Netanyahu Seeks to Raise IDF Budget, Lapid Conditions Support on Canceling ‘Corrupt’ Haredi Funds
Lapid backed higher defense spending but opposed tax increases on middle-class households and reservists, as officials warned the IDF faces a 40 billion-shekel gap.
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‘Coffers are empty’: Netanyahu seeks Lapid's backing as IDF budget crisis deepens
Opposition leader says he will back the spending increase only if Netanyahu scraps coalition allocations rather than raising taxes, as military officials warn delayed funds have already stalled procurement, cut reserve duty and threatened operational readiness
Netanyahu Seeks Meeting With Lapid
Israeli media reported Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has requested a meeting with opposition leader Yair Lapid in an effort to persuade him to agree to a discussion of the budget bill aimed at allocating large sums to Israel’s security establishment.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu requested a meeting with opposition leader Yair Lapid to discuss his approval of a bill to increase the defense budget. It was reported that Netanyahu would attempt to persuade Lapid to allocate more resources to the Israeli military during the meeting.
During a security update meeting, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked to open the budget law to inject additional funds into the defense system. Opposition leader Yair Lapid made it clear that he would support the move, but made it conditional on the cancellation of coalition funds and budgets that he claims are being transferred to finance the Haredi sector. The post ‘Giving up an eye so that we don’t have two’: Lapid will support the defen…
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