Moshe Gafni

'Are we to blame that you murder one another?' Smotrich clashes with Ra’am over Arab crime spike

Beliak (Yesh Atid) slammed Smotrich, saying, "You are so racist and disgusting. You should be ashamed. You are responsible, you are a minister in the government, you are responsible."

Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich speaks during a vote on the state budget at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, January 28, 2026.
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

 Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich speaks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as lawmakers gather at the Knesset plenum to vote on a bill that would limit some Supreme Court power, in Jerusalem July 24, 2023.

Netanyahu convenes emergency meeting as haredi parties threaten to block state budget vote


Edelstein: Lapid damaging Knesset's reputation

Lapid says he won't give major speeches at Knesset because of heckling; Gafni: Haredim won't give you satisfaction of arguing.

Lapid speaking at the Knesset 370

Liberman takes over Foreign Affairs, Defense C'tee

Meretz MK Horowitz: Unacceptable Liberman will head c'tee when a corruption trial against him is still ongoing.

Liberman 370

Lapid avoids Knesset, denies education cuts

Yacimovich storms out plenum when finance minister decides to respond to issue on Facebook, instead of appearing at Knesset.

Lapid at Knesset 370

UTJ MK Gafni: Lapid is a megalomaniac

Shas MK Deri slams finance minister's planned budget cuts, saying cuts will make hundreds of thousands more Israelis poor.

MK Moshe Gafni (UTJ) 311

Knesset okays 90-day extension for passing budget

Opposition skeptical new Finance Min. Lapid will be able to help middle class amid deep cuts; 8 new deputy ministers begin work.

Knesset MKs at plenum 370

Haredim denounce ‘hateful’ and 'evil' new gov't

UTJ MK Gafni accuses incoming Education Minister Shai Piron of trying to harm haredi education system.

MK Moshe Gafni (UTJ) 311

Haredi outreach

The ultra-Orthodox are no longer a weak minority in need of affirmative action to protect their unique way of life.

Haredi men in Jerusalem 370

Gafni slams Treasury over tax grants to doctors

Gafni says Treasury "goes back on its word" over tax on grants for physicians in periphery.

AN ISRAELI doctor 370

When Gafni met Michaeli...

The old and new of this Knesset have to come together to bring the courage of ideas.

MK Moshe Gafni (UTJ) 311

General Knesset elections will cost NIS 246.8m.

Elections c'tee approves NIS 40m. expenditure increase to elections budget; c'tee head urges not to reach budget ceiling.

Money 311