2021-2022 state budget passes first reading in Knesset plenum
The final budget will need to be approved in its third reading in the Knesset by November 4 to avoid the automatic dissolution of the Knesset and a new election.
Israeli parliament members during a plenum session and a vote on the state budget at the assembly hall in the Israeli parliament, Jerusalem, September 2, 2021. (photo credit: OLIVER FITOUSSI/FLASH90)ByJEREMY SHARON