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The government approved Smotrich's order on Sunday and is expected to be finalized through a vote in the Knesset plenum on ...

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Born of Israel’s settler community, the finance minister has subverted the Palestinian West Bank’s few protections.

MKs from Likud and Otzma Yehudit vote against the measure, while many ministers are absent during the vote on expanding the VAT exemption law, dealing the coalition a defeat.

After the Knesset plenum rejected the order to expand the VAT exemption to $150, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich signed a new order raising the exemption to $130, which will take effect at midnight.

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Smotrich minister signals possible ultimatum as ceasefire’s next phase stalls and uncertainty grows over Gaza’s future security arrangements.