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Netanyahu seeks 2026 budget reopening for NIS 174B defense
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Story summary
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked to reopen the 2026 state budget to fund additional defense spending.
- Opposition leader Yair Lapid will support the budget only if it avoids middle-class tax hikes.
- Lapid also demanded cancellation of coalition funds used to finance haredi draft-evasion.
- The 2026 state budget caps total spending at NIS 699 billion.
- The defense budget rose to NIS 174 billion after a NIS 32 billion war-related increase.