Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the ministerial committee on violence against women, December 5, 2018. (photo credit: EMIL SALMAN/HAARETZ)
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he “sees violence against women as terrorism,” and that “we must punch these violent men in their faces.”
Netanyahu made the statement at the opening of the ministerial committee on violence against women Wednesday.
Netanyahu, who heads the committee, added that he would meet once every two weeks with the team of ministers and work towards setting goals on improving the situation. Netanyahu also said he would work on meeting the suggested budget, even though it was larger budget than he had expected.
An emergency program to combat domestic abuse worth NIS 250 million was approved by the government in June 2017, but is yet to receive the required funding.
The initiative includes a public rehabilitation program for victims of domestic violence; a rehabilitation program for attackers; education and public awareness efforts; and a comprehensive policy change in the Israel Police’s approach to domestic violence.
In her role as chairwoman of the Knesset’s Transparency Committee, Zionist Union MK Stav Shaffir convened a special meeting to examine the failure to finance the emergency program to combat domestic violence.
A Finance Ministry representative told the meeting that it had not participated in the inter-ministry committee tasked with fighting domestic violence.
“We did not participate in the committee,” said the representative. “The government’s decision was not budgetary, rather only a matter of principles. Since the government’s decision was not budgetary, there was no designated budget for its implementation.”
Eytan Halon contributed to this report.
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