{"id":10822,"date":"2026-04-18T13:15:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T13:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/04\/18\/netanyahu-diverts-5-billion-northern-israel-security-budget\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T13:15:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T13:15:18","slug":"netanyahu-diverts-5-billion-northern-israel-security-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/04\/18\/netanyahu-diverts-5-billion-northern-israel-security-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"Report Unveils Transfer of $5 Billion from Israel&#8217;s Northern Security Budget to Coalition Parties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hebrew-language sources have reported that Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel&#8217;s Prime Minister, is facing a new financial and security controversy. According to the report, five billion shekels allocated for strengthening the northern regions have been diverted to parties within the current cabinet. <\/p>\n<p>Citing Al-Maalouma media, these sources revealed that Netanyahu secretly ordered a significant cut in the budget designated for security measures in the northern occupied territories. This budget was initially intended for equipping shelters and border settlements.<\/p>\n<p>Leaked financial reports indicate that the mentioned amount was instead allocated to the political parties that make up Netanyahu&#8217;s cabinet. Further details regarding the distribution of these funds have not yet been disclosed.<\/p>\n<p>The sources stated that the goal behind this action was to prevent the cabinet&#8217;s collapse and ensure Netanyahu&#8217;s continued tenure as Prime Minister. If confirmed, this issue could highlight new dimensions of political and security challenges within Israel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Benjamin Netanyahu allegedly diverted $5 billion from Israel&#8217;s northern security budget to coalition parties to secure his government\u2019s stability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10821,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10822\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}