Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has for months avoided approving the state budget to ensure that he remains as a caretaker prime minister after the Knesset dissolves, thereby proving that his actions are driven by one consideration only – staying in power at any price. His failure to pass the budget and the accompanying Economic Arrangements Law, which includes economic reforms, at the height of a severe economic crisis, means that when it comes to the economy, Netanyahu’s vision is strictly short-term. On Sunday, Netanyahu and Finance Minister Yisrael Katz unveiled an economic plan in the s