Israel's budget under threat as Likud dispute with haredi faction unresolved
Housing and Construction Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf may resign on Sunday in order to return to the Knesset and threaten the budget's passage.
By ELIAV BREUER
No advancements were made as of press time on Sunday in the impasse between Housing and Construction Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf’s Agudat Yisrael faction and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich over Goldknopf’s demand to receive over NIS 600 million in additional coalition funds, a spokesperson from the party said.
The impasse developed into a crisis last week after Goldknopf threatened that if it does not receive the extra funding, his faction will vote against the 2023-2024 national budget bills this week. If the budget bills do not pass into law by Sunday at midnight, the Knesset immediately disperses and an election is called.
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Housing and Construction Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf may resign on Sunday in order to return to the Knesset and threaten the budget's passage.
By ELIAV BREUER
No advancements were made as of press time on Sunday in the impasse between Housing and Construction Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf’s Agudat Yisrael faction and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich over Goldknopf’s demand to receive over NIS 600 million in additional coalition funds, a spokesperson from the party said.
The impasse developed into a crisis last week after Goldknopf threatened that if it does not receive the extra funding, his faction will vote against the 2023-2024 national budget bills this week. If the budget bills do not pass into law by Sunday at midnight, the Knesset immediately disperses and an election is called.
more............ https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-diplomacy/article-743752