Top IDF source: Army will collapse if budget cut

26.09.2011                      27.Elul, 5771

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Top IDF source: Army will collapse if budget cut

The IDF budget for 2012, if cut, will be around NIS 24 billion out of the NIS 50.5 billion that constitutes the defense budget.

The IDF will collapse, a senior source in the General Staff warned on Sunday night, if the government follows through with plans to cut the planned defense budget for 2012.
According to the officer, the IDF will not be able to implement its strategic long-term procurement plans if the budget is cut by NIS 3 billion as the Treasury is seeking to offset some of the tax breaks and economic benefits it will need to finance in response to the social protests….