Budget
Netanyahu convenes emergency meeting as haredi parties threaten to block state budget vote
Both haredi parties have threatened to withhold support for the state budget unless agreements are reached on the draft law to avoid conscription.
Knesset to vote on first reading of 2026 state budget, amid haredi parties' threats
Government submits 2026 budget to Knesset, Smotrich vows passage despite rifts
Gov’t faces one-week deadline to pass first reading of state budget amid haredi draft bill threats
Govt economic plan includes slashing benefits for olim worth over NIS 500,000
A 10% increase in benefits for olim will be worth less.
Smotrich is 'arrogant': Ben-Gvir lashes out at finance minister after budget clash
These comments follow the return of the Knesset for winter session and reports regarding budget cuts for certain ministries.
Welfare, wage, and ministry cuts: Treasury unveils plan for 2025 budget
The budget outline includes closing five ministries and numerous budget cuts to ministries, which may bring resistance from ministers and slow its passage through the Knesset.
Iran's military budget is growing: What does that mean for the Middle East? - analysis
Iran wants to increase the accuracy of its range and the overall number of its ballistic missiles.
Israel's 2025 budget delays a red flag to investors and Israelis - analysis
Israel's economic professionals have stressed it, Ratings agencies have said it - Israel needs a responsible budget for 2025, and it needs to show it can pass one now.
Moody's downgrade due to Israel's clueless leadership, gov't mistrust - expert
Israel's long-term future could continue to deteriorate if the government does not "understand the gravity of the moment."
Uncertainty on when US aid will reach Israel may lead to further 2024 budget adjustments
Because the ministry does not currently know how much American aid will arrive and when, they decided not to account for this in the current expansion of the 2024 budget.
Economist warns: Israel's war costs could reach 10% of GDP, raising urgent challenges
"It is not unlike a second war of independence. And unlike the Yom Kippur War of 1973, which lasted three weeks, its end is not in sight.”
NIS 727 billion budget expansion passes in Knesset as Israel-Hamas War continues
The Knesset approved a second 2024 budget, driven by the Israel-Hamas war, with 57 votes for and 51 against.
Goldknopf – UTJ will not support 2025 budget without haredi IDF draft bill
The legal blanket haredi exemption from IDF service ended in July 2023 after being ruled unequal and therefore unconstitutional.
