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Government to Help Launch Call Centers in Modi'in Illit
by A. Cohen

In response to a request by Modi'in Illit local council head Rabbi Yaakov Gutterman, the government unanimously approved including his town in a project to create jobs. The government will thus provide funding toward the setup of call support centers in the town.

The proposal was finalized by Industry and Commerce Minister Ehud Olmert and brought before the government at the initiative of Finance Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, based on a request by Rabbi Gutterman, who had lobbied the Finance Ministry and the Industry and Commerce Ministry for a prolonged period of time, sparing no effort to bring as many jobs as possible to Modi'in Illit residents.

The call support centers are designed to provide information services in areas such as government and urban hotlines, medical services for hospitals, kupot cholim and private clinics, as well as a variety of secretarial services for customers around the country.

Rabbi Gutterman says such call centers require a lot of manpower and will help ease the employment problem. The call support centers will go into operation following a tender to select a company that meets the government's requirements.

The winning vendor will receive government assistance in the form of NIS 1,000 ($240) per worker per month. The decision will allow many Modi'in Illit residents to find jobs inside the town, particularly women who are sometimes the only wage earners in their families.

In the past the government approved similar plans in several other high-unemployment towns such as Carmiel, Acco, Dimona and Ashkelon, and now the government has granted approval to Modi'in Illit, Daliat al-Carmel and Osafiyeh. Be'er Sheva also submitted a request but was rejected.

 

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