In the video: the traffic jam between the Ein Tut interchange and Yokneam/photo: Reuters
MK David Bitan, chairman of the economy committee/image processing, Knesset spokeswoman, Noam Moshkowitz
The Knesset's Economy Committee, chaired by MK David Bitan (Likud), convened this morning for a follow-up discussion on the initiative to exempt reservists from paying on toll roads when traveling to the reserves, at the request of MK Michal Waldiger (religious Zionism).
In the discussion, Chairman Bitan demanded from the Ministries of Defense and Finance to increase the reimbursements of the travel expenses of reserve servants, so that it would also include reimbursement for payment on toll roads. This after the Derech Eretz company had already announced that they would not collect fines from reserve servants.
Bitan mentioned that the committee requested data about travel on toll roads, and demanded an increase in the reimbursement of travel expenses paid to reservists, so that it would also include reimbursement for travel on toll roads.
Transportation representative in the budget department at the Ministry of Finance, Shay Shashtiel, said that the Ministry of Finance believes that it is correct that the reimbursement of expenses for travel on the toll road to reservists will be made through the existing mechanism of reimbursement of expenses The trip provided by the army to reservists.
Reservist vehicles near one of the assembly points.
In the absence of public transport on Shabbat, soldiers are forced to use their private vehicles/documentation on social networks according to Section 27 A of the Copyright Law, photographs of surfers
The head of a particular field of the reserve personnel planning branch in the IDF, Lt. Col. (retd.) Shir Avinoam, said that the army pays the soldiers reimbursement of travel expenses of about 600 shekels on average, and an increased reimbursement is possible for 30 officers in the battalion, for the benefit of soldiers who travel more - according to the considerations of the General Assembly. She added that if they want to increase the payment, the army will have to receive an additional budget from the treasury.
MK Waldiger said that this is the third meeting on the subject and she still cannot understand how much money is involved.
She added that if the army doesn't do it, no other body will.
Chairman Bitan said that the role of the government ministries is to find where to get the money, to help the reservists get home faster. He announced a break in the discussion, and called on the representatives of the army and the treasury to reach an agreement that would resolve the problem retroactively, from the beginning of the war.
After the break, they resumed R. Bitten closed the meeting and asked to know if there were any agreements.
The representatives of the treasury and the representative of the army announced that they will hold an orderly meeting on the matter, to examine how the reimbursement for travel on toll roads is included in the formula for reimbursement of travel expenses.
Chairman Bitan also asked to resolve the problem retroactively, from October 7, and said that he demands an answer within two weeks.
The army and the treasury will have to determine whether the refund will be automatic according to the location of the service and the residential address of the reservist, or whether the soldier will have to prove that he actually traveled by car to the gathering place and back Today, a trip on Route 6 for a non-subscriber costs between NIS 23 and 45. A subscriber can reduce the price to NIS 14.3 to 37.75.
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