Labor MK demands official inquiry into deficit
Nachman Shai, slamming budget proposal, says funds can be found in settlements and at wasteful companies with inflated salaries
View ArticlePresident living large, figures show
Last year the state paid NIS 63 million ($17 million) to maintain Shimon Peres’s position, nearly 50% more than in 2011
View ArticleTreasury says ultra-Orthodox to get ‘workforce’ earmarks
Deputy Finance Minister Mickey Levy says money for Haredim to be used to encourage them to enter the job market
View ArticleKnesset approves value-added tax hike
After stormy session, austerity measure passes by narrow margin; opposition calls move ‘cowardly’
View ArticleAhead of Knesset tally, Lapid says his voters happy with budget
Finance minister says Yesh Atid boosters support tax hikes, budget cuts; opposition leader denounces proposal as attack on the lower class
View ArticleKnesset passes 2013-14 budget in first reading
Parliament votes 58-44 on belt-tightening biannual plan that includes painful tax hikes and slashes to ministry budgets
View ArticleDemonstrators burn posters outside finance minister’s home
Dozens of protesters rally in Tel Aviv against cuts to the 2013 state budget
View ArticleWhat the latest MKs’ expenses report tells us about our lawmakers
Why do Haredi MKs pay for a beeper service, and how do you spend nearly 12,000 shekels on newspaper subscriptions?
View ArticleLabor MK: State quietly giving huge sums to settlements
Citing NIS 600m figure, Stav Shaffir accuses government of granting preferential treatment to West Bank communities
View ArticleIDF 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
View ArticleAll Israeli army reserve training canceled for 2014
IDF chief of staff Gantz cites unprecedented financial constraints, laments changing national priorities
View Article‘Illegal’ stipends for yeshiva students to be canceled
Haredi politicians protest landmark High Court ruling, which says payments discriminate against university students
View ArticleAir force cancels all flight drills amid budget dispute
Facing accusations of inefficiency, military has been petitioning government for a NIS 2.9 billion infusion
View ArticleSteinitz: Defense establishment is manipulating state for funds
Strategic affairs minister pans military for using ‘undemocratic’ tactics to pressure gov’t to increase budget
View ArticleIsrael budget kingpin opposes Flug, Lapid deficit plans
Bloomberg: Cut outlays, don’t raise the spending limit, says Knesset Finance Committee Chairman Nissan Slomiansky
View ArticleA fateful time ahead for Netanyahu’s divided government
Despite swirling speculation over the Gaza war’s impact on the coalition, PM’s hawkish critics may have to bide their time unless public discontent deepens
View ArticleLapid condemns West Bank land appropriation
Finance minister also calls for government to incur deficit rather than cut budgets of civilian ministries
View ArticleLapid threatens to quit coalition if taxes raised
As budget battle heats up, finance minister says move to cover defense spending is ‘illogical,’ calls for heavier borrowing instead
View ArticleDefense establishment seeks NIS 20b. budget hike
Government warns increase will come at expense of education, welfare; Lapid says money needed to secure the south
View ArticleYa’alon: Cutting defense budget will haunt Israel
Defense minister says country’s security may be seriously compromised if government halts investment in military
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