Finance Ministry

Knesset panel approves budget transfer of NIS 270 million to haredi education during recess

The committee approved a total of approximately NIS 1 billion in budget allocations for the Education Ministry, the Settlement and National Missions Ministry, and the Religious Services Ministry.

Finance Committee chair MK Hanoch Milwidsky leads a Finance committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, August 4, 2026.
People visit Herodion National Park at the site in the West Bank, on January 9, 2023.

‘Zionist act of highest order’: Smotrich allocates NIS 113m. to develop West Bank heritage sites

Shekel-dollar ilustrative picture.

Innovation Authority launches NIS 1 billion solution for companies hit by shekel-dollar crisis

Students in class

Israel drops below OECD average in proportion of academics


Five day school week: Teachers' Union reaches agreement with gov't after weeks of negotiations

The ministries and the union also increased the number of annual early retirees from 320 to 350, citing "high demand from teachers wishing to retire early due to burnout."

 A SCHOOL classroom in Givatayim is empty during a teachers strike last week. As long as teachers are denied the stability, recognition, and respect they deserve, we will keep losing the essential individuals who prop up the backbone of society, the writer argues.

Tax Authority will immediately stop war damage claims until Bnei Brak mayor condemns mob attacks

According to the letter, Tax Authority employees were violently assaulted by a mob numbering in the hundreds on the afternoon of July 16 while carrying out enforcement activities in the city.

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men block a road during a protest against the jailing of seminary students who failed to comply with an army recruitment order on Road 4 near Bnei Brak, July 16, 2026.

High Court questions yeshiva tax-benefits petition after state policy change

The state representative said that although the tax benefit was formally granted to donors, it nevertheless constituted indirect support by the state.

Israeli Supreme Court judges assemble to hear four petitions calling for the removal of Israel's hardline National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, alleging that he has undermined the independence of the police, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on April 15, 2026; illustrative

IDF Disabled Veterans Organization against Finance Ministry

Organization chairman in sharp call to finance minister: "Stand behind your signature." Finance Ministry officials: "Structural failures harm rehabilitation of combat soldiers."

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich

Netanyahu a ‘burden to Trump,' dismantled US-Israel ties, Liberman tells ‘Post’ - interview

“Trump wants to distance himself from him [Netanyahu]. The relationship has become a burden, and it is already hurting him in the upcoming US midterm elections," Liberman said.

Yisrael Beytenu leader MK Avigdor Liberman leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, July 6, 2026

These are the big winners from the shortening of the workweek, and these are those who are harmed

A comprehensive study by the Finance Ministry, the Histadrut, and the Joint examined the effects of transitioning to 40 weekly hours in the public sector.

A comprehensive study by the Finance Ministry, the Histadrut, and the Joint examined the effects of transitioning to 40 weekly hours in the public sector

Interest rate drama: The news for mortgage takers – and Smotrich's unusual attack on the governor

The finance minister harshly attacked the "minimal" interest rate reduction, in his words, to 3.5%, and revealed that he pressured for an aggressive cut.

Prof. Amir Yaron, Governor of the Bank of Israel

Organized crime costs Israel's economy around NIS 8,000 per household, data shows

The findings indicate that one of the central factors in the rise in the cost of living in Israel is widespread criminal activity across the agriculture, construction, and housing industries.

Chief of Police Daniel Levi at the scene of a shooting incident in Ramla, central Israel, May 11, 2026.

IDF plans massive NIS 130 billion buildup, including aircraft, munition factories

On the agenda are more fighter jets, refueling aircraft, attack helicopters, naval vessels, armored vehicles, advanced weapons production, and a space project.

The "Adir" (F-35I) fighter jet during the "Blue Flag", an international aerial training exercise at the Ovda air force base, Southern Israel, November 11, 2019; Illustrative.

IDF Disabled Veterans Organization warns of 'national disaster' amid exclusion in defense budget

The warnings came amid debate in 2026 defense spending discussions, in which the Finance Ministry rejected the Defense Ministry's petitions to increase spending by NIS 40 billion.

Israeli Minister of Defense Benny Gantz, Israeli soldiers and Israeli veterans and disabled IDF soldiers seen during a march honoring IDF wounded and disabled IDF, in Tel Aviv, November 17, 2021.