Report says likely new coalition to raise monthly handouts to $380, costing taxpayers an additional $439 million a year; former PM Bennett: Move 'neither practical nor moral'

After payments for parents arrived this week, all other adults to receive NIS 750 while those living on pensions and allowances to get double sum

Payments for parents arrive first in controversial NIS 6.5b stimulus plan, to be followed by transfers to the elderly and, eventually, the rest of the population

Some eligible Israelis could receive cash as soon as Sunday; high wage earners excluded while some needier Israelis, bigger families, allocated larger sums

Government agrees to payouts for every child, increases funds for newly released soldiers; proposal now expected to be brought for final Knesset votes

Government agrees to payouts for every child; discussions ongoing in Knesset Finance Committee after bill passes first vote

Legislation clears first reading 80-0, sending it to Finance Committee for further mark-up before 2nd and 3rd votes in plenum

Netanyahu says NIS 6.5 billion plan will help 'move the wheels of the economy in order to put people back to work'

Private citizens making over NIS 640,000 a year and public sector workers making NIS 30,000 a month no longer eligible for stipend