Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich attacked the opposition and even employees of his ministry, calling the latter antisemitic, due to opposing the funds for settlements.
While the original coalition funds in the state budget were cut down for the amended budget, they still include billions of shekels.
INSIDE POLITICS: The Netanyahu government's wartime budget amid the freeing of hostages shows that while Israel is united in grief, fear, and sorrow, the coalition still looks out only for itself.
The AG's instructions come after coalition funds have been debated continuously over the course of the last month.
The Finance Ministry claimed that the funds it was seeking had already been approved before the war but hadn't been transferred yet.
INSIDE POLITICS: Joining Netanyahu carries both risks and opportunities, but that is not of any concern to Gantz, since he isn’t doing any of this for his own political advancement.
I still feel that the goal should be an authentic national unity government, if by some miracle new elections could be held soon. But as long as Benjamin Netanyahu is around, that won't happen.
It could take weeks or months for the justices to arrive at a ruling. And when that eventually arrives, one thing is sure – half of Israel will not be satisfied.
Yoav Gallant expressed appreciation for IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi for his handling of societal challenges affecting the IDF.
Experts predict that Netanyahu’s coalition will manage to hold, even as the prime minister faces growing public dissatisfaction and intracoalition tensions
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