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


Senior Blue and White leaders believe no chance to pass 2021 budget

Should the 2021 budget be approved, Netanyahu would be practically unable to avoid handing over the premiership to Gantz in October 2021.

Israeli parliament members vote at the Finance committee, during a vote on the 2017-2018 state budget, at the Knesset, the israeli parliament in Jerusalem on December 19, 2016.

Food insecurity and the state budget: Is the right to have food political?

Out of the total NIS 480 billion budget, not one shekel was apportioned to address food insecurity, meaning food for people in need.

AN ELDERLY man searches through a garbage can in Jerusalem in 2017.

Why does Netanyahu not pass a 2021 budget in December?

For true leadership, Israel needs a budget now.

Alternate Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Benny Gantz and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen during a vote at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on August 24, 2020.

Youth once again left behind as budget crisis threatens youth movements

Hundreds of workers have already been fired from youth movements and some of the movements are facing the possibility of needing to close down completely due to the lack of a budget.

Counselor in Israel Scouts (Tzofim) speaks with youth, 2010

IIA approves $115 million to support start-ups amid COVID-19

Israel's high-tech sector has been suffering budgetary issues for a while now, as the country's been caught in a limbo of political confusion since last year.

Alibaba Group co-founder and Executive Chairman Jack Ma speaks at The Prime Minister's Israeli Innovation Summit in Tel Aviv, Israel October 25, 2018.

Netanyahu's budget maneuvers - economically absurd, socially mad

MIDDLE ISRAEL: The former governor of the Bank of Israel represented truth, warning that Benjamin Netanyahu’s budgetary maneuvering is economically ruinous.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and then-Bank of Israel governor Jacob Frenkel at a press conference in 2013.

Government to change Basic Law to fund coronavirus fight

The change in the Basic Law is made necessary by the fact that since there has not been a government for a year, the state has not had an approved budget since January 1.

An empty Knesset Plenum

Israel spent some NIS 40 million on expenses to deal with Gaza riots

Thousands of Gazans protest along the security fence on a weekly basis, taking part in "Great March of Return" demonstrations, which began on March 30th.

An IDF tank rolls along the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip on November 13 2018

Moody's gives Israel a 'positive' economic outlook

Moody's estimates that its rating will rise in the next 12-18 months if the improvement in debt levels and fiscal performance continues, despite upcoming elections.

The Bursa complex

Government invests 28 million to improve migrant majority neighborhoods

"The south Tel Aviv neighborhoods will become a national priority," Minister of Construction and Housing Yoav Gallant said.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sitting with cabinet at government meeting on July 23, 2018