Smotrich launches NIS 1.6 billion aid plan for high-tech and exporters
The Ministry of Finance will inject NIS 1 billion to save startups from closing, and will distribute hundreds of millions more to industrial plants.
"The Treasury took hundreds of billions from National Insurance surpluses"
Former National Insurance director general, Meir Spiegler, in an unprecedented attack on the Ministry of Finance: "Hundreds of billions in collection surpluses have disappeared."
Compensation of millions of shekels for protection racket victims
The government approved the Finance Minister's proposal to provide an economic safety net for victims of protection fees amounting to tens of millions of shekels.
Discussion on Goldknopf’s proposal to lower VAT postponed by two weeks
The Tax Authority warns that the move will entail a revenue loss of NIS 8.5 billion per year, which would be funded by cuts or an increased deficit.
Study: "Israel’s Basket" led to a wave of price increases
A new study discovered that while the prices of the basket products at Carrefour plunged by 35%, a widespread wave of price increases of up to 14% was simultaneously recorded in parallel categories.
Goldknopf proposes lowering the VAT to 17%
Just a few months before the elections, the housing minister who voted in favor of raising the VAT proposes lowering it to 17%. The Finance Ministry clarifies that the proposals will not be adopted.
Insolvency order against Nochi Dankner
The Tel Aviv Magistrates Court accepted the banks' request and issued an order to open proceedings after Dankner announced that he does not contest the debt and agrees to the move.
The dramatic plan: Another 100,000 foreign workers by 2027
Population & Immigration Authority CEO Boaz Yosef marks the recruitment targets for workers: "The goal is to bring 330,000 foreign workers here."
The country was days away from being left without cooking gas
The State Comptroller's report reveals that in the second half of 2025, the stock of cooking gas was about to run out due to damage to ORL (Bazan) and infrastructure delays.
Another NIS 1,600 a month: How they inflated our mortgages
A harsh State Comptroller report presents a continuous failure: The abolition of the Prime limit without a risk assessment cost borrowers a surge of thousands of shekels in their monthly repayment.
