Lapid, Gantz pan government over 'reckless' 2025 state budget

Opposition Leader Yair Lapid says the government has passed a “reckless budget” that will raise costs for Israeli families by NIS 20,000 ($5,000) annually.

“[The budget] hands billions of shekels to 10 unnecessary government ministries. They’ve lost their shame,” he writes on X, referring to the cabinet’s approval of the 2025 state budget.

National Unity chair Benny Gantz accuses the government of authorizing NIS 4 billion for themselves, instead of for the welfare of Israeli citizens.

“Coalition funds, as they are called, intended to uphold Prime Minister Netanyahu’s coalition. Anyone who supported this budget — the mark of Cain will accompany them for the rest of their life. Shame,” Gantz writes on X.

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Lapid, Gantz pan government over ‘reckless’ 2025 state budget

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