Israeli Government Budget

Knesset Finance Committee considers NIS 393 million transfer to Prime Minister's Office

MK Vladimir Beliak of the Together party, the opposition’s coordinator on the committee, spoke with Anat Davidov on 103FM’s Where's the Money program and addressed the budget additions being sought.

MK Vladimir Beliak reacts during a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting and votes on parts of the judicial reform, at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on July 19, 2023.
Bank Hapoalim CEO Yadin Antebi at EY's annual real estate conference

Next Israeli gov't main issue will be controlling defense budget, Bank Hapoalim CEO told conference

Terrorists from Hamas's Nukhba Force being held at Ofer Prison near Jerusalem, August 28, 2024.

Gov’t allocates over NIS 1 billion to prosecute October 7 terrorists in military tribunals

New Israeli Shekel banknotes are seen in this picture illustration.

Israel’s 'bloated, unstable' gov't harms public service, wastes millions each year, report finds


Weekend fighting in Syria seen tipping balance on defense budget

Liberman's demand for increase arises from the introduction of "equilibrium breaking" weaponry into the region in the past two years.

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman and Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon announce NIS 150 million toward strengthening Israel's northern border on January 11, 2018..

Amid indictment debacle, Knesset passes 2019 budget in first reading

Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon said that passing the budget in its first reading is "already strengthening the Israeli economy."

A general view shows the plenum during the swearing-in ceremony of the 20th Knesset, the new Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem March 31, 2015.

Ministers protest ahead of approving Israel's 2019 budget

Moshe Kahlon (left) and Benjamin Netanyahu (right).

Jerusalem mayor to PM: Finance Ministry keeping funds from municipality

Treasury denies claims, says special grants to capital at all-time high.

Kahlon and Barkat

After protests, Israel approves NIS 1.45 b. increase in disability funds

In September, following protests in which disabled people obstructed busy intersections, the government approved a NIS 4.2 billion increase in disability benefits over the next four years.

Disabled activists sit in at the Knesset plenum discussing goverment allowances for the disabled, September 18, 2017.

Netanyahu asks coalition heads for political calm so state budget can pass

Speaking in a meeting of coalition party heads, Netanyahu and Moshe Kahlon said no new projects would be added to the budget and urged them to accept the Finance Ministry’s proposal as is.

Benjamin Netanyahu

Kahlon pushes initiative to ensure full-term government

Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon's push for another two-year budget would ensure relative security for the Knesset's current tenure.

Moshe Kahlon

Government approves mammoth projects to upgrade access to Western Wall

Currently the only pedestrian access down to the Western Wall from the Jewish Quarter and back up to it is via a long set of stairs.

A view of the Western Wall, the Temple Mount and Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem

High Court freezes makeover for IBC

The court issued the temporary injunction after accepting a petition lodged by Zionist Union MK Eitan Cabel and others who were protesting the eighth amendment to the Public Broadcasting Law.

IBC STAFF are shown yesterday at their temporary studio in Modi’in preparing for today’s scheduled launch

When the government bribes its own MKs

In other words, the government paid its own MKs over a quarter of a billion shekels to vote for its budget.

SHOW US the money. Lawmakers attend a preliminary vote on a bill at the Knesset