Israel Budget Shows Netanyahu's Focus
The Israeli budget reveals that Benjamin Netanyahu's government is focused on supporting expanding settlements in the West Bank and funding Haredi religious institutions, using public funds as a political tool to ensure its survival. The number of legal settlements has increased nearly fivefold since a decade after the 1967 war, alongside the establishment of approximately 400 extremist outposts, with hundreds of millions of dollars allocated for infrastructure development and new settlements. The issue of exemptions from military service, which was once limited to specific agreements, has now become a major political matter, with the government allocating over a billion dollars to support Haredi institutions amid rising protests against conscription and ongoing settler attacks on Palestinians. According to the report, Netanyahu’s government is leading policies that focus on strengthening settlement presence and bolstering support from Haredi parties to ensure the coalition’s continuity.
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