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

Israel and Costa Rica signed a Free Trade Area agreement on Monday, marking a significant milestone in economic cooperation between the two countries.

Truck and car on highway in front of stacks of shipping containers
 A person holds Israeli shekel coins in their hand in Jerusalem on December 18, 2024.

OECD sees sustained post-war growth in Israel

 OECD representative meet with Finance Ministry officials, including Minister Bezalel Smotrich, on April 2, 2025.

Time to invest in Israel's economic future through meaningful social change - editorial

 Illustration of a sign leading to the Tax Authorities offices in Jerusalem.

New bill proposed: Abolish 10-year disclosure exemption for immigrants


Your Taxes: Roadblock on the superhighway

We may be witnessing a renewed tax dispute between the US and UK among others. Are we back to the Boston Tea Party – no taxation without physical (not just digital) representation?

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Israel sees improvement by poor students, but still lags behind OECD

According to the report, the majority of students who perform poorly in The Program for International Student Assessment come from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds.

Students sit in a library at the Ariel University Center in the West Bank settlement of Ariel

OECD warns on Israel's high risk real estate

"The real estate sector risk is high, and the banks' involvement in the sector continues to be very deep," OECD economists write.

In Beit Shemesh, overlooking the valley from the northeast, construction of 14,000 planned housing units is now in full swing

OECD projects continued growth for Israel in 2017-18

Kahlon signs multilateral convention to combat tax avoidance.

FINANCE MINISTER Moshe Kahlon and his counterparts smile at the OECD Ministerial Council meeting in Paris yesterday

The 5776 mirror: Looking back over the past Jewish year

As we look back over the past Jewish year, Israel has room for much optimism and hope – and a dark cloud or two.

Painting by Avi Katz

Bennett to OECD education ministers: We can transform the world

The conference in Jerusalem brought together some 30 education ministers and delegations from around the world.

EDUCATION MINISTER Naftali Bennett speaks at the OECD global summit in Jerusalem yesterday as President Reuven Rivlin looks on.

OECD report: Israel’s gender pay gap is higher than average

Israel also lags behind on student spending.

WOMEN IN ISRAEL still earn less than similarly educated men in the same age group, relative to other OECD countries.

Israel lags OECD in broadband mobile subscriptions

Israel, ahead of only seven countries, has a 25.9% fixed penetration rate.

A record year for smartphone sales in Israel

‘Answer to OECD report is rezoning’

Peri says zoning of private land in central Israel can create supply of over 200,000 apartments.

Construction (illustrative).

Poverty, inequality mar strong Israeli economy, OECD report finds

Poverty rates are second only to Mexico's among the OECD's 34 member states, and only a handful rank higher in measures of inequality.

OECD Secretary General Angel Gurría presents the fourth OECD Economic Survey of Israel to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‏