The Knesset Finance Committee is expected to convene today (Tuesday) to approve budget transfers totaling hundreds of millions of shekels for settlement and Haredi sectors, according to a report by Moskov. The Knesset Speaker used an unusual procedural provision to allow the committee to meet during the recess without opposition consent. The opposition has announced it will petition the High Court of Justice against the move.
The Knesset Finance Committee is expected to convene today (Tuesday) to approve budget transfers of hundreds of millions of shekels for settlement and Haredi sectors, according to a report by Moskov. The committee's meeting was enabled by an unusual procedural move: the Knesset Speaker invoked the Knesset rules to allow the session during the recess without opposition consent. The opposition has announced it will petition the High Court of Justice against the decision.
The budget transfers have been a recurring point of contention. As The Zioneer reported on July 29, the opposition previously used a filibuster to block a NIS 392 million transfer to Haredi parties and the Settlement Ministry. Other recent reports by The Zioneer have detailed successive Finance Committee discussions on similar allocations, including a scheduled meeting on Wednesday for additional Haredi transfers and a meeting on Tuesday that approved NIS 268 million for Haredi education, NIS 124 million for settlement, and NIS 78.5 million for religious affairs. The scope of today's expected approval was not specified in the report.
2 developments
- DevelopingFinance Committee to meet Wednesday for additional Haredi budget transfers, N12 reports
- DevelopingKnesset Finance Committee approves NIS 54.79 million for Haredi development authority hours before expected dispersal
- StrongKnesset budget session stalled as Haredi parties boycott Finance Committee hearing
- DevelopingRequest for NIS 200 million settlement budget placed before Finance Committee ahead of Knesset dispersal
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