Israel’s ‘Biblical Plague’ Is Now Costing Netanyahu MILLIONS!

Right, so the rodent infestation, the biblical plague of rats that has descended on Israel as I covered a few weeks back has just got dramatically worse you’ll be broken hearted to hear. So much so in fact, it has now earned a funding announcement from Netanyahu’s government of up to three million shekels to help affected councils tackle it. Three million shekels. That’s one helluva rat problem you’ve got there Bibi! A biblical plague now so severe it comes with a budget application form. Presumably the rat king will be most impressed. JDN reported the Environmental Protection Ministry’s announcement on 20 October. That’s one pot shared between eligible councils, with the government offering to reimburse up to 90 per cent of approved expenditure, but when you’re saying up to three million, and phrasing it that way makes me thing, well, are councils having to stump some cash up themselves as well? Just how overrun are they here? Well, the announcement does tell us something about the scale of the response. This involves homes, farmland and four council areas: Eshkol, Sha’ar HaNegev, Sdot Negev and Hof Ashkelon. Residents can put down traps, get someone in and follow the advice. What they can’t do is deal with every surrounding field where the next batch might be breeding and feeding and of course all of this problem to begin with is largely suspected to be down to creating the ideal disease and filth-ridden environment rats flourish in, by turning Gaza into a wasteland.