Israeli Government Budget

Knesset Finance Committee considers NIS 393 million transfer to Prime Minister's Office

MK Vladimir Beliak of the Together party, the opposition’s coordinator on the committee, spoke with Anat Davidov on 103FM’s Where's the Money program and addressed the budget additions being sought.

MK Vladimir Beliak reacts during a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting and votes on parts of the judicial reform, at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on July 19, 2023.
Bank Hapoalim CEO Yadin Antebi at EY's annual real estate conference

Next Israeli gov't main issue will be controlling defense budget, Bank Hapoalim CEO told conference

Terrorists from Hamas's Nukhba Force being held at Ofer Prison near Jerusalem, August 28, 2024.

Gov’t allocates over NIS 1 billion to prosecute October 7 terrorists in military tribunals

New Israeli Shekel banknotes are seen in this picture illustration.

Israel’s 'bloated, unstable' gov't harms public service, wastes millions each year, report finds


Food insecurity and the state budget: Is the right to have food political?

Out of the total NIS 480 billion budget, not one shekel was apportioned to address food insecurity, meaning food for people in need.

AN ELDERLY man searches through a garbage can in Jerusalem in 2017.

Why does Netanyahu not pass a 2021 budget in December?

For true leadership, Israel needs a budget now.

Alternate Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Benny Gantz and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen during a vote at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on August 24, 2020.

Youth once again left behind as budget crisis threatens youth movements

Hundreds of workers have already been fired from youth movements and some of the movements are facing the possibility of needing to close down completely due to the lack of a budget.

Counselor in Israel Scouts (Tzofim) speaks with youth, 2010

IIA approves $115 million to support start-ups amid COVID-19

Israel's high-tech sector has been suffering budgetary issues for a while now, as the country's been caught in a limbo of political confusion since last year.

Alibaba Group co-founder and Executive Chairman Jack Ma speaks at The Prime Minister's Israeli Innovation Summit in Tel Aviv, Israel October 25, 2018.

Netanyahu's budget maneuvers - economically absurd, socially mad

MIDDLE ISRAEL: The former governor of the Bank of Israel represented truth, warning that Benjamin Netanyahu’s budgetary maneuvering is economically ruinous.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and then-Bank of Israel governor Jacob Frenkel at a press conference in 2013.

Government to change Basic Law to fund coronavirus fight

The change in the Basic Law is made necessary by the fact that since there has not been a government for a year, the state has not had an approved budget since January 1.

An empty Knesset Plenum

Israel spent some NIS 40 million on expenses to deal with Gaza riots

Thousands of Gazans protest along the security fence on a weekly basis, taking part in "Great March of Return" demonstrations, which began on March 30th.

An IDF tank rolls along the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip on November 13 2018

Moody's gives Israel a 'positive' economic outlook

Moody's estimates that its rating will rise in the next 12-18 months if the improvement in debt levels and fiscal performance continues, despite upcoming elections.

The Bursa complex

Government invests 28 million to improve migrant majority neighborhoods

"The south Tel Aviv neighborhoods will become a national priority," Minister of Construction and Housing Yoav Gallant said.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sitting with cabinet at government meeting on July 23, 2018

Netanyahu corruption drama casts a shadow of uncertainty on a busy Knesset

If – and it’s a big if – there’s an election soon, the coalition will want to have at least some recent accomplishments to bring to the voters, or at least to show they really tried.

COALITION CHAIRMAN David Amsalem shouts during a stormy session of the Knesset Interior Committee on Tuesday about law enforcement investigations into corruption cases, with Police Insp.-Gen. Roni Alsheich (right). (Marc Israel Sellem/The Jerusalem Post)