Peretz: Defense budget won't come at expense of poor
Defense Minister Amir Peretz, pursuant to the Poverty Report issued by the National Insurance Agency, said that "the financial demands of the defense ministry do not come, and will never come, at the expense of resources to alleviate the class discrepancies in Israeli society."
According to Peretz, "the harsh data revealed in the report expose how many people in Israeli society are suffering and how large the injustice is. Nonetheless, it is important to remember that the current government rearranged its priorities and implemented a number of activities that were not represented in this most recent report." (Ilan Marciano)
