Pension

Finance Ministry report reveals major salary gaps across Israel's security organizations

Under Israeli law, if the average pension of retiring officers remains above the target, the finance minister will be required to establish new regulations governing pension payments.

IDF officers
Eshkol Tower, Haifa University

Due to pensions: Haifa University in huge deficit, forced to lay off staff

The illusion of quick cash. Israelis are eating into their pensions without understanding the damage

Considering withdrawing your pension? It's probably the worst decision you'll make

An elderly couple going for a run.

No time to retire: Why growing older does not have to mean slowing down


Don’t count on your pension!

The key to solving the pension crisis is to understand that if Israel waits a decade to fix the problem when a million or more pensioners become paupers, it will be too late.

The writer, Shlomo Maital, with his new grandson Carmel Sapir Maital

Goodbye Israeli public pensions, hello U.S. private retirements savings?

The crux of the problem is that longer life expectancies and much lower birthrates are putting a toll on pension systems throughout the aging Western world.

Senior Israelis chat and warm up before a running session as they take part in games for people over 65 years old.