Ultra-Orthodox are demanding about NIS 600 million for payments for yeshivas retroactively from the beginning of 2023. The debate on the budget begins Monday at 9 a.m.
with 00 hours of speech, the start of voting on seven bills and 36 votes. Contacts could spill over into Thursday morning or Sunday next week. Agreeing to additional budgetary demands means further discussion in the Finance Committee and the danger that the budget will not pass by the deadline of next Monday. The coalition believes that a compromise will be found with Itamar Ben-Gvir.