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        6/21/2009, Sivan 29, 5769

      Netanyahu Tells Treasury, Interior to Help Druze


      Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu ordered Treasurer Yuval Steinitz, Interior Minister Eli Yishai and General Manager Ayal Gabbai of the Prime Minister's Office on Sunday to act on behalf of Druze communities. A committee of senior staff members will look for solutions to about 370 million shekels in budget debts.

      The orders were issued after a meeting with heads of Druze authorities, which followed a demonstration by the authority heads outside the Prime Minister's Office