Medical Schools, Heal Thyselves – and Heal Israel’s Healthcare System
Too few doctors are being trained in Israel, forcing many to go abroad, to get an inferior education. The result: ballooning salaries, a doctor shortage
Meirav Arlosoroff
Analysis Israelis Take Too Long to Grow Up – and It’s Costing Us
Young people don’t get their BAs until well into the twenties, which adds up to too many lost years of productivity
Keeping Tel Aviv's Tiny Airport Open Could Cost Nearly $17 Billion
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
Israelis Just Received a Report Card. It Shows That We're Frightfully Mediocre
Much of the reason for the low score can be attributed to education gaps in the country's ultra-Orthodox and Arab citizens
Analysis Israeli Majority's Fight With ultra-Orthodox Should Be Over Education, Not Conscription
Secular majority can’t force military service, but it can compel Haredi schools to teach children the core curriculum
Analysis Trump’s ‘Deal of the Century’ Is Coming. Israel Is Already Being Handed the Bill
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
Analysis Shabbat Costs Israel Billions of Dollars Every Year
The ultra-Orthodox parties are demanding even less work on Shabbat. If they win, Israel has a lot to lose
Analysis Big Stakes Are at Play in Israel's Coalition Talks
The agreement will dictate much future policy, so ministry officials are trying hard to influence it
Analysis Under a Decade of Netanyahu Rule the Israeli Economy Has Gone Backwards
An annual report by the Bank of Israel gives the former finance minister an F on the economy, pointing to loss of growth engines
What Was the Finance Minister of One of the World’s Prosperous Countries Looking for in Israel?
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
Analysis Kahlon’s Populism Will End Up Costing Us All Dearly
The credit rating report on Israel by Fitch this week is a warning about the growing price his policies are imposing
Analysis Pressed by U.S., Israel Mulls Regulation of Tech Exits for China
Washington is anxious about the security risks in China’s growing presence in Israeli infrastructure and high tech
Analysis Netanyahu Said Israel Is Nation-state of Jews Alone. The Data Show He's Right
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
Analysis The Tragedy of Netanyahu: Smitten by His Own Legend
The prime minister held on to power too long and eventually abandoned the ideas he stood for
Analysis Judaizing the Galilee? Land Reform Marks an About-face
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
Was Israel's Budget Deficit Fake News in 2018? Or Will It Be in 2019?
Treasury officials have been trading charges about who is responsible for allegedly cooking the books and why they did it
Analysis Israel Is One Big Lab, Experimenting on Humans
A population bomb waiting to explode
Analysis Has Israel Made a Good Investment Subsidizing Intel?
The treasury says yes, but unless Israel solves its low-productivity problem the impact will be less than it could be
Analysis Fifteen Years to 15th Richest: Netanyahu’s Pledge Looks as Elusive as Ever
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
Analysis Debunking the 'Startup Nation' Myth: How Israel's Economy Cut Itself Off From the World
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
How Can Israelis Work So Hard, and Not, All at Once?
Depending on which Israeli you are, you’re either among the most likely or least likely in the developed world to hold a job: Society has failed to merge into a single whole what President Rivlin called Israel's four tribes
Analysis Ten Years of Bibi-nomics: Israel Thrived as Netanyahu Slept
How has Israel fared in the decade of Netanyahu? If he was a U.S. president, he would have gone down in history books as someone who presided over a period of prosperity
Analysis Thank Yair Lapid for Sparing Israelis Any More Election Economics
The Yesh Atid chairman's refusal to back the Haredi draft bill changes the rules of the game: Had the situation continued for much longer, the damage to the economy could have been egregious
Despite Violence, Israeli Arab Women Are Advancing Rapidly
A social revolution is afoot in Israel: Education and job rates of Arab women have soared as birthrates have fallen
These Israelis Want to Do Business in Africa. Can They Succeed Without Bribes?
With an annual growth rate of nearly 5% and a projected population of 2.5 billion within a generation, Africa offers promise – and peril
Analysis How Lieberman’s Resignation – and Early Elections – Could Save Israel’s Economy
From the moment that Lieberman resigned, the financial professionals have been watching with concern: a stressed prime minister, and an even more stressed finance minister, are not an auspicious way to start the year
Analysis Israel's Economic Future Is Wasting Away in Israel’s Yeshivas
In the latest attempt to prevent the ultra-Orthodox from serving in the army, the labor force of the future is being sacrificed for short-term political calculations
Analysis Israel Stalls on Monitoring ultra-Orthodox Charities, Exposing Them to U.S. Sanctions
Ultra-Orthodox charities are considered high-risk for money laundering, as all their operations are in cash and they lack all monitoring
Israeli Diamond Industry at a Loss to Explain Leviev Smuggling Allegations
While tax evasion is less prevalent than in the past, sources say it’s still easy to trim your tax bill and there’s no logic to risking full-fledged avoidance
Opinion A Shameful Saturday Night in the Square
The answer to incitement and intolerance of the right cannot be mutual intolerance by the left