Discussions pushed off after critics blast decision to pay prime minister controversial tax benefits during pandemic-era economic hardship, and amid uptick in COVID-19 cases
It's hard to see why PM's bill should be protected from the scrupulous attentions of the tax authority and summarily reduced just because he has a loyal majority on a Knesset panel
Even as some 800,000 unemployed find it hard to make ends meet, legislators get the public to foot the premier's tax bill on fringe benefits he got from state
Controversial vote passes in absence of lawmakers from Blue and White; critics blast 'delusional' decision at time of economic hardship due to pandemic
Blue and White, Likud said trying to reach deal on element of unity deal that grants Netanyahu retroactive tax benefits, as Knesset Finance Committee set to consider it
Gantz notifies Knesset Finance Committee that he is relinquishing his right to an Alternate Prime Minister's Residence, along with all the expenses it would entail
PM's office claims Tax Authority demanding 'unprecedented' payment for expenses at his private residence; TV report says Gantz's new security detail to cost NIS 23 million a year
Veteran lawmaker reportedly interrogated 3 times by Tax Authority in recent months; was granted parliamentary immunity from criminal probe in separate case earlier this year
Its Jewish-Arab, Orthodox-secular rifts are all still there, but the country has thus far proved capable of transcending them, holding together to reduce the pandemic's ravages
Recent comments