The chairman of the Knesset Finance Committee. Israel Kragmann, said in Haifa over the weekend that increasing expenditures for security have made tax increases inevitable. He called for an urgent decision on the nature of such taxation. Possibilities include higher fuel prices and higher taxes on airline and ship tickets.
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