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Otzma Yehudit says it will vote against state budget, citing harm to security services
Head of the Otzma Yehudit party and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir leads a faction meeting at the Knesset on October 28, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
The far-right Otzma Yehudit party says its members will vote against the 2025 state budget, in the looming cabinet vote and in the Knesset, due to “harm to the functioning of the police, Israel Prison Service, and Fire and Rescue services.”
The National Security Ministry, run by party leader Itamar Ben Gvir, is responsible for the institutions.
“The Finance Ministry announced that they would not budget for the additional expenses of the internal security bodies for 2025. In light of this, the negotiations between the National Security Ministry and the Finance Ministry broke down,” the party says in a statement.
Hebrew media reported earlier that ministers convened to discuss the budget ahead of a vote to approve it.
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