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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 643

Knesset Finance Committee

A property owner surveys damage in Bat Yam on June 24, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/FLASH90)
June 24, 2025, 6:53 pm
Cost of damages from Iran war forecast at double October 7 and ensuing attacks
In numbers released ahead of ceasefire announcement, Tax Authority official predicts claims will likely reach NIS 5 billion as Israel picks up pieces from powerful missile strikes
By Zev Stub
An Alitalia plane is seen parked on the tarmac at Ben Gurion International Airport on February 27, 2020, after passengers traveling from Italy were denied entry to Israel. (Jack Guez/AFP)
June 23, 2025, 10:02 pm
Israel approves $8 billion war insurance cover for Israeli and foreign airlines
Once Israeli airspace reopens, state-backed guarantee will enable foreign airlines to obtain wartime insurance policies, hopefully encouraging them to keep flying despite fighting
By Sharon Wrobel
UTJ MK Moshe Gafni (left), chairman of the Knesset Finance Committee, presides over a committee meeting on education funding on December 31, 2024. (Noam Moskowitz/Knesset Spokesman)
January 2, 2025, 11:45 pm
Opposition furious at 11th-hour transfer of hundreds of millions to Haredi education
‘We didn’t have time to read, understand, study the material,’ complains MK Beliak, day after Finance Committee pushed through extra budgets. Opposition weighs High Court petition
By Sam Sokol
United Torah Judaism MK Moshe Gafni chairs a meeting of the Knesset Finance Committee, December 16, 2024. (Noam Moskowitz, Office of the Knesset Spokesperson)
December 17, 2024, 10:32 pm
Knesset panel passes 2025 tax hikes set to hit working people in their pockets
Finance committee approves Jan. 1 tax measures, including VAT hike, increase in National Insurance payments, and freeze on income tax brackets to rein in ballooning war costs
By Sharon Wrobel
MK Moshe Gafni chairs a meeting of the Knesset Finance Committee, July 2, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 8, 2024, 6:26 pm
As coalition tensions mount, top Haredi MK hints at potential dissolution of coalition
Growing discord within Netanyahu’s alliance of parties has some lawmakers questioning how long the government can last
By Sam Sokol
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 4, 2024, 6:30 pm
Lawmakers aim to give parents greater control over their children’s savings plans
New legislation would allow funds granted by the government’s ‘Savings Plan for Every Child’ program to be transferred from banks to more profitable deferred savings options
By Sam Sokol
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
Einav Zangauker (second right), whose son Matan is held hostage in Gaza, argues with Likud MK Tally Gotliv (left) at the Knesset's Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, in Jerusalem, May 20, 2024. (KnessetTV screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 20, 2024, 4:15 pm
Hostage families butt heads with MKs at raucous Knesset committee debates
Likud firebrand Gotliv says rallies ‘destroying Israel’ after hostage’s mother slams her for vilifying them; Otzma Yehudit lawmaker walks out of room while relative speaks
By Sam Sokol and Michael Horovitz
Demonstrators burst into a meeting of the Knesset Finance Committee to call for government action to free their relatives held hostage by Hamas in Gaza, January 22, 2024. At right is Gilad Korngold, whose son Tal Shoham was kidnapped from Kibbutz Be’eri and is still held in Gaza (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
January 22, 2024, 3:26 pm
Relatives of hostages burst into Knesset Finance Committee, demand government action
Protesters say they have been ‘forgotten’ as Netanyahu touts mysterious ‘initiative’ to free hostages held in Gaza but declines to elaborate
By Sam Sokol
Reservist Lior Moshayev (L) testifies before the Knesset's Finance Committee on December 25, 2023 (video screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
December 25, 2023, 6:24 pm
At Knesset, reservist decries lack of aid as businesses fail while they fight in Gaza
‘My situation is a catastrophe. The refrigerator is empty,’ Lior Moshayev tells Knesset Finance Committee. ‘We left everything to go and fight’
By Sam Sokol
A Renault electric car recharges at a charging station in Ramat Hasharon. (Roni Schutzer/Flash90)
December 20, 2023, 8:31 pm
Car prices set to rise due to higher purchase tax, Houthi attacks, strong dollar
Transportation, energy and environmental protection ministries warn that rise in purchase tax for electric cars will hamper Israel’s efforts to cut emissions
By Sue Surkes
File - Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara arrives to casts her ballot for the head of the Israel Bar Association at a voting station in Tel Aviv on June 20, 2023. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
November 8, 2023, 12:25 am
AG freezes all coalition funds, deeming them budgetary source for war efforts
At hearing of Knesset Finance Committee, chair Moshe Gafni says he cannot authorize any transfer of coalition monies to war effort without request from Finance Minister Smotrich
By ToI Staff and Carrie Keller-Lynn
File: An El Al airplane on the tarmac at Israel's Ben Gurion International Airport, October 4, 2022. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
October 10, 2023, 6:38 pm
Knesset preparing to provide a $5b guarantee to keep El Al flying during war
State-backed guarantee will enable El Al, Arkia, and Israir to obtain wartime insurance policy and keep their fleets in the skies, amid broad service suspensions to Israel
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Knesset Finance Committee chair MK Moshe Gafni during a committee meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on September 26, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
September 27, 2023, 11:02 am
Knesset panel okays Haredi education funds, gives limited nod to Arab towns’ budget
MKs approve $110 million for yeshivas, some of which don’t teach secular subjects; greenlight frozen $52 million for Arab councils, but only once oversight mechanism is established
By ToI Staff
Jewish believers attend a celebration in honor of the Jewish sage Baba Sali, at his tomb complex in the southern city of Netivot, January 26, 2023. (Flash 90)
September 19, 2023, 4:37 pm
Knesset okays NIS 149 million for Rabbinate salaries, renovations of rabbis’ tombs
Opposition MKs on Finance Committee accuse panel of approving funds for ‘needs that do not really exist’
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
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