"The upward trend in the debt-to-GDP ratio stems from the security spending required following the war," Finance Minister ...

Israel's debt-to-GDP ratio increased to 68.6% in 2025 from 67.7% in 2024. This rise is primarily due to heightened security ...

Israelis created a settlement overlooking the Palestinian town of Beit Sahour. They had fended off plans to build a hospital ...

Finance minister warns foreign-led Gaza plans risk repeating the 2005 disaster and says Israel must reassert control over the ...

Smotrich thanked Trump for his support for Israel and efforts to assist in returning hostages, but said the US president’s Gaza plan should be canceled.

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Gaza is ours, and its future will affect our own future more than anyone else’s" said the Israeli Finance Minister ...

While Smotrich highlights executable reforms, Lapid and Lieberman challenge the budget’s underlying logic. With coalition ...

Bezalel Smotrich is a far-right Israeli lawmaker and leader of the Religious Zionist Party, who currently serves as the ...

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said that the government was "determined to pass it [the state budget] on first reading,” ...

“Gaza is ours,” Smotrich said, asserting that Israel alone should determine the future of the territory. He argued that ...