Knesset Speaker Dalia Itzik is working to expedite a bill that if passed into law, will change current realities to permit victims of terror who lose both parents to receive fair compensation.

YWN reported�HERE in October, based on a Yediot Achronot report, that the situation for many such victims is a difficult one, one that screams for attention. Itzik met with children and adults orphaned in terror attacks and vowed to do her utmost to assist.

Itzik is referring to a bill addressing the plight of the orphans, a bill sponsored by NRP MK Zevulun Orlev, calling on the Knesset to pass the bill in all three readings by week�s end. If passed into law, it would compel Bituach Leumi to recognize the loss of children whose mother and father were murdered in terror attacks, a reality that does not exist today.

As a direct result of Itzik�s personal intervention, Knesset Secretary Avi Balshinikov has ordered an urgent convening of the Knesset Welfare and Social Affairs Committee to move the process along in an expeditious manner.

(Yechiel Spira � YWN Israel)