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Finance Committee Approves NIS 290 Million for Distribution by UTJ

By Eliezer Rauchberger

The Knesset Finance Committee recently approved NIS 290 million ($65 million) promised to United Torah Judaism in exchange for not voting against the 2006 state budget and the Arrangements Law.

Of this sum, NIS 183 million ($40 million) will be transferred to yeshivas and kollelim, NIS 30 million ($7 million) to yeshivos ketanos and NIS 77 million ($17 million) whose use UTJ will determine in the future.

Before the funding was brought before the committee for approval, MK Rabbi Moshe Gafni met with Finance Ministry officials to accelerate the approval procedure in the Finance Committee in light of the financial strain at Torah institutions.

The committee also approved funding pledged to other opposition parties — Yisroel Beiteinu and HaIchud HaLeumi- NRP — in exchange for their abstaining from the votes on the state budget and the Arrangements Law. The committee approved a total of NIS 1 billion ($220 million) for the opposition parties.

 

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