Clash of Israeli Political Ambitions Fuels ‘Street Fight’
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The competing ambitions of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Yair Lapid are turning this year’s budget process into a who-blinks-first battle between the leaders of the country’s two biggest parties.
Lapid is threatening to topple Netanyahu’s government, rather than raise taxes -- something he has promised voters he won’t do -- deepening the standoff between the two over spending plans for next year.