The bill states that veterans will receive benefits including private sector hiring preference and acceptance into student dorms, that those serving in the military or civil service be granted precedence in state tenders for the allocation of land for housing, and that soldiers in uniform be favored in services and entry into places of entertainment and public buildings.
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"The purpose of the proposal is to ensure that those who contribute to the State receive the rights they deserve," the draft stated. "The State of Israel is in continual struggle to survive, and all citizens should take part and help protect and strengthen the State.”
In the proposal, Levin argues that the law is necessary because there are those who deliberately refrain from taking part "and show a disloyalty and a lack of commitment to defending the State's very existence." Levin said that the legislation will create a situation in which the preferential treatment will be considered acceptable, and not discriminatory. "Appropriate consideration will be given for those who contributed to the State," the bill noted, stressing that benefits will also be provided to national service volunteers and civil service workers.
MK Levin, who was previously criticized by the opposition for the proposal, made a number of changes to it, together with the Knesset's legal adviser, attorney Eyal Yinon, in order to stand the test of law. If the proposal is passed, it will be soon be put up for approval in a preliminary reading before the Knesset plenum.
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