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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 345

IDF budget cuts

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (center), along with the IDF's then-chief education officer Brig. Gen. Eli Schermeister (right), and several participants in the army's Nativ conversion course on December 15, 2010. (Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO, File/Courtesy)
August 17, 2015, 10:07 pm
Budget dispute halts celebrated IDF conversion course
Army complains it has not received NIS 20 million ($5.22 million) to cover Nativ program’s 2015 budget, cancels upcoming course
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon attend the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on August 5, 2015. (Marc Israel Sellem/Flash90/Pool)
August 16, 2015, 11:22 pm
To pass the budget and save his government, Netanyahu must weave a tangled web
With a razor-thin coalition, the PM and finance minister are playing fast and loose with the public purse to prevent new elections
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Committee chief Maj. Gen. (res) Yohanan Locker, center, stands alongside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after presenting his commission's recommendations for the defense budget. (Amos Ben Gershon/ GPO)
July 21, 2015, 6:30 pm
State report calls for sharp military budget cuts, angering IDF brass
Locker Commission calls for shorter mandatory army service, slashes to pensions; Ya’alon says suggested reforms are ‘imbalanced in the extreme’
By Mitch Ginsburg
IDF forces seen in the Golan Heights, file photo (Basal Awidat/Flash90)
July 21, 2015, 7:40 am
Divisive government report calls for deep reforms in army
Locker Commission recommends cuts to pensions, reduction of mandatory service time; army official says plan ‘suitable for Switzerland,’ not Israel
By ToI Staff
Yair Lapid at the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, November 30, 2014. (Alex Kolomoisky/Pool/Flash90)
December 2, 2014, 3:55 pm
Yair Lapid ‘failed miserably’ with the economy, Likud charges
En route to elections, rhetoric heats up between sparring coalition partners; Deri claims he was asked to form alternative government Monday night; Liberman says new elections now ‘a done deal’
By ToI Staff
Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon visits soldiers at an Iron Dome Missile Defense system battery, on July 25, 2014 (Ariel Hermoni/Ministry of Defense/Flash90)
September 5, 2014, 6:15 pm
Ya’alon: Cutting defense budget will haunt Israel
Defense minister says country’s security may be seriously compromised if government halts investment in military
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C ), Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon (R ), and IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz (L) visit the Hatzor Israeli Air Force base on August 27, 2014. (photo credit: Haim Zach/GPO/Flash90)
September 4, 2014, 4:23 pm
Defense establishment seeks NIS 20b. budget hike
Government warns increase will come at expense of education, welfare; Lapid says money needed to secure the south
By Yifa Yaakov
Illustrative photo of IDF troops simulating fighting. (photo credit: Edi Israel/Flash90)
June 16, 2014, 4:41 pm
Where did the IDF’s money disappear to, anyway?
How the IDF got into this financial mess, canceling training and warning of delays to key missile defense projects – and why it happens year after year
By Haviv Rettig Gur
A view of the Sde Dov airport in Tel Aviv, October 11, 2013. (photo credit: Moshe Shai/Flash90)
June 16, 2014, 4:36 pm
Army, Treasury agree on NIS 1 billion more for defense
In cash-for-land deal, IDF will evacuate Sde Dov air base in Tel Aviv in return for much-needed cash infusion
By Stuart Winer
Cranes unload a cargo ship at the Ashdod port in July, 2013 (Isaac Harari/FLASH90)
May 28, 2014, 1:28 pm
Bad management: Port of call — Ashdod
Another corruption case is splashed across the front pages; the IDF cancels more training; and Israel celebrates Jerusalem Day
By Yossi Nachemi
IAF pilots (photo credit: Tsahi Ben-Ami/Flash90)
May 27, 2014, 11:21 pm
Air force cancels all flight drills amid budget dispute
Facing accusations of inefficiency, military has been petitioning government for a NIS 2.9 billion infusion
By Yifa Yaakov
A prop from a February 24, 2014, protest against the sale of the Israeli dairy company Tnuva to a Chinese firm (photo credit: Roni Schutzer/Flash90)
May 23, 2014, 1:55 pm
A Chinese company says ‘Cheese!’
The IDF is still sniping at the Treasury, a recap of the presidential race, and Tnuva swings to Beijing
By Yossi Nachemi
Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon (center) stands with Israeli soldiers at the Palmachim Air Base on Tuesday while visiting the Arrow II unit stationed there. Ya'alon warned the budget crisis could harm Israel's missile defenses. (photo credit: Ariel Hermoni/Ministry of Defense/Flash90)
May 21, 2014, 12:33 pm
Training daze
The IDF’s belt-tightening means fewer training exercises and new rules on who qualifies as a disabled veteran
By Yossi Nachemi
IDF Chief of the General Staff Benny Gantz at the Western Wall Monday, after participating at his son bar mitzvah, May 19, 2014. Photo by Flash90
May 20, 2014, 12:00 am
All Israeli army reserve training canceled for 2014
IDF chief of staff Gantz cites unprecedented financial constraints, laments changing national priorities
By ToI Staff
May 12, 2014, 8:28 am
IDF out of funds, senior official reportedly says
As crisis over budget comes to a head, military claims it needs ‘billions of shekels’ to stay afloat
By ToI Staff
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