Israel Finance Ministry intends to propose legislation requiring families to pay annual real estate tax on burial plots of late relatives as part of the Arrangements law.

Gaza, Alray - The Israeli public budget deficit estimated to $ 13 billion. Tel Aviv looking for ways to overcome the deficit and the economic downturn through raising draft budget includes new items which will be put to vote in Knesset next July.  The value of the proposed budget, according to some estimated by $ 111 billion.

Israeli government is moving to adopt a policy of austerity to reduce government spending by about seven billion dollars in various fields.

Basil Ghattas, Knesset member, described such kind of taxes as recklessness and boldness of Israeli government, accusing the government of failing at providing job opportunities.

The Haredim stream Rabbi Eliyahu Kaufman sees that the tax on burial plots proves that Israel is moving toward fascism and impartiality of humanitarian feelings.