Due to the efforts of MK Moshe Gafne, 11,000 Holocaust survivors who have not received benefits for the past ten months will receive a one-time grant before Pesach. Due to a machlokes involving the World Zionist Organization and the Finance Ministry, these elderly survivors have not received monthly assistance for the past ten months.

Gafne has also called on Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit to intervene towards compelling a solution, explaining with each passing day there are fewer survivors and whatever the dispute may be, it cannot be at the expense of these elderly needy people.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)