In 2005 Netanyahu promised Israel would be in the world’s top 15 for standard of living within 15 years, but his selling out to the ultra-Orthodox ensures it won’t happen
The government will soon grant full-time yeshiva students who are married, publicly funded life insurance. Paradoxically the most significant disagreement comes from within ultra-Orthodox community itself
It was another case of powerful unions overplaying their hand. Thankfully, this time they backed down
Israeli economists insist that the switch by the rest of the West to a professional army isn't a model for Israel because of the threats it faces. Part 2 of a series
While of value to the army and society, the 'people's army' ethos may be too expensive to hang onto due to economic realities. Part 3 of a series
'Half those of draft age don’t serve, and the wealthy and those with connections get elite positions,' advocate for professional army argues. Part 1 of a series.
The Bedouin town of Lakiya is hugely corrupt and dysfunctional. The state doesn’t seem to care
Unfettered migration of foreign health care workers has lead to a type of inflation that pushes Israelis out of the industry while acutely harming the foreign workers' rights
Expelling women and the children they give birth to is just one way the system exploits a defenseless workforce
Kahol Lavan co-leader was accused of anti-Semitism when he portrayed Haredi leaders as extorting money, but figures on education show an even more worrying trend
Israel is facing a dangerous combination of ballooning salaries and a doctor shortage
Young people don’t get their BAs until well into the twenties, which adds up to too many lost years of productivity
Experts warn that allowing Sde Dov to operate, as Transportation Minister Bezalel Smotrich has vowed, will lead to tens of thousands of lost housing units
Much of the reason for the low score can be attributed to education gaps in the country's ultra-Orthodox and Arab citizens
Secular majority can’t force military service, but it can compel Haredi schools to teach children the core curriculum
Netanyahu is likely to sacrifice Israel’s interests in industries like potato chips or milk and not risk its security interests, including the high-tech sector
The ultra-Orthodox parties are demanding even less work on Shabbat. If they win, Israel has a lot to lose
The agreement will dictate much future policy, so ministry officials are trying hard to influence it
An annual report by the Bank of Israel gives the former finance minister an F on the economy, pointing to loss of growth engines
Luxembourg’s finance minister, Pierre Gramegna, sought on a recent visit to forge ties between Israel’s high-tech sector and his country’s financial service sector
The credit rating report on Israel by Fitch this week is a warning about the growing price his policies are imposing
Washington is anxious about the security risks in China’s growing presence in Israeli infrastructure and high tech
The numbers shed a harsh light on how different the Israel of secular Jews, Arabs and ultra-Orthodox really is, and those gaps are costing us dearly
The prime minister held on to power too long and eventually abandoned the ideas he stood for
The government is encouraging home building in the Arab sector by granting ex-post facto legal recognition to illegal building and transferring state land for Arab construction to solve the sector’s housing shortage
Treasury officials have been trading charges about who is responsible for allegedly cooking the books and why they did it
A population bomb waiting to explode
The treasury says yes, but unless Israel solves its low-productivity problem the impact will be less than it could be
In 2010, he said he would work ensure Israel jumped in the global rankings for per capita GDP. Instead, we’re stuck at 23rd in the GDP per capita ranking
Despite its flashy image, Israel is a superpower of mediocrity and inefficiency, with a resulting 23-percent plunge in international trade during the last decade