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Opinion |

Paternity Leave? Greater Than the Industrial Revolution

Nehemia Shtrasler

Inflation in Israel Surges to 4% Amid Rising Apartment Prices

Nati Tucker

Why Is Israel So Expensive? Blame Its Founding Fathers

Ofer Aderet

Rich Israelis Spend a Fortune on This Food – and Don't Even Eat It

Michal Palti
Opinion |

What Would a True 'Social Warrior' Do?

Nehemia Shtrasler
A public housing building in the Israeli city of Or Akiva, in 2018.

Israel Renews Public Housing Evictions After Six-month Freeze

Bar Peleg
May. 9, 2022
Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman and Defense Minister Benny Gantz in the Knesset last year.

Israeli Cabinet Set to Approve $292 Million in Grants for the Self-employed

Yossi Verter
May. 6, 2022
A homeless person sleeps on Tel Aviv street, in September.
Opinion |

How Much Hunger Can One Bear Before Breaking Into the Home of Someone More Fortunate How Much Hunger Can One Bear Before Breaking Into the Home of Someone More Fortunate?

Carolina Landsmann
May. 1, 2022
'540-square-foot storage space on a ground floor in Tel Aviv sells for $280,000.'

Many Israelis Seek to Invest in Real Estate. Some Are Taking a Risky Gamble Israel’s Housing Prices Are Going Through the Roof. Many Investors Are Prepared to Take a Risky Gamble

Shlomit Tsur
Apr. 28, 2022
Public housing in Tel Aviv. The Ministry of Aliyah and Integration estimates that there are currently 26,000 people on the waiting list eligible for public housing.

Over 7,000 Holocaust Survivors in Israel Still Waiting for Public Housing

Bar Peleg
Apr. 28, 2022
Tel Aviv. 'The more difficulties they impose on investors, the more investors will find other ways of buying properties, and rents will increase and we’ll find ourselves with rental inflation.'

Israel's Housing Crisis Is Making 'Buyers Nervous and Rightly So'

Hadar Horesh
Apr. 24, 2022
A Jewish customer choosing a cut of meat at a deli in Denver, Colorado, 2017.
Analysis |

Why Kosher Meat in Israel Is Outrageously Expensive

Meirav Arlosoroff
Apr. 24, 2022
A National Insurance Institute branch in Tel Aviv last year.

Government Savings Program Was Meant to Reduce Inequality. It Did the Opposite Israeli Government Savings Program Was Meant to Reduce Inequality. It Did the Opposite

Or Kashti
Apr. 24, 2022
Roei Elba, Tel Aviv.

In Israel, Well Off Still Means Too Poor to Buy an Apartment

Adi Cohen
Apr. 21, 2022
The Tsameret neighborhood in Tel Aviv.

Who's Responsible for Israel's Raging Housing Prices?

Sami Peretz
Apr. 21, 2022
Prof. Nouriel Roubini at an event marking the 20th anniversary of the OR Movement, which fosters the development of the Negev and Galilee.

The Real Threat to Israel, According to Nouriel Roubini

Dafna Maor
Apr. 19, 2022
Overflowing garbage bin in Tel Aviv's Florentin neighborhood
Opinion |

Living in Tel Aviv Has Never Been Worse

Rogel Alpher
Apr. 19, 2022
Public housing in Or Akiva, northern Israel, in 2018

Israel Shifts Criteria for Ranking Public Housing Applicants

Bar Peleg
Apr. 19, 2022
Finance Minister Lieberman and Prime Minister Bennett.

This Is the Israeli Government’s Greatest Economic Failure

Sami Peretz
Apr. 17, 2022
A housing development in Modi'in.

If This Pace Keeps Up, Israel's Home Prices Will Rise by 20% This Year

Hadar Horesh
Apr. 16, 2022
Yair Lapid and Naftali Bennett talking in the Knesset after forming their government of change last year.
Analysis |

The Year Israel Defied All the Economists' Expectations

David Rosenberg
Apr. 14, 2022
Israeli shekel and U.S. dollar banknotes.
Opinion |

How Insurance Companies Use Management Fees to Dip Into Your Savings

Nehemia Shtrasler
Apr. 12, 2022
Amir Yaron speaks during a ceremony whereby he is sworn in as Bank of Israel governor in 2018.

Bank of Israel Raises Interest Rate for First Time Since 2018

Nati Tucker
Apr. 12, 2022
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on Tuesday.

What the UAE Taught Egypt on Doing Business With Israel

David Rosenberg
Apr. 11, 2022
Israel's central bank chief Amir Yaron speaks at a news conference in Jerusalem on January 7, 2019

Israel's Central Bank Likely to Raise Interest Rate in First in 3 Years

Nati Tucker
Apr. 11, 2022
The market in the Jenin refugee camp on Sunday.

Palestinian Merchants Warn Israel’s Restriction on Jenin Will Lead to Escalation

Jack Khoury
Apr. 10, 2022
FILE: A Tel Aviv building undergoing Tama 38 construction.
Editorial |

As Israel's Housing Crisis Rages, a Misguided Focus on the Trivial

Haaretz Editorial
Apr. 6, 2022
Containers carrying goods from the United Arab Emirates, which entered Israel on an MSC cargo ship, are unloaded with a cargo crane bearing Israeli and Emirati flags at Haifa's port, in 2020.

Israel Finalizes Free Trade-deal With UAE

Reuters
Apr. 1, 2022
FILE: An Israel Railways station in Tel Aviv.

