Clutch Your Purses & Move Your Wallet To Your Front Pocket Taxpayer:Israel Estimates Cost Of Gaza...
Israel Estimates Cost Of Gaza Conflict At £1.5Bn
Peter Beaumont in Jerusalem
The Guardian, Sunday 31 August 2014 09.28 EDT
Israel has been presented with a hefty bill for 50 days of war in Gaza, as the prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, moved to slash government spending by 2% this year to offset the $2.52 bn (£1.51bn) cost of the conflict.
With only the Israeli military and domestic intelligence agency Shin Bet exempt from the sharp spending reductions, the area to be hit hardest emerged as the Israeli education system, with critics – including members of Netanyahu's cabinet – predicting that the poorest Israelis will feel the brunt of the cuts.
Among those protesting was the welfare minister, Meir Cohen, who insisted there was no more fat in his budget to trim.
"From whom will we take? From those who have nothing to put in their children's sandwiches for school?" he complained on Israeli army radio.
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http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/31/gaza-war-costs-israel-budget-cuts
Of course we know what is coming once congress decides its vacation (err...working in their districts) is over, now don't we?
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