The struggle for the disabled is expected to resume on Sunday with roadblocks in Tel Aviv

The struggle for the disabled is expected to resume on Sunday with roadblocks in the center of the country. The reason is a debate over more than half a billion shekels worth of the third and fourth beats of increasing disability benefits. The Ministry of Finance claims that the Disability Benefits Law requires them to be calculated according to the number of disabled people in 2021, while the disabled require to be calculated according to their number in 2018. The dispute must be resolved in the next two weeks so that the benefit update is integrated into the state budget and the Arrangements Law.
The Disability Benefits Law, approved in 2018, stipulated that the benefits would increase by NIS 4.34 billion in four strokes. Of this, NIS 2.2 billion has been allocated for the first two beats, which were merged into one in 2018. As a result, the allowances were increased to NIS 3,300 per month, an increase of NIS 500-800 per person. Two more beats were also set for NIS 2.14 billion in 2020 and 2021.
Failure to pass a state budget in the past two years has prevented the implementation of the third and fourth beats. In their place, the disabled received grants that increased the general disability pension to NIS 3,500. Yes increased severely disabled child benefits and respiratory assistance.
The formation of the government led to the resumption of negotiations and with it a dispute over the interpretation of the law. The disabled claim that the intention of the law was to calculate according to the number of disabled people in 2018.
The Disability Benefits Law, approved in 2018, stipulated that the benefits would increase by NIS 4.34 billion in four strokes. Of this, NIS 2.2 billion has been allocated for the first two beats, which were merged into one in 2018. As a result, the allowances were increased to NIS 3,300 per month, an increase of NIS 500-800 per person. Two more beats were also set for NIS 2.14 billion in 2020 and 2021.
It is already clear that the disabled will probably receive NIS 180 million in excess of NIS 4.34 billion. This is the amount needed to provide them with the minimum legal allowance of NIS 3,700 and to preserve the benefits provided in 2020. The debate is about five new demands of the disabled. Prominent among them is the requirement to include the mentally handicapped, autistic and mentally handicapped in recipients of special services. Hanan Tal, CEO of the "Disabled Not Half a Man" organization, said: "The Treasury interprets the law unilaterally and does accounting exercises." We started a war. "
The Ministry of Finance stated that the outline of the law must be complied with, so that the basic benefit will be NIS 3,700 per month and the total increase in benefits: NIS 4.341 billion. As stated in the law, the calculation of the increase was made on the basis of the number of benefit recipients in 2021.