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Israeli Election Funding Reaches $80 Million, Leaving Parties in Debt
Israeli elections for the 26th Knesset cost taxpayers over 300 million shekels in public party funding. Parties utilized controversial technical splits to maximize grants, with the Likud receiving a record 63.9 million shekels.
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- 01Israeli elections cost taxpayers over 300 million shekels in public party funding.
- 02The Likud party received a record 63.9 million shekels in public funding.
- 03Benny Gantz's Blue and White party owes the Knesset approximately 11.7 million shekels.
- 04Five major parties ran in split formats to maximize election funding grants.
- 05Parties that failed to pass the electoral threshold left approximately 15 million shekels in debts.
However, several parties, including Benny Gantz's Blue and White, have accumulated significant debts totaling millions of shekels, raising criticism of the funding system.
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