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Israeli Public Committee Raises Election Funding Costs by 33 Million Shekels
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First reported by Calcalist · 12 hours ago
What happened
Israel's public committee has increased election funding costs by 33 million shekels, raising per-member and per-list funding units and advancing payment schedules. The changes aim to ease parties' financial operations during campaigns and include new loan provisions for incumbent and new parties ahead of the September elections.
- 01Election funding per Knesset member rises from 1.638M to 1.835M shekels, costing 25.5M shekels.
- 02Fixed funding per party list increases by 734,000 shekels to 2.569M shekels.
- 03Advance payments for incumbent parties rise to 1.468M shekels, paid in mid-September.
- 04Party loan repayments frozen from July to September; loans limited to 36 months.
- 05New parties can now receive loans up to 18.35M shekels with bank guarantees.
- 06Committee chaired by retired Judge Ron Shapira made the decisions last week.
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OrganizationsKnesset, United Torah Judaism, Agudat Yisrael, Degel HaTorah, Central Elections Committee
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