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Knesset to approve higher stipends for Holocaust survivors
By Adi Shwartz, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: Israel, Ehud Olmert 

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday will present to the Knesset for approval a bill that will raise the monthly state stipend for Holocaust survivors in Israel.

The decision follows recommendations made by the State Committee for Holocaust Survivors, headed by retired Supreme Court justice Dalia Dorner. which called for using 75% of the yearly reparations paid by the German government to Israel to supplement payments to survivors.

The plan is expected to cost some NIS 260 million during the 2008 fiscal year.
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The committee also recommended the state fund a social services package for survivors, and improvements in the government agency that assists the disabled.

The committee presented their recommendations to Olmert a month and a half ago, and said they should be put into effect within 21 days.

Dorner slammed the government for stalling in implementing the suggestions, in light of the fact that they "did all the correct assessments in order to ensure the plan would fit within the restraints of the budget."

In a conversation with Haaretz, Dorner praised the move, saying "at least Olmert will do one good thing before he leaves [office]. This way, people will remember at least one good thing he did."

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