If the Dutch had indeed taken such a
step, "there is no justification," said Colette Avital, chairwoman of
the Center of Organizations of Holocaust Survivors in Israel.
Asked about the controversy, Colette Avital, chairwoman of the Center of Organizations of Holocaust Survivors in Israel, told The Jerusalem Post that if the Dutch had indeed taken such a step, “There is no justification, both because they cannot ask the Israeli government to replace them and because they cannot relinquish their responsibilities.”
In a related issue, the Hebrew press reported that one Holocaust survivor at the meeting testified that her benefits were cut off because as a resident of Modi’in, the Dutch mistakenly believed that she was living across the Green Line, although it was unclear why living in the West Bank would disqualify a survivor from receiving Holocaust related payments.
Gafni also took aim at the state created Company for Location and Restitution of Holocaust Victims’ Assets (Hashava) for missing quarterly payments to some 11,200 impoverished survivors across the country.
In 2006, the Knesset passed the Assets of Holocaust Victims Law, which established Hashava to take charge of the disposition of assets “that are in Israel and of which it may be assumed that their owners perished in the Holocaust.”
Hashava has stated that its coffers are currently empty and that it cannot liquidate funds for transfer without incurring a significant loss, while the Jewish Colonial Trust has not been paying it dividends.
The committee resolved that if payments are not resumed within two weeks, it will take action to push for an imposed resolution.
“Every day there are fewer and fewer survivors” to receive the money, said Gafni, urging speed.
Read more: Finance Ministry up in arms over Netherlands cutting off some Holocaust benefits - Diaspora - Jerusalem Post
Asked about the controversy, Colette Avital, chairwoman of the Center of Organizations of Holocaust Survivors in Israel, told The Jerusalem Post that if the Dutch had indeed taken such a step, “There is no justification, both because they cannot ask the Israeli government to replace them and because they cannot relinquish their responsibilities.”
In a related issue, the Hebrew press reported that one Holocaust survivor at the meeting testified that her benefits were cut off because as a resident of Modi’in, the Dutch mistakenly believed that she was living across the Green Line, although it was unclear why living in the West Bank would disqualify a survivor from receiving Holocaust related payments.
Gafni also took aim at the state created Company for Location and Restitution of Holocaust Victims’ Assets (Hashava) for missing quarterly payments to some 11,200 impoverished survivors across the country.
In 2006, the Knesset passed the Assets of Holocaust Victims Law, which established Hashava to take charge of the disposition of assets “that are in Israel and of which it may be assumed that their owners perished in the Holocaust.”
Hashava has stated that its coffers are currently empty and that it cannot liquidate funds for transfer without incurring a significant loss, while the Jewish Colonial Trust has not been paying it dividends.
The committee resolved that if payments are not resumed within two weeks, it will take action to push for an imposed resolution.
“Every day there are fewer and fewer survivors” to receive the money, said Gafni, urging speed.
Read more: Finance Ministry up in arms over Netherlands cutting off some Holocaust benefits - Diaspora - Jerusalem Post
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