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MK Almog Cohen, photo: Oren Ben Hakon
Around Amsalem there is a claim in recent days that he does not come to the debates as an act of protest that his demand to be appointed to the position of Speaker of the Knesset or Minister of Justice was not accepted. His associates reject this outright and say that although Amsalem is hurt, it is not an act of protest but Amsalem does not feel On Yom Tov since last Sunday, with a high fever and flu and yesterday he even arrived for treatment and a doctor's visit at Shaare Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem.
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