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Survivor and disabled veteran
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Survivor compensation raised NIS 34 million

The increase in compensation to Holocaust survivors and disabled WWII veterans will be retroactively paid out until the end of 2016; 'Increasing compensation to the victims of Nazi persecution is essential to enabling them to live in dignity and prosperity.'

Minister of Finance, Moshe Kahlon, signed a decree raising the amount of compensation for Holocaust survivors and disabled World War II veterans. The raise, which will be given retroactively in the period from October 2015 to the end of 2016, will total NIS 34 million. Beginning in 2017, the raise in compensation will be NIS 48 million and will be passed to the yearly budget of the Holocaust Survivors Rights Authority.

 

 

The updated compensation applies to all survivors and other groups totaling roughly 70 thousand people. The increase was put into law as quickly as possible so those eligible could receive the benefits as quickly as possible.

 

Moshe Kahlon (Photo: Eli Mendelbaum) (Photo: Eli Mendelbaum)
Moshe Kahlon (Photo: Eli Mendelbaum)

 

This amount is added to the hundreds of millions of shekels that have been recently allocated to increasing pensions for Holocaust survivors and other eligible groups such as German refugees, forced laborers and children of forced laborers. Additionally, survivors and

others are entitled to exemptions from medication purchases as many are elderly or infirm.

 

Survivor protest
Survivor protest

 

The Minister of Finance has also lobbied the Knesset for an assistance program as part of the overall budget amounting to NIS 500 million, which includes measures to benefit survivors and improve their well-being.

 

Moshe Kahlon commented, "Today marks another achievement for the wellbeing of Holocaust survivors. Increasing compensation to the victims of Nazi persecution is essential to enabling them to live in dignity and prosperity. We will continue to act on behalf of the continuous improvement of the lives of survivors. I hope our actions allow them to grow old with dignity."

 


פרסום ראשון: 10.30.16, 13:10
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