A veterans’ rehabilitation bill providing for the return of Jobs to veterans discharged from service in the Israeli armed forces who–prior to the outbreak of fighting–held permanent Jobs was introduced in the Knesseth today by Premier David Ben Gurion. The bill stipulates that a relative is entitled to the job of an Israeli soldier who was killed or permanently disabled in the war.
In introducing his measure, Ben Gurion said that although the war is not yet over, negotiations for conclusion of a permanent peace are apparently succeeding. He added that Israel will always have to maintain an army.
Although he said he was unable to disclose the number of soldiers who have already been released from service, or who will soon be freed, the Israeli Premier noted that less than ten percent of those discharged from the new state’s armed forces are still unemployed, with half of these veterans classified as invalids. An additional bill for the rehabilitation of ex-servicemen who were not employed before entering the country’s armed forces, and immigrants who enlisted in the army soon after their arrival in Israel will be introduced soon.
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