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In the accompanying video, we hear and see Knesset Finance Committee Chairman MK Moshe Gafne open the first session of the committee for the Winter session on Monday, 3 Cheshvan.

In his opening remarks he said, “I hope that there will be a fruitful winter session in the reforms and discussions and efforts for the benefit of the public. We will do everything to lower the cost of living and add legislation and measures that will help the public in many areas of their lives.”

Gafni said MKs who served on the committee and were leaving, made a major contribution, which will be soon acknowledged in a formal farewell, to take place in the coming weeks. He was referring to MKs Zahava Gal-On, Prof. Emanuel Trajtenberg, and Arel Margalit.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)