Israeli economy

With a population of roughly 10 million, Israel benefits from a large and expanding labor force. Its $580 billion nominal GDP and $58,000 GDP per capita reflect how far the country has come.

A viral job-seeker post captured the mood: “I’m willing to work 13 hours a day in the office, just let me find an employer.”

Indigenous launch capability is rare. A strategic decision can turn it into economic power.

Rami Levy, Isrotel, Israel Electric Corporation, Ein Kerem Hospital, and HOT telecommunications, are among the businesses that signed the agreement.

Two bill proposals to amend a law that oversees appointments in government-owned companies “harmful to the public," Deputy Attorney-General Gil Limon wrote

Instead of condemning itself to isolation that a small country may not survive, Israel would do well to admit that the path it has taken has not led to good results.

The unemployment rate in the industry has risen and exceeded the average in the economy, and in 2024 there was a sharp fall in the number of vacant jobs.

We can surrender to a vision of Sparta on steroids, a closed and isolated state, or we can restore Israel to its true path: Zionist, democratic, open, creative, and a light unto the nations.

The data do not point to isolation. They point to an economy that keeps integrating, even while absorbing historic shocks.

If a merger deal is completed, it will be the second within three years for the Yigal Arnon firm. In 2022, it merged with Tadmor Levy.

Either decision-makers continue to act to resolve the crisis, too little and too late, or we will all end up paying the price of neglect.