Backs from China: Netanyahu clarifies he "won't interfere" in budget

Strengthens Lapid from China: the Prime Minister, who is currently visiting China, spoke this morning (Wednesday) of the state budget released yesterday, and the decrees it involves. In an interview with Army Radio, Netanyahu said that he backs the Finance Minister Yair Lapid, but added, "I will not interfere in the budget, except for the defense budget cuts which remain open to debate." Thereby Netanyahu clarified the possibility that he would oppose and eliminate some of the decisions of Lapid, as claimed by various reports .

Yesterday at midnight the first decree was launched by the new budget: cigarette prices jumped by 3 shekels.

Earlier, Shas faction chairman MK Ariel Atias attacked the new budget: "Empty slogans and statuses on Facebook will not atone for the injustice and terrible suffering which working people will endure, especially the disadvantaged groups and workers of the minimum wage." He says, "Increases in taxes and cruel cuts in benefits for children are the same old politics which Lapid assured that he came to change. Now even Ricky Cohen feels Lapid took her for a ride." Atias promised that Shas will fight in the Knesset against the "ruthless" budget led by Lapid.

Opposition leader MK Shelly Yachimovitch said: "The budget submitted is complete cruelty and public betrayal. This is a program of depression and beatings which only will bring the economy to a recession." Yachimovitch believes that the deficit is the result of it collecting less taxes and because of the cost of living and the economic cuts which hurt the middle class. This is more of Netanyahu's deadly policy, against which the finance minister Lapid came out before the elections. The one who purported to be new politics came out Netanyahu's copy."

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