Israeli Government Budget

Knesset Finance panel debates transfer of NIS 98 million to haredi schools

The High Court ordered last month that the Finance Committee reconvene and hold a fresh deliberation on the matter before voting to approve the transfer of the funds.

Finance Committee chair MK Hanoch Milwidsky leads a Finance committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, during the war with Iran and Hezbollah, March 15, 2026.
PROTESTERS GATHER outside the Knesset against the approved 2026 budget.

Protesters block Knesset entrance following approval of 2026 state 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


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.

Israeli election avoided as state budget passes into law, after 3.5 years

Some opposition MKs mistakenly voted with the coalition, including opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu on a budget clause at 1 a.m.

 Moments after the passing of the 2021 budget, October 4, 2021

Israel finally has a budget, and so does the IDF - analysis

The military can breathe a sigh of relief and get to work on a number of projects that had been delayed for a significant amount of time.

IDF soldiers are seen taking part in military drills in Israel's North to simulate a war with Hezbollah.

Israel passes state budget after marathon Knesset debate

Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman repeatedly called the budget “the most socioeconomic budget ever.”

 Bennett speaking ahead of voting on the budget in the Knesset on Wednesday night.

Despite large Glasgow delegation, environment never was a big Israeli priority - comment

Not only did Israel set low goals for itself – shrinking its carbon footprint, reducing cars on the road, and increasing its renewable energy usage – but even those targets it didn't meet.

 A man walks past a advertising in relation with the UN Climate Change Conference (COP 26) where world leaders discuss how to tackle climate change on a global scale, near the conference area in Glasgow Scotland, Britain October 30, 2021.

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.