Posts Tagged: Israel defense budget
Israel’s Costly Defense Against Iran Onslaught Leads to Calls to Increase Budget
Israel must increase its defense budget significantly after seeing the high cost of defending the Jewish state against Iran's massive drone and missile salvo on Saturday...
Knesset Approves Billions in Extra Defense Spending for ‘Classified Objectives’
JNS.org - The Knesset Finance Committee approved a NIS 1.5 billion ($481 million) budget addition to the 2021 defense budget on Monday, after approving an...
Israeli Central Bank Critical of Netanyahu Plan to Raise Defense Spending
Israel's central bank on Wednesday criticized a government plan to sharply boost defense spending, saying it would come at the expense of civilian spending and...
Israel’s Lieberman: ‘Dramatic Changes’ Warrant $1.4 Billion Defense Budget Increase
JNS.org - Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Monday expressed the need for an increase of $1.4 billion to the Jewish state’s defense budget, citing “dramatic...
Israel Passes 2015 State Budget With $1.6 Billion Defense Increase
JNS.org - After a marathon meeting late on Tuesday night, cabinet ministers approved the 2015 Israeli national budget early on Wednesday. The overall budget will...
Lapid Says Israeli Budget Deficit Will Grow to Pay for Defense Spending
Ynet - The Finance Ministry announced on Sunday it was raising Israel's deficit targets by roughly NIS 7 billion to foot the bill for an...
Israel’s Ya’alon Warns Against Cutting Defense Budget
Arutz Sheva - Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon warned on Thursday against cuts to the defense budget. "The Middle East is changing. The great armies have been...
Should Israel Accept American Aid?
In recent years, a number of valiant Israeli nationalists, including the current Economy Minister, Naftali Bennett of the Jewish Home Party, Rabbi Benny Elon, former...
Netanyahu Reduces Proposed Cut to Israeli Defense Budget
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ruled Monday that the Israeli defense budget will be cut by 3 billion shekels ($840 million), in lieu of the...
