Justices accept state's position regarding some structures, says those homes remain up until three months, until the veracity of the purchasers claims can determined.On August 2nd, 2012, Yedioth Ahronoth (Hebrew print edition) published a powerful article looking at the financial bonus that settlements enjoy compared to areas inside the Green Line. The article comes on the heels of Peace Now's publication of an analysis of the budget and a plan to save billions by reducing some benefits to settlements.
The translation is by Israel News Today (INT).
Bonus for Settlements: NIS 1,059,988,790
Yedioth Ahronoth (p. 4) by Gad Lior and Yuval Karni -- While the middle class is bowing under the weight of rising taxes and an expected cutback in the budget of the government ministries, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was asked about the special budgets transferred every year to the settlements. "These are negligible amounts," Netanyahu said, "it's a drop in the ocean." But an examination of the data shows that the amount in question reaches over NIS 1 billion per year--hardly a "negligible" amount.
