IDF fails to pay NIS 3.8M fine for environmental hazard
After the IDF failed to remove asbestos from an IDF base in the Negev it was slammed with a NIS 3.8 million fine, a fine it failed to pay and will now begin accumulate interest.
The Environmental Defense Minister Amir Pertz said that "we are all equal before the law, and the State and IDF are no exception. If the IDF fails to pay further procedures will be enacted." In response, the IDF said they are currently in negotiations with the ministry. (Yoav Zitun)
