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A Palestinian Hamas terrorist speaks with a Stephanie Eller before the release of hostages held in Gaza since the deadly October 7, 2023 attack, as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, February 15, 2025.

Almost half of Israelis do not think you can remove Hamas and release hostages

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Elliot Jager and Calev Ben-David on The Jerusalem Dispatch Podcast.

Where priorities lie: Israel's largest-ever budget clogged by political patronage

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

The destruction caused by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Be'eri, near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, October 14, 2023.

Knesset passes law defining rehabilitation responsibility in Israel's south, releases budgets

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

Israel's economic resilience comes despite gov't policy, expert tells TML

By Nathan Klabin/The Media Line

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich speaks in the Knesset plenum, in Jerusalem, March 25, 2025

Smotrich passed the state budget, and all it cost was his party

By MOSHE COHEN

Governor of the Bank of Israel Amir Yaron speaks during a press conference at the Bank of Israel offices in Jerusalem, on January 2, 2022.

Bank of Israel chief critical of 2025 wartime budget

By REUTERS , EVE YOUNG

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar at the EU-Israel Association Council in Brussels, Belgium. February 24, 2025.

Israel's 2025 budget boosts public diplomacy, transportation with major investments

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Police outside the Knesset in Jerusalem forcefully trying to remove the protestors, March 25, 2025.

Protesters block Jerusalem roads as Knesset passes 2025 budget, nine arrested

By EVE YOUNG , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich speaks in the Knesset plenum, in Jerusalem, March 25, 2025

Israeli government approves 2025 budget in Knesset, passing major hurdle

By ELIAV BREUER

An electronic board displaying market data is seen at the entrance of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, in Tel Aviv, Israel

Can Israel’s economy withstand a second round of war, judicial reform, and soaring debt?

The Finance Ministry offices are seen on May 14, 2023

Knesset set for final 2025 budget voting overnight

By ELIAV BREUER , EVE YOUNG

ISRAELI ARABS protest against the violence within their communities, outside the Knesset, in November, in 2024.

Cuts to the National Authority for Community Safety will harm communities

By YAEL LITMANOVITZ , TOMER LOTAN

Israelis attend a protest march against the decision of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to fire head of Shin Bat Ronen Bar, at the entrance to Jerusalem, March 19, 2025.

Israelis didn't question attacking Gaza on Oct. 7, they are now

By JPOST EDITORIAL

Finance Minister and Head of the Religious Zionist Party Bezalel Smotrich leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, February 3, 2025.

First budget bills expected to pass into law overnight

By ELIAV BREUER

The Finance Committee meets in the Knesset, June 2021

Knesset tensions rise as opposition seeks to block budget cuts

By ELIAV BREUER , EVE YOUNG

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Construction and Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf seen in Jerusalem, September 27, 2023

Coalition struggling to muster majority to pass 2025 budget, sources say

By ELIAV BREUER

HOUSING MINISTER Yitzhak Goldknopf, United Torah Judaism’s leader, in the Knesset last month. He turned to his Jewish heritage and instincts regarding the plight of the hostages, notes the writer.

NIS 1b. for yeshivot inserted into budget base, haredi parties say

By ELIAV BREUER

Finance Minister and Head of the Religious Zionist Party Bezalel Smotrich leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, February 3, 2025.

Government approved 2025 ‘coalition funds’ amidst criticism

By ELIAV BREUER