Israeli government approves 2025 budget in Knesset, passing major hurdle
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich: budget for war and reservists • Yair Lapid: Middle class is tired of being exploited
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich speaks in the Knesset plenum, in Jerusalem, March 25, 2025(photo credit: NOAM MOSHKOWITZ/KNESSET SPOKESPERSON)Updated: