Knesset Approves Super Sparta 2026 Budget, The Largest War and Occupation Budget in Israeli History

The Knesset has approved on Monday morning, March 30, Israel’s 2026 state budget in its final reading, a move that prevents the far-right government’s immediate collapse and avoids early elections, locking in the political calendar for a vote expected in October. The vote concluded a tense, hours-long parliamentary session marked by opposition filibusters and repeated…

Far-Right Govt’ Passes Controversial Pro-Settler Budget

The far-right Israeli government has passed in the early hours of Wednesday a new two-year budget that solidifies the ruling coalition’s religious, pro-settlement agenda, as thousands of protesters demonstrated against the spending package outside the parliament building. The 2023 and 2024 budgets passed with a 64-56 vote – stalled by debates overnight and following weeks…

COVID-19 crew at Soroka Medical Center in Beer-Sheva

Medical Workers Have Begun Sanctions over Labor Dispute

Starting Tuesday, August 24, 1,500 medical technologists, including 150 operators of ventilators and ECMO heart-lung machines, will only be working until 3 pm  and won’t be available for night shifts. These sanctions are part of these workers’ fight for better employment conditions and a continuation of their labor dispute that was first declared in 2019. The…