National Infrastructure Minister (Labor) Binyamin (Fuad) Ben-Eliezer believes the current water crisis is due in no small part to the treasury. The minister is calling for a commission of inquiry into the current water crisis, blaming �a number of clerks� in the Finance Ministry for sabotaging the construction of water de-salination plants and other water treatment facilities that should have been up-and-running today.

Ben-Eliezer�s ministry is responsible for the nation�s water, and he contends that it is the treasury that has halted progress on water issues since the beginning of 2008, now almost a decade ago.

In response to the minister�s accusation, the treasury released a statement that the National Infrastructure Ministry�s handling of the nation�s water over recent years has been �scandalous�.

(Yechiel Spira � YWN Israel)