By JPOST.COM STAFF
The Knesset's combined Foreign Affairs and Defense and Finance Committee approved the defense budget on Tuesday evening.
The budget totals NIS 41.8 billion, including US aid and the NIS 510 million cutback approved by the government.
The only MK to vote against the budget was the former Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee head, Yuval Steinitz (Likud).
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