In Israel, an additional budget of 8 billion dollars was approved for war expenses

The Israeli government was reported to have approved an additional $8 billion budget for war spending.

According to Israeli state television KAN, the additional budget prepared for the government’s war expenses has already been decided.

Benny Gantz, a member of the country’s post-October 7 war cabinet and former Defense Minister, was reported to have opposed the budget.

It was claimed that ministers Nir Barkat and Ofir Akunis of the Likud Party, led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, did not support the budget.

Despite these objections, it was noted that an additional budget of 30 billion shekels ($8 billion) was approved to finance war expenses.

THE WAR BUDGET CREATED A CRACK IN THE GOVERNMENT

In the additional $8 billion “war budget” prepared by the Israeli government, funds allocated to the ultra-Orthodox population and illegal Jewish settlements caused a rift in the “Emergency Government,” the so-called “war cabinet.” .

According to the Times of Israel, Gantz, a member of Israel’s post-October 7 war cabinet and former Defense Minister, said that if the allocated portion of the covert allocation for the ultra-Orthodox population and illegal Jewish settlements in the additional war budget drawn up by the government remains the same. He stated that he would vote against.

In his letter to his former political rival and current coalition partner, Netanyahu, Gantz stated that the government’s allocation of large sums of money to controversial measures not related to the war would damage national acumen and social integrity, and He asked “the government to act accordingly.”

Arguing that all funds in Israel should now be transferred to “war needs”, Gantz stated that he would vote against the proposal in its current form and threatened to leave the government.

REST OF NETANYAHU

The written statement from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office states that Gantz’s demands were not accepted.

The statement states that “an unprecedented budget worth approximately $8 billion will be presented and used for war needs in the next 90 days.”