Israel’s ministerial bloat is starting to look like the Soviet Union - opinion
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Source: The Jerusalem Post
Published: 2026-06-29 04:03 UTC+10:00
Section: General
Factuality Score: 100
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Politics, Middle East, Military & Defence, Labour & Workers, War & Conflict
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By the 1980s, the Soviet Union’s attempt to centrally plan every detail of human existence swelled its Council of Ministers to over 100 cabinet-level officials. They had a ministry for everything. There was a Ministry of Heavy Machine Building, a Ministry of General Machine Building, and a Ministry of Medium Machine Building (which, absurdly, was the cover name for the nuclear weapons program).
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