Israeli Government Budget

Protesters block Knesset entrance following approval of 2026 state budget

"While the Israeli public is sitting in shelters, the government of massacre approves a pig-sized budget," the protesters stated.

PROTESTERS GATHER outside the Knesset against the approved 2026 budget.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R), Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich.

Netanyahu, Smotrich to 'set aside' haredi draft law, approve billions in defense funding for war

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his cabinet seen at the Knesset plenum, June 11, 2025

Outcome of state budget vote uncertain amid coalition crisis over haredi draft

A PLENUM session at the Knesset.

2026 budget reading puts government at risk, after months of ideological sparring - analysis


Next government will need to spend less, says new budget plan

A recently-filed budget plan from the Finance Ministry projects a significant increase in the deficit in the coming years, which should be mitigated by cutting funds where possible.

 FINANCE MINISTER Avigdor Liberman: Four catalysts behind the chaos.

Israel's Foreign Ministry quietly launches re-branded hasbara org.

VOI’s mission of “recognizing that the State of Israel’s international legitimacy" is a national security issue of the highest order, an official document states.

(L-R) Deputy Foreign Minister Idan Roll and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid

A food security pilot program has been added to Israel’s national budget

With NIS 155 million of annual support, the program aims to feed those in need, while granting struggling families the tools needed to escape food insecurity.

 L to R: Yael Eckstein, president and CEO of International Fellowship of Christians and Jews; Labor Minister Meir Cohen; Rabbi Mendy Blau, Israel Director of Colel Chabad; Avi Ben Zikry, associate director-general of the Labor, Social Affairs and Social Services Ministry.

Government agrees to formulate national AI plan

The plan could be based on the work of an Israeli cyber industry icon.

Artificial intelligence

Is the government’s cost of living plan any good? - analysis

Prime Minister Bennett held a joint press conference to explain his plan to reduce the cost of living in Israel, with experts weighing in on the potential of the plan to address rising prices.

  Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in the Knesset plenum, February 7, 2022.

Tour guides skeptical of Tourism Ministry’s latest effort to revive industry

The Tourism Ministry has committed to grant a NIS 25 million budget for guided tours for the general public by hiring qualified tour guides.

 Independent business owners and workers from the tourism sector protest, calling for financial support from the Israeli government, outside the Ben Gurion International Airport, on December 13, 2021

State budget won't be expedited to prevent coalition collapse

There were those in the governing coalition who sought to expedite the budget's passage in an effort to make it harder to topple the government.

 Budget approval in the Knesset.

Fitch Ratings applauds Israel's budget approval

Israel's financial position has benefited this year from its strong economic rebound, the gradual removal of pandemic restrictions, and particularly strong fiscal revenues from the hi-tech sector.

THE KNESSET building in Jerusalem holds one of the world’s smallest legislatures.

Will Israel's new budget be effective or catastrophic? - opinion

Only time will tell whether Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's government's budget is good or not.

 PRIME MINISTER Naftali Bennett, during voting on the state budget in the Knesset last week.

Gov't plan for Arab community discriminates against Arabs in mixed cities - Lod mayor

The mayor of Lod petitioned the High Court on Thursday against the government's five-year plan for the Arab community, claiming that it excludes Arabs of mixed communities.

ARAB RESIDENTS and activists protest the death of Musa Hasuna, killed during Jewish-Arab clashes, outside Lod District Court on May 28.