Israeli Government Budget

State budget offers 'no good news,' will likely pass Knesset vote, says MK Beliak - interview

If the state budget is not approved in all three readings by the end of March, when the fiscal year closes, the Knesset will automatically dissolve, and elections will be called.

MK VLADIMIR Beliak attends a Finance committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on December 31, 2025.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his cabinet seen at the Knesset plenum, June 11, 2025

Israel's 2026 state budget to be brought for gov't approval on Dec. 4 amid tensions

PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG addresses the Knesset plenum at the opening of the winter session on October 20, 2025.

Ohana: Knesset budget to be cut by NIS 125m. following two years of intense war with Hamas

 THE ISRAEL Tax Authority is apparently interpreting ‘mail’ to include email and downloads from the Internet.

Israel's 2026 budget needs balance between defense, civilian spending, finance min says


When the government bribes its own MKs

In other words, the government paid its own MKs over a quarter of a billion shekels to vote for its budget.

SHOW US the money. Lawmakers attend a preliminary vote on a bill at the Knesset

One out of five households uses social services

The findings indicated that there are significant gaps between the periphery and the center of the country with regards to the number of people registered with welfare departments.

Boxes of food for the poor

Knesset kicks off final budget debates

MKs will be called upon to approve two last minute flat budget cuts amounting to NIS 3.3 billion proposed by Finance Ministry officials.

Moshe Gafni

Netanyahu wants to Trump president-elect in appointments

"We also need to be able to govern," prime minister tells cabinet.

Benjamin Netanyahu

2017-2018 state budget passes first Knesset vote

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu praises the new budget before the cabinet debate yesterday.

As budget debates near, MKs call for special focus on defense

The Knesset is set to begin discussions on the 2017-2018 budget.

Yuli Edelstein and Moshe Kahlon

Budget 2016-2017, gare aux réformes

Netanyahou et Kahlon parviendront-ils à financer leur politique populiste ?

Netanyahou et Moshé Kahlon, ministre des Finances

Moody’s warns Israel’s new budget could downgrade credit rating

The budget proposal, it noted, nearly doubles the rate of tax spending while slashing taxes, meaning the chances for fiscal consolidation are less likely.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu praises the new budget before the cabinet debate yesterday.

What reforms? Think tanks unimpressed by Kahlon budget

IDI’s Plesner: Only ‘very minor structural changes’ • Shoresh’s Ben-David calls it ‘the reform that isn’t there.’

Moshe Kahlon

Cabinet approves 2017-2018 budget after all-night session

Bank of Israel Governor Flug warns against education cuts, raising deficit.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu praises the new budget before the cabinet debate yesterday.