State-backed guarantee will enable El Al, Arkia, and Israir to obtain wartime insurance policy and keep their fleets in the skies, amid broad service suspensions to Israel

MKs approve $110 million for yeshivas, some of which don't teach secular subjects; greenlight frozen $52 million for Arab councils, but only once oversight mechanism is established

Opposition MKs on Finance Committee accuse panel of approving funds for 'needs that do not really exist'

Panel cuts NIS 730 million to fund various projects, but most transferred to ultra-Orthodox schools; Lapid decries move as abuse of weakest parts of society

Federation of Local Authorities vows it will not participate in Arnona Fund plan to redistribute municipal taxes, as Knesset Finance Committee votes to approve measure

Gafni reassumes his longtime leadership of the Finance Committee, and Gallant takes on Foreign Affairs and Defense, while waiting to see if Defense Minister post available

Calculation excludes many of the costs relating to the national paid vacation day and the running of the Central Election Committee

The allocation of money, held up in government ministries, is part of the government's 5-year plan; right-wing MK Smotrich calls move 'irresponsible'

Knesset approves committee decree, which takes effect immediately

Rotem Amfert and parent company the ICL Group guarantee to clean up decades of waste caused by phosphorus mining, rehabilitate soil and water