Current sectionIsrael NewsIsrael Elections 2026The transfers, providing about 400 million shekels ($134 million) to the Education Ministry and the Settlement and National Missions Ministry, were approved last month in what opposition MKs claim to be a rushed procedure by the Knesset Finance CommitteeShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeAvi Bar-Eliand TheMarker07:54 PM • August 25 2026 IDTIsrael's High Court of Justice on Monday froze the transfer of hundreds of millions of shekels in coalition funds earmarked for two ministries, which opposition lawmakers say were authorized through a rushed procedure, pending a ruling on a petition challenging the allocations.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Israel Elections 2026Israel High CourtIsrael settlementsWest BankKnessetHaredim Israeli politicsBezalel SmotrichIsraeli budgetCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesAltalenaZvi SuccotNetanyahuHasan PikerIran SanctionsMansour AbbasIsrairHaQuizHaaretz PodcastTop Court Halts Coalition Funds for Haredi Education, West Bank SettlementsFar-right ex-IDF General Ofer Winter Reveals New Party Ahead of Israeli ElectionThe IDF Can Condemn Succot. It Can't Escape Its Role in Settler ViolenceAmended Montreal City Council Resolution Rejects Call to Suspend Israel TiesHow Israel's Parliament Speaker Turned the Knesset Into Netanyahu's Private ClubRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIAn Israeli Startup Is Reinventing Salmon Farming. It May Upend a Global IndustryHasan Piker Talks Hamas, anti-Zionism and Why Americans Are Fed Up With IsraelDavid Remnick on Netanyahu, Mamdani and Israel's 'Failure to Face' GazaBeing Israeli Abroad Has Become Embarrassing. You Don't Talk About ItGermany Found Its Israeli Villain. Will It Continue to Ignore What Produced Him?AIPAC's Last-minute Spending Spree Fails to Block California Progressive