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Smotrich Moves to Restore Tax Breaks for Donations to Non-Enlisting Yeshivas
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50% centerFirst reported by Kan News · Jun 11, 2026
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Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich is seeking to cancel a legal directive that would remove tax benefits from donations to yeshivas whose students do not enlist in the IDF. The move, reported by Kan News, has angered ultra-Orthodox parties and may be discussed in the Finance Ministry.
- 01Smotrich is trying to overturn the attorney general’s tax-benefit guidance.
- 02The guidance targets donations to yeshivas whose students do not enlist.
- 03Ultra-Orthodox parties say the change could cost tens to hundreds of millions of shekels.
- 04Smotrich says the guidance was issued without authority.
- 05He is expected to meet Finance Ministry officials to consider canceling it.
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