The yeshiva headed by Rabbi Yosef Aryeh Yizdi, who recently called for IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi's name to be erased, received over 10 million shekels in state funding over the past decade, with 653,818 shekels allocated this year, according to a report by journalist Yoeli Brim.
The state's funding to a yeshiva headed by Rabbi Yosef Aryeh Yizdi — who recently called for IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi's name to be erased — amounts to 653,818 shekels this year and over ten million shekels over the past decade, according to a report by journalist Yoeli Brim.
As The Zioneer reported earlier today, the story first broke Tuesday morning, drawing sharp condemnation from former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, who called for an end to the funding, saying taxpayers should not subsidize an institution whose leader curses the military chief. Bennett vowed to address the issue in the next government.
The new report adds the decade-long total figure, underscoring the cumulative scale of the funding. The yeshiva receives its allocation through regular state budget channels. No official response from the Finance Ministry or the relevant funding agency has been published yet.
2 developments
- DevelopingBennett: Taxpayer funds to yeshiva head who cursed IDF chief must stop
- DevelopingStudy: most donations to Israeli yeshivas come from Israel, not abroad; tax-benefit repeal would save state 430 million shekels a year
- DevelopingState urges High Court to strip tax benefits from yeshivas housing draft dodgers — analysis reveals 430M shekel annual savings
- StrongEizenkot: Incitement against the Chief of Staff endangers IDF commanders and soldiers
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