In this Times of Israel article by Co-CEO Amnon Be’eri-Sulitzeanu, published December 4, 2025, he warns that the government’s plan to shift billions in funding from Government Resolution 550 would dismantle the only proven long-term tool for reducing crime by eroding opportunity and weakening vital public services.
Weakening GR 550 – a multi-year program designed to strengthen the socio-economic foundations of Arab society in Israel through wide-ranging investments in education, welfare, employment, infrastructure, and municipal capacity – would reverse years of progress, deepen inequality, and ultimately undermine security rather than strengthen it.
