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Last update - 16:39 10/03/2008 NIS 400M added to budget allotted to protecting Gaza-area communities By Zvi Zrahiya, Haaretz Correspondent Tags: Qassam rockets, Sderot  The Knesset Finance Committee on Monday approved a NIS 400 million increase to the budget allotted to protecting Gaza-area communities from rockets. The budget is designated for the building of fortified schools and homes in communities within the range of rockets fired almost daily from the Gaza Strip. Another NIS 34 million were also added to budget for the purpose of granting Gaza-area residents discounts on municipal taxes. Advertisement Representatives of the Finance Ministry budgeting department said that the increase included the NIS 58 million required to complete the fortification of the eight school buildings. The chairman of the Knesset Finance Committee, MK Stas Misezhnikov (Yisrael Beiteinu) said Monday that "giving assistance to the residents of Sderot and Gaza-area communities must be the guiding principle for all the members of Knesset, who, together with the government, must act with determination to improve the situation facing area residents in terms of security, finance and socially." "We mustn't accept a scenario in which students, regardless of age or educational program, are studying in an unprotected building and putting their lives at risk," he added. Related articles: Gov't to fund fortification of 3,600 homes near Gaza, instead of 8,000 PM: We absolutely won't fortify every building in Gaza area No ironclad guarantees Bookmark to del.icio.us   Sign of life Family of abducted IDF solider Gilad Shalit receives new sign of life. Happy Jews San Francisco museum details positive impact of Jews on city.   1.   So much MONEY!? This is how Gaza bankrupts Israel. 17:39  |  The Archives 10/06/08

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