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Finance Minister Allocates Over 70 Million Shekels to Education Ministry to Prevent National Service Cuts
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First reported by Arutz Sheva · Jul 2, 2026
What happened
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich allocated over 70 million shekels to the Education Ministry to prevent cuts of 2,000 national service positions and avoid layoffs of coordinators.
- 01Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich allocated over 70 million shekels to the Education Ministry immediately.
- 02The funding is a one-time addition to address the national service staffing crisis.
- 03A planned cut of 2,000 national service positions threatened dozens of coordinator layoffs.
- 04The Education Ministry will coordinate with the Finance Ministry to finalize the funding framework.
- 05Government approval may be sought depending on the budget classification process.
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