Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s office on Sunday evening clarified that the state of Israel invests heavily in Jerusalem, after the mayor of the capital, Nir Barkat, sent a strongly-worded letter urging Netanyahu to take action and stop “ignoring Jerusalem’s needs”.
"The government is investing billions in the development of Jerusalem, in a scope and pace that never existed before. In 2014 the state provided direct aid to the Jerusalem Municipality in the amount of approximately 420 million shekels. Only last August, the city was allocated assistance totaling 450 million shekels," the Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement.
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