The Council of the National Insurance approved the budget of the National Insurance for 2024 which amounts to about 2.9 billion Shekels
- The budget expresses the work programs for year 2024, while taking into account the events of 7/10 and the new needs created among the public.
- In the framework of the established budget, the National Insurance tries to promote two assistance center for hostile actions casualties, which will ensure care continuity as currently available for the disabled of Tsahal.
- Moreover, focus will be given to the matter of digitalization and barriers removal and bureaucracy reduction, with the understanding that the number of terror victims among Israeli citizens surged at high rates never before seen in the State of Israel, and that it will involve support to victims, families of fatal casualties, hostages and their relatives, and economic and rehabilitation assistance.
- At National Insurance, we ask to modify the process existing in "normal times" and to adapt it to the reality imposed upon us since 7/10.
- In parallel, the need arises for additional workforce at the service of the population and to provide it with better service as result of the war, victims and related repercussions, such as care for hostile actions casualties, rehabilitation, unemployment, reserve service benefits, developments and implementing decisions taken by the government and their execution (for instance: occupancy and incentive grants), call centers and continuing to offer services in ongoing matters: long-term care, old age, income support, counseling service to the elderly and their family, general disability, work disability and more. To that end, it is necessary to obtain the workforce increase which approval was asked by the National Insurance from the Ministry of Finance.
Minister of Labor, Yoav Be Tzur: "The approval of the 2024 budget of the National Insurance, is a budget built on the foundations of compassion and welfare, in which the good of the citizen is the basis and the main motivation, with the understanding that mental health is a big challenge that we will have to deal with after the war, we have elaborated an exhaustive economic program to provide a solution to strengthen mental resiliency to those in need in the wake of the war."
Acting Director General of the National Insurance, Yarona Shalom: "The budget of the National Insurance is based upon work programs, on adapting the situation to the reality and, certainly at this time, there is a necessity to increase our workforce, expand our services and responses in call centers, and so forth. The National Insurance understands the current urgency and knows that even after the war our work with the public will carry on for many years to come as result of either the damages of the war or its ripple effects."