Funds funneled to ultra-Orthodox sector as 2026 budget passes 62–55; coalition maneuver steers about $250 million while bypassing oversight. The opposition, caught off guard, said: 'Nothing like this has ever happened. They looted Israelis in bomb shelters'
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Funds funneled to ultra-Orthodox sector as 2026 budget passes 62–55; coalition maneuver steers about $250 million while bypassing oversight. The opposition, caught off guard, said: 'Nothing like this has ever happened. They looted Israelis in bomb shelters'
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11:07 AM • March 30 2026 IDT
Israel's 2026 state budget was pushed through overnight Monday by a vote of 62–55, just hours before the Knesset faced dissolution. Earlier in the session, a maneuver orchestrated by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition secured hundreds of millions of shekels in additional funding for the ultra-Orthodox sector – beyond what had been approved in the official budget brought to its final readings.
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