Angry Kalfa: "They are abandoning the lives of farmers in the open areas""

Sherry Roth
July 13, 2014   
The government approved an additional NIS 417 million for Sderot and the Gaza Strip • The Ministry of Defense opposed the allocation of NIS 3.5 million for the placement of one hundred shelters in the agricultural areas
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הממשלה אישרה תוספת של 417 מיליון שקל להטבות כלכליות לשדרות וליישובי עוטף עזה לשלוש השנים הקרובות, מחצית מהם לשדרות. חלק מהסכום נועד לספק מענה לצרכים המידיים של הרשויות בעקבות מבצע 'צוק איתן', וחלקו ניתן במסגרת התוכנית לחיזוק החוסן האזרחי ביישובי עוטף רצועת עזה לשנים 2015-2016. על פי ההחלטה, 226 מיליון שקל יוקצו לשנים 2014-2015, בנוסף ל-166 מיליון שקל שכבר הוקצו לשנת 2014 בעקבות החלטה קודמת שגובשה במשרד ראש הממשלה. היקף התוכנית לשנת 2016 יעמוד על כ- 193 מיליון שקל.

However, MK Zevulun Kalfa, chairman of the agricultural lobby in the Knesset, learned that despite the request of the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Defense Resist To allocate 3.5 million shekels for the placement of one hundred shelters in the agricultural areas around Gaza.

MK Kalfa accuses the Defense Ministry of neglecting the lives of farmers in open areas: "Iron Dome provides protection for built-up areas, but most agricultural areas have no protection. These days, in the midst of the harvest, farmers are carrying out routine daily activities there of harvesting, watering, and cultivating the fields, but due to the size of the area, it is not possible to run to protected areas when an alarm is raised.

In the decision-making proposal, we requested to allocate a total of NIS 3.5 million for the purpose of placing shelters for farmers in open areas, which should provide a solution for 800 farmers and workers, but the Ministry of Defense decided for some reason to oppose the request.

"This is harming everyone who is in these areas, who is exposed to danger to their lives. Abandoning agricultural areas these days, in the midst of the harvest, will cause enormous economic damage to farmers and even a shortage of agricultural produce in the markets.".
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