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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich at his side, and other coalition ministers and MKs celebrate the passage of the state budget in the Knesset, May 23, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Sharon Wrobel
Analysis
Sharon Wrobel
Netanyahu’s fat man, thin man and the burden of the new state budget
As more funds are funnelled to the ultra-Orthodox community, other budgets for investment in high-tech are reduced; reforms for tackling high cost of living are suffering
File: MK Karine Elharrar arrives for the opening session of the Knesset in Jerusalem on November 15, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
June 15, 2023, 1:52 pm
Daily Briefing Jun 15: And the winners are… MK Karine Elharrar – and PM Netanyahu?
Knesset correspondent Carrie Keller-Lynn on the stormy vote for the Judicial Selection Committee, and diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman on a ‘mini-agreement’ with Iran
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on May 14, 2023 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 14, 2023, 1:16 pm
Daily Briefing June 14: Fateful voting day in Knesset for judicial picks
Knesset correspondent Tal Schneider discusses choosing MKs for Judicial Selection Committee; Diaspora affairs reporter Canaan Lidor looks at Lithuanian PM speech and Hong Kong eruv
By ToI Staff
A woman at the annual Gay Pride Parade in Jerusalem, on June 2, 2022, holds up a sign with the biblical phrase 'Love thy neighbor as thyself.' (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 1, 2023, 1:22 pm
Daily Briefing June 1: PM kicks coalition issues down the road; Gay Pride in capital
Legal reporter Jeremy Sharon looks at PM’s move to shut down partners’ proposals and senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur discusses politics of negotiation at judicial overhaul talks
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich at his side, and other coalition ministers and MKs celebrate the passage of the state budget in the Knesset, May 23, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 24, 2023, 11:13 pm
Netanyahu’s fat man, thin man and the burden of the new state budget
As more funds are funnelled to the ultra-Orthodox community, other budgets for investment in high-tech are reduced; reforms for tackling high cost of living are suffering
By Sharon Wrobel
Protesters march in Bnei Brak against the billions in funds provided to ultra-Orthodox parties in the state budget, on May 17, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
May 21, 2023, 6:28 pm
‘Backward country’: Economists warn government over Haredi budget allocations
In letter, former senior Bank of Israel and Treasury officials say the planned funding of food vouchers and unregulated schools poses an ‘existential threat to Israel’s future’
By Sharon Wrobel
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men study in the Lithuanian Slabodka yeshiva in the ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak, July 8, 2013. (Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)
May 14, 2023, 10:13 pm
Cabinet approves NIS 13.7b in state funds to meet Haredi coalition demands
Disbursements include NIS 3.7b to ultra-Orthodox yeshivas; Treasury warns spending disincentivizes Haredi labor and could lead to huge losses in GDP, higher taxes
By Sharon Wrobel
Israel's President Isaac Herzog attends a Honorary Citizenship Ceremony in Tel Aviv, March 13, 2023 (Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
March 14, 2023, 1:44 pm
Daily Briefing Mar. 14: As judicial overhaul is voted on, how will Herzog respond?
Political writer Tal Schneider on bills’ advances and the president’s role as compromise-pusher; diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman looks at Saudi Arabia’s agreement with Iran
By ToI Staff
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a discussion and a vote in the Knesset on February 20, 2023 (Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 22, 2023, 1:25 pm
Daily Briefing Feb. 22: PM wants compromise, but coalition won’t let him
Political correspondent Tal Schneider and senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur discuss what’s in store for the Knesset’s Wednesday votes, and the push-pull of politics in the plenum
By ToI Staff
Opposition MKs holding Israeli flags during the discussion and vote on the government's judicial overhaul plans in the Knesset, February 20, 2023 (Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 21, 2023, 1:16 pm
Daily Briefing Feb. 21: Emotions high at Knesset as 1st part of overhaul bill passes
Knesset correspondent Carrie Keller-Lynn and legal affairs reporter Jeremy Sharon discuss impassioned debate as contentious legislation gets its first Knesset okay
By ToI Staff
Abraham Foxman, national director emeritus for the Anti-Defamation League, speaks on a panel on antisemitism in the US, at the eighth annual summit of the Israeli American Council (IAC) in Austin, Texas, on January 20, 2023. (Linda Kasian)
January 22, 2023, 3:57 am
Israel’s tampering with democracy harms US Jewish support, says ex-ADL head Foxman
Speaking to ToI on sidelines of IAC summit, Abe Foxman laments proposed Israeli policies, says US Jews and Israeli-Americans must work together to back Israel, fight antisemitism
By Ricky Ben-David
Illustrative: Israeli and American flags are visible on the table as US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin hosts a bilateral meeting with Defense Minister Benny Gantz at the Pentagon in Washington on June 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
December 20, 2022, 1:00 pm
Daily Briefing Dec 20: Is the US Diaspora married to Israel, or tied to it by blood?
Senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur boils down competing perspectives between world’s two largest Jewish communities; Knesset correspondent Carrie Keller-Lynn on timely coalition bills
By ToI Staff
MK Moshe Gafni, right, speaks at a meeting of the United Torah Judaism faction at the Knesset on December 5, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
December 13, 2022, 1:43 pm
Daily Briefing Dec. 13: IDF examines Jenin death; Haredim push religion in the state
Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian talks about IDF shooting and Gaza catfishing as religion reporter Judah Ari Gross discusses United Torah Judaism’s plans
By ToI Staff
Likud party chairman Benjamin Netanyahu, right, shakes hands with United Torah Judaism party leader Yitzhak Goldknopf in the Knesset plenum in Jerusalem on November 21, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 12, 2022, 11:17 pm
Report shows UTJ, Likud negotiating vast expansion of religious rule, rousing anger
Haredi faction said to win backing for barring energy creation on Shabbat, expanding gender-segregated beaches and much more, but Netanyahu’s party denies agreeing to demands
By ToI Staff
Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and President Isaac Herzog at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, November 13, 2022 (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
December 9, 2022, 12:01 am
Netanyahu asks president for more time to put together government
Likud head says ministerial postings and other assignments still being finalized, but is widely expected to succeed and return to power; Herzog set to okay 2-week extension
By ToI Staff
United Torah Judaism MKs Moshe Gafni (left) and Yitzhak Goldknopf (right) sign an interim coalition deal with Likud negotiator Yariv Levin on December 6, 2022. (Courtesy)
December 6, 2022, 11:49 pm
As Netanyahu’s coalition deadline nears, Likud signs interim deal with UTJ
Haredi party says it signed agreement on its government posts due to PM-designate’s likely need to request a two-week extension beyond December 11 from president
By ToI Staff
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