Most politicians will do everything possible to ensure that the taxes imposed on the public are not related to their name, but the Israeli Interior Minister Moshe Erbl is already proud of the movement he did to increase the taxes of the local authority (Arnana). “We raised the taxes of local authority by 5.29 % this year. It was clear to me that this would be an unpopular, but necessary decision,“ Arbel ”Globes,“ Nama Sikoller, as part of the Israeli Services Conference held in cooperation with the Mizraye Tivahot Bank. “I also pay local power taxes, and it affects all of us, but we have a commitment to the economic stability of the local government. We must give this to the authorities, so that they are less dependent on the central government.”
When asked about a reason that it seems that the local government is doing more efficient than the central government, Erbal replied: “The mayor has a greater authority than the minister within his city. The role of the central government is not to interfere with the local government in serving the population and ensuring properly operations.”
In the budget last year, the government transferred the relay stick to the authorities that refrain from building the apartments, which bring less money than taxes from companies, by repairing the local authority tax funds. In 2025, the exceptional approval is supposed to be completed to increase the taxes of the local authority “Al -Jazira” on the mayors, to encourage the construction of more housing units. Arbal addressed the prosecution that there is still sufficient incentive for the authorities to build housing: “We have crossed the planning targets. Some previous planning was not appropriate for the economic feasibility of implementation.”
The Ministry of Interior has obtained a high degree in the “Globes” services survey, over other government ministries. “The population and immigration have made huge steps,” says Erbal. The well remembers the passport crisis, as the Israelis had to wait months for renewal. He took this issue as a project and at the beginning of his mandate “Marathon” to fill the gaps. However, since then, a partial accumulation has returned.
“My personal confession, every morning when I leave Pteah Tikva for Jerusalem, open our dates to get passports. I check the availability of appointments. I can say that at 8:30, you can find many free appointments, even if there is room for improvement. Today you do not have to take a very passport to get a passport.”
“We have advanced forward the legislative process to request identity cards online.”
Arbal spoke at length about the implementation of digital services for the public in the world's content worlds, and the tensions that this might create with state employees. “We have advanced forward the legislative process to request online identity cards for those who have a biological identity card. More than 100,000 people asked for the card online, and they did not come to the offices but received it at home. This week, this service extended its first reading.”
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“Shouldn't this online service already be provided in 2025?” He asked Sikoller. He answered: “There are many players who are afraid of this. There is always anxiety in government offices on privacy issues. But it must also be said that technologies will not replace employees. There will be enough work for population staff, even if not all the public comes to the office. There is enough work for everyone.” As for the civil service employees, Erbil stresses, “Today, a civil service employee earns less than the Wolt courier.
“The bureaucracy is a mechanism that develops over the years”
Unlike other ministers in the coalition, Erbel defends civil service. “There is no deep country in the country,” he said. “The bureaucracy is a mechanism that develops over years of organizational culture. There is no employee who wakes up in the morning and decides to link the work. There are custom civil employees who go to work to serve the public. Even if there is a culture that works slowly, confidence must be created so that the employees can
Sekoller asked if it could be said that all Israelis were receiving the same level of service, including Arabs. He did not hide the truth of the truth. “Unfortunately, as of today, the answer is no. But I seek to reduce the gaps, with the largest gaps between the center and the surroundings, which also adds to the division to the sectors. I saw the campaign to build a football field in a house in January.
In conclusion, Erbl referred to the recently approved country budget this week in the Knesset. “The approval of the budget during the war period is important, because if you want the Israeli Defense Army to win, you need money.”
As a representative of Lasas, he also talked about the conflicts surrounding the transfer of coalition funds to Bahidi educational institutions and the Harid demand to integrate funds into the normal budget. “Even if there is a dispute over the amount of basic education, this does not justify that the salaries of the Haridi teachers or the construction of the classroom will be paid through the alliance funds. Monitoring and supervision of the entire budget must occur, but education funds should not occur as an alliance issue.”
Full Disclosure: The conference was held in cooperation with Mizrahi Tefahot Bank and its sponsorship of Wolt, Bezeq and Cal Israel.
It was published by Globes, Israel Business News – En.globes.co.il – on March 27, 2025.
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