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Treasury requests NIS 1.5m for driver, bodyguard for Ariel Sharon
By Zvi Zrahiya, Haaretz Correspondent

The Finance Ministry has asked the Knesset Finance Committee to approve financing of NIS 1.495 million for security, a driver and office services for former prime minister Ariel Sharon, who has been unconscious and hospitalized for 13 months.

Sharon's office will also be able to hire one employee.

The Finance Committee will discuss approval of the request on Tuesday, and committee members believe there will be a majority in favor.

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The Finance Committee has already approved financing medical costs for Sharon.

The state ceased funding office space for former prime ministers Benjamin Netanyahu and Ehud Barak in January 2007. However, a few weeks ago the Finance Committee approved allocation of NIS 260,000 from the budget of the Prime Minister's Office for providing an assistant to Netanyahu.

This is the fourth assistant to Netanyahu financed by the state. The three other assistants are employed by the Knesset.

Payment for the extension of security services for Ehud Barak until April 2007 was approved two months ago. The annual cost of providing these services in Israel and abroad is estimated at NIS 1.5 million.

The office of former prime minister Yitzhak Shamir was allocated NIS 1.5 million in 2007.

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  1.   Nuts! 11:53  |  Avraham 27/02/07
  2.   a driver and an office? 12:01  |  Tara 27/02/07
  3.   Sharon 12:11  |  rina 27/02/07
  4.   a driver and an office? 12:17  |  Claire 27/02/07
  5.   funding for Ariel Sharon`s office 12:31  |  Judith Bensusan 27/02/07
  6.   Driver? 12:49  |  David 27/02/07
  7.   Nonsence! 13:00  |  Miriam 27/02/07
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  9.   Dead Souls, the sequel 13:38  |  Dani Reiss 27/02/07
  10.   Sharon needs a driver? 13:38  |  Roxy 27/02/07
  11.   Compare and blush 13:43  |  sh 27/02/07
  12.   Job Creationism 13:55  |  * BEN JABO 27/02/07
  13.   treasury, finance, I`ll never vote for any of you! 14:16  |  Fed up to here!!! 27/02/07
  14.   politicians want more perks 14:19  |  Rena 27/02/07
  15.   Humanist Danni Reiss crying for pals wants to leave a coma 14:26  |  Ansolute Sweden 27/02/07
  16.   PURIM JOKES:IN CASE SHARON WAKES UP &SHAKES UP GOVT,THEY WILL PUT 14:53  |  HIM BACK TO SLEEP))) 27/02/07
  17.   He paid Health Insurance, so 14:54  |  Vladimir 27/02/07
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