Smotrich freezes NIS 200m. destined for Arab sector
Many Arab communities currently lack classrooms and schools – approximately 305 are needed throughout the country – and part of the grant was intended for constructing schools.
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich is seen at a meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, in Jerusalem, on July 19, 2023.(photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST)ByTROY O. FRITZHAND