Budget Foundations Law

Israeli lawmakers finish budget prep ahead of crucial votes next week

According to Israeli law, the budgets must pass by May 29 at midnight. If they do not pass on time, the Knesset disperses automatically and Israel heads to an election.

|ByELIAV BREUER
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich is seen pointing downwards at a Religious Zionist Party faction meeting in Jerusalem, on May 1, 2023.
Haredi protest in Jerusalem against draft

UTJ, Litzman postpone bill to deny extremist yeshivas state funds

Yeshivas and yeshiva deans associated with the Jerusalem Faction have however instructed their students not to present themselves at IDF enlistment offices.

|ByJEREMY SHARON