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National Security Ministry to receive additional NIS 2 billion in 2024 budget
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The National Security Ministry will receive an extra NIS 2 billion ($534 million) in its 2024 budget, National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir says, announcing that he has reached an agreement with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich.
This is on top of funds promised during a previous agreement, bringing the total amount of additional funding to NIS 9 billion ($2.4 billion), he says.
Ben Gvir had previously announced that he would not support the 2024 amended state budget due to cuts of hundreds of millions of shekels to his ministry.
“I thank the prime minister and the finance minister – Israel needs a strong police force that will take care of everone’s security,” Ben Gvir says.
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