Member of Knesset Michael Oren (Kulanu) and former MK Dov Lipman announced, Thursday, a new Knesset based initiative to address some of the challenges that face English-speaking immigrants to Israel. These issues include the immigrant benefit package, tax problems, professional and driving licenses, struggles of lone soldier and national service volunteers, and the need for English speaking clerks and representatives in government agencies and ministries.
This new initiative will kickoff with a hearing in the Immigration and Absoprtion Committee on Monday August 1 to address specific challenges regarding national service for young people from overseas which create obstacles for their immigration and absoprtion process. Representatives of various absoprtion organizations will present these challenges to the committee and to invited government representatives with a goal to work towards legislation which addresses these issues.