The Knesset Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense unanimously approved the defense budget proposed by the government in the amount of 59 billion shekels (18.5 billion dollars), writes Times of Israel.
The representative of the Committee said that the voting took place today after dozens of meetings of the Committee and its subcommittees on the budget and after they have made a number of changes in the order of distribution of funds, “to ensure more effective allocation of funds for security needs and improve parliamentary control over the use budget. “
In the statement of the head of the Committee, a member of Esh Atid Rama Ben-Barack, it says that the budget “gives a good answer to the problems facing us, at the same time understanding the social and economic needs of the state of Israel.”