Budget
Government submits 2026 budget to Knesset, Smotrich vows passage despite rifts
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said that the government was "determined to pass it [the state budget] on first reading,” during a press conference at the Knesset on Monday.
Gov’t faces one-week deadline to pass first reading of state budget amid haredi draft bill threats
Shas threatens to vote down 2026 state budget if haredi draft law not passed
Defense Ministry director-general says Israel returned too quickly to pre-Oct. 7 budget approach
Welfare, wage, and ministry cuts: Treasury unveils plan for 2025 budget
The budget outline includes closing five ministries and numerous budget cuts to ministries, which may bring resistance from ministers and slow its passage through the Knesset.
Iran's military budget is growing: What does that mean for the Middle East? - analysis
Iran wants to increase the accuracy of its range and the overall number of its ballistic missiles.
Israel's 2025 budget delays a red flag to investors and Israelis - analysis
Israel's economic professionals have stressed it, Ratings agencies have said it - Israel needs a responsible budget for 2025, and it needs to show it can pass one now.
Moody's downgrade due to Israel's clueless leadership, gov't mistrust - expert
Israel's long-term future could continue to deteriorate if the government does not "understand the gravity of the moment."
Uncertainty on when US aid will reach Israel may lead to further 2024 budget adjustments
Because the ministry does not currently know how much American aid will arrive and when, they decided not to account for this in the current expansion of the 2024 budget.
Economist warns: Israel's war costs could reach 10% of GDP, raising urgent challenges
"It is not unlike a second war of independence. And unlike the Yom Kippur War of 1973, which lasted three weeks, its end is not in sight.”
NIS 727 billion budget expansion passes in Knesset as Israel-Hamas War continues
The Knesset approved a second 2024 budget, driven by the Israel-Hamas war, with 57 votes for and 51 against.
Goldknopf – UTJ will not support 2025 budget without haredi IDF draft bill
The legal blanket haredi exemption from IDF service ended in July 2023 after being ruled unequal and therefore unconstitutional.
Knesset approves first reading of 2024 budget expansion bill
According to Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, the change will not increase the state's budget deficit at year's end, since it will be offset by higher-than-expected national income from taxes.
MK Mickey Levy slams Smotrich and Englman over budget delay and war report
MK Mickey Levy condemns Finance Minister Smotrich for missing the budget deadline and State Comptroller Englman for delaying the war report, urging immediate action and accountability.
