{"id":18186,"date":"2023-05-08T14:34:34","date_gmt":"2023-05-08T14:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/?p=18186"},"modified":"2023-05-08T14:34:34","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T14:34:34","slug":"michaeli-criticizes-nis-12-billion-in-bribes-to-political-parties-in-state-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/?p=18186","title":{"rendered":"Michaeli criticizes NIS 12 billion in &#8220;bribes&#8221; to political parties in state budget"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>Labor leader Merav Michaeli blasts the coalition&#8217;s planned allocation of NIS 12 billion to partner party priorities as &#8220;political protection payments,&#8221; speaking at the start of her party&#8217;s factional meeting of Monday&#8217;s centre-left opposition in the Knesset.<\/p>\n<p>Touching on Sunday night reports that the coalition plans to distribute a significant amount of discretionary funding to political priorities, it says the funds are &#8220;a bribe to the ultra-Orthodox, a bribe to the settlers and a bribe to the extreme and dangerous &#8220;.  Messianic right, which endangers Israel&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>By holding the coalition together through discretionary allocations, Michaeli says, the funds will foster the cohesion of allied parties that &#8220;vote against democracy, against equality, against women&#8217;s rights, against LGBT rights, against civil equality, against the prospects of peace, simply against the State of Israel.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>You are a dedicated reader <\/p>\n<p class=\"crm-article-popup__counter-wrap\" style=\"display:none\">\n<span class=\"crm-article-popup__counter\">We are so glad you read <strong> <span class=\"count-num\">X<\/span> Articles from the Times of Israel<\/strong> in the past month<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s why we started the Times of Israel eleven years ago, to provide discerning readers like you with must-see coverage of Israel and the Jewish world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>So now we have a request.<\/strong> Unlike other media outlets, we have not created a paywall.  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