ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS)
Arab List now heading committee that handles victims of terror
by Zeev Klein , Gideon Allon , Daniel Siryoti , Danielle Roth-Avneri
March 25, 2020

The Joint Arab List has been assigned the temporary Knesset Labor, Welfare, and Health Committee – a committee whose responsibilities include a number of security-related matters having to do with the treatment of wounded Israel Defense Forces veterans and victims of terrorism. In recent years, the committee – in its permanent configuration – has overseen the regulation of compensation for wounded IDF soldiers and veterans; as well as medical and income benefits for IDF soldiers, members of the Israel Police, and the Israeli Prison Service. READ MORE

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