The riot by Trump supporters in the Washington DC capitol last week, and ensuing events, are indicative that the Republican Party is no longer a responsible adult, including in economics
Economic collapse is imminent and the political class is incapable of doing anything about. It’s Lebanon all over again, but on a much bigger scale
Jared's family real estate company is weighing a bond issue on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange
The Israeli economy can’t suffer such prolonged abuse. Netanyahu’s day of reckoning may finally be coming
The U.S. is Israel’s friend but Beijing is becoming more aggressive pursuing its economic policy goals, leaving Israeli companies in a quandary
The much-vaunted popular revolution was bound to fail because the Middle East problems are less at the top and more at the bottom
A combination of cold business calculations and a desperate attempt to preserve the good old days is at work
It’s supposed to be an economic panacea, but that assumes it’s distributed optimally and enough people agree to be inoculated
Startup Nation is the new diaspora, and that explains how even in the annus horribilis of 2020, the shekel is going from strength to strength
The Trump sanctions hit Iran’s oil industry hard but for Iranian manufacturing and the Revolutionary Guard Corps, they’ve been a blessing
An imaginary city consisting of little but an airport so far hosted Netanyahu-MBS summit that officials still deny even took place
Sanity has returned to Palestine, but its economic devastation won’t be cured by the resumption of tax transfers
The economy is shrinking but not much by global standards. Factoring in the growing black market, the situation may be better still
Even if Gulf financiers can overlook the politics, there’s little business in West Bank settlements to invest in
A new central bank governor and finance minister won’t mean anything as long as the president is enforcing his destructive policies
Who would have imagined that a split U.S. election would be cause for cheer? Yet stocks rallied on Wednesday
Mesmerized by the UAE’s welcome and wealth, everyone in Israel wants to do deals these days. Don’t be surprised if not much comes from it
It’s one thing for Erdogan to make threats and dispatch troops, it’s another to pay for it and provide them with advanced weaponry. Turkey doesn’t have the latter
The economy is in free fall and half the population is impoverished, but the power elite isn't going anywhere
Surviving the present pandemic and future ones depends among other things on integrating the ultra-Orthodox ‘society of learners’ into Israeli society once and for all
The pandemic is killing small businesses but the macro indicators remain strong. That could change if the second lockdown is extended
Sure, innovation pays. But it doesn’t pay nearly as much as being a monopolist, UBS' billionaires list shows
Negotiations between Greece and Turkey and between Israel and Lebanon are tactical retreats, not the start of peaceful resolutions
Younger Israelis have gotten a bad deal economically from their elders, but there’s still time to fix many of the problems
Israeli innovation, including, alas, its cyber-hacking abilities, is what makes it such a desirable partner for the UAE and Bahrain
The government could have minimized the economic fallout of closure by focusing on the Haredim, but politics trumped the public interest
Many suspect that an awful lot of Israelis are taking it easy while they live off generous unemployment benefits. The numbers don’t bear that out
Yes, the budget is deep in the red, but so is everyone else’s. Our real problem is the disorder that the prime minister is sowing
A booming stock market is prompting a wavelet of Israeli IPOs. It’s not a sign that Startup Nation is maturing – it’s just a plain old money grab
Erdogan is increasingly aggressive about enforcing Ankara’s exaggerated maritime claims and that spells a deadlock for Mediterranean gas