PM presents strategy to relieve rising commodity prices

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented a series of measures that the government will take in order to stop commodity prices from rising further.

As part of the strategy the government will encourage the use of public transportation by reducing trip prices by 10%, raise the discounted water limit by 20% and raise monthly minimum wages by NIS 450. In addition, the latest tax raise on gas will be cancelled. (Attila Somfalvi and Tani Goldstein)