Bennett slams 2026 budget, says ‘serving and working public’ will be made to swallow cost

5 December 2025, 1:21 pm

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Former prime minister Naftali Bennett delivers a statement denouncing a coalition-backed bill that would broadly maintain the exemption of ultra-Orthodox men from military service, December 2, 2025. (Screenshot)

Former prime minister Naftali Bennett blasts the freshly approved state budget for 2026, calling it a “protection” budget, from a government that is “extorted by draft-dodgers, and bankrupting those who serve” in the army.

“Instead of fighting the insane cost of living, the government has worsened it by raising benefits for sectors that threaten to topple it. This is what ‘protection’ looks like,” says Bennett.

He adds: “The one who pays the price is the serving and working public.”

“Israel needs a responsible budget that will take care of the cost of living and allow citizens to breathe — soon, we will fix this,” pledges the former premier.