CABINET COMMUNIQUE
(Communicated by the Cabinet Secretariat)
At the weekly Cabinet meeting today (Tuesday, 17 June 2012):
1. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made the following remarks:
"Tonight, the first plane of illegal infiltrators will leave for South
Sudan. An additional plane will leave next week. Today, the Government will
begin the operation to repatriate illegal work infiltrators to their
countries of origin. We will do this is an orderly and dignified manner.
We are dealing with the problem of infiltrators by blocking their entry via
the construction of a fence, hastening their repatriation or – in certain
cases – sending them to third countries, and revoking the incentive for
migration. This includes a series of steps.
In the coming months we will complete the construction of the fence in the
south, a main step that the Cabinet has decided upon, and it will be
completed very soon. Also, we have halted the unacceptable practice in which
infiltrators are taken from the border to Tel Aviv or any other part of the
country. As of last week, any infiltrator that crosses the border will be
placed in detention immediately, and this is in keeping with the new law
that we passed, which allows infiltrators to be detained for years. We are
also building holding facilities to house tens of thousands of infiltrators
until they can be sent out of the country.
Last week the Knesset approved a new law that increased fines on those who
employ infiltrators. Infiltrators come here to work. If there is no work
for them here, they will have no reason to come. But in any case, we will
block their entry and hasten their deportation.
I would like to take this opportunity to commend the people of "Oz" unit.
They do important work under difficult conditions. I ask them, I am also
certain that this is how they operate, to continue treating humanely those
infiltrators whom they detain. I also request this, in word and deed, from
public officials.
When I was a young boy, I would go every Shabbat to the home of Prof. Joseph
Klausner. At the house before it was a special palm tree. There was an arch,
and on the arch two words were inscribed: Judaism and humanity. We have a
Jewish tradition of treating strangers humanely, and even when we need to
deport them from our midst due to the state's desire to control its borders,
we must do so humanely and in a manner that finds expression in a restrained
and humane manner.
Today, we will approve a significant expansion of the dental care that we
provide for children up to age 10. This innovation was submitted by Deputy
Health Minister Yaakov Litzman, as you know. When this Government took
office, we passed these decisions and 1.25 million children receive free
dental care.
Now we will expand this to age 12. As I understand it, according to my
conversations with you, this means that 1.5 million children will receive
free dental care in the wake of today's Cabinet decision. I would like to
tell you what this is about. I received the details: Examinations, x-rays,
removing plaque, fluoride treatments, fillings, first aid, reconstructions,
root canal, pulling, crowns, and other treatments.
There is here a range of dental treatments that once would have cost huge
sums and were beyond the means of many children. In effect, Israeli
children up to age 12 and Israeli families will receive free dental care as
of the end of the Cabinet meeting today. I commend Deputy Minister Litzman
and I am sure that this will receive sweeping Government support."
2. The Cabinet today approved the establishment of the Ministerial Committee
on Settlement Affairs to be chaired by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
http://www.pmo.gov.il/PMOEng/Communication/Spokesman/2012/06/spokeishur140612.htm
Click here
http://www.pmo.gov.il/PMOEng/Communication/Spokesman/2012/06/spokeHityashvut170612.htm
and here
http://www.pmo.gov.il/PMO/Secretarial/Govmes/2012/06/govmes170612.htm
for further details.
3. Pursuant to its 22 April 2012 decision
http://www.pmo.gov.il/PMOEng/Communication/Spokesman/2012/04/sokemeshek220412.htm
the Cabinet discussed the adoption of the recommendations of the committee
on increasing competitiveness in the economy and decided to approve the
draft 2012 Advancing Competitiveness and Reducing Cartelization Law and
authorized the Ministerial Committee on Legislation to approve the final
draft.
4. The Cabinet decided to work towards strengthening the rule of law and
increasing personal security, and improving police services and quality of
live in the minorities sector.
Pursuant to its 21 March 2010 decision
http://www.pmo.gov.il/PMOEng/Archive/Cabinet/2010/03/govmes210310.htm
, the Cabinet decided to expand Israel Police activity in the minorities
sector via the establishment of new police units, upgrading the minorities
departments in the various Israel Police districts and improving the
community policing framework.
Click here
http://www.pmo.gov.il/PMO/Secretarial/Govmes/2012/06/govmes170612.htm
for further details, including the allocation of funds for the foregoing.
5. The Cabinet approved expanding the free dental care provided to children
up to age 12
http://www.pmo.gov.il/PMOEng/Communication/Spokesman/2012/06/spokeShen170612.htm
Click here
http://www.pmo.gov.il/PMO/Secretarial/Govmes/2012/06/govmes170612.htm
for further details.
6. The Cabinet approved the establishment of an inter-ministerial steering
committee to evaluate the technological feasibility of building artificial
islands in Israel for infrastructure purposes
http://www.pmo.gov.il/PMOEng/Communication/Spokesman/2012/06/spokeIsland170612.htm
. Click here
http://www.pmo.gov.il/PMO/Secretarial/Govmes/2012/06/govmes170612.htm
for further details.
7. The Cabinet approved the issuing of NIS 10, NIS 1 and NIS 1 commemorative
coins bearing the inscription "Tel Megiddo."
http://www.pmo.gov.il/PMOEng/Communication/Spokesman/2012/06/spokeMatbea170612.htm
Click here
http://www.pmo.gov.il/PMO/Secretarial/Govmes/2012/06/govmes170612.htm
for further details.
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