Whatever happened back then, today Abutbol proposed a law that would have the State of Israel print on its currency "In God We Trust" - Bahashem Anu Botchim".
in the proposal they say this would be segula for the economic success of the State of Israel. To ironically paraphrase a rav I heard once respond to a request for a segula for parnassa by an avreich by saying a segula for parnassa would be to get a job - for the financial success of the State of Israel maybe Abutbol should tell many of his voters to get jobs.
That being said, and while I dont know if this is a gimmick taken from the USA, if there is a Jewish source for such a thing, or whatnot, I don't see anything wrong with it.
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