A number of gemachim have been informed they will no longer receive a ????? ???? ????, a permit to operate from the Registrar of Non-Profits of the Ministry of the Interior.
According to a report appearing in The Marker, a number of gemachim that operate by giving loan from a sum of money being held to assist avreichim and others in times of need. In order for a gemach to operate legally, it must be registered with the ministry?s registrar, file an annual report and receive annual approval.
The report points to attorney Shlomei Belevsky, who is responsible for issuing these annual approvals to the gemachim as giving the order to refrain from doing so at present, as he explained to a number of accountants during a meeting with them. This is particularly damaging to gemachim operating in the chareidi tzibur, those gemachim relying upon gvirim who will deposit sums for them to use for loans.
It appears that Justice Ministry officials fear the gemachim are operating against the law since they are accepting funds for deposit and loaning funds without approval from the Bank of Israel. For the time being, a decision was made not to dismantle these gemachim, but to hold off giving them the required operating permit.
MK (Yahadut HaTorah) Rav Moshe Gafne, who sits in on meetings regarding gemachim along with officials of a number of ministries and Bank of Israel submitted a bill to address this about 18 months ago but that bill has not moved forward during this time.
Gafne told The Marker the decision to withhold the operating permit is sad indeed because who need the funds most are the ones will be impacted by the decision. He was critical of using the law to ?attack? a sacred institute of the Jewish People, ?gemachim?. He feels that the interpretation of the law is not being done as it should and as a result, the policy was decided upon, adding ?Yerushalayim was destroyed ???? ?? ??? ????.
(YWN ? Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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