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Annual plan to set out Israel's national spending for a defined period
 IFCJ PRESIDENT Yael Eckstein (center) visits a shelter in Kiryat Shmona. ‘I think it’s a very incorrect assumption to feel or think that we, in the rest of Israel, are not connected to what’s happening there.’

Israeli High Court: National Food Security Initiative budget to be doubled

 Illustrative image of doing taxes.

As the Israeli tax year ends, here's what to consider amid war

By LEON HARRIS
 Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich with MK Moshe Gafni during a Finance committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament on December 3, 2024

Month after deadline, Israel's 2025 budget bills brought to Knesset

 FINANCE MINISTER Bezalel Smotrich addresses the Knesset plenum, earlier this year. While the government is busy formulating the state budget for 2025, it appears that the war has become a convenient excuse to ignore the deep social crisis in which Israel finds itself, the writer argues.

The war is not an excuse to neglect the fight against poverty

By BECKY COHEN-KESHET
 People walk past the headquarters of Fitch Ratings in New York, February 6, 2013.

Real de-escalation with Hezbollah could limit pressure on Israel's finances - Fitch

By EVE YOUNG , REUTERS
 Heavy traffic on the Ayalon South highway at the Moshe Dayan Interchange earlier this year.

Will Israeli travel get more efficient?

By Asaf Zagrizak/Globes/TNS
 THE ANIÈRES MECHINA scholarship program creates pathways for young, Jewish olim from challenging economic backgrounds to become leading engineers in Israel.

New immigrants aren't statistics: They're an essential part of Israel's growth

By ROBERT SINGER
 Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Galant attend vote on the state budget at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, March 13, 2024.

Second only to Ukraine: The cost of Israel's defense burden

By Dean Shmuel Elmas/Globes/TNS
 Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich speaks during a vote on the state budget at the assembly hall of the Knesset in Jerusalem, March 13, 2024.

Israel's budget shows that self-preservation tops government priorities

 Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir. (Illustrative)

Knesset approves Israel's 2025 budget despite threats of opposition

 Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich speaks with Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology Ofir Akunis during a vote on the state budget at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, March 13, 2024.

Government convenes for marathon 2025 budget debate

 Olim on the 64th Nefesh B’Nefesh charter flight pose with organization’s Co-founders Rabbi Yehoshua Fass and Tony Gelbart; Minister of Aliyah and Integration, Ofir Sofer; and Director-General of the Ministry of Aliyah and Integration, Avichai Kahana.

Govt economic plan includes slashing benefits for olim worth over NIS 500,000

 Itamar Ben Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich attend a plenum session on forming the government, in the Israeli parliament, on December 29, 2022.

Smotrich is 'arrogant': Ben-Gvir lashes out at finance minister after budget clash

 FINANCE MINISTER Bezalel Smotrich speaks at a news conference at the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem, last week.

Welfare, wage, and ministry cuts: Treasury unveils plan for 2025 budget

Iranian armed forces members march during a ceremony of the National Army Day parade in Tehran, Iran April 18, 2022

Iran's military budget is growing: What does that mean for the Middle East?

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, Fitch Rating logo seen in background.

Israel's 2025 budget delays a red flag to investors and Israelis

Bezalel Smotrich is seen pointing down in an illustrative featuring credit agency Moody's.

Moody's downgrade due to Israel's clueless leadership, gov't mistrust - expert

 Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich attends a Finance committee meeting at the Knesset, on June 10, 2024

Uncertainty on when US aid will reach Israel may lead to further 2024 budget adjustments