The
far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir will be in charge of the
National Guard, the Israeli government said Wednesday.
To
support Ben-National Gvir's Guard, the cabinet decided to decrease the budgets
of all ministries by 1.5%. This would give Ben-Gvir almost 1 billion shekels
($278 million).
According
to the Hebrew media, a number of cabinet ministers opposed the budget cuts of
1.5%.
Ben-Gvir
was charged of "wanting everything here and now at the expense of other
ministries," according to intelligence minister Gila Gamliel.
While
Yair Lapid, a former prime minister, criticized ministers for voting to
"fund a private army of thugs" and called Netanyahu's government's
priorities "ridiculous and terrible,"
Netanyahu's
cabinet, he claimed, "has been in place for three months, and the only
things that interest it are trampling on democracy and furthering the crazy
desires of delusional people."
According
to Ynet News, Finance Ministry officials criticized Ben-Gvir for requesting the
money immediately, citing comments made about the potential to find alternate
funding options within a few months to prevent the drastic cuts.
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