
Moshe Kahlon


Israel's New Finance Minister Promises Painless Reforms as He Takes Over Treasury
Katz also vows to take a 10% pay cut to identify with public’s coronavirus woes

Israel Has Spent Only a Quarter of Promised $23 Billion in Coronavirus Aid Funds
Government plans expanded program even though most of the original money hasn’t been disbursed

Analysis Netanyahu’s Ministers of Mayhem Are Ruining Israel’s Comeback From Coronavirus
Cabinet members should be doing what’s best for their constituents – but the four horsemen of Israel’s potential coronavirus apocalypse could be squandering all the country’s early advantage in fighting the pandemic


Analysis Why Israel Has a Soviet-style Butter Shortage
Agriculture Ministry officials are striving to prevent the lifting of butter tariffs, even temporarily, because it could threaten dairy farmers

Opinion Israel Gets an ‘F’ in Finance
Moshe Kahlon was a terrible finance minister who left us a dangerous deficit and an economy whose growth is slowing. But Netanyahu was equally to blame

Israel's Beleaguered Finance Minister, Moshe Kahlon, to Withdraw From Public Life
'He is not going to be a member of Knesset or hold any political office. He wants to be with his family and grandchildren,' his spokesperson says


Israel's State Watchdog Whitewashed Report on Budget Deficit, Staffers Say
Officials who prepared draft say final version neuters criticism of finance minister’s delay of bad news on overspending


Israeli Government's Disputed Residential Construction Program Extended
Mehir Lamishtaken, aimed at helping first-time home buyers, has been criticized for not reducing costs and distorting the housing market

Israeli Minister Plugs Housing Contractor Under Investigation for Worker's Death
Six people have died this year at construction sites run by Rami Shbiro's company and its subsidiary, but the finance minister provided it free publicity on social media

Israeli Finance Minister Expresses Little Concern Over Strong Shekel
Moshe Kahlon dismisses problem as the ‘troubles of the rich’ and says it’s a boost to consumers

Deflation Raises Prospect That Bank of Israel Will Try to Tamp Down the Mighty Shekel
July consumer price index fell 0.3%, but home prices rose 0.5% amid signs that the market is heating up again



Analysis Israeli Budget Looks Grim on Both Sides of the Ledger
Spending is increasing far faster than budgeted, tax income is rising less than forecast, and the government’s hands are tied

Israel's Treasury Changes Policy, Causing Potential Delay in Building of New Schools
'This is a system flaw that will negatively impact the children of Israel,' Tel Aviv municipality’s director-general says

Analysis Israeli Finance Minister's Boasting Turns Out to Be Only Half True
Israel’s economy is doing well, but his fiscal policies were by no stretch of the imagination ‘responsible’

Finance Ministry Proposes Raise in Pension Age for Israeli Women
State-run pension funds face an actuarial crisis if nothing is done

Analysis Kahlon: A Sell-out Foretold
The Kulanu leader’s link-up with Netanyahu was only the latest in a series of moral implosions that belied his good-guy image

Israel's Finance Minister Blocks Formation of Minority Government
After coalition talks between Netanyahu and Lieberman hit a dead end, Moshe Kahlon says a government that doesn't have a majority would be pointless

Finance Minister Won't Serve Another Term in Narrow-majority Netanyahu Government
The Kulanu chairman and Avigdor Lieberman deny they're conspiring against Netanyahu, but they're taking a hard line in the coalition talks

Analysis Bibi’s Appetite for Power Is a Danger to the Economy
Rumors are that Netanyahu wants to move the powerful budget division from the treasury to the Prime Minister’s Office

Ultra-Orthodox Party Looks to Secure Stronghold on Government Amid Coalition Talks
United Torah Judaism hopes to push its religious agenda, as Netanyahu signals he has no intentions of naming far-right settler leader Bezalel Smotrich as justice minister

Netanyahu Offers Kahlon to Stay on as Finance Minister if He Rejoins Likud
From the far right, Rafi Peretz to be education minister, while Netanyahu hopes Bezalel Smotrich will agree to an expanded housing porfolio as coalition talks continue


Analysis The Court Will Be Netanyahu's Punching Bag, With Nobody to Moderate the Blows
Kulanu Chairman Moshe Kahlon says internal polling shows he lost voters because of his consistent defense of the legal system

Israel Could Face Austerity Under Next Government
But Finance Ministry officials downplay fiscal problems: ‘When you have 37.8 Celsius fever you don’t go to surgery’