Meirav Arlosoroff

The letter, published Tuesday, is a compilation of the protest movement's demands of the government.

Bank of Israel finds that the middle class does save, a lot, and that saving by the top 50% of earners has been trending upward.

Daycare is in, but so is estate tax.

The tent dwellers achieve nothing if they just demand 'more.' Arabs and Haredim must become an economic force.

According to unofficial estimates, Teva's corporate tax rate is practically zero.

Netanyahu's legislative proposal, which would abolished the betterment tax break on properties bought for investment, is before the Knesset, which is tending to junk it for fear that without property investors, rental costs will rise.

The mayors want to build large homes to attract well-off populations, and not young families, says Housing and Construction Minister Ariel Atias.

Knesset Economic Affairs Committee chairman,says housing 'prices will come down or the government will fall.'; Finance ministry opposes housing subsidy plan, saying in past it mostly benefited Ultra-Orthodox sector.

Experts on Israeli trade relations with U.S. and EU say Israeli cheese will not be open to competition in the near future; Dairy Board wants to expose Tnuva yellow cheese to competition.

Chairman of the Manufacturers Association Shraga Brosh says function of government is to take care citizens' welfare, but his rhetoric grinds to a halt when it reaches industrialists' pockets.

ILA officials, including director Yaron Bibi, complained about the interference to the Justice Ministry.

The five big insurance groups are the new 'tycoons.' As of the end of 2009, the Big Five controlled about NIS 350 billion worth of pension savings, two-thirds of all Israeli money for retirement, not including the 'veteran pension funds.'

Director General of Prime Minister's office, Eyal Gabbai, resigns Monday, citing exhaustion.

The Association for Civil Rights in Israel argues that the conditions the Prawer Report sets for recognizing Bedouin villages are prejudicial.

Says he did not do enough to aid the periphery.

The prime minister believes that tax cuts would boost the economy and encourage growth, just as the tax cuts he pushed in 2003 did.

Bank Hapoalim currently has 19 branches in Arab population centers and plans to open five more in the coming year.

An Israeli study shows that the stock market's behavior leading up to the 2008 financial crisis resembled the human brain during an epileptic seizure.

The most daring component of Oded Sarig's plan would shift the incentive for the lowest earnings brackets, from one based on tax credits to one based on matching payments. It calls for the state to contribute 35 agorot for every shekel that employees deposit in their pension accounts.

It is true that wage gaps are part and parcel of a free market, and some talented people will always earn more. But it's a question of proportion, how much more they earn, and to what degree they merit it.

Israel's government is a generation behind. Reforming it is a national task, and the next civil service commissioner, who would lead this reform, could become one of the most important civil servants in Israel's history.