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A vote on the state budget at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, March 25, 2025. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Knesset lawmakers OK 2025 state budget
"This budget is the story of a beautiful Israel," said Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich.
March 25, 2025
Israel's Finance Committee chairman Moshe Gafni leads a committee vote in the Knesset, on June 9, 2021. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.
Israel’s 2025 state budget heads to vote in Knesset plenum
The budget will be 620 billion shekels, with about 110 billion shekels going to the defense budget, the highest ever.
March 24, 2025
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a security assessment at the Kirya  in Tel Aviv with Defense Minister Israel Katz and senior security officials, March 18, 2023. Photo: Maayan Toaf/GPO.
Striking when the iron’s cold
“Operation Strength and Sword” in Gaza upstaged the protest movement’s plans to escalate its war against Benjamin Netanyahu on the streets of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.
Ruthie Blum
March 18, 2025
United Torah Judaism Party leader Yitzhak Goldknopf heads to the podium at the Knesset in Jerusalem, Dec. 29, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Haredi party threatens to vote against state budget unless $360m in yeshivah funds approved ‘immediately’
The budget for 2025 must be approved by Knesset lawmakers by the end of this month, or early elections will automatically be triggered.
March 3, 2025
Shas Party leader Aryeh Deri. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Deri predicts new elections if Haredi draft law not passed by March
Israeli Finance Minister Smotrich vows his party will not compromise on the enlistment issue.
JNS Staff
Jan. 29, 2025
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approaches the podium during a plenum session for the Knesset's 75th birthday, Jan. 24, 2024. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Netanyahu leaves hospital to pass crucial budget vote in Knesset
The vote to tax "Trapped Profits" passed its second and third readings in the Knesset plenum by the narrowest of margins: 59-58.
David Isaac
Dec. 31, 2024
A discussion on the state budget at the Knesset assembly hall in Jerusalem, March 12, 2024. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Netanyahu on 2025 state budget: ‘If needed, we will add more’
The Israeli premier said that the government has additional sources for funding its security needs.
Nov. 3, 2024
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (c) at the start of the government meeting to approve the 2025 state budget, Oct. 31, 2024. Photo by Ma'ayan Toaf/GPO.
Netanyahu gov’t meets to vote on 2025 state budget
"Security also depends on the economy. We can't have a strong army if we don't have a way to finance it," the Israeli prime minister said.
Oct. 31, 2024
Israeli troops during operational activity in the Gaza Strip, October 2024. Credit: IDF.
Israel slashes economic growth outlook amid war
The proposed 2024-2025 budget aims for a deficit target of 4% of GDP, necessitating nearly $10 billion in cuts.
Oct. 30, 2024