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'Smotrich is taking us hostage': Small-business owners protest new VAT, customs exemptions

Protesters also warned of the economic implications of the move for local commerce, employment, and business stability in Israel, saying that the move “will be remembered in infamy."

Small-business owners protest outside the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem against the import reform and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, December 23, 2025.
Ashdod Port

Israeli authorities foil smuggling attempt of unsafe beef, pork fat worth over NIS 1 million

 Blu drinks

The beverage company 'BLU' is expected to receive a huge fine

Shipments from Turkey to Israel, the shipping company Yollando.com

Don't be ripped off: This is to will pay half price for brands you like


A challenge called digital gratitude: Tipping

Tips and their amount are a matter of social custom and etiquette. This custom varies between countries and between settings.

 TIPPING IN a hotel guest room.

934 people arrested for animal trafficking in international operation

Bringing animals to Israel without a lawful permit is considered a crime since it poses a threat to public health.

The Egyptian fruit bat. Prof. Nachum Ulanovsky's unique model animal.

934 people arrested for animal trafficking in international operation

Bringing animals to Israel without a lawful permit is considered a crime, since it poses a threat to public health.

 Rescued baby iguanas are pictured in a cardboard box, in an office of the Ministry of Environment in San Jose, May 25, 2015.

Getting over the counter drugs in Israel? Wolt expands services

Wolt announced that it has partnered with Be Pharma in order to offer non-prescription drugs with immediate delivery in under an hour.

 A courier working with Wolt, a meal delivery app service, rides a scooter as he delivers an order from a restaurant, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis, in Tel Aviv, Israel July 9, 2020.

Will Israel cancel the $75 VAT exemption for online shopping?

Israelis' exemption from VAT and customs charges which came with online purchases of under $75 may be nearing its end.

 The Finance Committee meets in the Knesset, June 2021

ICE signs $30M contract with Israeli data-extraction company

According to data released by CBP, the agency searched the devices of more than 30,000 international travelers in 2017 – 10,000 more than the year prior.

Employees, mostly veterans of military computing units, use keyboards as they work at a cyber hotline facility at Israel's Computer Emergency Response Centre (CERT) in Beersheba, southern Israel

Taking a look at two millennia of Jerusalem customs

Not only is Jerusalem mentioned some 850 times in the Bible and dozens of times in the siddur, our love for Jerusalem was also expressed in the form of laws and customs after the Destruction.

HANANEL EVEN HEN and Shiran Habush celebrate during their corona-era wedding at an Efrat public park on March 15. Jerusalem and its destruction have been remembered at weddings by Jews throughout the world for 2,000 years

1 in 5 Israeli Jews celebrates New Year’s Eve

Secular Jews are somewhat more likely to mark New Year’s Eve, with 35% saying they celebrate on the date, whereas just 4% of national-religious, and 1% of haredi Israeli Jews say they do.

New Year 2012 celebration

Israel thwarts record-breaking drug smuggling attempt

Customs Administration officials seized LSD, cocaine, ecstasy and more in packages mailed from Europe.

Illicit drugs seized at Ben-Gurion Airport, April 22, 2018

נְמַל חֵיפָה זָכָה בַּמָקוֹם הָרִאשוֹן

Haifa Port won first place

Haifa Port

Moving Furniture

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