The war is not an excuse to neglect the fight against poverty - opinion
Security challenges require us to unite as a society, but they must not become an excuse to neglect the state’s basic duty toward its citizens.
FINANCE MINISTER Bezalel Smotrich addresses the Knesset plenum, earlier this year. While the government is busy formulating the state budget for 2025, it appears that the war has become a convenient excuse to ignore the deep social crisis in which Israel finds itself, the writer argues.(photo credit: YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH90)ByBECKY COHEN-KESHET
