Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Monday rejected a request from Interior Minister Moshe Arbel to transfer millions of shekels earmarked for Arab municipalities, saying he will reconsider what to do with the funds.
In a letter dated July 26, Arbel asked that 200 million shekels ($55 million) be transferred to the Arab municipalities, arguing that failing to do so would deal a severe blow to the municipalities as they had already planned their budgets on the assumption that they would receive the funds.
