Israel – Netanyahu Accused Of Using Gas Money To Fund Settlers, Charedim

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    Israelis hold up signs as they take part in a protest march against soaring prices of living  in front of the PM residence in Jerusalem. on September 01, 2012.  Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90Israel – Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu faced a fresh political assault on Saturday, fueled by a hike in gasoline prices-  already the third-highest in the world after Norway and Turkey according to a Bloomberg survey – to a record national high.

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    Labor party leader Shelly Yacimovich said Saturday that Netanyahu and Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz were to blame for the price hike. “The statement by Netanyahu and Steinitz that they won’t intervene in the gas price hike is a lie,” she said. “The two are intervening, and one third of the price hike today is a direct result of unjust taxes that they have levied on the public.”

    MK Yohanan Plesner (Kadima) tied the hike to Netanyahu’s policy on settlements and the haredi community. “The prime minister is continuing to stick his hand into the public’s pocket in order to fuel his twisted priorities,” Plesner said at a cultural event in Holon. “The Netanyahu government is financing housing for Migron settlers worth around NIS 660,000 per family, and is investing hundreds of thousands of shekels for every haredi family in the city of Harish, but he is sending the bill to the serving and working public.”

    Opposition leader Shaul Mofaz (Kadima) issued a statement earlier in the week in which he labeled the price increase “the prime minister’s gift to Israeli citizens for Rosh Hashana.” He predicted the increase would lead to a wave of uncontrollable inflation, causing thousands of people to lose their jobs.

    A 14% rise in the cost of oil and the continued depreciation of the shekel against the dollar both contributed to the increase. The previous record price motorists paid for a liter of self-service gasoline was NIS 7.79 – or NIS 8 with full-service fee – in April this year.

    The price of gasoline is set by the Energy and Water Ministry each month according to the following components: the cost of oil (NIS 3.42 per liter in September), excise tax (NIS 2.99), marketing margins (NIS 0.64), as well as 17% VAT on the three aforementioned components.

    In addition, there is a full-service fee of NIS 0.17, which brings the total price per liter to NIS 8.42.

    Content is provided courtesy of the Jerusalem Post


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    ALTERG
    ALTERG
    11 years ago

    Plasner & mofez are plan looosers they lost by the IDF settlements so they try to blame everything on bibi, also who is this goyim on the pic? From which party?

    11 years ago

    Netanyahu is damned if he does and damned if he doesn’t.

    If he diverts American aid money to fund settlements he is condemned internationally. Now, if he uses locally raised tax revenue he is slated for that, too.

    Right-wing, conservative, American Jews want these settlements – just read the comments here on VIN if you do not believe me. Perhaps *they* should send their ma’aser money to finance the mitzvah of settling the land?