Legislation increasing benefits for army reservists who are self-employed passed a preliminary Knesset vote Wednesday. According to the bill, self-employed reservists will receive 25 percent more than the current salary for a day of reserve duty. MK Yoav Kisch (Likud), who proposed the bill, explained that 'small business owners who leave their business to do reserve duty pay a higher price and sometimes incur long-term damage to their businesses.' That potential harm, Kisch said, is a damaging distraction from their service to the country.
