Israeli cabinet backs huge spending plan for Arab minority
Israel's government has approved plans to spend billions of dollars to improve conditions for its large Arab minority, which has long complained of being marginalised./ It will earmark funding to help sectors including housing, education and employment over the next five years./ Ministers also passed a plan to spend almost $1bn (£730m) to tackle high crime rates in Israeli Arab areas./ Arabs comprise about one fifth of Israel's population of 9.3 million./ The leader of the Arab Islamist Raam party, which is in the governing coalition, ...
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