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


Ra'am on board for budget, while Chikli set to be punished for rebelling

Yamina intends to begin process of preventing rebel MK from running with Likud in future elections

RIME MINISTER Naftali Bennett chats with United Arab List leader Mansour Abbas during a special session of the Knesset to swear in the new coalition government, in Jerusalem on Tuesday.

What will it take to pass Israel's budget? – Timeline

Here is a timeline of this upcoming week's sessions at the Knesset to get the state budget passed.

 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.

Iran celebrates Israeli ‘budget waste’ in light of nuclear threat

Iran’s media said that this was propaganda and a kind of “hoax” by Israel, but then noted that “the Zionists have always secretly committed atrocities against Iran's nuclear facilities.

The Iranian flag waves in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters in Vienna, Austria, March 1, 2021.

Bennett to coalition: Don’t rock the boat before budget vote

'There is no point in rocking the boat,' the prime minister said, urging members of his government not to fight with each other until the state budget passes into law on November 4.

  Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at the cabinet meeting, October 17, 2021.

Michaeli demands two female Supreme Court judges

There are currently twice as many males as female judges on the court, Merav Michaeli said.

 Transportation Minister Merav Michaeli in the Knesset plenum on October 4, 2021.

We're only halfway through Economic Arrangements, Budget laws - opinion

FOR MOST of the time, there was almost no one in the plenum from the Coalition (except for Abbas and Amar), whose members were busy negotiating with the government about chapters in the EAL.

 Yair Lapid speaking at the Knesset budget meeting September 2, 2021

Awaiting optimistically for congestion charging

If the experience elsewhere is an indication, we can look forward to improved vehicular, pedestrian and bicycle movement within Israel’s commercial and economic center and less polluted air.

Traffic jams seen on the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv.

Israel has a budget. What's next? - editorial

It’s time to move forward with our budget to do the infrastructure enhancements we need.

Cabinet meeting on August 2 where the budget was approved

Will Israel cancel the $75 VAT exemption for online shopping?

Israelis' exemption from VAT and customs charges which came with online purchases of under $75 may be nearing its end.

 The Finance Committee meets in the Knesset, June 2021

Gantz warns: Public will blame Netanyahu for elections

"If Netanyahu will not get his act together, the Knesset will be dispersed."

Defense Minister Benny Gantz at the Knesset plenum, Oct. 15, 2020