The residents who remained in the community find it difficult to make a living and work,” said chairman of the Manot community Momi Bar Kalifa
“We demanded to evacuate, they told us we can’t because it’s an ’emergency routine’”: “The only benefit we receive is the authority’s budget, Momi Bar Kalifa, chairman of the Manot community in northern Israel said in conversation with Maariv earlier this week.
“The residents who remained in the community find it difficult to make a living and work because of the frequent alerts, and those who vacated independently are using up all their savings while paying double the mortgage of their houses in installments – and also for rent in alternative apartments.”
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Manot in the Western Galilee, has 550 inhabitants and is located less than five kilometers from the border fence. Only this week, it was officially included in the list of evacuated communities located at a 5-0 kilometer distance from the Lebanese border.
Along with Gush Halav, Manot was not included in the government’s decision to evacuate the residents of the northern border established last October.Advertisement
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At the government meeting held last Sunday – the correction was made to the injustice caused by an error in measuring the distance of the community from the border.
However, despite the amendment to the decision, the residents are not entitled to evacuation – since the IDF does not recommend it. In the explanation for the amendment, it is written that the residents are entitled to all the rights as the other evacuated residents. “The budget allocated in the government’s decision for immediate and near-term for the communities in decision 975, will also be available to the localities in question without a budgetary supplement being given,” it said.
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