Liat Ron

Liat Ron is an economics reporter and commentator for Walla .

Messi and the players of the Argentina national team

Hever announced a "men only" event – and backed down within hours

Every Shabbat, about 45,000 visitors frequent the complex

Ramat Hasharon Municipality committed to fine businesses in the BIG complex that open on Shabbat

A new collective agreement to update the convalescence pay rate for workers in the private sector

Hundreds of shekels a year: The increase that will affect the pocket of every worker in Israel


A tsunami of bankruptcies threatens the global economy

The crisis in Iran has choked supply chains, and superpowers like the US, France, and Japan are bleeding. And what is happening here in Israel?

The sharpest increases in bankruptcy are expected to be recorded in the US and France: Trump and Macron

No shopping on Shabbat? The blow landing on the Big Fashion Glilot complex

The Director General of the Ministry of Interior sent an unprecedented letter to the municipality, attacking the non-enforcement of the law on Shabbat. Will the giant complex be closed?

Crowds at Big Fashion in Glilot during the complex's first weekend

The annoying truth behind the illusion of the low dollar

The dollar has plunged to a 30–year historical low and global commodities are cheaper, but food prices in Israel are only skyrocketing.

The shekel has strengthened against the dollar, so why aren't we feeling relief at the supermarket?

The BTL plant in Nahariya will close and 450 employees will be laid off

Following the negotiations, it was decided to keep two departments open, but for hundreds of families in the north it is too little, too late.

The BTL plant in Tefen

Daniel turned a family tragedy into a lifesaving search engine

Daniel Koren founded a search engine that locates clinical trials around the world for cancer patients, after his father passed away from the disease.

"Once every few weeks, I started receiving a request from someone for help." Daniel Koren

Smotrich flies to Washington to meet Latin American leaders, expand Isaac Accords

The minister is scheduled to return to Israel as early as Wednesday, after conducting an intensive marathon of meetings in the United States with key Latin American figures.

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich holds a press conference at the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem, May 19, 2026.

Israeli suppliers empty out inventories selling sweets, soft drinks to Gaza for Ramadan

A, a large candy manufacturer in Israel, told Walla on Monday that he had never seen such an influx of demand for his products as he is seeing now in the Gaza market. 

A Palestinian woman shops as she prepares for the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Gaza City, February 17, 2026.

Israel moves sweets, energy drinks into Gaza ahead of Ramadan 'at Trump’s request'

Israel agreed to ease restrictions on bringing sweets into Gaza "at Trump's request," a source said • Food-sector businessman: “Candy and chocolates, have we lost our minds?

A worker packs sweets outside a shop as Palestinians prepare for the upcoming holiday of Eid al-Fitr marking the end of Ramadan in 2020.

Victory will sell a Dyson wet vacuum for NIS 1,099

Victory sells the Dyson WashG1 for NIS 1,099, with 1,700 units available. Segway scooters arrive next week for NIS 999 instead of NIS 1,890, sparking debate over a real non-food shift.

Eyal Ravid, Victory's CEO

Surprise: The chain that lowers the price of a coffee to only NIS 10

After a wave of price increases swept the industry, the Cafe Cafe chain surprises with a reverse move: The price of coffee for Take Away drops to only NIS 10.

Cafe Cafe