Elli Wohlgelernter; With Reporting by Nacha Cattan in New York.

Israelis Push for Bigger Cut of Shoah Funds

JERUSALEM — The Israeli government is demanding a dramatically increased role in running the agency that administers Holocaust-era reparations and restitution payments, in what government leaders frankly acknowledged was an effort to direct a larger share of restitution funds toward Israel. In a blunt and sometimes confrontational meeting here last week between Israeli Cabinet ministers…