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Pindrus Claims Government Ignores Needs of Chareidi Towns
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

Beitar Illit Mayor Rabbi Yitzchok Pindrus, commenting on figures released by the Bureau for Statistics that demonstrate chareidi settlements, particularly Beitar Illit, are at the bottom of the socioeconomic ladder, said the Israeli government's budget fails to reflect social needs and disregards the needs of the country's chareidi settlements.

Chareidi towns Beitar Illit and Modi'in Illit are both in "Cluster 1," the State's lowest socioeconomic ranking, along with another eight Arab and Bedouin settlements. This represents a decline in ranking compared to previous years. All of the other chareidi towns and cities--Bnei Brak, Elad, Telzstone, Rechasim and Emanuel--also dropped in their respective rankings. Meanwhile Jerusalem is the country's poorest major city.

"In its imperviousness the government has brought about a difficult economic situation that has caused all of the chareidi local authorities to decline in their socioeconomic ranking. For a long time I have been trying to tell figures involved in the matter that the writing is on the wall, but unfortunately not the slightest effort is being made out in the field to alter the painful and worrisome situation," said Pindrus, who recently became chairman of the Center for Local Government's Forum of Chareidi Settlements in Israel.

Mayor Pindrus added that the government must raise national emergency funding to develop jobs and industry in chareidi areas in order to reduce the drastic cuts in funding to the local authorities and to reduce unemployment rates. He expressed concern over how he and his colleagues serving as mayors and council chairmen in other chareidi towns will be able to run the local authorities in light of the recent economic decrees.

 

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