Mayor of Israeli Border Town Accuses Government of ‘Failing’ to Protect Residents
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Kiryat Shmona mayor’s tirade brings Israeli North’s plight to the fore
Lashing out at the heads of Israeli ministries during a meeting with them yesterday in the western Galilee, Avichai Stern, the mayor of the war-battered northern city of Kiryat Shmona, lambasted the government for failing to protect the residents of his city, which is again being targeted relentlessly by Hezbollah. He accused the ministries of providing insufficient, slow and often elusive assistance for his community, which was struggling even …
In an interview with 103fm, Avichai Stern claimed that government ministers were engaging in a personal attack against him - because he did not spare criticism and reflected the grim reality in the northern city. "I feel like we are not fighting Hezbollah and Iran - we are fighting me." In addition, he denied the allegations against him that he tried to advance budgets for his family's synagogues
The mayor of the Kiryat Shmona settlement in northern Israel, Afikai Stern, accused the Government of Benjamin Netanyahu of "failure," for failing to provide protection to settlers during the war, considering that it was Israel, not Hezbollah, which had been fighting it. Since March 2, Hizbullah had launched missiles and drones, particularly on settlements in northern Israel, in response to a new aggression against Lebanon by Israel, some of whi…
The mayor of Kiryat Shmona, Avehai Stern, launched a sharp attack on the Israeli government, accusing it of failing to provide protection for the city's inhabitants near the Lebanese border, in the face of a continuing security escalation. Stern said that "the state does not send a soldier into battle without a vest, so why put citizens on the front without protection?" Considering that the minimum duty of the state is to ensure security for its…
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