Finance
Your Investments: Lessons from Tisha B'Av on reflecting for a better future
Every setback contains the potential for growth if we are willing to learn from it. Sometimes you need to destroy in order to build.
Your Taxes: Could taxes unlock Israel's constitutional future?
NIS 260 million on the way to hundreds of thousands of employees
CBS: Apartment prices in sharp decline, rent skyrockets
Your Taxes: The budget’s tax breaks
Olim already enjoy a 10-year Israeli tax holiday for foreign-source income and capital gains. Starting January 1, 2026, olim may also be exempt from Israeli tax on Israeli-source income.
Mekorot reports strong core growth in 2025, but regulatory changes drive heavy net loss
Mekorot, posted solid underlying performance in 2025, but sweeping regulatory changes by the Water Authority pushed the company to report a significant net loss
Leumi, Shestovitz take stakes in Profit Finance Group with NIS 670 million investment
Leumi Partners and Shestovitz Properties acquired NIS 670M in Profit Finance Group, which manages NIS 100B. Founders Elberg and Banai retain control after a massive valuation leap since 2021.
Prediction 2026
As one financial year ended and 2026 began, the hard numbers tell the story of what has been and what may lie ahead.
Fitch holds Israel's credit rating at 'A', but debt and war cloud outlook
The US-Israeli strikes on Iran have added to concerns over Israel's deficit, with Fitch noting that Israel's "fractious domestic politics" could hinder fiscal consolidation.
Your Taxes: The Iran war’s commercial impact
The latest Iran war is having an economic impact on the world economy. If less fuel is available to the world through the Strait of Hormuz, it means less travel and fewer petroleum products.
Willner signals disputed haredi school transfer may return to Finance Committee
At the center of the case is a December 25, 2025, Finance Committee transfer involving education funds, including money directed to haredi institutions.
A new Marshall Plan: Israel, Gulf States in a new Middle East development plan - opinion
International development is not philanthropy; it's the new realism of the Middle East.
Eurozone bonds rally, GBP rebounds dramatically as Trump halts some Iran strikes
Trump said on Monday that he has had "good and productive conversations" with Iran, leading to some relief in markets strained by the Iran war.
‘Record-high’ coalition funds in state budget ahead of upcoming vote during war, MK Beliak says
If the state budget is not approved in all three readings by next week, when the fiscal year closes at the end of the month, the Knesset will automatically dissolve, and elections will be called.
