What Did They Do with Our Money at the Finance Committee?
The article claims that the Finance Committee held an urgent session during the Knesset recess and transferred billions, including about 300 million shekels in coalition funds, for the benefit of the Haredi sector. Among the amounts: 26 million shekels for preventing dropout in yeshivas, 69 million for Shas and Agudat Yisrael institutions, 54 million for kindergartens, 16.4 million for day camps, 16 million for after-school programs, 12.5 million for Jewish culture, and 15.2 million for Torah institutions in the Tekuma region. The author criticizes the allocations against the backdrop of war and the departure of a quarter of a million Israelis.
In an opinion piece by Anat Lev-Adler on ynet, it is claimed that the Finance Committee held a special and urgent session yesterday (Tuesday, August 4, 2026) in the midst of the Knesset recess, invoking an emergency clause in its bylaws. According to the author, the session was intended to transfer billions of shekels, including about 300 million shekels in coalition funds, for the benefit of the Haredi sector. Among the allocations detailed: 26 million shekels for a program to prevent dropout in yeshivas, 69 million shekels for educational institutions of Shas and the Independent Education of Agudat Yisrael, 54 million shekels for kindergartens in recognized but unofficial education, 16.4 million shekels for day camps in exempt institutions, 16 million shekels for increasing subsidies for after-school programs in the Haredi community, 12.5 million shekels for supporting Haredi Jewish culture, 15.2 million shekels for expanding support for Torah institutions in the Tekuma region, and another 26.1 million shekels for the program to prevent dropout in yeshivas. The author criticizes the allocations against the backdrop of a war that has lasted almost four years and the departure of a quarter of a million Israelis, and calls on the public to consider in the upcoming elections on October 27 whether the leaders they choose will care about the future of the state or narrow interests.