More than 20 environmental, health and civil society groups have written to Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana, asking for a list of items to be removed from the Economic Arrangements Bill that accompanies the state budget.

Intended to speed up decisions and cut bureaucracy, the arrangements bill has long been criticized for combining dozens of legislative changes that lawmakers vote on without time for proper examination.

The letter sent on Thursday seeks the removal of the following items from the bill, so that they can be discussed fully.

The letter ends with objections to the Economic........

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