Faced with inflation, Israel staggers the rise in the price of bread

A man carrying pita bread in a bakery in Jerusalem, September 17, 2020. © MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP

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The Israeli government is intervening to try to avoid too sudden a rise in the price of bread and is opting for a staggered readjustment until next December.

Even so, some types of bread will increase by up to 26%.

And in April 2023, all control of the price of bread will be abandoned.

A delicate situation during an election period.

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With our correspondent in Jerusalem,

Michel Paul

Government efforts were not enough.

The price of bread is rising, headlines the presenter of the television news of the Israeli public channel.

With less than 100 days

of new Israeli elections

, the polls prove it, it is not

the Iranian threat

or

the conflict with the Palestinians

, but the surge in prices that worries the Israelis in the first place.

In front of a bakery in Jerusalem, Dan, a retiree, does not hide his concern.

“

 There are economically weak people in the country.

They are numerous.

And for them, it's a disaster.

A real disaster.

It didn't have to be done.

That's what I think.

 »

A gradual increase until April 2023

After several debates, the Israeli government has finally decided to increase the price of bread in stages by December, before a commission decides on the final price of this staple.

In all, the increase will be 10 to 26%.

And in April 2023, the government will no longer have a say in the price of bread.

For Elyaniv this is not the right decision: “

 We have no choice.

Some prices need to be controlled.

This increase right now is a mistake.

 »

As for the new Israeli Prime Minister Yaïr Lapid, he affirms that the arrival in Israel of new signs such as the French Carrefour should break the monopolies and allow a stabilization of the market.

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