Opposition leader denounces Netanyahu-led coalition for failing to tackle cost of living, says budget tells ultra-Orthodox: 'The suckers’ children will pay for your children'

Employed parents to receive NIS 940 for each child in range, extra NIS 1,700 for those at state-subsidized daycares; NIS 2 billion committed to building state-funded centers

Senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur on what a dissolved government does while awaiting elections; Lazar Berman, on location in Ukraine, puts 400 years of Russian relations in context

As school year set to start with unprecedented reliance on remote learning amid pandemic, charity report says tens of thousands of children don't have all the equipment they need

Bill fails to muster necessary majority as lawmakers go on weeklong summer vacation, meaning money for education system will be delayed until after start of school year

Officials reportedly heard of Netanyahu's planned move through media reports; one expert estimates cost at NIS 4.5 billion a year