Construction Accident Grinds Several Train Lines to Halt in Israel

Omer Carmon
Mar. 27, 2022
A sunrise over Jerusalem.

Daylight Saving 2022: When Do We Spring Forward and How Much Money Does It Save?

Israel Fisher,
Noa Shpigel
Mar. 24, 2022
An apartment for sale in Tel Aviv
Editorial |

Solve Israel's Housing Crisis

Haaretz Editorial
Mar. 22, 2022
The "Leviathan" gas field.
Opinion |

When Israeli Gas Stays in the Ground, Everybody Loses

Nehemia Shtrasler
Mar. 22, 2022
russian oligarchs

‘Refugees’ in Private Jets: Russian Oligarchs Could Reshape Israel's Economy

Shuki Sadeh
Mar. 21, 2022
New cars imported to Israel in Eilat.
Editorial |

The Car Market in Israel Is a Cartel

Haaretz Editorial
Mar. 21, 2022
The view at the Setai Sea of Galilee Hotel, about $600 a night.

Luxury Resorts Become the Preferred Vacation Escapes in Israel

Moshe Gilad
Mar. 9, 2022
Solar panels in Neve Mivtah in southern Israel, last October.

Treasury Wants More Land for Solar Facilities, but Environment Officials See No Need Israel's Treasury Wants More Land for Solar Facilities, but Environment Officials See No Need

Zafrir Rinat
Mar. 3, 2022
A demonstrator holds a sign showing the face of Russian President Vladimir Putin made to resemble Nazi Germany's Adolf Hitler during a protest against Russia's military operation in Ukraine, in front of the Russian embassy in Tel Aviv, on February 26, 2022.
Opinion |

Israel Overcame COVID. How Will We Weather the Ukraine War?

David Rosenberg
Mar. 2, 2022
A homeless man sleeping on a bench in Tel Aviv.
Opinion |

Homeless People Are Dying on Israel's Street

Vered Lee
Feb. 20, 2022
A homeless man sleeps in a Tel Aviv street in May
Editorial |

Who Looks After Israel's Homeless?

Haaretz Editorial
Feb. 17, 2022
Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman at the Knesset, in December.
Opinion |

Lieberman Is Doing Israel's ultra-Orthodox Community a Big Favor

Nehemia Shtrasler
Feb. 17, 2022
Construction workers in Israel in 2021.
Editorial |

New Rule: Let Construction Workers in Israel Keep Falling

Haaretz Editorial
Feb. 17, 2022
A construction site in Tel Aviv where two workers were killed last week.

Israel Eases Regulation for Developers With Bad Safety Records Israel Eases Regulation for Developers With Bad Safety Records to Bid for Government Contracts

Bar Peleg
Feb. 16, 2022
Shoppers at the Mamilla mall in Jerusalem, in December.

Israel's 2021 Economic Growth Rate Was the Highest in Two Decades

Nati Tucker
Feb. 16, 2022
Avigdor Lieberman and Naftali Bennett at a cabinet meeting, December.
Opinion |

The Israeli Left Has a Suicidal Impulse

Nehemia Shtrasler
Feb. 14, 2022
Since the start of the COVID crisis, the amount of cash held by the public has risen by 30 percent, standing at 104 billion shekels ($32 billion) at the end of 2021.

There's a Gigantic Black Hole in the Middle of Israel's Economy

Nati Tucker
Feb. 10, 2022
A Russian T-72B3 tank fires as troops take part in drills at the Kadamovskiy firing range in the Rostov region in southern Russia last month. Russia has now positioned about 125,000 troops close to Ukraine's border
Opinion |

The ‘Ten Plagues’ Facing Israel if Russia Invades Ukraine

Shimon Briman
Feb. 10, 2022
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman at the press conference on Wednesday.
Analysis |

Lieberman's Plan Might Do the Opposite of What It Intends

Sami Peretz
Feb. 10, 2022
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman at the press conference on Wednesday.

Bennett Unveils Economic Package to Ease 'Impossible' Cost of Living Crisis

Haaretz
Feb. 9, 2022
Protesters in Hebron, on Monday.

‘We Want to Live’: Thousands Take to the Streets in West Bank Over Cost of Living

Jack Khoury
Feb. 8, 2022
The Noni and Fortuna secondhand store in Pardes Hannah.

The Secondhand Shopping Boom Is Taking Over Israel

Shelly Kling
Feb. 8, 2022
Empty shelves at a Shufersal Deal store in Bnei Brak in March 2020.
Editorial |

Fighting Monopolies, Cartels and Concentration

Haaretz Editorial
Feb. 7, 2022
A demonstration against the cost of living in Israel.

Israel Is Seventh Most Expensive Country in the World, Ranking Shows

Nimrod Halperin
Jan. 23, 2022
The scene on Times Square when Tel Aviv-based Monday.com started trading on the Nasdaq in June.

Soaring High-tech Salaries Send Ripples Across Israeli Economy

David Rosenberg
Jan. 20, 2022
$100 bills with 200 shekel notes: Unlike in the image, the shekel has been on top for a while.

The Strong Shekel Is Weakening Israeli Nonprofits – and the Problem Isn’t Going Away

Allison Kaplan Sommer
Jan. 19, 2022
Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman speaks at a conference, November 2021.
Opinion Opinion |

Israelis Should Pray Their Frugal Finance Minister Keeps His Pledge

Nehemia Shtrasler
Jan. 13, 2022
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