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Israel’s milk crisis is man-made, quotas are to blame - opinion

Dairy farmers and consumers will be the ones who win from Smotrich's reforms; it is the small interest groups that wish to keep the status quo.

FARMERS AND their supporters protest outside the Knesset in Jerusalem against a milk reform promoted by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, in Jerusalem on February 4, 2026.
Truck and car on highway in front of stacks of shipping containers

Israel, Costa Rica sign FTA eliminating over 90% of tariffs, expanding bilateral trade

 A person holds Israeli shekel coins in their hand in Jerusalem on December 18, 2024.

OECD sees sustained post-war growth in Israel

Senior citizens enjoy a tour of the Kiryat Meir neighbourhood of Tel Aviv. July 28, 2024.

Longer life, lower expenditure: Israel ranks fourth in life expectancy among OECD countries


High dairy prices may rise up to 16% in May

Why do dairy products cost so much more here than in other OECD countries?

 Dairy products on sale at Machsanei HaShuk supermarket chain, one of Israel's largest privately-owned food retail chains, in the northern town of Katsrin, Golan Heights on September 12, 2022.

Israel among top 10 countries with longest life expectancies - report

Israel boasts one of the highest life expectancies in the world while managing to maintain low healthcare costs.

Hospital bed in Hadassah Ein Kerem

Israel wastes over 1/3rd of its food every year - Leket

Leket CEO: Incomprehensible a solution exists that would be effective across the board with economic, social, environmental and health benefits, and yet, the government ignores it.

Fresh vegetables are sold at the shuk (market)

Israel's Supreme Court upholds tax treaties in foreign levy case

The Supreme Court analyzed the situation and the law in detail. In the end the Court ruled against the employing companies for a number of reasons.

Israel's High Court of Justice

Israeli tax regulations expand transfer-pricing reporting rules

Transfer pricing studies must now be filed within 30 days after any request from the ITA, instead of 60 days previously.

 Illustrative image of doing taxes.

OECD members beware: Global tax might be on the way

What should a taxpayer company do if Israel adopts a 15% minimum tax?

Calculating taxes

Israeli teachers earn more comparatively than others in the OECD - report

As teachers threaten to strike, the Shoresh institution questions if teachers' wages are the main issue in the education system.

 Children wearing face masks attend a class as students return to school after the summer break, less than a month into a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine booster drive, at Arazim Elementary School in Tel Aviv, Israel September 1, 2021

The OECD Robin Hood package – Here's what you need to know

YOUR  TAXES: The new OECD plan is an unfinished symphony.

 Secretary-General of the OECD Mathias Cormann and Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman.

Israel's housing prices reach highest in 12 years alongside soaring CPI

The latest CPI statistics reveal that inflation is Israel is nowhere near plateauing.

 Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman, Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked and Zeev Elkin, Minister of Housing and Construction attend a press conference, presenting new reform on housing, at the Ministry of Finance in Jerusalem, June 12, 2022

OECD report finds Israel has one of the biggest pay gaps between teachers

Israel has one of the world’s biggest gaps in salaries between teachers, according to a report by the OECD on teachers’ salaries in 2021.

 TENS OF thousands of teachers demonstrate in Tel Aviv, May 30.