United Arab List Slams Government's Budget Cuts for Arab Community

By كل العرب

Translated & summarized from Alarab by baba

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The United Arab List (UAL) condemned the Israeli government's decision to cut nearly one billion shekels from future budgets for the Arab community, reallocating the funds to defense. UAL head Mansour Abbas called the move "racist" and vowed to work towards forming a new government that would prioritize a five-year development plan for the community. The party aims to address issues of violence, crime, land, housing, and economic disparities.

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The United Arab List criticized the government for cutting 1 billion shekels from future Arab community budgets.
UAL head Mansour Abbas called the government's decision a continuation of racist policies.
The funds were reportedly cut from an unapproved future five-year plan.
The UAL vowed to work towards forming a new government as a coalition partner.
The party aims to implement a new five-year plan for the Arab community's development.

United Arab List Slams Government's Budget Cuts for Arab Community — Editorial illustration generated by baba News, not a photograph of the event.

The United Arab List (UAL) has strongly criticized a government decision to deduct approximately one billion shekels from future budgets allocated to the Arab community, redirecting the funds towards armament. UAL head Dr. Mansour Abbas stated that this move is a continuation of the government's "racist policies" targeting the Arab community and its budgets.

Abbas explained that the government is cutting these funds from a future five-year plan that has not yet been approved. He argued that this action undermines any new plan and depletes its resources before its launch, following previous government reductions to the "Progress 550" plan budgets.

The UAL asserted that replacing the current government and forming a new "change government," in which the UAL would be a coalition partner, is now essential to halt "racist policies, discrimination, and reductions" against the Arab community.

The party pledged to work within the next governmental coalition to approve a new five-year plan. This plan would focus on combating violence and crime, addressing land and housing issues, and reducing gaps to achieve development within the Arab community.