{"id":57168,"date":"2026-03-11T12:56:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T09:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peacenow.org.il\/coalition-money-to-settlements"},"modified":"2026-03-27T09:35:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T06:35:01","slug":"coalition-money-to-settlements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peacenow.org.il\/en\/coalition-money-to-settlements","title":{"rendered":"The Netanyahu Government Approves Hundreds of Millions for Settlements in Coalition Funds"},"content":{"rendered":"
Yesterday, the government approved 4.995 billion shekels<\/strong><\/a> in coalition funds<\/strong> while reducing the state budget by 3 percent, resulting in significant cuts<\/a><\/strong> to education, health care, and welfare.<\/div>\n
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Of this amount, at least 353 million shekels<\/strong> are allocated for settlements, including 50 million for farms and outposts in the West Bank.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Peace Now:<\/strong> The most incompetent government in Israel\u2019s history proves again and again that it represents not Israel but a small minority of settlers. The \u2018concept\u2019 that settlements could continue to exist while Israel maintained stability and security blew up in our faces on Oct. 7. Yet instead of focusing on the country\u2019s security and future, the government is increasing the funds it directs to terror hubs in outposts and farms \u2014 bringing disaster upon us all.<\/div>\n
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Coalition funds are discretionary funds that coalition parties divide among themselves for their own purposes, without clear criteria or any requirement to allocate them equally.<\/div>\n
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These funds are added to the state budget. Last night (March 10, 2026), the government decided to allocate coalition funds totaling 4.995 billion shekels<\/strong>, 75 percent<\/a> of which are designated for the ultra-Orthodox and religious-nationalist sectors. Of the coalition funds, 395.5 million<\/strong> shekels are allocated to the Settlement Ministry, led by Minister Orit Strock. This ministry primarily funds groups and projects supporting right-wing causes, settlements, and Orthodox Judaism.\u00a0Additionally, the government plans to allocate another 1.273 billion shekels to the Settlement Ministry in the regular 2026 budget.<\/div>\n
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The coalition funds also include 353 million<\/strong> shekels clearly designated for settlements, in addition to millions of shekels allocated to right-wing organizations engaged in education and settlement initiatives.<\/p>\n

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Coalition Budget Items for Settlements:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Item<\/th>\nAmount (NIS)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Security grants to local authorities in the West Bank<\/td>\n83,000,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Projects in the Western Wall tunnels<\/td>\n12,000,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Settlement Division<\/td>\n100,242,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Security components for \u201cYoung Settlement\u201d<\/td>\n50,000,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Assistance to local authorities in securing Area C<\/td>\n45,000,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Archaeology in the West Bank<\/td>\n53,486,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Transportation in the West Bank for education<\/td>\n8,000,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Patriarchs\u2019 Tomb \u2014 support for the Cave of the Patriarchs<\/td>\n2,193,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total<\/strong><\/td>\n353,921,000<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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50 Million Shekels for Violent Farms and Outposts
\n<\/strong>The coalition funds include an allocation of 50 million shekels for \u201csecurity components for young settlement.\u201d This budget line is intended to support the establishment of illegal farms and outposts in the West Bank. Over the past two years, the government has used it to finance the violent farms \u2014 including off-road vehicles, road construction, electric gates, solar panels, and other infrastructure for settlers living there. Using these funds, settlers have systematically driven thousands of Palestinians from their homes and lands and taken control of roughly one million dunams (about 18 percent of the West Bank).<\/p>\n

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