Interior Minister Moshe Arbel displaced the mayor of Nazareth Ali Salem
Last updated: 23.06.2025 | 21:14
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Interior Minister Moshe Arbel decided on Monday to displace the mayor of Nazareth Ali Salem and the members of the Council and to appoint the largest city in Arabic society. According to the report of the committee of inquiry, the decision of the Interior Minister, in which it was found that the mayor and the members of the Council cannot fulfill his duties.
The committee of inquiry was appointed in November 2024 and took its conclusions last February, which indicated that the municipality received both a cumulative deficit of 185.7 million nis and in a current repayment (NIS 7.2 million in 2023) that is unable to fulfill its obligations, including the payment of its employees and the provision of state services. This despite the support of 59.8 million NIS that the community has received in recent years.
Among other things, the committee found that the municipality was not withdrawn in the legal provisions in the pension payments and other laws and the fact that from August 2024 the wages of the employees were not paid regularly – and their wages were actually paid late and only after the state participation that flows into the community. She also pointed out that the city council had rejected the Interior Ministry’s recreation plans, which included discharge.
At the end of May, the Nazareth Regional Laboral Coural the municipality instructed the municipality to assign 70% of all funds that come into cash in order to first pay salary and retirement in 30% of the payment for essential services. Nevertheless, the city workers and pensioners are still waiting to pay March, April and May and also fear payment for the current month.
Ali Salem has been the mayor of Nazareth for about 14 years and was chosen as part of an independent list with the title “I was banned”. Before the twenty twenty cheeky elections in 2021, she expressed a certain support for Benjamin Netanyahu and disappointment from the common list when she visited Netanyahus elections in the city of Nazareth. He started again in the 2024 elections and was elected after a third consecration after receiving 51.5% of the votes against Sheriff Zoabi, who received 46.4% of the votes. The city council decided to disperse, 8 members of the mayor list, 8 members of the Council of the Democratic Nazareth Front and three members of the United Arab Arab List.
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