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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 649

Israeli budget

Otzma Yehudit MK Almog Cohen attends a meeting of the Knesset Labor and Welfare Committee, January 8, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
January 8, 2025, 8:21 pm
Otzma Yehudit rebel Almog Cohen abstains from vote to delay key budget bill
Far-right MK goes his own way after party attempts to remove him from Knesset Welfare Committee, says he is ‘forced to be the responsible adult in the face of childish acts’
By Sam Sokol
Cabinet Secretary Yossi Fuchs at the Knesset, in Jerusalem on July 31, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 29, 2024, 9:50 pm
As most Israelis tighten belts, cabinet treats top bureaucrats to massive bonuses
Up to 300 ministry director-generals, their deputies, other senior directors to get retirement perks of up to $68,000 each
By Sam Sokol
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar (R) is seen in the Knesset in Jerusalem, December 23, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
December 24, 2024, 12:27 pm
Knesset approves 2024 budget expansion to pay for wartime costs
Debt ceiling raised in party-line vote, from 6.6% to 7.7% of GNP, unlocking NIS 33 billion ($9b) for defense spending; Knesset also extends state of emergency another year
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Immigrants from France arrive at Ben Gurion airport in central Israel on July 10, 2017. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
November 14, 2024, 6:29 am
Wartime budget would slash benefits for new immigrants, amid global antisemitism spike
Government proposes ending financial assistance to anyone with over NIS 500,000 in declared assets, though payments for those under that threshold would go up 10%
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (center), Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (left) and Cabinet Secretary Yossi Fuchs at a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, November 1, 2024. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
November 1, 2024, 4:05 pm
Cabinet approves 2025 budget proposal after last-minute backtrack over stipend freezes
Ministers agree to scrap proposed freeze for Holocaust survivors, bereaved families; opposition pans agreement; Gantz: Anyone who supports this should feel shame for rest of their life
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Justice Minister Yariv Levin attends a swearing in ceremony for newly appointed judges at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, on June 23, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
October 31, 2024, 11:36 pm
Chief justice accuses Levin of harming separation of powers in budget intervention
Justice minister tells treasury officials to cut some 27 judicial posts in favor of positions in the probation service; acting Supreme Court president blasts ‘unprecedented’ move
By Jeremy Sharon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, at the start of cabinet meeting meant to approve the 2025 state budget, October 31, 2024 (GPO)
October 31, 2024, 8:01 pm
2025 state budget to increase defense spending, cut social services and education
To finance the war, which is estimated to cost NIS 250 billion ($66.8 billion), the Finance Ministry is proposing deep spending cuts as well as tax increases
By Sharon Wrobel and Sam Sokol
Extremist ultra-Orthodox protesters lie on the sidewalk amid clashes with police during a protest against the drafting of Haredi men to the army, outside the IDF recruitment center at Tel Hashomer, August 5, 2024. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
October 28, 2024, 7:23 pm
Ultra-Orthodox party backs down from threat to tank budget over IDF exemption bill
United Torah Judaism pushes to postpone budget vote until law passes to entrench Haredi non-service in army, then changes course to pursue daycare subsidies
By Sam Sokol
Transportation Minister Miri Regev attends ceremony marking the one-year anniversary of the October 7 massacre, at Ben Gurion International Airport, October 7, 2024. (Photo by Flash90)
October 15, 2024, 3:04 pm
Daily Briefing Oct. 15: Day 375 – Another Oct. 7 government event; UNIFIL stays in Lebanon
Political reporter Sam Sokol discusses Transportation Minister Regev, tax hikes to fund war; Arab affairs reporter Gianluca Pacchiani reviews UNIFIL history and weapons from Syria
By ToI Staff
Opposition Leader MK Yair Lapid leads a meeting of his Yesh Atid faction at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on September 9, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 14, 2024, 2:22 pm
Lapid warns civil servants they must oppose ‘laundering’ of state funds for Haredim
Opposition leader announces team to spearhead opposition to 2025 budget and to moves to pay benefits to ultra-Orthodox despite legal restrictions imposed by High Court ruling
By Sam Sokol
Illustrative: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a plenum session and vote on reviving the ultra-Orthodox enlistment bill at the Knesset, Jerusalem, June 11, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 9, 2024, 1:44 pm
Netanyahu promises Haredi draft bill by month’s end, as ultra-Orthodox threaten budget
Legislation meant to renew sweeping exemptions from military service, after fierce Haredi opposition to High Court ruling ordering government to end decades-long practice
By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
Left: Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf, leader of the United Torah Judaism party, June 26, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); Right: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, September 9, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash 90)
September 12, 2024, 1:10 am
Netanyahu said to promise Haredi party leader that he’ll expedite draft exemption law
PM works to stave off threat to coalition before eventual vote on next state budget; police called after ultra-Orthodox extremists storm IDF recruitment conference in Jerusalem
By ToI Staff
Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich speaks during a press conference in the southern Israeli city of Ofakim, July 24, 2024. (Liron Molodovan/Flash90)
August 27, 2024, 12:56 am
Facing backlash, gov’t okays NIS 3.4 billion in new spending for evacuees, reservists
Smotrich insists proposed budget expansion won’t push deficit past the 6.6% of GDP target set for the year, after it widened last month to 8.1% due to war-related outlays
By ToI Staff and Sharon Wrobel
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich during a cabinet meeting convened to approve the 2024 amended state budget, January 15, 2024. (Haim Zach, GPO)
July 16, 2024, 10:52 am
Netanyahu kicks off 2025 high-level budget talks as war costs push up deficit
Senior economic officials including Bank of Israel governor and finance minister discuss spending, with Smotrich under pressure to maintain fiscal responsibility
By Reuters
United Torah Judaism MK Moshe Gafni chairs a meeting of the Knesset Finance Committee, July 2, 2024. (Noam Moskowitz, Office of the Knesset Spokesperson)
July 3, 2024, 11:28 pm
Despite wartime deficit, Knesset approves allocation of ‘surplus’ coalition funds
Opposition rails at coalition for voting to transfer billions of funds to PM’s office and ministries that the Treasury advised shutting down to help cover cost of war effort
By Sam Sokol
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